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New Jersey Center for the Book
Past Events in 2009

Letters About Literature 2008-2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Winants Hall, Rutgers Campus, 2:30pm to 5:00pm
The NJ Center for the Book will featured the book Mrs. Spitzer's Garden, by Edith Pattou at the Pavilion of States at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. The New Jersey Center for the Book presented a very special reception at Winants Hall on the Rutgers Campus for the winners and semi finalists of the 2008-2009 Lettes About Literature Competition.  The essay conmpetition, co-sponsored by the Library of Congress, drew more than 150,000 entries from students in every State.  This year, the New Jersey Center for the Book was proud to announce a national level 3 winner, Joshua Tiprigan, a junior from Northern Valley Regional High School.

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National Book Festival, Washington D.C.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The NJ Center for the Book will featured the book Mrs. Spitzer's Garden, by Edith Pattou at the Pavilion of States at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Click to see photos and read about New Jersey's participation in the 2009 National Book Festival

Click here to read about the National Book Festival

Walt Whitman House
Designation as Literary Landmark
Friday, November 13, 2009
Rutgers Camden Campus, 11:00am to 2:30pm
The New Jersey Center for the Book commemorated Walt Whitman's contribution to American letters and to New Jersey’s literary history by designating the Walt Whitman House in Camden a New Jersey Literary Landmark.  The ceremony took place on Friday, November 13, 2009, from 11:00am to 2:00pm, on the Rutgers University Camden campus.

Click here to read about the Walt Whitman event

 
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