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Posted March 20, 2020
Updated August 24, 2020
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Author talks
  • Stream Hon. Barbara Hackman Franklin discussing ‘A Matter of Simple Justice’ on Sept. 3
    The celebrated Nixon-era women’s rights leader gives nook talk for Camden Library
  • via youtube.com
    Live-streamed readings from Maine sci-fi author Cat Valente
  • via portlandlandmarks.org
    Greater Portland Landmarks local history lectures and presentations
  • Maine Voices Live: Author Monica Wood talks about marriage and the importance of the arts
  • Maine Voices Live: Richard Russo
    The author, screenwriter & teacher sat down with Mary Pols February 23, 2016.
  • Maine Voices Live with Lincoln Peirce
    On Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Portland-based cartoonist who has been drawing 'Big Nate' for almost 30 years joined us on the Maine Voices Live stage.
  • Maine Voices Live: Melissa Sweet and Martha White
    Melissa Sweet, author & illustrator and Martha White, granddaughter of E.B. White, take the Maine Voices Live stage.
  • Maine Voices Live: Tess Gerritsen
    The international bestselling author speaks on the Maine Voices Live stage.
Books online
  • via portlandlandmarks.org
    Greater Portland Landmarks Guide to research the history of your house
  • via manybooks.net
    Download or read ebooks online at manybooks.net
  • via portlandlibrary.com
    Download ebooks with your Portland Public Library card
Book reviews
  • A few reading suggestions while you’re staying at home (hopefully) without the flu
    What are we going to do as we hide out during the weeks, or possibly months it takes the COVID-19 storm to run its course?
  • All the presidents’ books
    In 'Author in Chief,' Craig Fehrman tells little-known stories about how presidents, or their ghostwriters, produced, published and sold their books.
  • The connections among a cast of disparate characters gracefully unfold
    In the 'Vigilance of Stars,' writer Patricia O'Donnell tells a tale of Mainers struggling to cope with absent fathers, dead brothers and incapacitated lovers.
  • Andrew Krivak’s ‘The Bear’ takes gentler approach to post-apocalyptic fiction
    The last girl on Earth befriends a bear, but must fend for herself when winter induces him to hibernate.
Test your Stephen King knowledge
  • via PressHerald.com
    The hardest Stephen King quiz you’ll ever take
    How much do you know about one of Maine's most famous residents?
  • via pressherald.com
    Quiz: For Stephen King experts only
    Click only if you dare (cue spooky music).
Book tour
  • Tour the Maine towns where these books were based
    Here are the places that provided the setting or the inspiration for some well-known stories.
Poetry connection
  • Janet Mills reads ‘Why do You Ask?’ by Maine poet Kate Barnes
  • via twitter.com
    Patrick Stewart reads #ASonnetADay on Twitter
  • Deep Water: ‘Lake and Hollow,’ by David Sloan
    Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
  • Deep Water: ‘Wild Beach Plums,’ by Anne Witty
    Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
  • Deep Water: ‘Built by Ants,’ by Matt Bernier
    Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

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