Kay Retzlaff, professor of English at the University of Maine at Augusta, recently published “Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770 –1870: Bridget’s Belfast” which examines how Irish immigrants shaped and reshaped their identity in a rural New England community. Forty percent of Irish immigrants to the United States settled in rural areas. Achieving […]
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Recently released book details history of Rangeley
“Rangeley’s Historic Legacy,” written by Gary Priest with the Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society, is now available for sale. Rangeley was settled in 1817 when Luther Hoar brought his family from Madrid to a log cabin he had built on the shore of Rangeley Lake. Several others families soon arrived, cleared land, and began farming. […]
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Poet releases her latest work ‘Traveling Through The Pages of Time’
Poet Hazel Hogan of Stratton has released a book of poetry that she has been working on for years. “Traveling Through the Pages of Time” is a compilation of poems about her family, friends and pets. Some of the volume contains poetry written years ago from her grandmother and other family members. Including an ode […]
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Author and illustrator publishes latest book, ‘Monhegan Magic’
Author and illustrator Carol-Lynn Rossel, who lives in Winthrop, has published her latest book, “Monhegan Magic.” Rossel loves to visit Monhegan Island and to take photographs of its places and people. As a younger girl on New York City’s Staten Island, each year Santa left her a doll and a book. One year, he added […]
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Author Meredith Hall will speak in Zoom event hosted by Lovell library
The Hobbs Library Speakers Series welcomes award-winning writer Meredith Hall at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, via Zoom. Hall’s 2007 memoir, “Without a Map,” was instantly recognized as a classic of the genre and became a New York Times bestseller. It was named a best book of the year by Kirkus and BookSense, and […]
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UMF presents Trifecta book launch to celebrate trio of authors
A special Trifecta Book Launch featuring authors Kathryn Miles, Bill Roorbach, and Jeffrey Thomson presented by Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, in the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. The reading is free and open to the […]
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Read-a-thon to be held in Farmington for mobile kids’ library
The fundraiser will directly support Backroad Books – a mobile library Twice Sold Tales owner Amber Stone is building to bring a library and free children’s books to the rural areas of Franklin County with “book deserts.”
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Waterville library nears end of $910,000 renovation with eye toward reopening this year
The Waterville Public Library closed in March 2020 when the pandemic hit and has remained shuttered as workers have undertaken an extensive renovation effort.
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UMF graduating senior launching first published book
Carrie Close has a lot to celebrate this spring. As a graduating senior at University of Maine at Farmington she will also be marching in the commencement ceremony in May when she graduates with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in creative writing – and her first published book, “What Have I Done?”, a collection […]
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Lewiston native releases ‘Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love’
From acclaimed concert flutist Julie Scolnik comes an inspirational and heartfelt memoir about young love, heartache, and the role of memory in our lives. Set against a backdrop of classical music and Paris, “Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love” is a true fairy-tale memoir with a dark underbelly about the tenacious grip of first […]