Books
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Book Notes: ‘Sparrow Being Sparrow’ a cat-filled lesson in honesty
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PublishedJune 15, 2023
Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Kittery author wins Children’s History Book Prize
Rodman Philbrick received the award from the New York Historical Society for 'We Own the Sky,' set in Maine in 1920.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
Quill Books & Beverage in Westbrook to close
The owners of the bookstore/cafe blamed post-pandemic changes in the city of Westbrook.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
Bedside table: Late-night reading
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Clarence Page: The age-old trick of ‘passing’– fiction writer disgraced by lies about himself
After Hache Carrillo died, his friends, readers and husband learned that almost everything about him was made up – even his ‘Cuban’ heritage.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2023
Amina Luqman-Dawson’s ‘Freewater’ wins John Newbery Medal
The middle-grade novel about a secret community of formerly enslaved people has won the Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
Commentary: Bookstores are a refuge for freedom of speech while censors wage battle
If you make yourself available to the experience, a bookstore is a magical space, a site of resistance against ‘the attention economy.’
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PublishedDecember 23, 2022
Commentary: What gives ‘Charlotte’s Web’ such formidable staying power?
Seventy years after its publication, E.B. White’s little book of wisdom continues to enthrall readers – children and adults alike.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Maine author Monica Wood supports strike at HarperCollins, refuses to work on forthcoming novel
The Portland writer is represented by a publisher owned by HarperCollins, which is facing mounting pressure from unionized workers, including her editor, who walked off the job on Nov. 10.
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