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Books
Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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AUTHOR EVENT: Scott Dickerson
Lincolnville writer will be signing copies of “Telling Stone”
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Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘The Light We Carry’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Lynn Steger Strong turns her lens to sibling tensions amid grief in new novel
‘Flight’ is set at a family’s first Christmas gathering since their mother died. Resentment and love are intertwined.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Beyond the Tides’ and ‘The Natural Genius of Ants’
Bringing a short-story collection back to life, and a delightfully entertaining and educational novel for middle-grade readers
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OFF RADAR: ‘The Ghosts of Walter Crockett: A Memoir’
Munjoy Hill appears different now, but its lives lived still live, writes Dana Wilde.
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AUTHOR EVENT: Jule Selbo
Jefferson writer will sign copies of her mystery/crime novels
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Maine author Monica Wood supports strike at HarperCollins, refuses to work on forthcoming novel
The Portland writer is represented by a publisher owned by HarperCollins, which is facing mounting pressure from unionized workers, including her editor, who walked off the job on Nov. 10.
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Two old friends grapple with land, inheritance and friendship in ‘Fellowship Point’
Alice Elliott Dark has written an immersive, insightful new novel set in a pristine point on Maine’s coast.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: A trio of books from Maine authors
New releases from David Carew, Lynn Plourde and Astrid Sheckels