If you’ve had your fill of fried dough, harness racing, and tractor pulls - or just want to mix up the fairs and festivals season in Maine a little this year - consider adding a bookish event to your calendar!

From the Portland Press Herald, 5/26/24

Author and former Maine newspaper reporter Gerry Boyle has decided to end his Jack McMorrow series after 31 years and 14 books. The last one, 'Hard Line,' goes on sale June 11.

From the Bangor Daily News, 1/28/24

“PORTLAND, Maine — Emily Zack’s first published novel, which hits bookstores next month, includes an expletive we can’t print here in its first, six-word sentence.

Then it gets a little crazy.

Zack, who goes by the pen name MZ, fills the next 250-or-so pages of “The Moorings of Mackerel Sky” with outrageous, yet still recognizable, Maine characters, settings, libations and situations.”

From the Portland Press Herald, 1/29/24

“Actor Morgan Bailey Keaton never met her paternal grandmother. The lady in question, Virginia Hamilton, died in 1981, before Keaton was born. Keaton didn’t hear many family stories about her grandmother, either, although Hamilton was an unusually accomplished woman for her time.

So when Keaton had the opportunity to record the audiobook of Maine writer Cathie Pelletier’s nonfiction work “Northeaster,” in which her grandmother plays a minor role, she leapt at the chance.”

From WABI, 11/2/23

“BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Bruce Robert Coffin is an award-winning novelist and short story writer, as well as a retired detective sergeant.”

From the Ellsworth American, 11/1/23

““I’d love people to come away knowing they can bury someone for nothing,” said Cynthia Thayer, novelist, organic farmer, mother, grandmother, weaver and widow.”

From the Portland Press Herald, 10/22/23

“Two Portland-area authors show that being a children’s librarian can give you a leg up on writing books for children.”

From Seacoast Online, 10/18/23

“According to author, editor and publisher Colin Sargent, the “cool thing about Maine is, you never know who’ll wind up here.”

From WABI, 10/9/2023

“A grandmother from Hermon is proving dreams really do come true. Natalee Kohls says she was sleeping peacefully when she had a dream about a moose named Moxy.”

From Spectrum News, 10/6/23

“A novel written by a New Englander and based on a dark chapter of Maine history has become a finalist for both the 2023 Booker Prize and the National Book Award.”

From the Kennebec Journal, 9/18/2023

“A new book festival is coming to Hallowell. Scheduled for Oct. 1, the Maine Book Fest is expected to feature workshops on a variety of topics, including forming and managing a book club, and readings by local authors, a live podcast recording session and a market with independent booksellers and literacy organizations.

From the Portland Press Herald, 8/26/2023

“With August nearly behind us, fall inexorably approaches. The days are getting shorter, the nights cooler, and the mood a bit more contemplative. In short, it’s prime reading season. Every year Maine impresses, with new titles as exciting and varied as the colorful foliage.”