Despite a decline in reading for pleasure, two former Barnes & Noble coworkers have found a niche with Novella.
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The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival will give away these 7 books
The annual program highlights Black and Black immigrant children’s books and their creators.
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Maine’s black market for baby eels is spawning a crime-thriller subgenre
‘The Glass Eel’ is the latest of several books and TV shows to explore elver poaching.
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From Stephen King to New Jersey diners, History Press books cover local lore around the US
A writer from Maine, Sharon Kitchens has turned her passion for Stephen King’s books into a published work
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Portland author has collected his dream library of books – and most of them don’t exist
Hemingway’s missing novel. Alice’s backwards-printed book in “Through the Looking Glass.” Sylvia Plath’s never-finished autobiography. Reid Byers owns copies of all those “invisible” books that bibliophiles wish were real.
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New media at Rangeley Public Library
RANGELEY — Rangeley Public Library has announced its new media for the month of February. Adult Fiction My Bonney Lies Under by Susan Cummins Miller The Oligarch’s Daughter by Joseph Finder Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney Penitence by Kristin Koval Johnny Careless by Kevin Wade The Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz The Crime Brulee Bake Off (Claire Walker #1) by Rebecca Connolly […]
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Looking for books — with a little extra? Here’s what some southern Maine bookstores have to offer
The area has a great variety of indie booksellers, in Portland, South Portland, Biddeford, Brunswick and beyond.
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Local author releases new book featuring inspirational messages
Local playwright and children’s book author Paul Baribault has had released his newest book, “Into the Presence – The Christ Writings,” the last in a trilogy. The work is a compilation of the over 200 messages the author has received “in the stillness” of God’s Presence, these last eight years. His second book, “Comedy & […]
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A Bowdoin professor collects his thoughts on the Black American experience
Anthony Walton’s ‘The End of Respectability’ features a dozen essays, written over time, with his observations on race in this country.
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DATE CHANGE: Maine children’s book author Chris Van Dusen to give author talk at Auburn Public Library
The 24th annual Maggie Trafton Authors For Young Readers presentation will feature an author talk with Maine native Chris Van Dusen from 4-5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the Androscoggin Community Room (ground floor) of the Auburn Public Library. Van Dusen will discuss his career in the publishing industry, specifically publishing children’s books. He […]