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Books

Published
December 21, 2014

Book review: Epic novel swirls around Bob Marley, Jamaican history

Political tensions loom large in the saga based on real events.
Published
December 21, 2014

Signings, etc.: Families invited to ‘Polar Express’ party in Wells on Monday

All aboard for a fun holiday storytime! Children of all ages and their families are invited to ring in the holiday season with some “hot, hot, hot” chocolate, cookies, a reading of Chris Van Allsburg’s classic story “The Polar Express” and craft-making. Children are encouraged to come in their pajamas. WHEN: 2 p.m. Monday WHERE: […]
Published
December 14, 2014

Art review: The importance of being tawdry: Pulp cover paintings at the Portland Library

'The Pulps!' offers an intriguing peek at a bygone genre whose influence is all around.
Published
December 14, 2014

Never ‘just a novelist,’ Cathie Pelletier launches a new press

In her latest books, the Allagash writer ventures to a new fictional Maine community and to the North Pole with Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
Published
December 7, 2014

Brock Clarke aims for a million-dollar book

Portland writer's latest 'unlikely book' earns glowing national reviews.

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Published
December 5, 2014

Book review: ‘Superstorm’ tells of Hurricane Sandy’s development, destruction in compelling detail

Maine writer Kathryn Miles weaves the science of a powerful storm with well-told human dramas.
Published
December 3, 2014

J.K. Rowling’s speech at Harvard in ’08  turned into book

'Very Good Lives' will be released in April.
Published
November 30, 2014

Book Signing, etc.

Dr. Dianne Fallon cycles through history Tuesday in York
Published
November 30, 2014

Book review: Donald Hall’s ‘Essays After Eighty’ defies the onset of age

The 'master of language' explores and protests the insults of age in his new book, out Dec. 2.
Published
November 30, 2014

4 new children’s books to stir the holiday spirit

Islandport editor Melissa Kim offers her suggestions on reads for the season.