~ 2005 ~
PREVIOUS BOOK SIGNINGS, READINGS, AND ARTWORK DISPLAYS
DECEMBER 2005
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Titles: The Poets Of New Jersey, To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II, and A Gull's Story
Barnes & Noble, Brick Plaza Shopping Center, Brick, (732) 255-6600
Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Attending: Editor/Poet Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books.
Sunday, December 18, 2005:
Title: All Summer Long
Robin's Bookstore, 108 South 13th Street, Philadelphia, (215) 735-9600; www.robinsbookstore.com
Time: 2:00 PM
Attending: Author
Gordon Hesse and more than 20 other authors will be attending:
“Philadelphia Ink: Celebrating Philadelphia Area Authors Who
Have Published in 2005,” with presentations and
refreshments. The event is free and open to everyone. Check the
website, www.robinsbookstore.com, for an updated list of
those who will be presenting.
Each year in December, Robin’s Bookstore,
Philadelphia’s oldest independent bookstore, has a party for
authors who have published in that year. It is one of their Ink
programs, which celebrates writing and publishing by various
groups. There are several reasons Robin’s Bookstore produces
the Ink programs:
• Writers usually work in isolation. They think it is good
to get writers together to talk, to network, and to celebrate.
• Writers do not usually have contact with readers. They
think that contact between writers and the people who read the
books is important. It personalizes literature. It gives a human
face to those mythic individuals who write books. It allows for
communication and inspiration for readers and beginning writers
to meet those who have succeeded in publishing.
• It builds audience for writers to have public events.
• They like parties and hearing smart people talk about what
they do. They try to be inclusive and invite everyone they know
about.
NOVEMBER 2005
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Titles: The Poets Of New Jersey, To The Shore Once More, Volumes
I & II, and A Gull's Story
Time: 7:30 PM
The Italian American Club at the Four Seasons in Lakewood. Call
(732) 255-4071 for information.
Attending: Author Frank Finale will give a forty-five minute
presentation on his books. He will be available to meet readers
and sign books afterwards.
Thursday, November 10 and Friday,
November 11, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Convention, New Atlantic
City Convention Center, in the "Author's Alley," Hall
C, Atlantic City. For more information about Author's Alley,
please contact Cindy Vannauker at (609) 599-4561 ext. 2263.
Times: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Thursday and 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM on
Friday.
Attending: Author/Poet Frank Finale will meet readers and sign
books.
Wednesday,
November 16, 2005
PREMIERE BOOK SIGNING EVENT - "THE
POETS OF NEW JERSEY"!
The Blue Colt Bookstore, Middlesex County College, 2600
Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, (732) 906-2539
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Attending: Reading from the book, meeting readers, and signing
books will be editors/poets Emmanuel di Pasquale and Frank Finale
and poets Gloria Rovder Healy, Charles H. Johnson, Matthew Spano,
and Daniel Zimmerman, whose works appear in the book. This is the
premiere book signing event for "The Poets of New Jersey"!
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Title: All Summer Long
Meet the author engagement at the Upper Shores Branch of the
Ocean County Library, 112 Jersey City Avenue, Lavallette, (732)
793-4864
Time: 7:00 PM
Attending: Author Gordon Hesse will read from his book, "All
Summer Long," meet readers, and sign books.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Title: The Poets of New Jersey
County College of Morris Employee Craft Fair, in the new student center building at the County College of Morris, Route 10 at Center Grove Road, Randolph (#214 Center Grove Road). Please call Student Activities Office for further information: (973) 328-5000.
Visitors parking requires a stop at the Security Building on the College Drive, about a quarter mile in on the right hand side. They will issue a pass and give directions for parking.
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Attending: Editor/Poet Sander Zulauf will meet readers and sign books.
OCTOBER 2005
Saturday, October 1, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
Ocean County Library's BookFest, a NJ Festival of Reading,
Berkeley Branch of Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road,
Bayville, (732) 269-2144.
Time: 10:00 AM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will be there to meet readers and
sign books from 10:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Over a dozen other authors
will be there throughout the day. For information about them, go
to _www.oceancountylibrary.org_
(http://www.oceancountylibrary.org)
Saturday, October 1, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
Chowder Fest Weekend on LBI, Things A Drift, 406 Long Beach
Boulevard, (609) 361-1668
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books.
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Title: Italian American Writers on New Jersey
Barnes & Noble Book Sellers, Clifton Commons, 395 Route 3
East, Clifton, (973) 779-5500
Time: 7:30 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will read his essay "Summer
Job" which was republished in the anthology Italian American
Writers on New Jersey (Rutgers University Press, 2003). Call to
find out what other poets and writers will be there to read from
the anthology. Frank will be available after the reading to sign
books and meet readers.
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Titles: To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II and A Gull's
Story
Times: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Harvest Festival, Favorite Things, 62 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove,
(732) 774-0230
Attending: Author Frank Finale and artist Theresa Troise Heidel
will meet readers and sign books and prints.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
Founders' Day meeting and luncheon for Alpha Delta Kappa, an
honorary sorority for outstanding women educators, at the Old
Orchard Country Club, 54 Monmouth Road, Eatontown, (732) 542-9417
Time 12:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will give a talk on his children's
book and the Jersey Shore. Afterwards he will meet readers and
sign books.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
Educators' Eve at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 425 Market
Place Blvd., Hamilton, (609) 581-2523
Time 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will give a short talk about his
children's book and how it relates to science, language, and art
curriculum. He will be available to meet readers and sign books
after the program. Several other authors will be there, too.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
Two-Year College Association (TYCA) social event at the Hyatt
Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center, Princeton.
Times: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Attending: Emmanuel di Pasquale, Frank Finale, Dan Zimmerman,
Sander Zulauf and others. Poetry, jazz (Joel Forrester Trio),
food and drink.
SEPTEMBER 2005
Sunday, September 4, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To
The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
Things A Drift, 406 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, (609)
361-1668
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books.
Saturday, September 10, 2005:
Title: All Summer Long
Lavallette Heritage Day, Philadelphia Avenue and Bay Boulevard, Lavallette
Time: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Attending: Author Gordon Hesse will meet readers and sign books at this all day festival. Rain date: September 11.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
8th Annual Beach Plum Festival 2005, Island Beach State Park at the first bathing pavilion (OBI). For more information, please call (732) 905-5728 or visit to www.friendsofislandbeach.com.
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books. Speakers, demonstrations, games, and attractions for children and adults. Free admission.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I
& II
Brielle River View Seniors, Curtis House, 644 Union Lane,
Brielle, Call (732) 528-5253 for information.
Time 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will give a presentation on his
books. Afterwards he will meet readers and sign books.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story, To The Shore Once More, Volumes I &
II
3rd Annual Walt Whitman Festival, Ocean Grove Historical Society,
Ocean Grove. For more information, check www.oceangrovehistory.org. (email to:info@oceangrovehistory.org)
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Attending: Author/Poet Frank Finale will be one of the featured
readers. Other featured readers are: Emanuel di Pasquale, Gloria
Rovder Healy, Charles Johnson and Bob McKenty; an open mike will
follow. There will be panels and workshops on poetry, as well as
a "Spiritual Poetry" reading by: Maude Carolan, Deborah
LaVaglia, Jerome Leary and Sander Zulauf. There will also be a
walking tour of Walt Whitman in the Grove.
AUGUST 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Title: All Summer Long by Gordon Hesse
McLoone's Pier House, Pier Village, along the ocean in Long Branch
Time: 5:20 PM
Attending: Author Gordon Hesse will be interviewed live by host Joan Hamburg of New York City's WOR 710 AM radio. The interview will be taped and broadcast on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 10:00 AM on WOR 710 AM. After the interview, Mr. Hesse will be available to meet readers and sign books.
JULY 2005
Tuesday, July 5, 2005:
Title: "All Summer Long" by Gordon Hesse
Things A Drift, 406 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, (609) 361-1668
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Attending: Author Gordon Hesse will meet readers and sign books.
Wednesday, July 6, 2005:
Titles: "A Gull's Story" and "To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II" by Frank Finale
Things A Drift, 406 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, (609) 361-1668
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books.
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Title: "All Summer Long" by Gordon Hesse
Fair Haven Books, 759 River Road, Fair Haven, (732) 747-9455
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Attending: Author Gordon Hesse will meet readers and sign books.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
Rahway Public Library, 2 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, (732)340-1551
Time: 7:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will give a presentation about his books and read a few selections from each. Afterwards, he will meet readers and sign books.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
Third Annual New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival, Washington Street, Toms River
Time: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will be one of the celebrity judges. In addition to tasting ice cream, he will also have a booth where his books will be available for purchase. Frank will greet and meet readers and sign books. For more info, please visit www.downtowntomsriver.com.
JUNE 2005:
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 425 Market Place Blvd., Hamilton, (609) 581-2523
Time 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
9th Annual Barnegat Bay Festival on the main campus of Ocean County College, Toms River. For more information, call Mary Judge at (732)255-0472, Extension 3.
Times: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books. Food, music, awards and recreational activities.
MAY 2005:
SPECIAL TWO AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING EVENT!
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Titles: "All Summer Long" by Gordon Hesse plus "A Gull's Story" and "To The Shore Once More, Vols. I & II" by Frank Finale
Things A Drift, 406 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, (609) 361-1668
Times: Gordon Hesse: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM; Frank Finale: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Attending: Authors Gordon Hesse and Frank Finale will meet readers and sign books.
APRIL 2005:
Saturday, April 9, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Howell Library, 318 Old Tavern Road, Howell, (732) 938-2300
Attending: Author/Poet Frank Finale will read from his books and tell how they were created. Afterwards, he will meet readers and sign books. Books will be available for purchase.
Monday, April 11, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Vols. I & II
Women's Club of Manasquan, 62 Main Street, Manasquan. Contact person, Barbara Crosson, (732)223-0752.
Time: 12:30 PM to 1:10 PM
Attending: Author Frank Finale will tell a little about his books and read some selections from them. Afterwards, he will be available to meet readers and sign books.
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Titles: A Gull's Story and To The Shore Once More, Volumes I & II
Time: 1:30 PM
Saturday Poetry Series V at the Red Bank Library, 84 West Front Street, Red Bank. Directions: Call library (732) 842-0690. Info: Call Gloria Healy (732) 741-8966. Free refreshments and open mic.
Attending: Author/poet Frank Finale will read with four other poets: Emanuel di Pasquale, Gloria Rovder Healy, Charles Johnson, and Bob McKenty. All will be available to sign books and meet readers.