“Paradise: The Literature of Gardening” will be on display from March 15-May 15.
Shiretown Bookers
'The Long Sixties' exhibition to be held at Mantor Library
FARMINGTON — The Shiretown Bookers are proud to announce their fall exhibition, “The Long Sixties, 1957-1974,” running from Oct. 7 through Jan. 11, in the Shiretown Bookers’ Hall in Mantor Library at 116 South St. The opening reception is open to the public and will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the library. […]
Exhibition on political resistance at UMF Mantor Library
FARMINGTON — The Shiretown Bookers, the Community Friends of Mantor Library, in affiliation with the University of Maine at Farmington, announces their upcoming exhibition, “Robin, Zorro, and Horton: Political Resistance in Literature.” It will run from Oct. 1 through Dec. 16 in the Bookers’ display area of Mantor Library, 116 South St. The opening reception is […]
Book designers to speak on their careers
FARMINGTON — Angela Werner and Michael Höhne, book designers, collectors, and members of the Shiretown Bookers, will speak on “Making Books: Stories from a Career in Book Design,” at 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, April 9, in the lounge of the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center, at the University of Maine at Farmington. The Education Center […]
Reid Byers to speak on the English country house library
FARMINGTON — Reid Byers, president of Shiretown Bookers, will speak on “Booking at Brideshead: The Design of the English Country House Library” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, in the University of Maine at Farmington’s North Dining Hall in the Olsen Student Center at 111 South St. The talk is free and open to the public. […]