Columnist and author Scot Lehigh will discuss his debut novel “Just East of Nowhere,” a coming-of-age story about growing up in coastal Maine, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, at the Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Lehigh is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and columnist for The Boston Globe. He also wrote for The Times […]
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Author Series brings Betty Culley to Denmark Arts Center
Author Betty Culley will discuss her book, “The Name She Gave Me,” as part of the Author Series at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at the Denmark Arts Center. A heartbreakingly beautiful novel in verse about adoption, family, friendship, and love in all its many forms, from the acclaimed author of “Three Things I […]
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Romance Writers of America files for bankruptcy after tumultuous split spurred by racism allegations
Relationships within the group started to fray in 2019 over the way it treated one of its authors, Courtney Milan, a Chinese American writer.
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New bookstore, candy shop expansion on tap for downtown Waterville
Among business changes in the city, Oliver & Friends Bookshop is scheduled to open in downtown Waterville and Incense & Peppermints is poised to expand into the former Framemakers shop downtown.
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Mexico native Monica Wood to hold author talk
Friends of the Rumford Public Library will host “One-in-a-Million Boy” and “When We Were the Kennedys” author Monica Wood for a reading at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Because the Public Room at Rumford Public Library is temporarily closed, the event will be held at the American Legion located at 184 Congress St., Rumford. […]
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Maine author Denis Ledoux will speak about his latest memoir, ‘French Boy’
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Author of celebrated memoir will join Finding Our Voices online book discussion
Michelle Horton will join the discussion of her just-released memoir, “Dear Sister: A memoir of secrets, sisterhood, and unbreakable bonds,” in the Finding Our Voices online book club. The 90-minute Finding Our Voices discussion of “Dear Sister” will be held via Zoom on at beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30. The discussion is […]
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Maine author Paul Doiron to read from his latest book
Maine author Paul Doiron will read from “Pitch Dark,” the 15th installment in his crime novel series featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, in the Androscoggin Community Room at Auburn Public Library. This is a on his prepublication tour for the book which is due out June 25. […]
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‘Pirate Trap’ by Maine author Matt Cost focus of presentation
Matt Cost will give a talk featuring “Pirate Trap,” his latest release in the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex series from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, in the Androscoggin Community Room at the Auburn Public Library. Cost will talk about the creation of the town of Port Essex on the Maine coast, the evolution of […]
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Local author publishes first novel
Local author Valerie Bennett has published her first novel, “Lidu’s Awakening.” The story is an action-packed survival tale about a boy hunter named Crik, a shy gatherer named Lidu who discovers she has healing gifts and abilities, and two wolves named Aneko and Kylo. The story takes place on the Eurasian Steppes in the Paleolithic […]