PORTLAND — Richard Afuma, a naturalized citizen who was born in Cameroon, is set to release his first book in April titled “The Python Trail: An Immigrant’s Path from Cameroon to America.” The book, published by Down East Books in paperback, will be released on April 15 and is now available by pre-order on Amazon.com. […]
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Winthrop library to host educator, writer, conservationist Cathy Billings on Feb. 3
WINTHROP –The Bailey Public Library will host educator, writer, and conservationist at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. All library events are being held on the first floor of the Winthrop Commerce Center at 149 Main Street during construction of the addition to the historic Bowdoin Street building. Billings grew up near the Kittery navy yard, […]
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Bates College offering MLK events Sunday, Monday
LEWISTON — Peniel Joseph, author, historian and founder of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Boston’s Tufts University, will be the keynote speaker at Bates College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Joseph’s talk is titled “Reimagining Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Obama and the Age […]
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Winthrop library to host writer-photographer Jan. 13
WINTHROP –The Bailey Public Library will host award-winning writer and photographer at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13. All library events are being held at the temporary library on the first floor of the Winthrop Commerce Center at 149 Main Street during construction of the addition to the Bowdoin Street building. Peppe’s photography and written work […]
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Topsham library to host signing, reading with Maine poet Jan. 22
TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library has announced that Maine poet Gary Rainford will read and sign copies of his new poetry collection, “Salty Liquor,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the library. Rainford was recently awarded an honorable mention in the 2014 Topsham Public Library Joy of the Pen writing competition, where he wowed […]
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Maine author and humorist Tim Caverly at Norway bookstore on Nov. 29
“Allagash Tails Volume One” was published in June 2009, and was soon followed by “An Allagash Haunting.” A third book “Allagash Tails Volume III- Wilderness Wildlife” was released in November 2010 and a “Wilderness Ranger’s Journal” was released in the fall 2012. “Headin’ North” is the last book and a sequel to the popular “Wilderness […]
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Maine doctor launches new book: ‘When You Hold a Patient’s Hand … Don’t Wear a Glove’
Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York, studied at Colgate University and Tufts Medical School. He received his post-graduate medical training in Boston. He settled in Maine with his family in 1976. Gilbert retired from Maine Medical Center in 2008 and continued to do part-time radiation oncology for the next five years. Of his medical […]
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Augusta library to host author of ‘Superstorm’ on Dec. 6
AUGUSTA – Historian , author of “Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy” will give a talk at Lithgow Public Library at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Copies of “Superstorm” will be available for purchase and signing at the event, which is free and open to the public. It will be held in the library’s Reading […]
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Animal Tales: Crime scenes, cadaver dogs and an author’s quest for a story
Until she started writing true crime mysteries, Kate Flora didn’t appreciate the work it took to train a dog to find a dead body. Or all the work that dogs could do. Suddenly rescue dogs, police dogs and cadaver dogs seemed to be everywhere. “I see dogs differently,” said Flora, 65, former Maine assistant […]