Author Afternoon at the Library

We’re kicking off 2018 programming at the Library with a visit by author Sandra Neily. She’ll join us at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13, to discuss her award-winning debut novel, “Deadly Trespass.”

Neily mixes murder, intrigue, and a deep desire to preserve the Maine woods in her writing.

“I wrote this book to take people who love Maine (those who know its woods well and those who don’t) on a field trip into a world at risk,” Neily says. “I wanted to create a story that urged readers on from page to page, so they’d arrive at the last page, feeling like they had pitch on their hands and a clear view of what might be lost.”

A native of East Boothbay, she’s been a local business owner, a Maine Guide, the director of the Maine Conservation School, and Maine Audubon’s Outreach Coordinator.

At the Library, Neily will read passages from “Deadly Trespass” and share her own list of outdoor-based mysteries and thrillers and the issues they illuminate. She hopes guests will bring their favorite outdoor fiction to help grow her list.

“Non-fiction discussions of the joys and miseries of environmental challenges are not usually best sellers but mysteries and thrillers (the most popular genre) are,” Neily says. “Often these works are well researched, compelling, and they take readers to landscapes and issues that need attention, but they do it as page-turning entertainment.”

We’ll hold the program in the Great Room, where we’ll have a spread of coffee, tea, and snacks.

Weather date: Saturday, Jan. 20.

Upcoming events

January Artist of the Month: Sarah Smith

Minecraft Play Club will be on break until Jan. 10. See you all then!

Author Afternoon with Sandra Neily, “Nature-themed Mysteries & Thrillers and...Truth,” Saturday, Jan. 13, 12:30-2 p.m. (Weather date: Saturday, Jan. 20).

Story Hour: Fridays, 10:15 a.m. Hear a story with Miss Pam, make a craft, and sing a song. Ages birth to 5.