State guide
New Jersey
The Collingswood Book Festival is the New Jersey festival verified here. Its site says the 24th annual festival is Saturday, October 3, 2026, and that readers and writers fill more than six blocks of Haddon Avenue with exhibitors, booksellers, storytellers, poetry, workshops, and performers. It says all events are free, that the day runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and that brochures will be at the Collingswood Library and along Haddon Avenue. The festival warns that scam emails are inviting people to participate and says not to reply. It is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3). The New Jersey State Library is the state agency, with JerseyClicks databases free to residents and digital collections of state documents.
Checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
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- New Jersey State Library
- Festivals we verified
- Collingswood Book Festival
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Collingswood’s festival is a street event, not a convention-center ticket. The official facts are the October 3, 2026 date, the Haddon Avenue blocks, the free admission, and the 10-to-4 hours. The site also says nationally recognized authors meet readers there. This guide does not copy the brochure. Anyone going should pick up the brochure in town or follow the site’s day-of notes, and should ignore emails that pretend to be the festival.
The New Jersey State Library is a research library as well as a statewide service. The about page says JerseyClicks databases, including genealogy and student research tools, are free to New Jersey residents. Other full-text tools are limited to state employees and Thomas Edison State University students with a library card. Digital collections include session laws, hearings, and historic administrative codes. That is government and research access. It is not the Haddon Avenue author line.
Use the festival site for the October Saturday and the State Library for databases and state documents. No second New Jersey book festival was verified in this pass. The festival’s post office box, P.O. Box 284, Collingswood, NJ 08108, is the mail address printed for donations. Do not send money to an email that the festival has already flagged as a scam. Reopen the official links in this New Jersey entry before you travel, file a form, or trust a date copied from a social repost.
Official resources in New Jersey
Official site for the free October 3, 2026 festival on Haddon Avenue.
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Key facts for New Jersey
- The Collingswood Book Festival site says the 24th annual festival is Saturday, October 3, 2026.
- It says more than six blocks of Haddon Avenue hold exhibitors, booksellers, storytellers, poetry, workshops, and performers.
- The site says all events are free and lists hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- The site warns that scam emails are inviting people to participate.
- The New Jersey State Library says JerseyClicks databases are free to New Jersey residents.
- The library says some full-text tools are limited to state employees and TESU students with a card.
Verified festivals and programs in New Jersey
| Festival | city | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Collingswood Book Festival | Collingswood | Free festival on Haddon Avenue, October 3, 2026, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All-volunteer nonprofit. |
* Not published: the official page doesn't list it. Call the office to confirm before you rely on it.
What to do next
- Plan on a free outdoor festival and ignore participation emails the site has called a scam.
- Pick up a brochure at the Collingswood Library or on Haddon Avenue.
- Use JerseyClicks for research databases, not for the festival map.
- Send donations only to the Collingswood post office box printed on the festival site.
Not seeing your festival or county?
We list a festival only when an official government page publishes its rules. If yours isn't in the table above, it may not publish them online yet. Here's what to use instead, in order:
- General Start with the statewide information above. It applies across New Jersey, but cities and counties can add their own steps, fees or deadlines.
- Closest verified Nearest places where we have verified local data outside this state (distance from New Jersey's population center, for comparison only):
- Brooklyn Book Festival, New York · about 74 miles
- Delaware Division of Libraries, Delaware · about 100 miles
- Connecticut Book Festival, Connecticut · about 111 miles
- Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.New Jersey State Library
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Helpful guides
- How to use a state book festival guide
- What a book festival typically includes
- The National Book Festival
- Finding author events at the state library