A talk with best-selling author Joe Hill will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, at the Charlotte Hobbs Library in Lovell. The event will be free and open to the public. A ticketed reception will be held beforehand from 5-6 p.m. Tickets are $25/per person and only 50 tickets will be sold. For […]
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Award-winning Maine author to hold book signing for his latest book
Award-winning Maine author Paul Doiron returns for an author presentation and book signing to celebrate the hotly-anticipated next installment in the Mike Bowditch Mystery series, “Dead Man’s Wake” at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, at DDG Booksellers in Farmington. Full of captivating suspense, “Dead Man’s Wake” offers an immersive Maine reading experience to seasoned […]
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Trio of poets featured in Author Series at Denmark Arts Center
The Author Series continues with poets Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Katherine Hagopian Berry and Meghan Sterling at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 16, at The Denmark Arts Center. Gibson Fay-LeBlanc’s collection, “Deke Dangle Dive,” speaks of “risk and reward, loss and labor” notes poet Jeffrey Thomson. What is a person to do upon finding out that his […]
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Maine author releases her 14th book, ‘The People We Know: Volume One’
Kingfield author Annie Louise Twitchell announces the release of her fourteenth title, “The People We Know: Volume One.” The book is a collection of short stories and essays. Written largely during the COVID-19 pandemic, she hopes “these pieces offer an uplifting and encouraging view into the world in which we live.” “Working in rural Maine, […]
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Chris Van Dusen to hold book signing event
Maine children’s book author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen will hold a book signing from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, at Noah’s Ark Daycare Center in Farmington. The event will begin at 10 a.m. with face painting led by Western Maine Play Museum and a dance party with DJ Beets. The author presentation […]
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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
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Local music educator to give talk at Auburn library
Edward Judd, a local music teacher and Auburn resident who spent more than two decades teaching music in the Lisbon, Lewiston and Auburn area, will be featured at an “Author Chat” and book signing for his book, “View From the Podium,” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, at the Auburn Public Library. The book […]
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Lovell Speaker Series to host Maine author Michael Chaney
An in-person talk by award-winning Maine author Michael Chaney continues the Hobbs Library Speaker Series at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. The talk will also be available via Zoom. The talk, “White Pine on the Saco River: An Oral History of River Driving in Southern Maine,” […]
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‘Bookey Readings’ poetry series features Pondtown Poets
The popular “Bookey Readings” poetry series will continue at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, at the Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. The “Pondtown Poets,” founded in 2003, will be the featured poets at the event. The group was founded by Winthrop native Susan Parks and takes their name from the history of Winthrop. The […]
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Author of new book on John Jenkins to give talk at Auburn Public Library
Dr. Chuck Radis will give a talk on his new book, “John Jenkins: the Mayor of Maine,” from 4-5 p.m. on Friday, May 5, at Auburn Public Library. During his talk, he will explore how Jenkins, a young man who grew up in Newark, New Jersey, during the race riots of 1968, grew to love […]