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Arts & Entertainment, Books

Book review: ‘The Sleepwalker’ illuminates dark side of nocturnal malady

by Frank O Smith January 8, 2017

The mystery of somnambulism grips a family in Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel .

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Signings: ‘Stories on the Staircase’ at Victoria Mansion

January 1, 2017December 30, 2016

Kids will hear ‘The Tomten and the Fox’ and ‘Grandmother Winter.’

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

Actor Robert Wagner delivers in book about actresses

by DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press January 1, 2017December 30, 2016

‘I Loved Her in the Movies’ is an engaging and empathetic memoir of stars he admired.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

‘Invisible Planets’ may leave readers hungry for more science fiction by Chinese writers

by Michael Berry January 1, 2017December 30, 2016

The book includes 13 stories collected and translated by Boston writer Ken Liu.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

Twelve great reads that deserved more buzz in 2016

by Newsday January 1, 2017December 30, 2016

Cuddle up with these on cold winter nights.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Book review: The memoir ‘The Last of Her’ finds new truths in a difficult history

by Joan Silverman December 25, 2016December 23, 2016

Writer Kim Dana Kupperman traces the life and crimes leading up to her mother’s suicide in 1989.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Signings, etc.: Death & Dessert brings crime writers to Carrabassett library

December 25, 2016

Four Maine crime writers – Bruce Robert Coffin, Maureen Milliken, Vaughn C. Hardacker and Jen Blood – will participate in Death & Dessert, a book talk and signing event followed by a chat with the authors and some sweet treats. WHEN: 4:30 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Carrabassett Valley Public Library, 3209 Carrabassett Drive HOW MUCH: Free […]