WINTHROP – The Bailey Library in Winthrop will virtually host author and registered Maine guide Earl Brechlin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26. The event is the fourth in a 10-part series celebrating Maine’s bicentennial that will explore outdoor recreation in Maine. The public is invited to attend via Zoom by visiting baileylibrary.org/athome and […]
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Author to give online presentation of her new book, ‘400 Friends and No One to Call’
Rehabilitation consultant and author Val Walker will present an online discussion of her new book, “400 Friends and No One to Call: Breaking through Isolation and Building Community” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, hosted by the Camden Public Library. This online program will be presented via the Zoom meeting platform. Email jpierce@librarycamden.org to request […]
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South Paris author releases 21st book
South Paris author and businesswoman Patricia (Pat) Probert Gott released her 21st book “Horses, Horses, Horses,” in April. The author has been writing books for 15 years, calling upon her experience owning and riding horses as well as working as a horse wrangler in Cody, Wyoming. Many people enjoy riding horses, few understand them. Gott […]
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Face Time: David Griswold, Auburn native and climate change children’s book author
The book is called “Fur & Feather Stand Together.”
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Historical novel focused on Lewiston written by local author
“The Enclave,” a historical novel published last July by local author Suzanne R. Roy, is set in Lewiston in 1890. It touches on the lives of the immigrant mill workers and small business owners who brought their language and traditions from French Canada to this city. Reminding readers that there was a time when trolley […]
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Lewiston native subject of new children’s book available for presale
LEWISTON — Author Eileen Doyon has released the ninth book in her Unforgettable Faces and Stories series, “Lucky … Little Guy, BIG Mission,” featuring the true story of Christy Gardner, an Army veteran from Lewiston, and her dog Lucky. The book is now available for presale online at unforgettablefacesandstories.com/luckylittle-guy-big-mission. A book signing featuring the author […]
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Maine author’s latest book ‘Torn Asunder’ is an end times action/thriller
With the world in turmoil and diabolical global forces at work politically, socially, economically and theologically, Maine author Mark Alan Leslie’s newest novel, “Torn Asunder,” appears ripped from the headlines. An end times action/thriller, now available on Kindle and through Amazon.com, “Torn Asunder” paints the picture of a world in moral darkness and economic tumult […]
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Author to speak about his latest book detailing Maine’s role in the Underground Railroad
MONMOUTH — Maine’s crucial part in the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape to Canada in the early-to mid-1800s included at least four Monmouth families who put their lives and fortunes in peril by breaking the law — the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. While history books focus on the prominence of Harriet Beecher Stowe […]
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Underground Railroad presentation planned at Androscoggin Historical Society
The Androscoggin Historical Society invites you to spend an informative hour with author Mark Alan Leslie, whose historical novel, “True North: Tice’s Story” explores a slave’s escape to freedom. Leslie will speak on the Underground Railroad at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, at the society’s headquarters in the Davis-Wagg Museum on the third floor […]
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Author and memoirist Jaed Coffin to read in UMF Visiting Writers Series
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series will host a reading with author Jaed Coffin. Coffin will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, in The Landing in the Olsen Student Center. Sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, the series events […]