One of my favorite aspects of being a community bookseller is the opportunity to work with some truly inspiring educators. No one exemplifies this more than Lori Littlefield, the amazing librarian of…
Maine is a popular destination, not only for tourists but also for novels. As a book buyer, the news that a book is set on the Maine coast elicits only mild interest…
Award winning local poet Lee Sharkey is appearing on Thursday April 25 at 7:00 pm at the Farmington Public Library to read from and sign her book, Calendars of Fire. Kenny: So,…
You are inviting you to come down to the bookstore to feast your eyes on the winners of MSAD 58’s Biggest Fish Tale ever contest. The contest was inspired by David Shannon’s…
A fabulous young adult novel, Out of Nowhere, set in Central Maine and written by Brunswick author Maria Padian was recently published by Random House. Out of Nowhere has been getting big…
As many of you may know a new federal educational initiative, The Common Core State Standards, has been adopted by Maine along with 48 other States and U.S. territories. This is a…
Here you will find a two pronged2 feature, a review and an interview with the author, of Dualed, by Elsie Chapman, which is coming out on Feb. 26. There are some plot…
Tonight, Maine poet Laureate Wes McNair will be at the Farmington Public Library, where he’ll be doing a reading and presentation from his new Memoir The Words I Chose. The event is…
On Jan. 24 at 7 p.m., Unity College professor Kathryn Miles will be making an appearance in Farmington at the bookstore to present her new book, All Standing: The Remarkable Story of…
The Weekly Top 2 We’re going to start out the new year with an exclusive Weekly Top 2 interview with none other than The Year 2013 herself! Kenny: Happy New Year and…