ROCKPORT — Inside Kelly Hokkanen's pocket-sized used bookstore measuring only 120 square feet, there are vast worlds — and the public is just starting to hear about it.
The Tiny Bookshop,…
Literature
Live Birds and Deadly Forces: Birding and Northwoods mystery writing come together at Camden library
The Camden Public Library welcomes an unlikely duo: a birding guide and naturalist (who's not a novelist) and a Northwoods mystery author (who's not a birder). What could they have in common? What…
Thursday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m., at Rockland Public Library, local author E.K. Sathue will discuss her novel youthjuice, in which a 29-year-old copywriter…
ROCKLAND — Have you ever wondered what makes a poem a sonnet? Are you a writer who is curious about the form?
Reencountering the Sonnet: Millay,…
BELFAST — The Belfast Poetry Festival seeks poets and writers, artists, performers, and workshop facilitators to join this year’s program, which celebrates the Festival’s 20 year. Events geared…
CAMDEN — An evening of poetry and music will be held Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m., in the Reading Room at Camden Public Library, to kick off the 3rd annual Camden Festival of…
CAMDEN — Camden Public Library welcomes award-winning writer Maureen Stanton for a book talk and Q & A session featuring her recently published memoir, The…
celebrating the release of 'Life and Art'
BELFAST — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to meet internationally acclaimed author Richard Russo at a talk and book signing on Thursday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. The free…
set in Maine, including deep in the heart of western Waldo County
MONROE — Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m., The Monroe Community Library invites the public to an author event with acclaimed Maine mystery writer Gerry Boyle.
Gerry Boyle is the author of 17…
CAMDEN — The third annual Camden Festival of Poetry will take place May 13 - 17, 2025.
The Festival opens with a Tuesday evening reading from 6 - 8 p.m., at the Camden Public Library,…
SEARSPORT — Maine author of On Harbor's Edge, Kate Hotchkiss, will speak Saturday, May 3, from 1 - 2 p.m., at Anodyne Bookshop. The event is open to the walk-in public and free of charge…
the release of 'Skin and Bones and Other Mike Bowditch Short Stories'
BELFAST — Paul Doiron, internationally acclaimed author of the hugely popular Mike Bowditch series set in Maine, will be at Left Bank Books, in Belfast, on Tuesday, May 13, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.…
SEARSMONT — Searsmont Town Library's Board of Trustees, Library Director and dedicated volunteers are preparing for the 35th annual Book & Bake Sale to take place this year…
CAMDEN — Love trees? Love poetry? The Camden Conservation Commission and Camden Public Library invite the public to celebrate their…
BELFAST — A reception with reading and refreshments will celebrate Waldo County Youth poems, Monday, May 5, from 4 - 5 p.m., at Belfast Free Library.…
Vacation Arts Activities, April 23
LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville Community Library celebrates its 10th anniversary with an open house, April 26, from 2 - 5 p.m.
The library will also be holding Spring…
'the definitive biographical portrait of the ambitious and innovative—and until now misunderstood—woman'
CAMDEN — Camden Public Library welcomes award-winning author Natalie Dykstra for a book talk on her latest title, Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart…
celebrating the releases of their new books
BELFAST — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a free talk, Thursday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the bookshop, when poets Andrea Ballou and Pam Alexander celebrate the release…
ROCKPORT — "Spring cleaning means making space on your shelves for the trove of literary gems you will discover at the Friends of the Rockport Library’s Spring Book Sale," said…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library Poets’ Corner will host a celebration of the inaugural edition of the Midcoast Poetry Journal, a collection of poems by twenty-five…
ROCKLAND — The Friends of Rockland Public Library will hold a spring book and bake sale, Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Rockland…
on a mission to highlight the challenging, the humorous, and the captivating in the lives of ordinary people
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m., Searsport author Kim Yesis will present a book talk at the Stockton Springs Community Library.
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CAMDEN — Join Gray Cox, professor at College of the Atlantic, for a presentation and discussion on his book, Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth?…
ROCKLAND — In celebration of National Poetry Month, Millay House Rockland is inviting poets and writers to drop in and write for a couple of hours in April and early…
'The Rose by Another Name'
ISLEBORO — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a free talk by Melissa Olson, director of the Alice Pendleton Library on Islesboro Island, Wednesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m.…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Dave Morrison, Thursday, April 17, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Poet Dave Morrison will…
be transported to the Aegean Sea, spice shops, ancient streets, neighbors’ kitchens
MONROE — Sunday, April 13, at 4 p.m., the Monroe Community Library invites the public to hear Elizabeth Schaab, artist and poet, read from her latest collection of poetry and talk about her…
slideshow, audience participation, songs, activities
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“Fast Forward: Poems from the Future”
BELFAST — 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 “…
National Library Week
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Stockton Springs Community Library invites the public to a “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party,” Saturday, April 12, at 11 a.m.
The group will read from…
including founders, volunteers, partners, recipients
ROCKLAND — Started in 1990, Area Interfaith Outreach, known as AIO, has been providing assistance to Knox County families for 35 years, starting with food and…
Read your own poem, bring a favorite poem to read, or just come to listen
BELFAST — Belfast Senior College will celebrate National Poetry Month with a special Brown Bag Lunch feature on poetry. Members of the public are invited to bring a lunch and a poem to share…
an insider's view of the world of seafood from deck to dining table
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Bill Gerencer, Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Bill Gerencer…
CAMDEN — Camden Public Library welcomes photographer John Steele for a presentation of his photography book, Mustangs: Utah’s Onaqui & Cedar Mountain Herds…
see and feel curling equipment, Q and A, book signing
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes author David Florig for a presentation of his novel, The Shattered Curling Stone, Thursday, March 13, at 6:30…
Lincolnville Historical Society's "Fridays at the Museum" series
LINCOLNVILLE — For a backlist book to become a movie shot in Maine is exceedingly rare and Midcoast author Kay “K.” Stephens will tell that story Friday, March 21, at 7 p.m., at the Lincolnville…
open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, plays, or journalism
ROCKLAND — Submissions are officially open for the 2025 juried Writer-in-Residence program coordinated by Millay House Rockland, in partnership with the Ellis…
Sprinter Runs the Marathon: Poems For Those Who Think Differently
CAMDEN — Poet Dave Morrison will be hosting a book release party Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Cafe (Camden Opera House 3rd floor). Admission is free and all are…
Coming Out as Dalit
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Library Foundation hosts Yashica Dutt, author of the bestselling memoir Coming Out as Dalit, for a presentation on Wednesday,…
UNION — The Union Fair Society, in cooperation with Jane and Sarah McCloskey, will introduce a permanent exhibit at the 2025 Union Fair/ Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival.
This exhibit will…
celebrating the release of his new book
BELFAST — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a free talk by Belfast journalist Murray Carpenter on Tuesday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m., at the shop, to celebrate the release…
"The Summer Guests"
BELFAST — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a free talk by New York Times best-selling author Tess Gerritsen on Thursday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m., to celebrate that week’s…
NEW YORK — Simon & Schuster said Feb. 18 that it will publish a posthumous book by David McCullough, one of the nation’s most decorated historians, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National…
informal poetry reading, opening of submissions for Writer-in-Residence program
ROCKLAND — Millay House Rockland will celebrate Edna St. Vincent Millay's 133rd birthday on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 2 to 4 p.m.
"2024 was an…
To recognize the wide geographic participation in this year’s contest, The Telling Room honored one writer from each of Maine’s counties as a county winner, in addition…
BELFAST — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a free talk and book signing by Maine writer Ellen Baker on Tuesday, February 25, at 6 p.m., at the bookshop. The event will…
inspired by whatever Mother Nature delivers
JEFFERSON — “Writing the Weather” is the focus of a creative nature writing workshop led by writer and Maine Master Naturalist Andrea Lani on Saturday, February…
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library, in Washington, holds its Winter Book Sale on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
An…
Join the movement toward a thriving, resilient community with CamdenCAN‘s “In Transition” reading/discussion group for winter/spring 2025.
CamdenCAN is kicking off on…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Stockton Springs Community Library will hold a Valentine’s party, Saturday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m.
The party includes seasonal read-alouds, crafts…
