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Books

Poet probes life’s complexity

BROOKSVILLE — Poet Thomas R. Moore’s second collection of poems offers, like its predecessor “The Bolt-Cutters,” windows into epiphanic moments minor and major from the…
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Monday, May 13, 2013 at 10:51 am
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Author Sanford Phippen to speak in Northeast Harbor

MOUNT DESERT — Sanford Phippen, author of 12 books and editor of The Puckerbrush Review will speak at the Northeast Harbor Library on Wednesday, May…
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Friday, May 10, 2013 at 4:04 pm
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E.B. White’s love of canines focus of new book

ELLSWORTH — When Martha White was editing a collection of quotations from her grandfather, E. B. White — “America’s Most Companionable of Writers” as the…
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Monday, May 06, 2013 at 8:33 am
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Book out

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Former resident Mary-Anne de Lany, aka Wayfarer, has self-published a book about her adventures since leaving Mount Desert Island.
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Saturday, May 04, 2013 at 4:07 pm
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Iceman author cometh

TREMONT — Writer Richard Longbow will discuss his self-published book “Frozen In Time,” about the “Iceman,” found in an Austrian glacier, at the Bass Harbor…
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Friday, May 03, 2013 at 3:54 pm
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Child sex abuse book in libraries

BLUE HILL — In an initiative to help everyday people in Maine combat child sexual predation, a book titled “The Socially Skilled Child Molester” is…
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Friday, May 03, 2013 at 2:13 pm
Community Announcements |

Free copies of 'Moneyball' at Jesup

BAR HARBOR – To help celebrate World Book Night, the Jesup Memorial Library will be handing out free paperback copies of “Moneyball: The Art of…
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Monday, April 15, 2013 at 2:07 pm
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Newbery author at Jesup

BAR HARBOR — Gary D. Schmidt, the award-winning author of eight novels for children, will be at the Jesup Memorial Library on Monday, April 15…
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Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1:06 pm
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New book to be written on Fort Knox

PROSPECT — The Friends of Fort Knox Board of Directors has approved the commissioning for the writing of a new book on the history, of…
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Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1:05 pm
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Baker-Kline novel takes ride through history

For nearly a decade, author Christina Baker-Kline, who summers in Tremont, has been fixated on the plight of nearly 200,000 orphan immigrant children uprooted from…
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013 at 8:38 am
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TV journalist reflects on life and island living

Former NBC News correspondent Jack Perkins got hooked on Maine in the early 1980s after a visit with writer Stephen King and his family.
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Monday, March 25, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Books |

Registration now open for spring break writing retreat

MOUNT DESERT — Registration is now open for a fun and innovative writing and art program for seventh and eighth-graders from towns on Mount Desert…
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Monday, March 18, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Books |

Penobscot students celebrate Harry Potter

PENOBSCOT — When the Harry Potter series made its debut, every child around the world wanted to be a character from the books.
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Thursday, March 07, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Education |

Children's author visits Castine library

CASTINE — To write children’s stories, one should have an inner child. Children’s book author Chris Van Dusen fits the bill.
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Monday, March 04, 2013 at 3:01 pm
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Deer Isle author traces the art of netting

DEER ISLE — A fund-raiser at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and a scrap of lace at a sidewalk sale in New York City drew…
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Monday, March 04, 2013 at 11:14 am
Books |

Library writes new chapter with Secondhand Prose

BAR HARBOR — The Jesup Memorial Library’s used book store, Secondhand Prose, will open with a grand party on Friday, March 1, from 7 to…
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 2:46 pm
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Authors will read at fishermen’s forum

ROCKPORT — Five New England authors are scheduled to read from their new books at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.…
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 11:38 am
Maritime |

Garden-fresh cooking focus of new book

When Barbara Damrosch was deciding what recipes to include in a new gardening/cookbook she was writing with her husband, organic gardening guru Eliot Coleman, she…
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Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11:43 am
Books |

A masterwork of verse

Christian Barter is a poet firmly rooted in his time and place. In his latest book, “In Someone Else’s House,” the Bar Harbor writer plumbs…
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Artist & Galleries |

At Friend Memorial Library, it’s all about the books

BROOKLIN — Libraries across the United States may be turning into hubs for high-speed Internet access, but Friend Memorial Library in Brooklin is all about…
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Friday, February 08, 2013 at 10:55 am
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