Horror author Greg Smith will present a lighthearted, interactive discussion of how and why horror literature thrills, provokes and entertains at Wiscasset Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 27…
Literature

Noted mystery author Bruce Robert Coffin met with an enthusiastic group of about 30 guests who gathered on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn on Saturday, Sept. 18 to hear Coffin discuss…
Espionage, historical fiction, murder mysteries, science fiction, poetry, books for young children, teens and young adults — all were at the Books In Boothbay event at Boothbay Railway Village…

1991 Boothbay Region High School alumnus Lara Tupper returned home Sept. 9 as the featured speaker at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s “Author Talk.” Tupper discussed her two most recent books.…

River Arts of Damariscotta will host a reading by local author Kay Tobler Liss on Sunday, Sept. 19 from 3-4:30 p.m. Her novel, “The Last Resort,” published by Plain View Press, explores themes of…

Authors attending Books In Boothbay at Boothbay Railway Village Museum Sept. 11 will be divided into two sessions. Check out the session your favorite author(s) will be in the Town Hall.
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“Breathing salt air is where I flourish, and for over 30 years, Southport Island has been home.” - Artist Fran Scannell
Scannell and Boothbay-based artist Wendy Bellows are the featured…

Summer reading. There’s something about that phrase that immediately moves the corners of your mouth into the beginnings of a smile. Fond memories of reading in a favorite beach chair, maybe at…

Jeff Kowalski’s art work may be viewed from Aug. 28 though October in the Great Room of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) during…

Horror fiction author Steve Burt’s latest collection of short stories, “New England - Seaside, Roadside, Graveside, Darkside,” was published in early April. Many around the peninsula know, or…

Change does not always come easily.
That’s the lesson Massachusetts native Vivien Kindler has to learn in Ham Martin’s…

The U.S. “might not remain a unitary state,” journalist and best-selling author Colin Woodard told an audience of about 50 July 16 at Boothbay Harbor Memorial…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library invites you to the library lawn on Friday, July 16 at 6 p.m. for a conversation and book signing with bestselling writer-historian Colin Woodard…
Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature author Laurie Chandler at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 8.
Chandler's second book, “Through Woods & Waters, A Solo…
Hundreds upon hundreds of flowers, shrubs, vegetables and herbs were donated by 24 local gardeners to support the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library through the biannual plant sale held June 5. It…

In light of new federal and state guidelines, the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta no longer limits the number of customers allowed in the shop at one time.
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The Maine Arts Commission requests applications to select a new state poet laureate for a five-year term. Maine’s Poet Laureate position is an appointment designed to promote poetry throughout the…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library celebrated E(art)h Day April 24 on the library lawn on the warmest day yet this year. Executive Director Joanna Breen and Community Technology Coordinator Bethany…

Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shops has announced that it is opening three new locations this summer. The new stores will be located in the Topsham Fair Mall between Reny’s and Lamey Wellehan, in the…

I’ve always enjoyed a good historical fiction tale. Phillipa Gregory is one of my favorites. I devoured her first novel of “The Wideacre Trilogy,” entitled “Wideacre.” I found myself immersed in…

Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature author D. Dauphinee at 10 a.m., Monday, April 12. Dauphinee, author of “When You Find My Body, The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay…

The Reverend Peter Ilgenfritz, interim pastor of the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, is pleased to announce that he has written a book about his adventures in learning to sail.
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The Boothbay Region High School library and Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library teamed up for a school-wide reading of “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds.…

March is National Reading Month as well as Women’s History Month, and the two are tied together in a book by George Thornton Edwards. Music and Musicians of Maine details the role of music,…

What do you do when the partisan divide of the evening TV news finds its way into the day-to-day flow of our lives? There are two choices: Escape or tackle it head on. What if you could do both at…

The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat in Edgecomb is thrilled to open its doors again for its Summer Writing Adventures. After this long and difficult year, we can hardly wait to welcome the creativity…

Medieval historian and Boothbay Harbor resident Lee Swanson has just published “Her Perilous Game,” the second historical fiction novel in the “No Man is Her Master” series, and the thrilling…

Author Lara Tupper always starts with place when beginning a new novel or short story. Coming up in real life, the place will be Print: A Book Store in Portland, virtually on Zoom on March 25 at 7…

Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature author Kay Tobler Liss at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 25.
Kay Tobler Liss’ first novel, “The Last Resort,” follows Paul, a lawyer who…

Reincarnation. Some believe, some don’t. In Carol Parker’s debut novel, “The Fish Dress,” the influence of a past life, or lives, can explain a lot about what’s influencing us in our current…
Goose River Press seeks selections of fine poetry, essays, and short stories (3,000 words or fewer—double‐spaced) for its annual anthology. The book will be beautifully produced with a full-color…

The Harbor Montessori School and Child Enrichment center strives to give the children it serves a jump start into their education by creating a foundation of knowledge and a thirst for learning.…

Well here we are in 2021, and it’s almost March. The big mystery being, what happened to 2020? Time moves so quickly that we humans can't seem to catch up. At the end of each year we are…

Our Western Book Club and Film Series continues next week with “Shane” the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer and adapted to the big screen in 1953. “Shane” tells the story of a weary…

Two local Maine authors met at a local pub, King Eiders in Damariscotta, to exchange their newest publications.
Laurie Apgar Chandler, from Newcastle, just published her second book “…

This January’s winter tale at Oak Point Farm is truly one to stir the imagination of every child, no matter how old.
In Kate Messner’s story, “Over and Under the Snow,” winter is explored…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is in the middle of its Winter Reading Challenge and staff are still mustering kids and their families and others to join in on the fun and the chance to win…

Local author Marilyn Beardsley Heise recently launched retail sales of her newly published book “Perilous Pills, Protecting Yourself from Fluoroquinolone Injury” at Sherman’s stores in Boothbay…

Now that the holiday rush is behind, there is time to settle in and enjoy Heartwood Theater’s free online event, celebrating the arts, winter and the Christmas Season, with 30 performers from both…

Sarah Sherman is well-known for her commitment to preserving the experiences of veterans. She wrote “Southport: The War Years, An Island Remembers” in 1996, “Heroes Among Us: A History of Boothbay…
Author Kathleen Collins, daughter of Jim Collins of Wiscasset and Judy deGraw of Boothbay, has written her third book, “From Rabbit Ears to the Rabbit Hole, A Life with Television.” The book is a…

The book world rarely sees a new book with such an unusual history as “Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith,” published by Down East Books…

Into these darkest days of the year, Heartwood Theater and many performers are about to shine some light, presenting a warm evening of poetry, music and short stories, available online at …

Get ready to enjoy storybooks in a whole new way! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, announces a free,…

On Thursday, Nov. 19 BHML flipped a switch and went back to Curbside/Windowside service only. With Maine surging and the difficulty maintaining physical distance in the library’s lobby…