“The Stepping Off Place” by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum will be the focus of this month’s Read Your Mind virtual book discussion series on Wednesday, Nov. 25. The Read Your Mind series is focused on teen mental health and wellness featuring young adult authors and community health experts exploring complex and common health concerns through the […]
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Portland’s Kate Christensen next guest for Meet the Author series
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
‘From Home in Bunny Slippers’ features creative work from Maine artists
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center is publishing a book containing over 100 submissions of work from professional and amateur creators all across Maine and beyond. “From Home in Bunny Slippers: Creations from a Community in the Weirdest Year Ever” reflects the ways in which people in the region responded to the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Portland Stage offers free, live, digital series with Maine native John Cariani
Cariani is a Tony-nominated actor, “Almost, Maine” playwright and novelist
Lewiston native wins award for children’s book
Nancy Beaule of Holiday, Florida, won a prestigious Royal Palm Literary Award from the Florida Writers Association. Beaule’s winning entry, “A Peek Under the Big Top,” won the Silver Award for Published Children’s Picture Book. The award was announced at FWA’s recent remote four-day annual conference. The annual competition, which received 549 submissions, was RPLA’s […]
Maine author’s book published
NORRIDGEWOCK — Author Deb Brown of Norridgewock has had her book, “Moving To A Higher Zip-Code,” a memoir about her accidental spiritual journey, published and it is now available on Amazon or at Balboa Press. There is perhaps no greater gift one person can give another than to share his or her story. This book […]
Online presentation to focus on ‘Muskets of the American Revolution’
Camden Public Library
Worldly talent to voice library read-alouds
The Camden Public Library announces the addition of a new reader for the popular Friday Explorations Read-Aloud Program. Every Friday at 11 a.m. on the library’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, the library will stream a brand new recording of local thespian Joseph Coté reading selections from a wide variety of fascinating and entertaining books […]
Photographer, journalist to present program ‘Remembering the War Through Memoir Writing’
CAMDEN — Photographer and journalist David H. Lyman will give an online presentation at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, presented by the Camden Public Library. Lyman will describe how he came to write a memoir about his time in Vietnam, and provide strategies to help people unwrap their own stories. The program will be hosted […]
Lovell Library announces ‘Meet the Author’ monthly series
LOVELL — A variety of Maine authors will share their personal backstories, as well as their connections to Maine, followed by readings and an online Q&A, during a monthly series presented by the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library. Alex Myers kicked off the series in August. This month features “Cozy Mystery” author and Maine Literary Award […]