In her new collection, ‘Towards a Retreat,’ she examines foundational experiences and extols the natural world as refuge.
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‘Swallows’ reveals the ugly, awkward thoughts we’re too ashamed to say
Natsuo Kirino’s novel follows a young woman in Tokyo as she navigates the world of egg donation and surrogacy.
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Maine author Barton Seaver and chef Andrew Zimmern’s new book shows the importance of ‘eating blue’
‘The Blue Food Cookbook,’ which arose from Seaver and Zimmern’s work on the 2024 PBS docuseries ‘Hope In The Water,’ argues that seafood can be more accessible, affordable and sustainable than we think.
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In ‘Verity & Perpetua,’ plenty of literary references alongside big ideas
In the latest novel by Agnes Bushell, two young women try to figure out their mysterious pasts.
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Bestsellers: ‘If I Built a Town’ and ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Maine authors to discuss ‘Revealing Secrets in Fiction’ at Rockland library
Maureen Anne Jennings and Laura Bonazzoli will answers the questions: How do writers share their stories’ secrets? How can readers discover them?
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Bestsellers: ‘The Secret of Secrets’ and ‘107 Days’ top bestseller lists locally
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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‘Guilty by Definition’ is the perfect mystery for word lovers
Susie Dent’s winning novel follows a team of lexicographers investigating cryptic letters related to a long-ago disappearance.
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Residents on a tiny island in Maine struggle as climate change reshapes their lives
In alternating chapters, the many well-drawn characters in ‘Little Great Island’ each gets to tell the story from their perspective.
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Meet the BFFs behind the mobile bookstore for Maine romance fans | Column
Despite a decline in reading for pleasure, two former Barnes & Noble coworkers have found a niche with Novella.