An entertaining and informative travel guide, and a novel that recaptures the history and nostalgia of short line railroads in New England
Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Three Things I Know Are True’
Betty Culley’s book is marketed as a young-adult novel. But trust me, this book is for adults.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Ten Days in the North Woods’ and ‘Almost Midnight’
A kids’ hiking guide to the Katahdin region and the 10th novel in the Mike Bowditch mystery series by Paul Doiron
OFF RADAR: Poetry by one of the people of the dawn land
‘Bear, Coyote, Raven’ by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: Three new children’s books from Maine authors
‘Moe Pea the Moose Grows Up,’ ‘Before You Were Ours’ and ‘A Fine Orange Bucket’
OFF RADAR: While you’re staying at home without the flu …
What are we going to do as we hide out during the weeks, or possibly months it takes the COVID-19 storm to run its course?
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody’ and ‘The Vigilance of Stars’
JANE DARROWFIELD, PROFESSIONAL BUSYBODY Whoever said “Age is not important, unless you are a cheese,” never stayed at Walden Spring, a life-care retirement community in Concord, Massachusetts. Residents play bingo, dance, do yoga and commit murder. This is the first volume in a new mystery series by popular Boothbay Harbor author Barbara Ross. She also […]
Opening night of statewide film festival draws crowd in Waterville
Thursday’s event included a screening of the 1945 film “Leave Her to Heaven” and a discussion with Tim Williams, the grandson of Ben Ames Williams who authored the 1944 novel the film was based on.
OFF RADAR: Books from Farmington country
‘Dwellers in the House of the Lord’ and ‘The Vigilance of Stars’
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Hermit’ and ‘Garden Cemeteries of New England’
A terrific story about the decisions people make to protect themselves and others, and a short history of garden cemeteries from the mid-1800s
 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				
 
				