Join the Belfast Free Library in welcoming Laura Koenig, the Library's new Director. BFL will be hosting an informal meet and greet with music by the SeaStrings and ice cream sundaes on…
Literature
'SeaStrings' music and ice cream sundaes
May 31 deadline, prize money
The Millay House Rockland has launched a Vincent Poetry Prize in honor of Edna St. Vincent Millay; born in Rockland, Maine and known to her friends as “Vincent,” she…
A Celebration of Books and Poetry
On Friday, May 15, join the Jackson Memorial Library for a celebration of books and poetry with two events.
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A special event celebrating the release of volume 3 of the Midcoast Poetry Journal, a collection of poems by Midcoast poets,…
Families with children in kindergarten and older are invited to attend an overview of basic library skills, a tour of the Belfast Free Library, a scavenger hunt…
Meet Maine author Agnes Bushell and hear about her most recent novel, Verity and Perpetua: A Novel in Six Acts, on Sunday, May 17, at 2 p.m., at Thomaston…
Stockton Springs Community Library holds its Annual Book, Plant, and Bake Sale on Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. -1 p.m.
Stock up on books, DVDs, audio books, plants for the garden, and…
Lincolnville Historical Society 'Fridays at the Museum' Event
Join the Lincolnville Historical Society for its next "Fridays at the Museum" event, Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m. Maine Author Irene Drago will be giving a…
domestic abuse, substance abuse, and our country's frayed social net
Beth Macy, New York Times-bestselling author of a seminal book on how corporate greed created the opioid epidemic, is joining Finding Our Voices online, Tuesday, May 12, at 6 p…
Stop by Belfast City Park to enjoy the springtime weather and walk the loop trail to read Prunella on the Story Walk beginning at the playground…
Youth Services Librarian and Professional Storyteller Stephanie Holman hosts two May story times. Content is prepared for ages 3-6 with books, puppets, felt…
Wiggle and Rhyme for children from birth to age two offers a chance to enjoy songs, rhymes, scarves, parachute play, bubbles, toys…
Beginning May 4, Spanish Storytime will be held every Monday, at 10:30 a.m., in the Rockland Public Library Children's Room.
Spanish Songs & Stories with Jared McCannell, director of…
Join Belfast Free Library in celebrating the work of young Waldo County poets as they present their works on the theme of “Where the Land Meets the Sea: Poems…
What Did She Know and How Did She Know It? Revealing Secrets in Fiction
On Thursday, April 30, from 5 to 6 p.m., the Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor will host "Author Conversation: Laura Bonazzoli and Maureen Anne Jennings…
no pressure writing together
Teens aged 11-17 are invited to an hour of no pressure writing together with others on Thursday, April 30, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., at Belfast Free Library.…
Join Miss Katie for an Earth Day storytime with three stories, an Earth Day song, and three dances, Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday, April 22, from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., at the Rockland Public…
The Youth Trading Card Club meets on the fourth Monday of each month, at 4 p.m., in the Children’s Room.
Get together, play card games, and talk about everything…
music, poetry, planting
The Camden Conservation Commission, the Camden Public Library and Tree Corps will host PoeTREE, an outdoor celebration of trees, music, and poetry, on Saturday, May 30, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., at the…
There will be a Bake Sale and Book Sale on Saturday, May 2, from 8 - 11 a.m., at the Appleton Library, 2916 Sennebec Road.
Donations toward the bake sale…
gratitude for nature, to nature, through spoken works and music
Celebrate Earth Day on April 18 by joining a heartfelt community gathering that offers gratitude for nature, to nature, through spoken works and music, according to Julie Sells, in a news release…
Poet Dave Morrison celebrates the release of his new collection Already Home (JukeBooks 2026) with a music/spoken word performance, April 22, at 7:30 p.m…
The Tiny Bookshop will celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 25, with a day of books, prizes, and festivities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 163 Union Street, in Rockport.
The…
Poet and educator Dawn Potter has been appointed Maine’s next State Poet Laureate, "recognizing her distinguished body of work and her longstanding commitment to advancing poetry and…
SEARSMONT — Join Georges River Land Trust and Maine Master Naturalist Sherrie York for a guided, hands-on nature journaling and field sketching workshop on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.…
built, painted, installed by students from Midcoast School of Technology
ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital announces a new partnership with the Rockport Public Library to open a small, free library on the ground floor of the Beebe Health Center.
"This new…
Patsy Baldus has spent most of her life in Midcoast Maine and will be speaking at Stockton Springs Community Library on April 25, …
A mysterious fire. Two missing women. An unidentified crank who pens provoking letters to the editor.
Local author Kim Yesis will be speaking about her new book, Brush with Fire, book two…
acclaimed and up-and-coming mystery, horror, and crime writers
Discover your new favorite crime writer, Wednesday, April 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Rockport Public Library, during “Murder in Mud Season,” a lively and…
Poet/Artist pairings with 'The Downstairs Poets of Rockport'
In honor of National Poetry Month, Local Color Gallery is hosting The Downstairs Poets of Rockport for an Ekphrastic Poetry Reading on Saturday, April 11, from 1-3 p.m. Poems will be posted in the…
historical fiction
Maine writer and Maine Literary Award Winner Deborah Gould will present her work, Sunday, April 26, at 2 p.m., at Hope Library.
Gould is the author of four books:…
the extreme coercive control that crashed her glittery world
Sarma Melngailis, the subject of the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan, will talk about the extreme coercive control behind her astonishing crash from raw vegan…
PORT CLYDE — This April, in celebration of both Earth Month and National Poetry Month, Herring Gut Coastal Science Center invites the community to a special…
Friends of Rockland Public Library
Friends of Rockland Public Library announces an inflation-free book and bake sale Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (members shop at 10:30),…
Teen Manga Club will meet Tuesday, April 7, at 3:45 p.m., in the Board Room of the Rockland Public Library.
Join Miss Katie for snacks and book chats about your favorite manga.
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The Rockland Poetry Peers, a group of writers, meets on the first Tuesday of the month, at 6 p.m., in the Board Room of the Rockland Public Library, primarily…
Join Millay House Rockland, Saturday, April 3, from 3 - 5 p.m., at Cafe Grazie, as it kicks off the last traces…
National Poetry Month
The Belfast Free Library invites youth to celebrate National Poetry Month. Waldo County children and teens are invited to write poems on the theme of “Where the…
"Like the daffodils and tulips, the first Friends of the Rockport Public Library Book Sale of the year is a beloved harbinger of spring," said RPL, in a news release.
This year’s event will…
how the story of an underdog surf shop became a book, then a film
On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., Belfast Free Library will host the screening of a short film, followed by a conversation about how the story of an underdog surf shop became a book, then…
historical novel explores tensions between modernity and tradition in Iran
PORTLAND — The Portland Public Library will host author Afarin Bellisario, PhD, for a talk on her debut historical novel, Silenced Whispers…
Author talk April 10, 'From Refugee to Neighbor: Rethinking What It Means to be American'
Waldo Reads Together, a partnership of the Belfast Free Library, Literacy Volunteers of Waldo County, Belfast Senior College and the Waldo Reads Together steering committee has brought back the “…
The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will celebrate International Women's Day on March 19, 2025, at 6 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, with a night of poetry celebrating the strength and…
Spring Fling Party for Kids at the Stockton Springs Community Library. Join us to celebrate spring on Saturday, March 14, from 10 - 11 a.m. There will be stories, spring…
"mirrors" and "Waking Up"
Lillian Shackleford, of Appleton, and Caroline Wisniewski, of Belmont, have each been named County winner of The Telling Room's 19th…
Friday, Feb. 27
The public is invited to the first gathering of Tern the Page Book Club, presented in partnership between Hog Island Audubon Camp and Camden Public Library
The gathering…
the seasons and cycles of farming and family
Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to meet Helen Whybrow, the multi-talented author of The Salt Stone: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life.…
parallel writing careers
On Saturday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m., Belfast authors Linda Buckmaster and Elizabeth Garber will be at Anodyne Book Shop on Route 1 in Searsport. They will be reading…
On the morning of February 4, the 8th grade class at St. George School was joined by local author Shannon Parker thanks to the efforts of English teacher Christine Miller. Prior to Parker’s visit…
Two-day writer residencies to focus on science and local heritage with students
UNION — Students at Union Elementary School have a big week ahead of them this coming March. The school has announced it will host two award-winning…
