New Jersey Writers
September 30 – October 25, 2004

Teacher workshops at the Princeton Public Library for young writers K – 3. CEU credits awarded at conclusion of program.  Events will take place in the Community Room at Princeton Public Library on Monday - Sept. 30th from 4:00 to­ 5:30PM, Monday ­- Oct. 4th from 4:00 to 5:30PM, and Monday - Oct. 25th from 4:00 ­to 5:30PM. Program designed and conducted by Bev Gallagher (New Jersey Teacher of the Year, 2000) assisted by Jan Bird of Princeton Day School. For more details contact Ann Woodrow at 1-609-924-9529, ext. 245.

Annual Board meeting
October 14, 2004, 12pm, Rutgers Club, New Brunswick

Lunch will be served, agenda to be forwarded in September

National Book Festival
Saturday October 9, 2004 - 10am to 5pm, on the Great Lawn in Washington

The NJ Center for the Book will showcase the creative spirit evidenced in prose, poetry, and drawing from the seventeen youth detention centers in New Jersey. Displays are woven around the theme of self-worth and community support as developed in the book Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli. We encourage the library profession and friends in New Jersey to visit the National Book Festival.

We will be assisted in the Pavilion of States by Bonnie Kunzel of the NJ State Library and the New Jersey State Society. For information visit the Library of Congress Website: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/

Some photos of that event can be viewed at:
http://www.njcenterforthebook.org/news_events/nbf/nbf_2004_photos.html.

Letters about Literature Annual Awards Ceremony, 2004
View photos from the event.

Literary Landmark Designation Ceremony
November 2004

Library of Congress / New Jersey Center for the Book, Second Literary Landmark designation ceremony, Paterson Public Library, in conjunction with celebration of the oldest public library in continual operation in New Jersey.

Educational Media Association Conference, East Brunswick Hilton
December 2 - December 4, 2004

The New Jersey Center for the Book will exhibit materials at the EMA conference. Exhibit will be manned by EMA Past President Lois Wilkins.

Letters About Literature Reading / Writing Initiative
September 15 – December 7, 2004

This is the third year of the NJ Center’s participation in the Library of Congress national competition through the New Jersey School systems (grades 4 -12).

Other Past Events:

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