Fifth Annual Bangor Book Festival
Friday, September 30-Saturday, October 1, 2011
Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, Maine
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| Maria (left) with Laurie Caswell Burke at the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury. |
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| At the Vermont Book Shop with poet John Canaday (center) and writer Hugh Coyle (right.) |
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| Maria and Laurie at the Vermont Book Shop. Laurie is the author of "Skinny Dipping With Loons." |
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| I visited with Carolyn Hoyt's seventh graders at the Solomon Schecter School in New Milford, New Jersey via Skype. |
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| Visiting schools via Skype is simply amazing. From my office in Maine, I can chat with students pretty much anywhere! This was a wonderful visit with the Solomon Schecter School. |
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| Librarian Peg Becksvoort (l), Maria (c) and Literary Agent Edite Kroll (r) at Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine. |
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| At Longfellow Books, author Charlotte Agell and two fans! |
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| At Longfellow Books: Edite Kroll (l) and Charlotte Agell (r). |
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| "Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best" Launch Party! |
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| Gary Lawless and Beth Leonard of Gulf of Maine Books. |
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| My agent, Edite Kroll, and her husband, Keith. |
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| Okay, so I look funny when I speak in public ... |
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| My daughter (center) and friends. |
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| Check out the Tomato Cake Pops my sister made! |
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Friends, family and neighbors joined me at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine, to celebrate the release of Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best.
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| At Harborlight Montessori |
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Had a wonderful day with 7th and 8th grade students at Harborlight Montessori School in Beverly, Massachusetts. Big, wide open spaces for learning ... the way middle school should be! They were a wonderful audience for my first-ever reading from JERSEY TOMATOES ARE THE BEST.
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| Author/Illustrator Charlotte Agell and I joined Maine teachers for lunch at the Jordan Pond House in Acadia National Park. It was part of a one-week course they were taking on Maine writers and illustrators. |
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| Jordan Pond House is famous for its popovers! This version came with ice cream and hot fudge. Plus a knife for digging in! |
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| Charlotte and I atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. Why didn't HER hair do that wild, blowing thing? |
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| Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance sponsored an author signing at the Festival of the Book in Portland, Maine this year. Authors seated left to right: Susan Shetterly, Hannah Holmes, Monica Wood and Amy Macdonald. |
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| At the MWPA event I was seated next to author Cindy Lord. |
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| From left: authors Elizabeth Peavey and Charlotte Agell. |
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| The annual Literary Garden Party, sponsored by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, was held at the Georgetown home of Governor Angus King and former First Lady Mary Herman. Pictured here on the roof of their house, ocean and Reid State Park in the background, from left: Charlotte Agell, me, children's author Sandra Dutton. The weather gods smiled on the event: I think it rained everywhere in the state that afternoon EXCEPT Georgetown! |
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| I'm very lucky to have a group of amazing, supportive friends in Brunswick! A few of them joined me when "Brett" received a Maine Literary Award from the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. From left: Jean Shaw, Marcy Holmblad, Leslie Hunt, me, Alida Snow, Barb Swisher, Liz Owens and Doug Faherty. Not pictured: my husband, busy taking the photo! |
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| I was thrilled to meet fellow Lupine Award winner, Diane Les Becquets (left) at the Reading Roundup Conference in Augusta. Her Young Adult novel, "Season of Ice" is wonderful! |
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| The Maine Library Association awarded its 2008 Lupine Awards in April, and I was honored to be in such great company! From left: me, Diane Les Becquets, Melissa Sweet, and Holly Berry. |
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| I spent a fun morning visiting sixth graders at Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth, Maine. Here I am with a few of their English teachers ... who joined forces with parent volunteers to serve "Super Sized Brownies" to all the kids! I wish MY middle school had been like Harrison! |
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| A Valentine's Day author signing at the Children's Book Cellar in Waterville, Maine. From left: author Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illustrator Kevin Hawkes, and me. This is a terrific little store on Main Street ... so many wonderful books! |
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| Valentine's Day, Waterville, Maine. These ladies got into the spirit at the REM luncheon featuring Maine authors. |
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| Faye Nicholson (left), Executive Director of REM, a group of volunteers working to improve business and quality of life in midcoast Maine. I was among the authors who read at their Valentine's Day luncheon. |
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| I couldn't resist borrowing this hat for a little while! |
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| Author Charlotte Agell (left) and I attend the Maine Writers and Publishers Holiday Book Sale at the Portland Public Library in Portland, Maine. |
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