Illustrator Kim Jacobs will be the featured speaker at the meeting.
Books
North Anson library announces summer hours
Stewart Public Library will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays for July and August.
Skidompha Book Shop announces summer hours
Shop major source of funding for library managed and staffed by volunteers.
For Christmas, give these books to the gardener/reader in your life
From Shakespeare’s gardens to a how-to gardening handbook for the homebrewer, they run the gamut.
Don Lindgren shares his thoughts on rare, old cookbooks and what they can teach us
Rabelais, Lindgren’s shop in Biddeford, holds its annual sale in mid-November.
Ashley Bryan’s latest children’s book re-imagines the lives of slaves
More than a decade in the making, ‘Freedom Over Me’ began with the sale of slave-related documents at an auction in Northeast Harbor.
Three writers with Maine ties named finalists for Kirkus Prize
Ashley Bryan, Annie Proulx and Susan Faludi are up for $50,000 awards in different categories.
A 19th-century Brunswick botanist gets her due with book of flora paintings
Kate Furbish was an intrepid collector and artist who was ahead of her time.
New third-party candidate, Cat in the Hat launches colorful campaign
With his running mates Thing 1 and Thing 2 by his side, the Cat promotes – what else? – a new book.