A powerful story of remembrance, regret and redemption from midcoast author Laurel Dodge, and book of wood engravings and woodcut images presented by the artist.
In Martha Tod Dudman's 'Sunrise and the Real World,' the line between resident and professional is often razor-thin.
Patricia O'Donnell explores modern marriage in the Trump political era, and a debut mystery novel by Jody Rich
By 1999, the prolific Maine author had made a significant impact on the publishing and film industries, not to mention his readers.
Once thought of as a pop culture phenomenon, the Maine author is now studied by academics and aspiring writers.
In Camden poet Dave Morrison’s world, everything has potential.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/05/off-radar-we-are-here-and-it-is-now-poems/
In Maine’s poorest county, libraries offer not only books but internet access and community workforce support.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/31/washington-county-libraries-are-preparing-for-the-future/
'Discipline' by Debra Spark and 'Bad Animals' by Sarah Braunstein both came out this month. The teaching colleagues are holding a joint book launch event Thursday in Portland.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/24/maine-places-inspired-new-novels-by-2-colby-professors/
Three exciting murder-mystery novellas, and one year of 100 adventures experienced in Maine.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/22/bushnell-on-books-easter-basket-murder-and-just-up-the-road/
The new book 'Where Maine Reads' features photos of 50 Mainers in their favorite reading spots, along with essays on what reading means to them.
'The Great Transition' tells a fast-paced, suspenseful tale, but spare us the preachiness.
A loving tribute to the author Cynthia Thayer's husband Bill Thayer and their 40-year marriage, and a novel for young readers by Megan Frazer Blakemore.
If we ever needed clarification from an authority on how we got from the founding of the United States to the politics of today, it’s now. This book provides it.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/01/off-radar-democracy-awakening-notes-on-the-state-of-america/
A debut collection of three mystery novellas set in Maine, discoveries of an "urban explorer."
Could Georgia's white founding father possibly have been an ally to Black people in an era when the British Empire was forcing thousands into bondage?
Six finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction will be announced in March, and the winner will be unveiled at a ceremony in June.
A new adventure with the Oxbow Island Gang, and another delightfully entertaining "cozy" mystery from Lee Hollis
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/02/09/bushnell-on-books-leap-frog-and-death-of-a-clam-digger/
Emily Zack, a former French teacher and a founder of Vivid Motion, wrote 'The Moorings of Mackerel Sky' under the pen name MZ.
In 'Cold Spell," writer Todd R. Nelson writes with humor and imagination about his experiences in his adopted state.
A resource of wisdom for your life’s journey by Cathy Cook
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/02/02/off-radar-maine-mediums-mystics-and-healers/
Douglas Preston took work contributed by Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Scott Turow, Margaret Atwood and many others to create a single story, set on the rooftop of a Manhattan tenement during the...
In what might be described as post-pandemic plot development, social events are popping up that appeal to people who love to read, creating community and helping to make their worlds 'a bit bigge...
A medical thriller from Geoffrey Cooper and a collection of 39 entertaining and educational essays about our home state
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/01/26/bushnell-on-books-the-fifth-student-and-our-maine/
Her novel wins an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, presented by the American Library Association.
During the time of the 'Little Women' author, it was common for female writes to use pseudonyms.
An original and clever collection of short stories, and a charming romance with a delightful conclusion
The author's first novel in a dozen years (her last was "Once Upon a River") sprinkles pixie dust on a world of resilient women and hardscrabble farmers.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/01/07/bonnie-jo-campbells-the-waters-is-pure-magic/
Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to 'fished out.'
An engaging, illuminating history of the origins of the news media we know and feel ambivalent about today.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/01/05/off-radar-battle-of-ink-and-ice/
Maine authors and subjects were big sellers at the state's indie bookstores this year, including recent releases 'Big Heart, Little Stove' by Lost Kitchen owner Erin French and 'Maine: A Love Sto...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/31/what-mainers-read-in-2023/
A new Andy Carpenter mystery, and a roadside tour of the Maine's 'history, culture, food, funk and oddities'
Accounts from Andrew Pettegree's 'The Book at War' will make you wonder what role books are playing in current conflicts.
Writer Albert Waitt's murder mystery, 'The Ruins of Woodman’s Village,' paints a picture of a small town, biases and all.
A trio of short murder mystery novellas just in time for Christmas, and how to have fun and find peace in your garden no matter how big or small
Hallowell artist and poet releases "Unleashed: Poems & Drawings"
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/07/author-event-betty-nadine-thomas/
Richard Foerster’s collection of his highly personal poems is a book of moments, in keeping with much of his previous work.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/01/off-radar-with-little-light-and-sometimes-none-at-all-poems/
Paul Harding's 'This Other Eden' was also nominated for a National Book Award.
The 11th volume in Harpswell author James Nelson's magnificent "Norsemen Saga," and author and essayist Janna Malamud Smith's fascinating study of Vinalhaven
'Possession,' published in 1990, follows 2 modern-day academics investigating the lives of a pair of Victorian poets. It won the prestigious Booker Prize that year and was adapted as a 2002 film.
Paul Harding says his latest novel, up for major awards, is not meant to be historically accurate. But archivists and descendants believe it badly invites inaccurate depictions of the Maine islan...
The eleventh book in the Maine Clambake Mystery series by Barbara Ross, and a debut mystery novel by Daniel Boyne
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/11/10/bushnell-on-books-hidden-beneath-and-body-of-water/
Baron Wormser's memoir, 'The Road Washes Out in Spring,' was reissued in March. Its sharply observed, compassionate vignettes of his own off-the-grid life and the lives of those around him endure...
Leslie Moore, of Belfast, seems to be building up something of a following for her poetry and printmaking work, and her new book, “Grackledom,” is likely to further expand her community of re...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/11/03/off-radar-grackledom-poetry-prints-penpets-drawings/
After years of living in big cities and creating stories set in wilderness, the best-selling author of the 'Wild Robot' series moved to the Midcoast last year.
Scoundrels, smugglers and their ilk helped to make Maine, according to a new history of the War of 1812.
A fast-paced crime drama debut from Philip Baker, and Astrid Sheckels's third children's book about Hector and all his quirky woodland pals
Marta McDowell's 'Gardening Can Be Murder' looks at examples of where the hobby appears within this genre.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/10/22/in-many-murder-mysteries-gardens-provide-the-plot-twist/
Recipes designed to take the guesswork out of seafood, and a grimly convincing tale of a small town's small minds, resigned to despair and self-pity
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/10/13/bushnell-on-books-coastal-kitchen-and-the-road-to-dalton/
This portrayal of life in academia stretches reality, but not as much as you might think.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/10/06/off-radar-trigger-warning-a-novel/
'This Other Eden' by Paul Harding tells a fictional story based on the real-life atrocity of the state forcibly removing a mixed-race community from the island off the coast of Phippsburg.