EVENT: Laurel Dodge: Reading and Conversation
DATE: Thursday, Nov. 7th, 7 PM
LOCATION: Book Space, 48 Columbia St, Bangor
DETAILS: Join us in Bangor for an evening with novelist Laurel Dodge who will discuss and read from her prize-winning novel, The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell. Hosted by the Briar Patch Bookstore.
EVENT: Portland Poetry Festival
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 9th, 11 AM to 6 PM
LOCATION: Odd Fellows Hall, above Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave, Portland.
DETAILS: The Festival is a celebration of Maine poetry. Sixteen poets will join us for readings and discussions around the subjects of work, war and joy. Poets include the current and former laureates Betsy Sholl, Maya Williams and Julia Bouwsma. Also reading will be Mihku Paul, Claire Millikin, James Kim, Steve Langan, Marc Swan, Matt Bernier, Kimberly Ann Priest, Jeri Theriault, Kate Hagopian Berry, Richard Foerster, and Bob Carr. Music will be provided by Phil Carlsen and Carl Dimow. The Festival will conclude with an open mic from 5:15 to 6. Refreshments, music, books, conversation and more! Free admission. Come for the day or for an hour. “Poetry, like bread, is for everyone.”
EVENT: Launch of Alive to This, an anthology of essays by twenty Maine writers.
DATE: Sunday, Oct. 6th, 2 to 5 PM
LOCATION: Grange Hall, 529 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell.
DETAILS: Twenty Maine writers contributed to the essay collection Alive to This, and we are celebrating them at a reception in Harpswell. Short readings from the essays will highlight an afternoon of conversation, light refreshments and congratulations. Join us!
EVENT: Launch of Hermitage, Emma Krosschell’s debut poetry collection.
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 3rd at 7 PM.
LOCATION: Print Bookstore, 273 Congress St, Portland.
DETAILS: Join us to celebrate the publication of Emma’s collection of poems set on an isolated island off the coast of Maine. Emma will read from her book and talk about the poems with fellow poet Kate Hagopian Berry. Light refreshments, stimulating conversation, rich poetry and good company!
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAUREL DODGE, RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE MEDAL FOR LITERARY FICTION FROM THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS FOR HER NOVEL, THE BUOYANT LETTERS OF MIMSY BELL. BRAVO, LAUREL!
EVENT: John Bisbee Celebrates the Publication of Steve Langan’s Bedtime Stories
DATE: Sunday, May 26th, 3 PM to 5 PM
LOCATION: John Bisbee’s studio, Fort Andross, second floor, Brunswick
DETAILS: John and Steve will share the floor of John’s studio to celebrate Bedtime Stories with music and poetry..
EVENT: May’s Maine Public Book Club, “All Books Considered with Bill Nemitz,” features Littoral’s Gillian Burnes, and her novel Soft Features. Nemitz will speak with Gillian and invite readers across the state to join him in conversation with her.
DATE: Wednesday, May 22nd at 7 PM
LOCATION: This is a Zoom event. Register for it at https://www.mainepublic.org/all-books-considered-book-club
CONGRATULATIONS TO RICHARD FOERSTER, FINALIST FOR A MAINE LITERARY AWARD IN POETRY!
EVENT: Launch of Steve Langan’s poetry collection Bedtime Stories has been postponed due to inclement weather.
NEW DATE: Wednesday, May 1st at 6 PM
LOCATION: Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave, Portland
DETAILS: Welcome in the merry month of May and celebrate the publication of Steve Langan’s new collection Bedtime Stories. Steve will be joined by poet MIke Bove for an evening of poetry and conversation. Light refreshments will be served. Free on-street parking, good company, beautiful books! Join us.
DECEMBER EVENTS:
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1ST at 4 PM Laurel Dodge will discuss her novel The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell, at the Fryeburg Public Library. Check the Library’s website for details.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7TH at 6 PM Scarborough Public Library hosts a round-robin poetry reading with poets Kate Kearns, Katherine Hagopian Berry and Meghan Sterling. 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough. Kate Kearns’s debut poetry collection, You Are Ruining My Loneliness, was published in June.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 15TH at 5 PM Stone Broke Bread and Books in Gardiner hosts novelists Gillian Burnes (Soft Features) and Laurel Dodge (The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell) for a reading and a stimulating conversation. 347 Water Street, Gardiner.
EVENT: Launch of Laurel Dodge’s debut novel The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell
DATE: Thursday, November 16th at 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave, Portland
DETAILS: Laurel will read from her novel and discuss the book with novelist Gillian Burnes. Light refreshments, free on-street parking, good company and beautiful books! Please join us..
EVENT: Launch of Leslie Moore’s new collection of poems and prints, GRACKLEDOM
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 3rd, 3 PM to 5 PM
LOCATION: Local Color Gallery, 135 High Street, Belfast, Maine
DETAILS: Come and celebrate the launch of Leslie’s new book at the Local Color Gallery in Belfast. Leslie will read from the book, and answer questions. Prints of her work will also be available.
EVENT: Portland Poetry Festival CLICK TO SEE PROGRAM
DATE: Saturday, October 7th, 10 AM to 6 PM
LOCATION: Odd Fellows Hall, above Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave at Woodford’s Corner, Portland, Maine.
DETAILS: The Festival is a day-long celebration of poetry. We begin with a morning of poetry-writing workshops for young people led by poet Kate Hagopian Berry. The afternoon begins with an hour-long poetry reading by 12 poets, with a musical interlude by Phil Carlsen and Carl Dimow. “Hole in the Head Review” editor Bill Schulz will announce the finalists for the Charles Simic Award. There will be a panel discussion on “The Role of Poetry in This Dangerous New World.” The Festival will conclude with poets and musicians celebrating the work of the late poet Jacqueline Moore. Join us for poetry, music, and conversation. Admission is free and all are welcome.
EVENT: Launch of Richard Foerster’s poetry collection With Little Light and Sometimes None at All.
DATE: Thursday, September 21st at 7 PM
LOCATION: Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave at Woodford’s Corner, Portland, Maine.
DETAILS: Join us to celebrate the publication of Richard Foerster’s eleventh collection of poetry, the eighth volume in our Contemporary Maine Poetry series.
With deep sadness we announce the death of our friend Jacqueline Moore. Her poetry collection Chasing the Grass inspired us to begin the Contemporary Maine Poetry Series. Her poems in that book and in Balancing Act 2 continue to instruct and delight us. She lived a long and adventurous life and we will miss her.
Glide
backwards on
layers of air,
rising above
the earth and desire
into the hush
of all-sky,
and beyond sky
the no-blue
from “Into the Hush,” Chasing the Grass
EVENT: A Botanical Literary Reading with Gillian Burnes, Meghan Sterling, and W.S. Winslow
DATE: Thursday, July 20th, 5 PM – 6 PM
LOCATION: Pistil and Page, 203 Water St, Gardiner, ME
DETAILS: Gillian will read from her novel SOFT FEATURES
EVENT: Poetry Evening with Kate Hagopian Berry and Claire Millikin
DATE: Thursday, July 20th, 5 PM – 7 PM
LOCATION: Stone Broke Bread and Books, 347 Water St, Gardiner, ME
DETAILS: Claire and Kate will read from their collections and discuss their work.
EVENT: Reading by Kate Kearns from her new poetry collection, You Are Ruining My Loneliness
DATE: Thursday, July 13th, 5 PM – 7 PM
LOCATION: Stone Broke Bread and Books, 347 Water St, Gardiner, ME
DETAILS: Kate will discuss and read from her debut collection.
EVENT: Reading by Kate Kearns from her new poetry collection, You Are Ruining My Loneliness
DATE: Tuesday, July 11th, 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough
DETAILS: Kate will discuss and read from her debut collection.
EVENT: Launch of Kate Kearns’s poetry collection, You Are Ruining My Loneliness
DATE: Thursday, June 29th, 7 PM
LOCATION: Print Bookstore, 273 Congress St, Portland
DETAILS: Join us to celebrate the publication of Kate’s debut collection, the seventh volume in our Contemporary Maine Poetry Series.
NOTEWORTHY NEWS
GILLIAN BURNES’ SOFT FEATURES IS A FINALIST FOR THE MAINE LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION
Congratulations, Gillian!
EVENT: Book Launch for Suzanne Farrell Smith
DATE: Thursday, May 18th at 7 PM
LOCATION: Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave, at Woodford’s Corner, Portland
DETAILS: Join us to celebrate the publication of SMALL OFF THINGS: MEDITATIONS FROM AN ANXIOUS MIND by Pushcart Prize-winning essayist Suzanne Farrell Smith’s. Suzanne will read selection from her book and discuss its creation with the audience. Hosted by Portland’s newest bookstore, Back Cove Books.
EVENT: Poetry Reading
DATE: Saturday, April 1, 2023, 7 PM
LOCATION: Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave, at Woodford’s Corner
DETAILS: Welcome in Poetry Month with a LIVE reading by three of Maine’s most beloved poets, Katherine Hagopian Berry, Robert Gibbons, and Gary Lawless. The poets will read from new work and from their latest books. Hosted by Portland’s newest bookstore, Back Cove Books.
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Claire Millikin’s poem, “Burying the Moon”, was published in the Winter 2023 edition of The Maine Arts Journal. Claire is the author of Elegiaca Americana and the co-editor of Enough!. Jeri Theriault has been awarded a Maine Arts Commission 2023 Fellowship Award. Jeri’s poems appear in Balancing Act 2 and she is the editor of Wait: Poems from the Pandemic. Poems by Gary Lawless (How the Stones Came to Venice), Katherine Hagopian Berry (Mast Year) and Leslie Moore (What Rough Beasts) were published in the 2022 edition of the Italian literary journal Tellus. Congratulations to all!
AUTUMN EVENTS:
October 8th. Visit our table at the Maine Literary Festival Book Fair, 10 AM to 6 PM, Monument Square, Portland, and attend “Exciting Debuts: New Authors to Watch,” at 5 PM to 6 PM, featuring Gillian Burnes.on a panel hosted by Richard Russo.
October 13th, 6 PM, Nonesuch Books, South Portland, presents an evening of poetry with Jeri Theriault, Kate Hagopian Berry and Claire Millikin.
October 26th, 7 PM, Print Bookstore, Portland, Claire Millikin and Kate Hagopian Berry will read from their new books.
November 17th, 7 PM, Print Bookstore, join us for the launch of Robert Gibbons’ poetry collection Old Orchard Beach Cycle. Robert will be reading and conversing with Gary Lawless, author of How the Stones Came to Venice.
EVENT: Book Party
DATE: Sunday, Sept. 18th, 3 PM to 5 PM
LOCATION: Speedwell Projects, 630 Forest Ave, Portland, Maine
DETAILS: A celebration of the publication of Littoral’s latest books, Claire Millikin’s poetry collection Elegiaca Americana, Agnes Bushell’s Russian novel Monkey and Gillian Burnes’s “great public radio novel” Soft Features. We are also celebrating the publication by a Greek publisher of Mapping the Walk by Judith Allen-Efstathiou whose art work appears in Monkey and on the covers of our fiction anthologies. The writers will read from their books. Refreshments, free parking, good company. Join us!
EVENT: Three Writers in Conversation: Agnes Bushell, Gillian Burnes and Katherine Hagopian Berry
DATE: Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 7 PM
LOCATION: Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St, Portland, Maine
DETAILS: Come and celebrate the launch of Littoral’s latest books, Agnes Bushell’s Russian novel Monkey and Gillian Burnes’s “great public radio novel” Soft Features. Agnes and Gillian will read and then converse with poet Katherine Hagopian Berry and the audience about their books and all things literary. Join us! Masks and proof of vaccination required.
EVENT: “Animal, Acorn, Stone,” a reading by three Maine Poets
DATE: Sunday, April 24, 2022, 2 to 4 PM
LOCATION: Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove Street, Portland, Maine.
DETAILS: Celebrate Maine poetry and the coming of spring with “Animal, Acorn, Stone,” a reading by poets Leslie Moore, Katherine Hagopian Berry and Gary Lawless. Leslie will read from her new book What Rough Beasts, Kate from her collection Mast Year, and Gary from his new book How the Stones Came to Venice. There is free parking at the gallery. Light refreshment will be served.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! resumes its monthly programs with a conversation about the relationship between writing and other arts.
DATE: Wednesday, February 23rd, 7 PM
LOCATION: This is a Zoom event. Look for the Zoom link on the Littorally Alive! page
DETAILS: Poets and visual artists Leslie Moore and Nancy Walters, and poet and musician/composer Phil Carlson will join writer and photographer Robert Diamante in a conversation about how their various artistic practices influence and impact each other and affect the way they live their lives.
EVENT: Launch Party for Leslie Moore
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 13th, 2 to 5
LOCATION: Local Color Gallery, 135 High Street, Belfast, Maine
DETAILS: This is a live, drop-in reception to celebrate the publication of Leslie Moore’s poetry collection What Rough Beasts. Meet the author and get your book signed. Leslie will read a few poems from the book at 3 PM. Masks required.
EVENT: Littorally LIVE, A Performance of Poetry and Prose
DATE: Sunday, October 3, 2021, at 3 PM
LOCATION: Footlights Theatre, 190 Route 1, Falmouth, Maine
DETAILS: An afternoon at the theatre featuring dramatic readings by poets from ENOUGH and WAIT and writers from NORTH BY NORTHEAST 2. Tickets are $10.00 at the door. Doors open at 2:45. Masks required.
EVENT: Launch of North by Northeast 2: New Short Fiction by Maine Writers
DATE: Monday, May 17 at 7 PM
LOCATION: Virtual event. Register at https://www.printbookstore.com/event/virtual-north-northeast-2-panel-discussion
DETAILS: Join us and Print Bookstore for the launch of our second book of short fiction by Maine writers, featuring four of the contributors: Josh Bodwell, Robert Diamante, Brandon Dudley, and Meghan Gilliss
EVENT: Launch of Wait: Poems from the Pandemic
DATE: Friday, April 9, 7 PM
LOCATION: Virtual event. Register at https://www.printbookstore.com/event/wait
DETAILS: Join us and Print Bookstore for the launch of Wait: Poems from the Pandemic, edited by Jeri Theriault. Poets reading include Samaa Abdurraqib, Katherine Hagopian Berry, Wendy Cannella, Myronn Hardy, Doug Rawlings, Rhea Cote Robbins, Elizabeth Tibbetts and Doug Woodsum.
EVENT: Poets Corner Reading
DATE: Sunday, April 11, 4 PM
LOCATION: Virtual event. Register at poetscorner.org
DETAILS: Enough! poets Claire Millikin, Donna Loring, Laura Bonazzoli, Katherine Hagopian Berry, Ellen Goldsmith, Lois Anne, Carol Bachofner, and Meghan Sterling will be reading.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! presents monthly literary programs. Coming up: Poetry of Spring and Hope, and Eco-Poems.
DATE: March 17th at 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: Poets from our newest anthology Wait will read hopeful spring poems and Marieke Van der Steenhoven will read the eco-poems of Jacqueline Moore. For the link, visit the Littorally Alive page.
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Two Littoral Books poets will be featured on upcoming programs of “Poems from Here”. On Friday, February 26th, Maine’s Poet Laureate Stu Kestenbaum will read Jacqueline Moore’s poem “Go with the Sun” from Chasing the Grass, and on Friday, March 12th, he will read one of Katherine Hagopian Berry’s poems from Mast Year.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! presents monthly literary programs. Coming up: Inaugural Poems; Travel Salon; Green Poems and Prose.
DATE: January 19th, February 17th, and March 17th at 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: For information about upcoming events, visit the Littorally Alive page.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! presents a conversation with Agnes Bushell on her new novel, The Oracle Pool
DATE: Wednesday, December 9th at 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: Join Agnes, poet Kate Hagopian Berry, and short story writer Robert Diamante in a lively conversation about the art of writing fiction, and about Agnes’s latest novel, The Oracle Pool. To register for the evening, email us at [email protected]
EVENT: Life, Even So: Living Through a Health Crisis, a conversation with Kate Kennedy
DATE: Dec 3rd at 6:45 PM
LOCATION: Peaks Island Library Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: Kate Kennedy, author of the memoir Skin will discuss her book and the extraordinary health crisis she records in it with novelist and friend Eleanor Morse. To join the Zoom meeting go to https://www.portlandlibrary.com/events/life-even-so-living-through-a-health-trauma/
EVENT: POETRY! Littorally Alive! presents a reading by fourteen poets
DATE: Wednesday, November 18th, 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: Poets from Balancing Act 2 and Enough! team up to present an evening of poetry with host Robert Diamante and MC Megan Sterling. Poets include Samaa Abdurraqib, Katherine Hagopian Berry, Laura Bonazzoli, Deborah Cummins, Kara Douglas, Annaliese Jakimides, Lois Anne, Susan Landry, Molana Oei, Martin Steingesser, Mary Tracy, Nancy Walters, and Maya Williams. To register for the evening, email us at [email protected]
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Seven poets from Balancing Act, Enough! and Chasing the Grass — Samaa Abdurraqib, Linda Aldrich, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Rebecca Irene, Jacqueline Moore, Mihku Paul, and Ellen Taylor — are featured on Maine Public TV’s Bicentennial “Poems from Here,” a project to celebrate Maine’ s bicentennial with poems by Maine writers, spoken by Mainers. Altogether poems by fifteen Maine poets are presented in the series. Click here to see videos
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Linda Buckmaster, one of our Balancing Act 2 poets, has had her essay “Caught Out” listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2020. Congratulations, Linda!
EVENT: Poets for Human Rights. UMaine Honors Program presents a reading by poets from Enough!
DATE: Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 4:30 PM
LOCATION: Event link: tinyurl.com/enough-reading
DETAILS: Kathleen Ellis hosts a reading by Leonore Hildebrandt, Annaliese Jakimides, Steve Luttrell, and Lisa Panepinto as part of celebration of Poets for Human Rights at UMaine Honors College.
EVENT: Launch Party for Enough! Poems of Resistance and Protest.
DATE: Tuesday, October 27th at 7 PM
LOCATION: SPACE GALLERY
DETAILS: This celebration of the publication of Enough! will happen on Zoom and will include readings by 9 of the contributing poets: Samaa Abdurraqib, Carol Bachofner, Kathleen Ellis, Sharif Elmusa, Myronn Hardy, Reza Jalali, Mihku Paul, Arisa White, and Maya Williams. REGISTER HERE.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! presents a reading by poets from Enough! Poems of Resistance and Protest.
DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: This is a reading by four poets whose work appears in Enough! Poems of Resistance and Protest: Maya Williams, Arisa White, Doug Rawlings, and Judy Kaber. Hosted by Robert Diamante. To register email us at [email protected].
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Thanks to the generosity of the poets, writers, artists and editors who contributed their work to A Dangerous New World: Maine Voices on the Climate Crisis, Littoral Books has been able to donate profits from the book in the amount of $1320.00 to the organization 350 Maine to support their good work. Our thanks to everyone involved in this project!
EVENT: Littorally Alive! presents a conversation between poet Katherine Hagopian Berry and book designer Lori Harley.
DATE: Wednesday, September 16th at 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: Kate Hagopian Berry and Lori Harley will talk about the process of taking a manuscript and making it into a physical book, the choices involved, and the sources of inspiration. Our host will be Marieke Van Der Steenhoven. To register for this event, email us at [email protected] or go to the Littorally Alive! page on this website.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! presents a reading and conversation with Kate Kennedy, author of SKIN: A Memoir
DATE: Wednesday, August 19th at 7 PM
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room
DETAILS: Kate Kennedy will read from her memoir Skin and engage in conversation about it with Marieke Van Der Steenhoven. To register for this event, email us at [email protected] or go to the Littorally Alive! page on this website.
EVENT: Poet Kate Hagopian Berry in conversation with memoirist Kate Kennedy.
DATE: Friday, August 7th at 7 PM
LOCATION: This is a Print Bookstore/ Mechanics Hall Virtual Event
DETAILS: Print Bookstore is hosting this reading and conversation between two of our exceptional writers, Kate Berry, author of MAST YEAR, and Kate Kennedy, author of SKIN, A Memoir. To receive a link to attend this First Friday event, go to Upcoming Events at printbookstore.com, and on the calendar, click on August 7th.
EVENT: Littorally Alive! — a weekly series of readings by Littoral Books writers hosted by Marieke Van Der Steenhoven.
DATE: Wednesdays at 7 PM through July 15th.
LOCATION: Littoral Books Zoom Meeting Room.
DETAILS: Littoral Books celebrates its writers this summer by presenting a series of readings and conversations. Coming up in July are readings by writers from A Dangerous New World, and by poet Katherine Hagopian Berry from her new collection of poetry, Mast Year. To attend these events, email us at [email protected].
EVENT: Speedwell Live! presents poets Katherine Hagopian Berry and Gary Lawless for a reading and conversation.
DATE: Thursday, June 4, 7 PM
LOCATION: speedwellprojects.com
DETAILS: Speedwell Projects is hosting this Zoom event to celebrate the publication of Katherine Hagopian Berry’s new collection of poetry, Mast Year. Kate will be joined by poet Gary Lawless for a spirited conversation and reading of their work. To receive an invitation to attend this event, visit speedwellprojects.com.
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Meghan Sterling, Balancing Act 2 poet and co-editor of A Dangerous New World, has been awarded a Martin Dibner Fellowship. The fellowship honors three emerging writers and provides funding for them to attend the Black Fly Writers Retreat. Congratulations, Meghan!
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Lewis Robinson’s story “QE2” from Littoral Books’ short fiction collection North by Northeast: New Short Fiction from Maine and New England has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Congratulations, Lewis!
EVENT: This reading has been postponed. Reading and Art Exhibition: A Dangerous New World
DATES: Saturday, March 14, 2 PM
LOCATION: Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth
DETAILS: Writers, poets, and artists Caitlin Shetterly, Cathleen Miller, Elizabeth Tibbetts, Lori Harley, Martin Steingesser and Robert Shetterley will read from A Dangerous New World and discuss the role of art in addressing our environmental crisis.
EVENT: This event will be re-scheduled. Portland Public Library Literary Lunch
DATES: Wednesday, March 18, 12-1 PM
LOCATION: Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Monument Square
DETAILS: Lewis Robinson engages in conversation about A Dangerous New World with editors Meghan Sterling and Kathleen Sullivan and contributors Marcia F. Brown and Kate Olson
EVENT: This event will be re-scheduled. Reading by poets whose work appears in A Dangerous New World
DATES: Thursday, March 26, 6:30 – 8 PM
LOCATION: Portland Public Library, Burbank Branch, 377 Stevens Ave
DETAILS: Participants will include Katherine Hagopian Berry, Erin Covey-Smith, Michelle Menting, Jefferson Navicky, Betsy Sholl, Meghan Sterling, and Jeri Theriault
EVENT: This event will be re-scheduled. Conversation on the Climate Crisis
DATES: Monday, April 6, 6:30-8 PM
LOCATION: Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick
DETAILS: Noted writers will read from A Dangerous New World, and engage in conversation about how local action can help save our natural world. Participants include Charlotte Agell, Caitlin Shetterly, Kara Douglas, Jefferson Navicky, and others.
EVENT: This event will be re-scheduled. Books in the ‘Brook: readings by novelist Agnes Bushell and short story writer Anne Elliott
DATES: Thursday April 9, 6-7 PM
LOCATION: Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook
DETAILS: Fiction writers Agnes Bushell and Anne Elliott will read from their work. Elliott is the author of two short story collections, most recently The Artstars. Bushell’s latest novel is The House on Perry Street.
EVENT: This event will be rescheduled. Reading by three poets from A Dangerous New World
DATES: Wednesday, April 15, 7-8 PM
LOCATION: Peaks Island Library
DETAILS: Poets Katherine Ferrier, Megan Grumbling, and Meghan Sterling will read from their work and discuss the role of the poet in this time of climate crisis.
Past Events
EVENT: Richard Blanco Poetry Series featuring writers from A Dangerous New World
DATES: Thursday, Feb. 20, 6:30 – 7:30
LOCATION: Bingham Auditorium, Gould Academy, 39 Church Street, Bethel
DETAILS: Richard Blanco will join other writers from A Dangerous New World in reading from their work. Followed by a reception. All are welcome.
EVENT: Presentation/discussion by writers and artists from A Dangerous New World with music by singer/songwriter Lindsay Mower
DATES: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6 PM
LOCATION: COESPACE, 48 Columbia St, Bangor
DETAILS: Writers Kathleen Ellis, Elizabeth Garber, Karin Spitfire, Annaliese Jakimides, Shirley Glubka, and Wendy Weigner, among others, will read from their work reflecting on the effects of climate change on their lives, communities, families and futures.
EVENT: A Dangerous New World reading and discussion.
DATES: Tuesday, January 21 at 7 PM
LOCATION: Freeport Community Center, Depot Street, Freeport
DETAILS: Freeport Conservation Trust hosts readings by Freeport writers and artists included in A Dangerous New World. Readings will be followed by discussion with FCT board members about local action.
EVENT: Reading by Gary Lawless and Kate Kennedy
DATES: Saturday, January 25, 3 PM
LOCATION: Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth
DETAILS: Kate Kennedy will read from her memoir Skin, soon to be published by Littoral Books
EVENT: A Dangerous New World reading and discussion.
DATES: Thursday, January 9, 7- 8 PM
LOCATION: Print Bookstore, 273 Congress Street, Portland
DETAILS: Participants include editors Meghan Sterling and Kathleen Sullivan and contributing artist Andy Rosen.
EVENT: Launch party for A Dangerous New World
DATES: Sunday, December 8th, 2-4 PM
LOCATION: Space Gallery, 538 Congress Street, Portland
DETAILS: Reception for contributors and their guests. Open to the public. Light refreshments and cash bar.
EVENT: Reading by North by Northeast writers
DATES: October 24, 2019, 6:30 – 8 PM
LOCATION: Portland Public Library, Burbank Branch, 377 Stevens Avenue.
DETAILS: Reading by North by Northeast writers Robert Diamante, Meghan Gilliss, and Lewis Robinson.
EVENT: “Blending Literature and the Visual Arts”
DATES: October 11th, 5-7 PM
LOCATION: Maine College of Art, Osher Hall, second floor, Porteous Building, 522 Congress Street, Portland
DETAILS: Reading by North by Northeast writers Josh Bodwell, Robert Diamante, Rita Doucette, and Annie Seikonia, followed by panel discussion with visual artists Judith Allen, Michel Droge, Lori Harley, and Celeste Roberge.
EVENT: Reading by Balancing Act 2 poets in Searsport
DATES: October 10th, 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Carver Library, Searsport
DETAILS: Reading by nine Balancing Act poets: Patricia Ranzoni, Laura Bonazzoli, Valerie Lawson, Judy Kaber, Anne Oleson, Shirley Glubka, Leslie Moore, Leonore Hildebrandt, and Linda Buckmaster.
EVENT: Reading at Nonesuch Books, South Portland
DATES: October 10, 2019, 7 PM
LOCATION: Nonesuch Bookstore, Mill Creek, 50 Market Street, South Portland
DETAILS: North by Northeast writers, Rita Doucette, Eleanor Morse and Liza Mattison will read from their work.
EVENT: Reading at Peaks Island Library
DATES: October 9, 2019, 7 PM
LOCATION: Peaks Island Public Library
DETAILS: Poet Jacqueline Moore will read from her new book, Chasing the Grass, and discuss it in conversation with Marieke Van Der Steenhoven; North by Northeast writers, Eleanor Morse and Liza Mattison will read from their work.
EVENT: Literary Lunch at Portland Public Library
DATES: September 25, 2019, 12 noon
LOCATION: Rhines Auditorium, main branch, Portland Public Library
DETAILS: Lewis Robinson in conversation with four North by Northeast writers: Meghan Gillis, Eleanor Morse, Annie Seikonia, and Emily Young, CLICK HERE to read more
EVENT: Launch of Chasing the Grass by Jacqueline Moore
DATES: September 19, 2019, 7 PM
LOCATION: Print Bookstore, 273 Congress Street, Portland
DETAILS: Reading by Jacqueline Moore and interview and conversation with Betsy Sholl.
EVENT: Balancing Act 2 Poetry Reading
DATES: August 29th 5PM
LOCATION: Owl and Turtle Bookstore , Bay View Street, Camden, ME
DETAILS: Reading by seven Balancing Act 2 poets
EVENT: Concert for the Planet
DATES: August 20th 7PM
LOCATION: Cape Split Chapel, Addison, ME
DETAILS: A benefit for the publication: A Dangerous New World: Maine Voices on the Climate Crisis.
EVENT: Littorally One Night Only
DATES: August 19th 7-9
LOCATION: The Footlights Theatre Route 1 Falmouth, ME
DETAILS: Join writers published by Littoral Books as they read from Balancing Act 2, North by Northeast, and The House on Perry Street