Editor’s Note: Given Vinalhaven’s centuries-old tradition of lobstering, we asked Vinalhaven librarian Scott Candage to recommend a few novels about lobstering in Maine. These are his picks, listed in alphabetical order by writer. “Stern Men” by Elizabeth Gilbert, Mariner Books, 2001 edition Yes, that Elizabeth Gilbert. Before she became famous for “Eat, Pray, Love,” Gilbert […]
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Evening with Maine writers will benefit disadvantaged Maine children
An online auction and a reading with Richard Russo and his daughter Kate Russo will raise money for Camp Susan Curtis.
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Children’s book celebrates the color brown in all its glory
‘Magnificent Homespun Brown’ is as joyful as the confident little girls it depicts.
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Janet Malcolm, provocative author and journalist, dies at 86
The author of numerous influential books and magazine stories, the Prague native practiced a kind of post-modern style in which she often called attention to her own role in the narrative.
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‘The Maine Farm Table Cookbook’ celebrates the state’s many food producers
Kate Shaffer’s newest cookbook also serves as a guidebook.
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David Diop wins International Booker Prize with World War I story
The international contest is open to fiction in any language that has been translated into English.
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Maine Literary Awards names winners, honors Carolyn Chute
‘Blue Summer’ by Jim Nichols wins for fiction, and Kerri Asenault’s ‘Mill Town’ for nonfiction.
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‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91
Carle wrote and-or illustrated more than 75 books, and his signature illustrations were made by piecing together chiefly tissue paper that he had painted with various colors and textures.
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Mainers challenge themselves to reading goals during the pandemic
A 9-year-old who has read some 250 books and a book club that tackled ‘War and Peace’ are among those filling their downtime with reading.
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In a new memoir, Maine’s rock star chef Erin French hits bottom and gets a second chance
‘Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch’