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OFF RADAR: ‘Tributaries: Essays from Woods and Waters’

by Dana Wilde July 5, 2024July 3, 2024

Ryan Brod take us onto rivers, streams and lakes in central Maine.

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A Mainer took refuge in her garden during COVID, then wrote about it

by Tobias Carroll June 30, 2024June 28, 2024

In the understated and evocatively written ‘A Gardener at the End of the World,’ Margot Anne Kelley muses on time, pandemics and plants.

Books, Life & Culture, Maine Authors

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Fire Exit’ and ‘Art of Penobscot Bay’

by Bill Bushnell June 28, 2024June 27, 2024

A debut novel from a masterful writer, and a magnificent tribute to Maine art

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Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal, public life

by HILLEL ITALIE June 25, 2024June 25, 2024

‘Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love and Liberty’ will be out in September.

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Monty Python skit inspires latest book by Maine children’s author Julie Falatko

by Ray Routhier June 23, 2024June 22, 2024

The South Portland author’s latest book, ‘Help Wanted: One Rooster,’ depicts a struggling farm and the farm’s search for a rooster to help make things right. Plus a few other Maine reads for your kids this summer.

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A small-town Maine librarian’s obsessions keep the pages turning

by Michael Berry June 23, 2024June 21, 2024

Hilarity – and chills – ensue in Portland writer Sarah Braunstein’s second novel, ‘Bad Animals.’

Books, Life & Culture, Maine Authors

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Kate Meader’ and ‘Good Dog, Bad Cop’

by Bill Bushnell June 14, 2024June 13, 2024

Historical fiction at its best with a carefully sculpted plot and wholly believable and endearing characters, and fourth cop crime mystery in the K Team series.