Maine Reads

04/03/2012

So what programs did you enjoy most at the Maine Festival of the Book 2012???

04/03/2012

Thanks to everyone who came to the festival -- including volunteers, sponsors, collaborators, presenters and the masses of attendees! What a great weekend!!

04/03/2012

bonobopizza.com Buona pizza! Tonight is the last night of Portland's Bonobo sharing profits with Maine Reads! So check it out, corner of Pine and Brackett. Hip digs, delicious food ... indulge yourself for a good cause! Take out too!

03/30/2012

http://www.pinkydoodlebug.com/
Due to illness, Nathan Walker will not be at the Maine Festival of the Book. BUT illustrator Sandra Waugh, of Pinky Doodle Bug will be taking Nathan’s spot at 2:30 pm on Sat. March 31 at USM Portland.

Doodle-Bug Time
Illustrator, Sandra Waugh and author Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino show you how they took the book from words to sketches, invented the characters, redrew some of the characters. Artist Sandra Waugh, painted for nearly a year to complete the book!! Shea Vaughn, who is Actor Vince Vaughn’s mom, even helped them change the character. Elizabeth and Sandra will show you how they created the characters and worked hand in hand TOGETHER to create this book.

BIOS

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino

Elizabeth is the CEO and Founder of The Best Ever You Network and the host of top-rated “Best Ever You Show” on Blog Talk Radio. Elizabeth is a certified professional life coach, journalist, actress/on-air personality and author. Elizabeth and her husband Peter live in Maine with their four boys, 3 cats and enormous Labradoodle. Elizabeth was appointed as the Ambassador to Maine Reads in 2006 and has toured the country with her story times and has visited many Maine schools and libraries. For more information visit www.besteveryou.com, www.elizabethhamilton.info or www.pinkydoodlebug.com

Sandra Waugh

Sandra Waugh is a freelance artist and children's book illustrator. She is best known for her realistic, luminous watercolors. Her latest children's book reflects her more whimsical side featuring colorful, quirky, fun-loving watercolors accented with pen and ink details. Sandra has spent much of her adult life working with children. She has been a preschool teacher for the last seven years, taught art classes and Sunday school and was an elementary school substitute teacher. She now resides in southern Maine enjoying the great outdoors, painting the beautiful scenery around her and working on her next children's book. For more information visit www.waughtercolors.com and www.pinkydoodlebug.com

Let your child's imagination soar! Join Pinky and her friends on a doodling and writing adventure in the perfect book for children learning to read and parents wanting to share the joy of reading, writing, drawing and dreaming. Along with the charming verse, every page has a delightful illustratio...

03/30/2012

Tonight is The Maine Festival of the Book's Opening Night - benefit at 6 pm, author talk with Tony Horwitz at 7:30 pm. Tkts still available at www.mainereads.org.
From all reports Tony is an amazing speaker and this will be an illutrated talk. Join us! (And like our new page! http://www.facebook.com/MaineReads -- you're on it now!)

Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz, author of the historical narratives Midnight Rising and Confederates in the Attic gives an illustrated talk.

03/30/2012

Great progam last night at USM with John Cole of the Library of Congress speaking abt art, books and the Natl Bk Fest in DC.

03/30/2012

http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2012-03-29/interview-alma-katsu-the-taker/660161/1
Sat. 11 am Maine Fest of Bk presenter Alma Katsu featured in USA today!

The Taker by Alma Katsu was on lots of readers' radar before Fifty Shades of Grey dominated headlines.

03/29/2012

Check out the link below for navigating downtown Ptld tomorrow evening during the President's visit. Allow extra time!
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/195142/314/Presidential-visit-to-impact-Greater-Portland-

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- President Barack Obama's visit to the city is expected to impact traffic throughout the area on Friday afternoon and evening.

03/29/2012

Nathan Walker regrets that he has a medical emergency and will not be able to present his festival kids program that had been scheduled for Saturday 2:30 pm.

03/29/2012

http://www.pw.org/content/portland_maine
Thank you Ron Currie for including the Maine Festival of the Book in the new P&W Guide to Portland! (Like all nonprofits, we are reliant on the generosity of friends and fans to keep us going!)
If you are visiting Maine for the festival, Ron has included all kinds of wonderful information in here. A true insiders guide, written by a terrific writer to boot!

Ron Currie Jr. was born and raised in Waterville, Maine. His first book, God Is Dead (Viking, 2007), won the Young Lions Fiction Award from the New York Public Library and the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel Everything Matters! (Viking, 2009) was tra...

03/26/2012

Thank you Bob Keyes for a terrific write-up about the Maine Festival of the Book in yesterday's Maine Sunday Telegram
http://www.pressherald.com/life/audience. And yes, tickets are still available for the Tony Horwitz talk!

Cultural events in Maine, including art exhibits, reviews, concerts.

03/26/2012

Maine Festival of the Book presenters keep racking up the publicity in the New York Times. Last week is was Heidi Julavits with a glowing book review and Michael Maglaras with a great write up of his Lynd Ward film. Yesterday the Sunday Book Review raved about novelist Peter Behrens The O'Briens. All of these talented people will present Sat. March 31 at the Abromson Center at USM, Portland. Programs are unticketed, free and we offer free parking!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/the-obriens-by-peter-behrens.html?_r=1

Peter Behrens’s novel tracks four generations of an Irish family in North America.