At once fascinating, fun and scholarly, ‘Gin’ distills appreciation for an enduring quaff

Maine Authors

Published
December 20, 2020

At once fascinating, fun and scholarly, ‘Gin’ distills appreciation for an enduring quaff

Shonna Milliken Humphrey has written a memoir, a novel and now an ode to gin.
Published
December 17, 2020

OFF RADAR: ‘Cummiskey Alley: New and Selected Lowell Poems’

Tom Sexton's luminous memories
Published
December 10, 2020

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Christmas Card Murder’ and ‘A Dog-Friendly Town’

A suspenseful and exciting holiday mystery, and a young-reader mystery loaded with hilarious social commentary
Published
December 6, 2020

Dine In Maine: Ready, set, read!

Looking for five Maine books for your culinary reading list? Try our restaurant critic's "favorite contenders."
Published
December 3, 2020

OFF RADAR: Words of wisdom, central Maine style

“A Long Journey and some things learned along the road” by Mavis J. Longfellow, and “Yoganomics" by Paul V. Cornell du Houx
Published
November 25, 2020

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Detective in the Dooryard’ and ‘Pressing Matters’

Honest, lucid and touching stories from a Bangor police officer, and a debut novel from Bruce Fleming
Published
November 19, 2020

OFF RADAR: A month of bad dreams

Three departures came like darkly connected sequences in a nightmare.
Published
November 12, 2020

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Dancing at the Colony’ and ‘The Perfect Daughter’

A tender story about a grandmother and granddaughter, and a new mystery from Joseph Souza
Published
November 5, 2020

OFF RADAR: Novels on Maine Islands

Maine’s islands have made nice, solid settings for novels for a long time, and three recent ones happened to come my way this summer.
Published
October 22, 2020

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Lure of Books’ and ‘Forever’

A smart collection of short stories that showcases the imaginative storytelling of Lynae Maxim, and a complex but compelling mystery by Geoffrey M. Cooper