The date of September 21, 2024 has been set for the sixth New Providence Book Festival, which will once again be on the grounds of the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue in New Providence, NJ 07974.
Our objective is to make this this year’s festival reach new heights! So, many volunteers will be needed. If you are interested in volunteering, please go to our Contact page.
Due to inclement weather, the New Providence Book Festival is being postponed to it rain date of Sunday, October 1st. (We’re importing some sunshine.) Please check back with this website to see any other changes. We thank all participants for their patience.
Below are the authors set to speak at the New Providence Book Festival on the grounds of the Salt Box Museum on Sunday, October 1, 2023:
10:00 AM – Children’s Story Hour
● Susen Edwards, Dr. Whisper and Nurse Willow
● Patricia Paradiso, Iggy’s Second Chance
11:00 AM – Mally Becker
“Bringing the Past to Life One Spy, Mystery and Murder at a Time”
12:00 Noon – Elissa Matthews
“Three Kinds of Historical Fiction – Which One Calls to You?”
1:00 PM – Susen Edwards
“Writing Your Own Memoir”
2:00 PM – J.R. Bale
“Turning the Voices in My Head into Novels”
The schedule of talks and readings has been set for the New Providence Book Festival on Saturday, September 17th. The talks will take place behind the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue in New Providence, NJ 07974.
10:00 AM – Children’s Story Hour
● Laura Kaighn, Rabbit’s Tale and Other Rites of Passage
● Angela LaCarrubba, Dancing with theTruth
● Lisa Jacovski, Lets talk!
11:00 AM – Michelle Cameron
“Historical Fiction – What’s Real and What’s Fiction?”
12:00 Noon – Elissa Matthews
“How to Tell a Great Story”
1:00 PM – The Journey to Becoming an Author
Authors Michael Daigle, Sarajane Giere and Kal Uddin wil share their journeys to
becoming an author in a panel discussion.
2:00 PM – Janice Berliner
“Familial Implications of Genetic Disorders Examined Through the Lens of Fiction”
The following authors will be signing their books during the 9am-3pm event: J.R. Bale, D.M. Barr, Linda Barth, Janice Berliner, Michelle Cameron, Michael Stephen Daigle, Ann Frommer, Kristina Garlick, Sarajane Giere, Lisa Jacovsky, Laura Kaighn, Tom Kranz, Angela LaCarrubba, Elissa Matthews, Andrea Stein & Kal Uddin.
The New Providence Historical Society will be offering free tours of the historic Salt Box Museum, a 18th century farmhouse. Refreshments will also be available.
The date of September 17, 2022 has been set for the fifth New Providence Book Festival, which will once again be on the grounds of the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue in New Providence, NJ.
Our objective is to make this this year’s festival reach new heights! So, many volunteers will be needed. If you are interested in volunteering, please go to our Contact page.
The 2021 New Providence Book Festival is over. The canopies have been struck. Newly acquired books have been taken home, soon to be explored soon. Thank you all for making this the best festival yet.
Attendee Reviews
“We had a wonderful time at the New Providence Book Festival. My husband and I bought five books. The authors were accessible and enthusiastic about their books. We will attend again next year.”
— Kathie Veloric
“I enjoyed listening to writers discuss their work and their writing process. The conversation was informative and relevant to any form of creative work.”
— Katie Weiss
“It was amazing! I just started to read “My Pilot: A Story of War, Love, and ALS” by Sarajane Giere. So far it offers a glimpse into the life of a military wife and her struggles with her husband who is suffering from ALS. I cannot wait to finish the book and start the other books I have purchased.”
— Victoria Pepper
“The New Providence Book Festival offered a charming tented venue beside the Salt Box museum and a series of author talks and book signings. The community came out in a stream of friendly folk and curious readers! Chatting under a canopy with authors and readers–about books, ah! What a grand day!”
— Nev March, author
“An honor to meet actual authors and see their works!”
— Nancy Wick
“We really enjoyed the homemade baked goods and meeting such a wide array of authors who were willing to talk about their work. It was a nice small forum and we bought two children’s books for family.
— Mary Ann Cece
See you all in 2022!
The final schedule for September 18th at the
New Providence Book Festival at the Salt Box Museum has been finalized:
10:00 AM – Children Story Hour
● Angela LaCarrubba, Dancing with the Truth
● Nadja Springer, The Big Adventures of a Little Tree
● JoAnn Jackovino, The Tale of Benjamin Bulldog: Be a Buddy, Not a Bully
11:00 AM – Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay
“Solving a Real-World Mystery: Our memories contain more than we know.”
Nev March will share how she took her fascination with an 1890s murder and turned
it into a mystery novel, Murder in Old Bombay. This made her the first Indian-born
writer to win the Mystery Writers of America Award for First Crime Novel.
12:00 Noon – Sarajane Giere, My Pilot
Sarajane Giere offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a military wife as she tells
how she brought the story of her fighter pilot husband, Bernie, to life in her memoir,
My Pilot.
1:00 PM – The Road to Becoming an Author
Authors D.M. Barr, Ann Frommer & Charles Levin with share their journeys to authorship in a panel discussion.
All programs will take place on the grounds of the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue, New Providence, NJ 07974 on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Other authors will be on site, signing their books for avid readers.
The full list of signing authors includes J.R. Bale, D.M. Barr, Linda Barth, Michael Daigle, Ann Frommer, Sarajane Giere, Renny Hodgskin, JoAnn Jackovino, Angela La Carrubba, Charles Levin, Neil MacNeill, Nev March, Elissa Matthews, Bob Mayers, Linda Raedisch and Nadja Springer.
Authors Angela LaCarruba, Nadja Springer and JoAnn Jackvino will be reading their books during the Children’s Reading Hour at the New Providence Book Festival on Saturday, September 18th at 10 AM.
Angela LaCarruba will read from Dancing with the Truth. 
Jake LoSanto is making his professional ballet debut with the Imperial Dance Company in New York City. This is an exceptional accomplishment for a ten-year-old boy, but he tells no one outside his family as he fears that he will be bullied for his ballet dancing. Jake finds that hiding the truth leads him to other lies that turn him into a person he doesn’t like. In protecting himself from the possibility of bullying, he loses who he really is and finds he has the ability to hurt others.
Nadja Springer will read from The Big Adventures of a Little Tree. 
If no tree has ever tried to set out and explore – is it even possible at all? In a world, where everyone dreams about possibilities, Tree gets up and lives them. Tree’s curiosity about the unknown, the power of friendship and love, and an open heart come together to make the impossible possible! An adventure awaits in this story of a little tree who changes its mindset and shows how kindness, inclusion and an open heart will make all the difference.
JoAnn Jackovino will The Tale of Benjamin Bulldog: Be a Buddy, Not a Bully. 
This is a charming tale about a small, friendly bulldog named Benjamin, who is secretly bullied by his next-door-neighbor, Duke Bulldog. With the help of his friends, Prince Bulldog, and Humphrey the Magic Frog, Benjamin learns how to end the bullying, and Duke learns the importance of being kind to others.
In addition to our Children’s Reading Hour, we will have other speakers, 15 authors signing their books, a bake sale and free tours of the Salt Box Museum.
After having to cancel last year’s festival because of Covid-19, we are pleased to announce the 2021 New Providence Book Festival will take place on Saturday, September 18, 2021, 9am – 3pm. We expect to make this our best festival yet!The festival will once again take place on the grounds of the Salt Box Museum, located at 1350 Springfield Avenue, New Providence, NJ. The rain date is Saturday, September 25th. Announcements of participating authors and speakers will be forthcoming.
Special Notice: Due to the economic difficulties experienced because of the pandemic, the festival has lost it sponsorship support. If anyone would like to make a small donation via PayPal to help alleviate the shortfall, those donations will be greatly appreciated. Click here to make a donation. Also, purchases of t-shirts, mugs or pins from Zazzle also contribute to the support of the festival.
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