In what might be described as post-pandemic plot development, social events are popping up that appeal to people who love to read, creating community and helping to make their worlds ‘a bit bigger.’
Books
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Outdoors
Bedside table: A book on Black pioneers in the Adirondacks gets 2 impressive endorsements
Book recommendations from readers.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine, Nation & World
Amanda Peters picks up library medal for ‘The Berry Pickers,’ set in Maine
Her novel wins an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, presented by the American Library Association.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Democracy is imperiled, historian Heather Cox Richardson writes in her new book
Its fate is up to us. Her latest book, ‘Democracy Awakening,’ is cogent and persuasive. It should be required reading.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Stephen McCauley offers a witty look at a better world
In ‘You Only Call When You’re in Trouble,’ the rigid rules of sexual-orientation segregation do not apply.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, New England
Scholar discovers stories, poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott
During the time of the ‘Little Women’ author, it was common for female writes to use pseudonyms.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A beautiful, tricky novel questions the way we tell love stories
Cynthia Zarin’s first novel, ‘Inverno,’ finds the acclaimed poet zigzagging with a pair of ex-lovers through decades.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Free reading by Ashley Bryan Fellows
Living Legacy: An Evening with the Ashley Bryan Fellows is Thursday at Mechanics’ Hall.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Food, Review
A trio of debut children’s books celebrate global foods and cultures in very different ways
Taiwan-born X. Fang and Lebanese American George Jreije pay tasty homage to their respective backgrounds.