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SUMMARY:Author Event: Amie Lynne Martin
DESCRIPTION:Beastly Beloved is out April 28!  A cursed Lord\, a stubborn librarian\, and a mating spark tying them together… A Beauty & the Beast-inspired novella for those who wanted the Beast to stay a beast. \nAmie Lynne Martin is a writer\, reader\, crafter\, and full time daydreamer. She fell in love with stories at a young age\, raised on the likes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. With more ideas than she can write\, she balances her creative works while working in the elementary school system.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-amie-lynne-martin-2/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T163000
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SUMMARY:Ram Jam Release Party!
DESCRIPTION:Come to Baxter Memorial Library on Wednesday May 13th to celebrate our Gorham High School students and staff who were published this year in The Ram Jam!\n\nCopies of The Ram Jam will be available and we hope that some students and staff will share their original work while at the event! Invite your friends!\n\nRefreshments will be served!
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/ram-jam-release-party/
CATEGORIES:Adult,All Ages,Author Talk,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
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SUMMARY:Faces & Facets of Jewish Life in Maine
DESCRIPTION:During a six-week\, 7\,000-mile journey across the state\, Israeli photographer Hedva Rokach photographed more than 300 members of Maine’s Jewish community. Faces & Facets of Jewish Life in Maine brings together these portraits alongside personal stories and QR-code–linked video interviews\, offering a vivid and deeply human portrait of Jewish life across Maine today. The book serves as the companion publication to the Maine Jewish Museum exhibition There Is Always an & and is available through the Museum Shop. \nDawn LaRochelle is the Executive Director of the Maine Jewish Museum and the creative force behind the Ampersand Project. A lifelong storyteller\, community builder\, and advocate for dialogue across difference\, she has helped expand the Museum’s role as a resource for Maine Jewish history\, culture\, and art through collaborative partnerships and statewide programming. Dawn brings extensive experience in program curation\, nonprofit leadership\, and relationship-building\, along with a deep belief that narrative can open hearts\, foster belonging\, and inspire cross-cultural understanding.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/faces-facets-of-jewish-life-in-maine/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Angelica Eling
DESCRIPTION:When chronic illness forces Boston event planner Gemma Prescott to abandon her career and return to coastal Waverly Cove\, Maine\, she never expects to fall for Liam Westfield\, the local physical therapist whose traditional family dreams seem impossible for someone navigating Stage IV endometriosis. As they renovate her grandmother’s cottage together\, Gemma and Liam must navigate medical challenges\, small-town expectations\, and their own fears to discover that sometimes love means redefining “happily ever after.”\nAngelica Eling is a contemporary romance author specializing in realistic women’s health representation and small-town Maine romance novels. Based in Southern Maine with her family\, she writes the authentic stories she always wanted to read.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-angelica-eling/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20260413T141546Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Event: Babo Edwards Kamel
DESCRIPTION:As a dual citizen\, Babo Kamel resides in Gorham\, Maine. and Montreal\, Quebec. Kamel’s work appears in the Greensboro Review\, Lily\, Poet Lore\, CV2\, The Fiddlehead\, and Best Canadian Poetry 2020 among others. A seven-time Pushcart nominee\, and a Best of Net nominee. Her chapbook\, After\, is published with Finishing Line Press. Her book\, What The Days Wanted\, is published with Broadstone Books. Her new collection\, Through the Amber\, is published with Broadstone Books. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson’s Program for Writers.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/poetry-event-babo-edwards-kamel/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T193000
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Jerry Farnham
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Gorham’s own Jerry Farnham! \nHis three book (so far!) series begins with Red at Night\, in which Jerry delivers a gripping tale of suspense\, hidden community secrets\, and unexpected romance\, set in and around Boothbay Harbor. It continues with Red in the Morning and a prequel\, First Light. \nWhether you’ve been following the series since the first page or are just discovering it now\, Jerry is looking forward to a wonderful evening of discussion\, questions\, and shared love for stories.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-jerry-farnham/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T180000
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Molly Donlan
DESCRIPTION:Transform the mundane tasks of daily life into intentional moments of Magical self-care\, with spells\, rituals\, and exercises that work with your brain\, not against it. Mundane Magic offers a fun approach and empathetic support for productivity around the house and reclaiming joy and creativity in the process. \nMolly Donlan is a Reiki Master Teacher\, crystal healing expert\, yoga teacher\, and co-host of the Demystify Magic podcast who has dedicated her life to helping others unlock the transformative power of energy work and alternative healing modalities. With a background as an advocate for survivors of sexual violence and as a former skeptic of all things woo\, Molly emphasizes the importance of trauma-informed care while teaching Magic through a blend of science and spirituality.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-molly-donlan/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20260127T231020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T231139Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Kristine Delano
DESCRIPTION:Former Wall Street executive Kristine Delano draws on her high-stakes experience balancing career and family to deliver The Lies We Trade\, a gripping thriller fueled by ambition\, secrets\, sacrifice\, and faith.\n\nMeredith Hansel is Wall Street’s rising star until on the day she’s set to celebrate her biggest win yet and it all comes crumbling down\, exposing how dangerous the climb to the top can be. A high-powered Wall Street career\, a beautiful family in a quiet suburban neighborhood—she seems to have everything. Which means she has everything to lose. 
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-kristine-delano/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20251114T192329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T155424Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Julia Spencer-Fleming
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and signing from New York Times bestselling author Julia Spencer-Fleming! In Spencer-Fleming’s latest novel\, At Midnight Comes the Cry\, as Christmas approaches\, five people will discover their suspicions hang on a single twisting thread\, leading to the forbidding High Peaks of the Adirondacks. As the December days shorten and the nights grow long\, a disparate group of would-be heroes need to unwind a murderous plot before time runs out.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-julia-spencer-fleming/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20251021T162532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T192326Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk & Suicide Prevention Discussion with local author Renee S. DeCamillis and Carrie Swarthout\, Director of Crisis Services for Maine’s Mobile Crisis Hotline
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk & Suicide Prevention Discussion with local author Renee S. DeCamillis and Carrie Swarthout\, Director of Crisis Services for Maine’s Mobile Crisis Hotline \nDeCamillis’s third book\, Try Not To Die By Your Own Hand\, is a dark fiction charity novel\, written in a choose your own path story format\, with all profit donated to support suicide prevention. There are six different paths to choose from\, and only one leads to survival. It’s up to you\, the reader\, to make the right decisions to keep Dahlia\, the protagonist\, alive to the end. This is not just a book; it’s a fight for survival.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-renee-s-decamillis/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250918T202244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T202248Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Sheri Aube
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading by local author Sheri Aube from her semi-autobiographical book A Loop of the United States of America. Sue’s friend Rick invited her on A LOOP OF THE USA during the summer of 2005. This captivating non-fiction book is full of humor\, philosophy\, environmental concerns\, and historic impressions.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-sheri-aube/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T180000
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Marquee Peters (Paris Heart)
DESCRIPTION:The Company We Keep is a psychological horror novella about Jake Warren\, a father who accepts an uncanny job at Ortus Solutions\, a company that hires him without an interview. The office seems perfect: smiling coworkers\, looping hallways\, glowing badges\, and screens that feel like they’re watching back. Each day\, Jake rises through “alignment” tiers while photos of his daughter begin to blur and vanish. When policies turn ritual and HR whispers\, “You were always meant to be here\,” he must choose between belonging and the self he came to save. Lean\, eerie\, and grounded in work-life anxiety\, this is an October pick for fans of corporate-cult stories.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-marquee-peters-paris-heart/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Dave Patterson with Ruby Couture and Ben Brown
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special literary evening with Gorham High School English teacher Dave Patterson\, and GHS seniors Ruby Couture and Ben Brown. \nIn addition to teaching at GHS for 16 years\, Dave Patterson is a fiction writer\, journalist\, and musician. He is the author of the acclaimed novels\, Soon the Light Will be Perfect\, and Euphoria: Ten Maine Stories. He’ll talk about how teaching has shaped his writing and the joys of working with student writers\, and read from his new book. We’ll also hear short pieces read by Ruby Couture and Ben Brown. A Q&A will follow.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-dave-patterson-with-ruby-couture-and-ben-brown/
CATEGORIES:Adult,All Ages,Author Talk,Friends of BML,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T180000
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CREATED:20250813T215033Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Anthony Phillip Blasi
DESCRIPTION:From the bloody King Philip’s War battlefields of Massachusetts to the fight for the wilderness of New Hampshire and Vermont\, author Anthony Blasi explores the journey from frightened homesteader to toughened wilderness warrior. Anthony is a municipal clerk and a member of several genealogical societies throughout the Northeast. He is a graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington\, where he received the Roger Grindle Award from the history department and presented a thesis on the history of genealogy in America.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-anthony-phillip-blasi/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T180000
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CREATED:20250814T163131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T164956Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Amie Lynne Martin
DESCRIPTION:Witty\, warm\, and wicked hot romance awaits! \nAmie Lynne Martin is a writer\, reader\, crafter\, and full time daydreamer. She fell in love with stories at a young age\, raised on the likes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. With more ideas than she can write\, she balances her creative works while working in the elementary school system. \nJoin us to hear about her writing history and process\, where she gets her ideas\, and hear her read from her second Haven’s Point novel\, Out of the Woods.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-amie-lynne-martin/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250625T181835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T214621Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Nick Fuller Googins
DESCRIPTION:Nick Fuller Googins is the author of the novels The Great Transition and The Frequency of Living Things. His short fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review\, Men’s Health\, The Sun\, The Los Angeles Times\, and elsewhere. He lives in Maine\, and works as an elementary school teacher. \nRead ME is a statewide summer reading program offered by the Maine Humanities Council\, Maine State Library\, and Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance that gets Maine’s adults all reading the same books — by Maine authors and recommended by Maine authors.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-nick-fuller-googins/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250618T165246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250623T141323Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Miriam Rimkunas
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and signing by Gorham’s own Miriam Rimkunas from their new novel\, Survivor Concentrate: An Apocalyptic Fable. \nConcentrate on the vast Siberian taiga and these claustrophobic wood walls. Tucked in the trees of a mountainside\, these walls used to shelter the three sisters Popov and their impossible bloody secrets. Now this cabin is home to Song Min-jae\, a North Korean fledgling. It is here in these walls that he discovers two doors\, which seem to lead nowhere. The sisters Popov built those doors. The youngest built the door in the attic\, seeking an escape from her own trauma and hunger. The eldest built her door in the bedroom\, seeking only God. And the middle Popov sister\, she is a god now. In these wood walls\, Min-jae learns he is not alone. \nMiriam I. Rimkunas is a lifelong Mainer and writer based in Portland. Prior to this work\, they wrote and produced the serialized podcast Extraordinary Terrestrials. When not splicing genres\, Miriam enjoys knitting\, playing bass\, gardening\, and worshiping their two cats with their family.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-miriam-rimkunas/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250623T144415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250623T144427Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Robert W. Spencer
DESCRIPTION:Matty Wheet’s grandmother Abigail knows secrets about the family’s ancestry\, but no one else believes her. In 1978 when Matty learns she is descended from leaders of the Native Wampanoag nation who fought against Plymouth Colony in King Philip’s War (1675)\, she fears her life has been ruined. Tim Romney\, her life-long friend\, searches ancient history and finds reasons she\, and he\, can be proud of their ancestors. \nRobert lives in southern Oxford County Maine among the foothills of the White Mountains. His three-title Lizzie Millett Series is set in this rural area of rivers\, lakes and forests. His writing brings to life the people and life in small town\, rural Maine between the years of 1860 and 1910\, a time of wide-spread modernization. Besides his novels\, Spencer has had poems\, memoirs and non-fiction essays published in local journals\, newsletters and national magazines. Other interests include gardening\, hiking\, climate change\, yoga\, meditation and native American studies.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-robert-w-spencer/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250512T140409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T140414Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Derek Volk
DESCRIPTION:Derek Volk learned many lessons about running his business while coaching girls’ softball. In Go for Third\, Derek pitches game-changing leadership principles he gained on the softball field that will expand your influence in business and beyond. Join us to hear more about his most recent book! \nDerek Volk is the owner of Volk Packaging Corporation\, a third-generation family-owned-and-operated corrugated box manufacturer\, and Volk Paxit\, a contract packaging fulfillment center. Derek is a philanthropist\, successful businessman\, former radio personality\, best-selling author\, and nationally recognized public speaker.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-derek-volk-2/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250418T144707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T144711Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Matt Cost
DESCRIPTION:Matt Cost will be reading from\, speaking about\, and conversing with the audience about his latest mystery thriller\, The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed. Through the talk and discussion\, Matt will share process of creating a book from scratch to shelf and beyond. He encourages people to come armed with questions and welcomes interaction. What do you want to know about writing a book? What secrets do authors possess? Find out these and more during the COST TALK. Cost will also feature his recent release\, Mainely Mayhem\, the 6th book in the popular Mainely Mysteries series.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-matt-cost-2/
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T011951
CREATED:20250411T141848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T141909Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Jule Selbo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and more with local author Jule Selbo! Her latest installment in the Dee Rommel Mystery series is 7 Days. \nJule Selbo is an award-winning novelist living in Portland\, Maine. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-jule-selbo-2/
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Friends of BML
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Jennifer Dupree
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear local authors Jennifer Dupree and Elisha Emerson in conversation about Dupree’s brand new novel\, What Do You Want From Me? Also included will be writing insights\, literary games\, and book-themed cupcakes! \nWhat Do You Want From Me? is a gripping drama about the deep\, unsettling rifts that can tear families apart. Perfect for readers who love darkly humorous\, thought-provoking narratives that challenge notions of guilt\, love\, and the pull of the past. \nJen Dupree is a librarian\, assistant editor of The Masters Review\, and former bookstore owner. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast program. Her work has appeared in December\, Solstice\, Wordpeace\, On the Rusk and other places. She is the winner of the Writer’s Digest Fiction Contest for 2017\, and a 2022 winner of a Maine Literary Award.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/book-launch-jennifer-dupree/
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T180000
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Peter D. Brown
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear local author Peter D. Brown speak about his recently released book\, I am Jayvyn. \nI am Jayvyn is a compelling work of historical fiction positioned to remind readers of the reality of the transatlantic slave trade and the key role the enslaved played in the development of America. \nPeter D. Brown is a Maine-based author of historical fiction with a deep interest in social justice and a passion for preserving history. His writing relies on a deep commitment to historical accuracy while aiming to illuminate stories of the oppressed or misunderstood. Through his work\, Peter hopes to promote thoughtful conversations about the enduring impact of history on contemporary society.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/author-event-peter-d-brown/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Author Talk,Friends of BML
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T180000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: S. Mason Pratt
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear from local author Mason Pratt. Mason graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College\, then served as an intelligence officer with the 82nd Airborne Division before attending Harvard Law School. He practiced law with Pierce Atwood in Portland\, Maine for 47 years\, and then became a writer. He lives with his wife Mary Lyons-Pratt at Sebago Lake in Standish. \nOn the Knife Edge\, a timely spy thriller\, casts the reader into the throes of the war in Ukraine. Part historical novel\, it is based on the true story of the container ship El Faro\, which sank off the Bahamas almost nine years ago with no survivors\, including five graduates of Maine Maritime Academy.
URL:https://baxterlibrary.org/event/7894/
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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