Author Denise Turney to Appear at the 7th Annual Collingswood Book Festival

Denise Turney (chistell.com), author of the books Portia, Love Has Many Faces, Spiral, Long Walk Up and Love Pour Over Me will appear at the Annual Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Now in its 7th year, the book festival will be held from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM.

The event is located on Collingswood, New Jersey's Haddon Avenue and covers six blocks. There will be activities for children and book readers of all ages. Food is available at the event or from nearby restaurants and eateries. Visitors can relax and attend indoor workshops at the local library which is located in the same area as the festival.

This marks author Denise Turney's third year at the festival. While there Turney will autograph copies of her four published books. She will also discuss the details of her fifth novel, Love Pour Over Me, which is due out early 2010.

Other artists scheduled to appear at the 7th Annual Collingswood Book Festival include Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen and Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project HOME. Sister Mary was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2009. Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, Alicia Bessette, author of All Come Home and children's book authors, Mutiya and David Vision are just a few of the other many authors scheduled to appear at this year's festival.

The festival comes at the same time that Denise Turney starts her annual writing contest which is going into its 10th year. Book lovers can pick up free excerpts from Turney's new book Love Pour Over Me at the festival. The author will also be available to respond to questions from new writers and book readers.

Readers interested in learning more about Denise Turney, her books, writing courses, Off The Shelf radio, the Annual Chistell Writing contest or The Book Lover's Haven (subscription is free) may do so by visiting http://www.chistell.com/.