New bookstore (and bar) in Maine

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 11:30am
Photo courtesy The Happy Crow Photo courtesy The Happy Crow

Authors--listen up!

The Happy Crow, a new bookstore, bar, and event space, recently opened in Gardiner. 

They do an open mic night on Sundays from 7 to 10 p.m. which is open to all poets, comedians, musicians, writers, story tellers, and activists.

I just added them to The Mainah: A complete list of Maine Independent Bookstores

 This list is only $20 because I want to keep my resources low-cost and no-cost for authors who don't have huge budgets.

This is a meticulously curated and thoroughly researched directory of more than 60 of the best indie bookstores in Maine. You can find other lists of Maine bookstores online, but they're incomplete, often out of date, and don't include everything in this directory, which gives you the bookstore, city/town, public email, bookstore owner/contact, and store preferences/notes, along with a customizable field for your own Author's Notes.

 

Photo courtesy The Happy Crow Photo courtesy The Happy Crow
Standard Post

Event Date

real estate