Book Talk by the Sea

August 7th is National Lighthouse Day! Lighthouses are recognized as a symbol of coastal Maine, and while they often attract tourists at...

"The pen and the trowel are not interchangeable, but seem often linked." - Marta McDowell in Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life A garden,...

The Maine Literary Awards take place every year in spring to honor the writing of Mainers from the previous year, with nominations open...

On Sunday June 19th, we observe Juneteenth across the country. It is a holiday full of history, both celebratory and shadowed by slavery...

"My hometown remote but alive here on my tongue" - "Adrift," Alice Tao June is Immigrant Heritage Month—a time to celebrate the cultures...

March brings Women's History Month around once again. If these annual months of recognition happen over and over again, how can we make...

Happy International Women's Day! Every year, the Women's Prize Trust, based in the UK, awards the Women's Prize for Fiction to an...

The Camden Conference returns this coming February with the theme "Europe Challenged: At Home and Abroad." As the organizers state: The...

Have a story that's just itching to get out, but you don't know where to start? Not quite ready to go it alone? The time for you is now,...

October has been observed as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month since 1987. Though it is a sobering observation in many ways,...

In 2019, Governor Mills signed a bill to reestablish the day formerly celebrated as Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a holiday...

It's Banned Books week! And why are we celebrating such an occasion at the library? The American Library Association and libraries across...

While most heritage month recognitions in the United States last from the first to last day of a given month, Hispanic Heritage Month...

This month, the Camden Public Library will be hosting the 9/11 Memorial & Museum's 20th anniversary poster exhibit "September 11, 2001:...

The state of Maine is home to a multitude of authors, native born or simply drawn to the inspiring Pine Street State, producing literary...

It's no secret that Midcoast Maine attracts more attention than ever in the summer months, as tourists join us to discover the delights...

Yes, Austentatious is a word. In the publishing world at least. There are countless "classic" writers around the world, revered for...

When Madeleine Miller published The Song of Achilles in 2011, who would have guessed that this relatively unknown author's version of the...

It's no secret: Mainers tend to be pretty proud of Maine authors. From the world of children's books to crime fiction to history, Maine...

Happy Pride Month! The annual marking of Pride in June coincides with the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which is largely noted as the start of...