Literary Lunch with
Brandon Ying Kit Boey

Karma of the Sun

Friday, March 3 at noon in the Great Room

Join us in the Great Room for a fun & informal lunch gathering with Maine Author Brandon Ying Kit Boey.

Seating registration is free (bring your own lunch) or choose a specialty lunch catered by Eventide for $12. Register by Wednesday, March 1 in-person or by calling the library at 207-633-3112. Sign up early as space is limited.

Brandon Ying Kit Boey is a novelist, poet, and lawyer living in the State of Maine, United States of America. He was born in California, but grew up transiently, cycling through a series of homes, hotels, and schools before settling in Maine with his family. He was educated at New York University and Brigham Young University Law School, and has worked as a child actor, intern at Marvel, investment banker, and lawyer, among other things—the one constant occupation being writing.

Book description:

In the isolation of the Himalayas, the snows still fall, but they are tinged with the ash of a nuclear winter; the winds still blow, but they wail with the cry of ghosts. The seventh and final blast is near. As the world heaves its final breaths, the people of the Tibetan plateau—civilization’s final survivors—are haunted by spirits and terrorized by warlords. Though the last of the seven prophesied cataclysms is at hand, young Karma searches for a father who disappeared ten years earlier, presumed dead. Driven by a yearning to see his father again before the end, and called by an eerie horn unheard by anyone else, Karma forges into the Himalayas and discovers that his father’s disappearance may be linked to a mystical mountain said to connect the physical world with the spirit lands—and a possible way to save their doomed future.

“A hero’s journey for the end of the world, KARMA OF THE SUN is a must-read for anyone reckoning with where we are now and where we will go next.”

Erin Swan, author of Walk the Vanished Earth

Selected Book Reviews:

Give your stuffy a night out!

Drop off one of your stuffed animals anytime between Wednesday, March 22 to Friday, March 24 for a fun Library sleepover! We have lots of fun activities planned and will take good care of them. Come back the next morning, Saturday, March 25 at 10:30 a.m. for donuts & hot chocolate and to see what antics your stuffed animal got up to at the library.

Thursday, February 16
11:00 a.m.—noon
in the Great Room

Join us for our next Tech Talk with Community Technology Coordinator, Bethany Schmidt.

Expand your technology vocabulary. We’ll learn tech jargon (like cloud storage, RAM, and processor) and more common tech terms (like browser, window, and tab) to help make computer, smartphone and other online work easier to understand. Plus, learn some tech tips and tricks to go along with the new lingo you’ve learned.

Questions? Call the library at 207-633-3112 or email tech@bbhlibrary.org.

THE MAINE POETS SOCIETY PRIZE POEM CONTESTS 2023

The Maine Poets Society is proud to present our sixth annual $100 prize poem contest. This
year we are again also offering a $50 prize to Maine poets whose poetry has not been
previously published. Publication in a newsletter or an online workshop does not count for
this purpose.

The contests are open to all Maine residents, including seasonal, except for Maine Poets
Society board members. If your entry will be postmarked out of state, please enclose a
letter verifying your address when resident in Maine.  Entries must be postmarked
between January 15 th and the deadline of March 30 th , 2023.

There is a $5 entry fee for the $100 prize poem contest, and a $2.50 entry fee for the $50
contest for previously unpublished poets. You may enter up to 4 poems, but you must cover
each poem with an entry fee. You may not enter a poem that has been previously published.

Topic and form are left open, but there is a 50-line limit. Entries exceeding this will be
disqualified.

Our distinguished judge for the $100 prize poem contest in 2023 will be Wesley McNair,
Maine Poet Laureate from 2011-2016 and Emeritus Professor at the University of Maine,
Farmington. He has received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim
Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the
Arts, and United States Artists. Among his other honors are the Robert Frost Prize, the
Theodore Roethke Prize, the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book, the Sarah Josepha
Hale Medal for “distinguished contribution to the world of letters.”
Our prizes will be presented at the 2023 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance awards
evening. The shortlists will be announced beforehand by email and on the MPS Facebook
page.

Please send two copies of your poem, one of them identified with your name, mailing
address, email address and telephone number and which contest you are entering, and one
with no additional information, to MPS Vice-President Gus Peterson, at 12 Middle Street,
Randolph, ME 04346. Mark your envelope CONTEST.

Enclose a check payable to Maine Poets Society, with ‘Contest entry’ on the memo line.
Entries will not be returned, so please retain a copy.

Author talk with
Gerry Boyle

Robbed Blind: A Jack McMorrow mystery

Tuesday, February 7 at 1:00pm in the Great Room

2/8/23: This position has been filled. 

Thursday, January 19, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Get expert help finding, changing, and progressing your Maine career. Career Center agent Jillaine McGough will help you: job search, build and write a resume, locate an apprenticeship opportunity, get information about federal bonding, access veteran’s services, and more.

For more information contact: jillaine.mcgough@maine.gov, or call 207-721-8203.

Wednesday: Open Lego from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and spend the afternoon building with our Legos!
Optional Lego Challenge: Build a building and win a prize for most, creative, most structurally sound, tallest and most realistic!

Thursday: 3D Snowflakes from 10:00-12:00 p.m.
Learn how to make a 3D Snowflake. Help us create a snowstorm in the children’s room!

Friday: StoryTime & Craft at 10:30 a.m.
Join Miss. Jen for a special Gingerbread story time & craft!

Reminder: Chess & Afterschool clubs are on break. Clubs resume in January.

Homeschool Connection

December 13 2:00–3:00 p.m.

A time for families to meet, socialize and share ideas. Families considering homeschooling are also welcome! Bring something that has worked for you to share with the group.

Questions? Contact our Children’s Coordinator, Jen at youth@bhmlnext100.org or by calling the library at 207-633-3112.