Each spring, the Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library host a Tea featuring a local author. The Tea—held at the Flanders Hotel—further promotes the Ocean City Free Public Library and has become one of our community’s most anticipated events, as well as, a popular venue for local authors.
There will be Open Seating with tables of 10 or Reserved Seating when a full table of 10 tickets is purchased at one time.
There is no limit to the number of tickets one person may purchase.
Payment
Cash or Checks (made payable to) Friends & Volunteers of the OCFPL. No credit cards or online ticket purchases.
Tickets will sold in person only in the library atrium on
Friday, March 31, 2023 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMSaturday, April 1, 2023 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Please let us know if you have any serious food allergies we should be aware of. The Flanders will try its best to accommodate you if given notice ahead of time. If necessary, please contact Chairperson Debbie at least one week before the May 4th event to allow enough time to make needed arrangements. Call or text 609-602-9450.
Our popular Author’s Tea returns. Local author Jim Plousis will discuss his book, Jersey Lawmen: A Life on the Right Side of Crime.
The Author’s Tea scheduled for May 7, 2020 has been cancelled. ***************************************************************
Caitlin Alifirenka is the author of this true story of a twelve-year-old girl who, through a pen pal program, befriends Martin Ganda, a young boy from Zimbabwe, Africa. It describes how their friendship opened their eyes, expanded their horizons and changed both of their lives.
The 2017 F&V Author’s HIGH Tea was a success with our own Ocean City author and Library Board of Trustees President, Jennifer Shirk, Romance novelist!
Excerpted & Adapted from Jennifer Shirk’s website…
Jennifer Shirk has a bachelor degree in pharmacy—which has in NO WAY at all helped her with her writing career—but, she likes to point it out, since it shows romantic-at-hearts come in all shapes, sizes, and mind-numbing educations.
She writes sweet, romantic comedies. Her novel SUNNY DAYS FOR SAM won the 2013 Golden Quill Published Authors Contest for Best Traditional Romance, and her book Fiance by Fate was an Amazon best seller in series romance.
The 2016 Annual Author HIGH Tea was held on Thursday,May 5, 2:00 PM—featuring author, Patricia Chappine—New Jersey Women in World War II.
Real-life Rosie the Riveters worked the lines in New Jerseys factories, such as those of General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division, while women on the vulnerable coast enforced blackout orders. Others sold war bonds, planted victory gardens and conserved materials for the war effort. Thousands more served as nurses and in branches of the armed forces like the Women’s Army Corps and the U.S. Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. African American women fought a double war: one against the nation’s enemies and another against discrimination. Historian Patricia Chappine explores the pivotal roles that New Jersey women played in World War II. Read more at http://www.newjerseywomeninwwii.com/
Tickets could be purchased on Friday, April 15 from 6-8 PM and Saturday, April 16 from 9-11 AM in the Atrium of the Ocean City Free Public Library. Cost per ticket was $30.00—Open Seating. Cash or check only. Checks made payable to: FVOCFPL
Author’s Tea, May 7, 2015
The Annual Author’s HIGH Tea, sponsored by the Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library (FVOCFPL), took place at the historic Flanders Hotel, Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 2:00 PM.
2015 Featured Author—David Dean
from Cape May Court House, NJ
Tickets were $28.00 per person. Cash or check only. Checks made payable to Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library. Limit: 8 tickets per person. Open seating.
David’s short stories have appeared regularly in ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE (EQMM), as well as a number of anthologies, since 1990. His stories have been nominated for the Shamus, Barry, and Derringer Awards. His current novels include: The Thirteenth Child, The Purple Robe, and Starvation Cay. David is a retired Chief of Police in New Jersey and once served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. Read more about David Dean: http://thethirteenthchild.com/about-david-dean/
TICKETS WERE ON SALE: SATURDAY, APRIL 25—9 To 11 AM in the Ocean City Free Public Library Atrium.
It’s Time Once Again…For The Annual Author Tea—May 8, 2014!
TICKET SALES Gone, gone…tickets sales for the May 8, 2014 Author Tea closed. If you did not get one, well, there is always next year!
NEW Year, New Things…
We hope you marked your calendar! The Annual Author Tea, sponsored by the Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library (FVOCFPL), took place at the historic Flanders Hotel, Thursday, May 8 at 2:00 PM. New this year—attendees will enjoy HIGH Tea.
FEATURED AUTHOR
Carol Brill, author of Peace by Piece and Cape Maybe, will speak. Carol earned an MFA in creative writing from Farleigh Dickinson University. Find her blog at www.4broadminds.blogspot.com/
APRIL 27, 2013 UPDATE: 5TH ANNUAL AUTHOR’S TEA
Ticket sales were brisk on April 27—70 sold in 15 minutes!
Announcing The 5th Annual Author Tea—May 9, 2013
With keen attention to detail and a focus on designing an informative and enjoyable afternoon tea, co-chairpersons, Barbara Weber and Rose Marie Ricci, are pleased to release the following information for the Annual Author Tea!
Barbara Weber—Co-Chair Author Tea
Rose Marie Ricci—Co-Chair Author Tea
NEW PROCEDURE
No Mail Ins, One Day Ticket Sale ONLY…Read on…
Want tickets for the Annual Author Tea—May 9, 2013? Well, the process has changed a bit. No longer will you need to pick up a flyer/pre-registration form and then have to mail it! Tickets will be sold ONE DAY ONLY—April 27 from 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. in the Library Atrium. A facsimile of the flyer with full details is below, or you may pick up this informational flyer at the Ocean City Free Public Library Circulation desk beginning April 14. Additionally, you may download the informational flyer by clicking: Authorteaflyer2013
Please note: On the day of the sale, bring a self-addressed envelope AND if you are paying by check, please make the check payable to: Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library.
Author Tea—May 9, 2013
Please DO NOT contact the Ocean City Free Public Library!
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