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...

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

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