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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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Babs Dionne is both vicious crime boss and worried mother
Set in Waterville’s Franco-American community, ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ is a tense, sweeping story that encompasses drug wars, a dying mill town and a mother’s love.
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Gorham author launches third book in hometown of Boothbay Harbor
Maine author Jerry Farnham will celebrate the release of his third book, “First Light,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at Brady’s Restaurant, 25 Union St., Boothbay Harbor. Attendees will be able to meet the author and get a signed copy of the book. The cover of “First Light” by Jerry Farnham. (Courtesy of Jerry […]
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South Bristol author to lead book talk at Whitefield Library
The August Author Talk Series of The Whitefield Library will host Geoffrey Bates for a reading and discussion of his debut crime novel “Bitter Passage: An Allegheny Beckham Novel” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation. The Kennebec Journal’s Bill Bushnell calls the book a […]
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Richmond author’s book focuses on how kids can heal in nature
Richmond author and illustrator Evelyn Dean publishes “My Earth Journey” to show young readers the tools they can find in the natural world when faced with difficult situations.
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Midcoast authors to discuss their books set in Maine at Wiscasset bookstore
Fiction: A Novel Bookshop in Wiscasset will host Midcoast authors Geoffrey Bates and Barbara Burt for its second Bookends event from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24. The event includes a wine reception, reading and conversation about the authors’ works. “The Midcoast has a wealth of authors exploring crime fiction,” Toni Chappell, owner of Fiction, said […]
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Netflix series to be based on Maine author’s Waterville-set novel
Ron Currie’s ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ came out earlier this year and focuses on a female Franco-American crime boss.
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Gulf of Maine Books presents two new novels from Maine authors
Gulf of Maine Books will host a conversation with novelists Agnes Bushell and Art Dingley at Curtis Memorial Library at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 1. Bushell and Dingley will read from and discuss their new, very different books, “Verity & Perpetua,” set in Elizabethan England, and “Immigrants,” set on the Maine/Quebec border. “Verity & Perpetua,” […]
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Maine author’s debut novel about the ’80s rock scene is set to become a film
‘The Whyte Python World Tour’ by Scarborough resident Travis Kennedy goes on sale June 24, and Paramount has already begun developing a movie based on it.
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