A new novel from Elizabeth Strout featuring three popular characters, and a collection of poems, photographs and stories contributed by Mainers.
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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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OFF RADAR: ‘The Cliffs’
This book starts out with a gothic feel, then steadily shifts its footing to a fairly typical contemporary depiction of the main character’s chaotic emotional life.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Space Between You and Me’ and ‘Oxbow Island Gang: Summer Bats’
A debut young-adult romance novel by Julie True Kingsley, and the last book in the ‘Oxbow Island Gang’ series.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Real Spies Don’t Use Rowboats’ and ‘Hard Line’
The first volume in the “The Boy Spies of Maine” series by Jeffrey Hope, and the last book in the popular Jack McMorrow mystery series by Gerry Boyle.
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Han Kang is first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Kang, a poet and novelist, was awarded for books, including ‘The Vegetarian’ and ‘Human Acts,’ that explore the pain of being human and the scars of Korea’s turbulent history.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Ukrainian Poetry of War and Hope’
When Steve Luttrell encountered some Ukrainian poets and artists — people trying to make sense out of bewildering chaos — he tried to think of how to help.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Flood Tide’ and ‘Stephen King’s Maine’
The second book in Albert Waitt’s LT Nichols mystery series, and a journey across Maine looking for towns, businesses, professions and locations featured in Stephen King’s books.
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How Elizabeth Strout came to bring 3 beloved characters together in ‘Tell Me Everything’
When the author realized Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton and Bob Burgess from her previous books were all living in Crosby, Maine, she knew they had to meet.
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Maine Lit Fest kicks off with events from Portland to Presque Isle
This year’s festival, featuring events from Portland to Presque Isle, has a wider geographic reach than the inaugural event in 2022.
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Monica Wood takes ‘How to Read a Book’ on a tour of small-town Maine
After a delay in the novel’s release, the Portland author was looking for a way to reinvigorate her excitement about it. She’s been finding it in little libraries throughout the state.