Friends Book Sale at the Riverdale Labor Day Street Fair

The Friends of the Riverdale Public Library are having a book sale and basket raffle at the Riverdale Labor Day Street Fair on Monday, September 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Street Fair is held on Newark Pompton Turnpike in Riverdale, New Jersey.
The Friends raise funds for library programs, services, and  special collections. Interested in joining this wonderful group? Stop by for a membership enrollment form, or download a form here. New members are warmly welcomed!

Author Visits This Fall

We have several authors visiting the Riverdale Public Library this fall.

Tea 101: A Brief Introduction - Saturday, September 21, 1:00 p.m. Meet Catherine Felegi, author of Tea Love: Instilling a Love of Tea One Sip at a Time. Learn fun facts about tea and how to brew the perfect cup. Bring your teacup  or mug to sample some brews.

 

Don't Buy THAT Health Insurance - Author Visit, Thursday September 26, 6:00 p.m.
Two-time cancer survivor, and twenty year veteran of medical and health industry, Katherine Woodfield Hermes  took her knowledge and set out on a quest to help the average person understand the health insurance plan options from which they are being asked to choose.  Click here for more information about the author.

 

Author Visit and Book Talk Chills and Thrills - Thursday, October 17,  6:30 p.m.–  In E.F. Watkins' seventh published novel, Dark Music, a young, single woman  buys a Victorian house in the New Jersey suburbs that turns out to be very haunted. To get rid of the ghosts, she must solve a “cold case” more than 100 years old—the murder of the house’s first owner, a classical musician whose love life was far from “Victorian.” Meet the author and learn about the new genre of paranormal fiction.

Next Week is the Last Week of Summer Reading Programs

Summer flys by quickly! Our reading programs end Saturday, August 9. Complete your raffle tickets by then, to be in on the drawing for summer reading prizes.