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Maine author publishes ‘A Backyard Book of Spiders in Maine’
North Country Press is pleased to announce publication of ‘A Backyard Book of Spiders in Maine’ by Dana Wilde
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Maine author’s new book celebrates mother who saved suffrage
We’re officially in the suffrage centennial! One hundred years ago, after decades of perseverance, American women were finally given the right to vote. But it almost didn’t happen. Maine author, Emmy winner and former WMTW-TV anchor Elisa Boxer has just released a children’s book that tells the little-known story of the mother who saved suffrage: […]
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Historian to present ‘Whaling in Maine’ program at Camden Public Library
CAMDEN— Author and historian Charles H. Lagerbom will give an online presentation on “Whaling in Maine” at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Camden Public Library. Lagerbom will reveal why Maine should rightly take its place alongside its more well known New England whaling neighbors. The program is part of the Camden Public Library’s […]
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How Maine crime writers are rethinking the way they portray police
The current calls for police reform and ends to racism have prompted Maine writers of crime novels to rethink, and in some cases change, their work.
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Daughter of Holocaust survivors preserves her family’s story
“Resilience” provides testimony about the horrors of the Holocaust and also offers readers a connection to the rich heritage of Jewish life in Europe that has been largely lost.
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Maine author publishes romance novel
A young couple falls in love in the late ’80s in New York City
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Maine libraries and bookstores seeing increased demand for books about race
Since the death of George Floyd and widespread Black Lives Matter protests, Mainers – both children and adults – have been reading more about race.
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Maine author publishes first nonfiction book
LEWISTON — Lewiston playwright and children’s book author Paul Baribault had his newest book, “Our Brilliant Eternity,” published on Amazon in March. It is his first work of nonfiction and joins four of his children’s books already available in that website’s Books section. At its center, “Our Brilliant Eternity” is about, as stated on the […]
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Lewiston author publishes spiritual book
Book explores the connection between spirituality, religion, and health