FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington BFA in Creative Writing program will present American author as the next reader in its Visiting Writers Series. Van den Berg will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open […]
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Waterford Reading Group to begin with ‘Rebecca’
WATERFORD — Do you enjoy reading and talking to friends about the books you read? Are you looking for recommendations for great books you haven’t discovered on your own? If so, consider joining the Waterford Library Book Group. New participants are always welcome. The group meets once a month on the fourth Wednesday at 10 […]
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School book protest leads to parental approval of all books
GILFORD, N.H. — Parents of students at a New Hampshire school district who objected to an assigned book with a sexually explicit passage will now be required to approve every work of fiction used in class. “Nineteen Minutes,” by New Hampshire author Jodi Picoult, has been part of the curriculum at Gilford High School since […]
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Role of books in digital age debated at Colby College
WATERVILLE (AP) — A debate is brewing at Colby College over the role of books in the digital age. Thousands of volumes from the Waterville school’s Miller Library have been moved to off-campus storage as part of a $12.3 million renovation project. The books moved amount to about 40 percent of the collection. Places once […]
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USM professor wrote the book on why ‘Breaking Bad’ is so good
PORTLAND — Walter White, the lead character in the hit television series “Breaking Bad,” will have his guns blazing in the series finale, predicts the author of an upcoming book on the series. University of Southern Maine professor David Pierson said he expects White will have a showdown with a gang of thugs that has […]
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Poland to hold ‘book launch’ Sept. 19 at high school library
POLAND — The public is invited to celebrate a “book launch” of local children’s author, teacher and campground owner Tamra Wight. The book launch will be held at the Poland Regional High School library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. At the book launch, Wight will give a reading, said Whittier Middle School teacher Shannon […]
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Summer reading book pulled from NYC school
NEW YORK (AP) — Sixth graders at a New York City school no longer have to read a book on their summer reading list after parents objected to its sexual content. Public School/Middle School 114 in Rockaway Park pulled “The Absolutely True Diary of Part-Time Indian” from the list. The Daily News (http://nydn.us/169tSvs) says parents […]