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An Ode to Libraries
This week, Maine Crime Writers are celebrating National Library Week with a series of posts for our Maine librarians. Today, we lead off with an author who has deep Maine connections and a deep love for libraries–Katherine Hall Page Henry … Continue reading
Posted in Katherine's Posts
Tagged A Lantern in Her Hand, Andrew Carnegie, Bess Streeter Aldrich, Book Lust, Conrad Richter, Fortitude, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Harriet Beecher Stow, Henry Ward Beecher, Katherine Hall Page, Landmark Books, Livingston New Jersey, Madam Will You Talk?, Maine libraries, Marilyn Johnson, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Mary Stewart, Misty of Chincoteague, More Book Lust, Nancy Moore, National Library Week, New York Public Library, Patience, Rose Reading Room, This Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save us All
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Librarians Solve Mysteries Every Day
On April 21, a week from tomorrow, a select group of Sisters in Crime member authors will be serving as volunteer staff from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time—or for however many hours their local libraries are open on … Continue reading
Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts
Tagged Bangor Public Library, Bates College, booksellers, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lea Wait, librarians, Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, Mantor Library, National Library Week, Sarah Graves, Sisters in Crime, Treat Memorial Library, Wilton Public Library
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What’s In A Name? We Ask Some Maine Libraries. . .
Kate Flora here, celebrating National Library Week by looking at some of the interesting names that our libraries have, and the stories behind those names. I suppose my fascination with this is two-fold: first, because like the other writers here, … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
Tagged Abel J. Morneault Library, Damariscotta, Dorothy L. Quimby Library, Edythe Dyer, Hampden Maine, Lithgow Library, Llewellyn Lithgow, Louis B. Goodall Library, Nancy Troeger, National Library Week, Sanford MAine, Skidompha Library, Union Maine, Van Buren Maine, Vose Library
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The Libraries of Our Lives
Paul Doiron here— This is National Library Week and a fitting moment to honor our endangered community treasures. Like most people who become authors, I spent a great deal of my childhood in libraries. For great swatches of my life, … Continue reading
A Librarian’s Journey: Interview with John Clark
John, to launch National Library Week, we thought we’d interview a librarian who is also a writer. Let’s start with the library side of things. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to be a librarian? … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blog
Tagged AMHI, Association of Mental Health Librarians, bookmouch, Boothbay Harbor Library, Boothbay Register, Central Maine Hospital, DOCLINE, Evergreen, graphic novels, Hartland Library, Hartland ME, HSLIC, Joe Craig, John Clark, Kudu, Level Best Books, Maine Balsam Libraries Group, Maine State Library, Mary Johnson, Medical Library Association, National Library Week, paperbackswap.com, Scarecrow Press, St. Mary's Hospital, swap.com, The Wizard of Simonton Pond, Tom Abbott, University of South Carolina, Walter Taranko, Wolf Moon Journal, Y/A
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