The Boothbay Region's Free Public Library
Join us on Thursdays at 10:30am to hear a story read by our Children’s Coordinator, Jen. We’ll have crafts to do, too! If the weather is nice, we will be outside on the lawn. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we will be in the children’s room and spaces will be limited.
Please call 633-3112 that morning to be sure we have space available.
We look forward to seeing you!
PBS Books is proud to partner with GPB and the Georgia Public Library Service for a pinkaperfect evening with award-winning illustrator and author, Victoria Kann.
Join us for a special reading of Victoria’s newest book, Rubylicious. This gem of a book about generosity and kindness looks at how being selfless can be its own reward. Following the story, Victoria will share thoughts and insights about Pinkalicious, Peterrific, and all of their friends in Pinkville. She’ll also be answering questions from the PBS Books FB chat! Or tweet your questions using the hashtag #GPBLovesPink and follow along to learn more about these pinkatastic friends!
This event is FREE and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. Visit the PBS Books Facebook page at the time of the event to attend.
National Hispanic American Heritage Month takes place from September 15 through October 15. National Banned Books Week takes place from September 26 through October 2. So we’ve decided to mark both occasions with a bookshelf of banned books by Latinx authors!
Looking for more books by Latinx authors?
Books to Read for Latinx Heritage Month Penguin Random House
13 Must-Read Books by Latinx Authors Out in 2021 HipLatina
28 Books with Latinx Representation You Should Read Epic Reads
Looking for more banned books?
ALA Top 10 Most Challenged Books List American Library Association
Banned Books Week: We defend 30 challenged books including ‘Beloved’ and ‘1984’ USA Today
12 Must-Read Banned Books By Writers of Color ColorLines
Did you know that overdoses and relapses are at an all time high? Did you know NARCAN® is used to treat elderly patients who may accidentally take too much medication? Or for children who accidentally get into their parents medicine cabinet?
In this talk with Sherri Talbot, Sweetser’s OPTIONS clinician for Lincoln County, you’ll learn what NARCAN® is, how it works, how it’s used, and why everyone should carry it.
The Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach Naloxone and Safety (OPTIONS) initiative is a coordinated effort of the Maine Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) and other state agencies to improve the health of Mainers using substances through harm reduction strategies, helping them on the road to recovery, and dramatically reducing the number of fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses.
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day.
Author Talk with Bruce Robert CoffinJoin us to hear bestselling mystery author Bruce Robert Coffin discuss his newest book, Within Plain Sight.
Bruce Robert Coffin is the award-winning author of the bestselling Detective Byron mystery series. A former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent four years investigating counter-terrorism cases for the FBI, earning the Director’s Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive.
Winner of Killer Nashville‘s Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural and Best Investigator, the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His short fiction appears in several anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016.
Bruce is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular contributor to Murder Books blog.
Bruce is represented by Paula Munier at Talcott Notch Literary.
He lives and writes in Maine.
Book description:
Amid the dog days of summer, Detective Sergeant John Byron is called to the scene of a horrific crime: a young woman’s body dismembered and left in an abandoned Portland lumber yard. The killing shares striking similarities with a spate of murders committed in Boston by a serial killer known only as the Horseman.
As Byron’s team investigates the case, they quickly push up against powerful forces in town. But Byron will stop at nothing to find the truth, not when there is a killer on the loose and everyone is a suspect. Has the Horseman expanded his killing field? Is this the work of in ingenious copycat-or is nothing as it seems? One thing is certain, Byron must uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.
“Flawless prose, witty dialogue, startling twists. Authenticity seeps from every page, from the police work to the resonating emotions. Unforgettable”
International bestselling author of Skyjack K.J. Howe
“A gripping atmospheric thriller that finds the dark side of Portland, Maine. The Detective Byron mystery series is one of the finest to arrive in a long time.”
#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston
Have you found yourself concerned for a child and thought about how you could have gotten involved? Or more importantly, wondered why you didn’t?
This training is free and open to anyone. Snacks will be provided.
Pre-registration is required. Register by calling BHML at 207-633-3112 or email circ@bbhlibrary.org.
The Front Porch Project® training for community members looks at why people do (and don’t) get involved and provides strategies on how you can help by stepping in and supporting families. As the pandemic continues, families continue to face immense stress. It’s important, now more than ever, to know how you can help to support families. By attending this training, you are joining a community of Mainers committed to help prevent future tragedies from occurring to any more of our children.
Specifically, this training teaches you to:
The Front Porch Project® of Maine is a community response initiative, funded in part by donations to the Maine Children’s Trust on behalf of Marissa Kennedy, a child tragically lost to child abuse.
For more information about the training and for a list of FAQs, visit the Front Porch Project website.
Author talk withJoin us on the library lawn to hear author Lara Tupper discuss her new book of short stories.
Lara Tupper is the author of Amphibians, a short story collection (Leapfrog Global Fiction Award winner; Leapfrog Press, 2021), Off Island, a fictional re-imagining of Paul Gauguin’s strange marriage (Encircle, 2020) and A Thousand and One Nights (Harcourt and Untreed Reads, 2015), an autobiographical novel about singers at sea. With filmmaker Greg Eismin she co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for A Thousand and One Nights. Her short fiction was runner-up for the 2019 Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature and her work has appeared in Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak (Harper Perennial), The Believer, Nowhere Magazine, The Ghost Story, Dogwood Journal, Epiphany, Zone 3 and other literary magazines. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College (MFA Creative Writing), she taught at Rutgers University for many years and now presents writing workshops and retreats in Massachusetts. She is also a jazz/folk singer who has traveled the world; her latest album is This Dance.
Lara, from Maine, is a strong swimmer. Her parents loved Doctor Zhivago. As an only child, she spent many hours listening to A Chorus Line on vinyl. (She still likes to do this.) She has worked as a clambake waitress, a cruise ship entertainer, an academic, a yogi, a back-up singer, an editor and a music booker. She is a member of the Authors Guild, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, LFL (Little Free Librarians) and the BMIFC (Barry Manilow International Fan Club). She has had the good fortune to live in New York City, London, Abu Dhabi, Shanghai, Dubai, Otaru, Hua Hin, the Berkshires and Boothbay. She feels most at home by the sea. She is married to singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet and is mother to seven hens.
Book description:
Amphibians invites contemplation of what it means to reside in a female form. An amphibious aircraft crashes in Maine, a young girl skinny-dips with her elders, a distraught cruise ship dancer boards a water taxi in Grenada and travellers to Dubai and Abu Dhabi long for familiar oceans. Amphibians celebrates home in a cross-cultural way, and the sensation of feeling not quite right in one’s own skin, on land and near water, at home and abroad.
“From page one, Amphibians is the work of an extraordinary talent. How shrewd and compelling these stories are, as they range from Maine to New York to Japan to the Emirates
and back. Their remarkable gift is to show us – wisely and sharply – the crucial contradictions of feeling in whatever unfolds, from passing encounters to long-held ties.”
Joan Silber, PEN/ Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Improvement
“A compelling, wise and beautiful book. Each location feels prickly and alive, like it might lift off the page.”
Ramona Ausubel, author of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, an NPR Best Book of the Year
“Like a great journey, this collection will leave you changed.”
Porter Fox author of Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America’s Forgotten Border
“Mobility, adaptability and colorful changes are confronted by the girls and women in Lara Tupper’s nimble interlinked collection, aptly titled Amphibians. Although each memorable story easily stands alone, to seek and recognize the deft connections intensifies the reading experience.”
Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness
After a year’s hiatus, Books in Boothbay is back! With nearly 40 authors scheduled to appear, Maine’s largest and longest-running book fair will be split into two sessions. This event is FREE and open to readers of all ages.
Morning Session 9:00am–12:00pm
Kerri Arsenault, Danielle Bannister, Hilary Bartlett, Sarah Carlson, Richard Cass, Matt Cost, Irene M. Drago, Fran Hodgkins, Peter Ilgenfritz, Susan T. Landry, Mary Lawrence, BJ Magnani, S. Lee Manning, Sandra Neily, Anne Britting Oleson, Maria Padian, T. Blen Parker, Barbara Ross, David Sloan, Kevin St. Jarre, Lara Tupper, Caitlin Wahrer, James M. Wright
Afternoon Session 1:00pm–4:00pm
Cheryl Blaydon, Ellen Booraem, Charlene D’Avanzo, Jean Flahive, Kate Flora, Cheryl Gillespie, Jason Grundstrom-Whitney, Vaughn C. Hardacker, Gerry W. Hawes, Tom Huntington, Len Mattano, Dave Patterson, Dale T. Phillips, Lynne Schmidt, Bette Stevens, Thomas Urquhart
*Author line-up subject to change
A portion of the proceeds of sales from this event will benefit Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and the Boothbay Railway Village.
Visit the Books in Boothbay website to get more detailed information about the authors set to appear or follow their Facebook page for up-to-date information about the authors and the event.
Join us on the library lawn to hear author Gerry Hawes discuss his new book.
Like all young boys, Gerry Hawes had a romantic dream—his was to someday fly a plane. And that he did, first in the Air Force in peace, but also later in the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. But his ultimate goal was “the airlines,” which he finally achieved. He has seen a lot of things up there during his 50 years in the skies, and he would very much like for you to join him. Just for a while—he has something to say.
Book description:
Jack Rheinstrom was the kind of guy that everyone liked. His graduating yearbook read like a Who’s Who of high school students—leader, scholar, and athlete. He was a special kid that shunned personal attention and passionately cared for others. He never appeared to be in a bad mood; just being around him made you feel good inside. But there are no guarantees in life. There were two special events that occurred in his life, both having dramatic effects.You can be agile and you can be tough but sometimes that’s just not enough. Jack Rheinstrom was an airline pilot. He was an ordinary man—his life was not.
“Gerry Hawes, recipient of the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, knows what he’s writing about and it shows. The Albatross is a compelling story rich with memorable characters, a real tour de force, but its greatest strength is the author’s ability to put the reader in the cockpit of a commercial airliner. I was gripped from beginning to end. If you’ve ever flown a 747 you will recognize the writing as absolutely authoritative. If you are not a pilot this may be the closest you get to flying a big jet. Be sure to fasten your seatbelt!”
J. Bradford Tillson was a reporter, editor, and publisher of Dayton Daily News in Ohio and CEO of Cox Ohio Publishing. In 2003 he chaired Dayton’s celebration of the centennial of the Wright Brothers’ first flight.
For many people, stress and anxiety levels have increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. Check out this great list of resources complied by the National Library of Medicine about healthy ways to cope with stress and anxiety.
Here’s a good place to start:
CDC COVID-19: Care for Yourself: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides information on caring for yourself, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CDC COVID-19: Coping With Stress: CDC provides information on how to cope with stress, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Call 911
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
National Domestic Violence Hotline
National Sexual Assault Hotline