The WordPress.com 2013 annual report for this blog showed that over 5,000 readers visited Peaks Island Press this year. These are the posts that got the most views in 2013. 1 Eleanor […]
Sea-soaked and salty: a literary message in the bottle
Every year, the changing island weather prompts me to write, like a patient writing instructor prodding its lazy student. To get my attention, the island lobs cranberry-orange sunsets at me and tempts […]
Making Sense of Madness: Julie Fisher Talks about Democracy
From riots and imprisoned journalists to dictators and free elections, Julie Fisher’s scope manages to make sense of what at first appears to be sheer madness globally – a march toward democracy. […]
“Darkness First”: James Hayman takes us into the long nights with a good read
All across the island, residents are chopping and splitting wood or carrying it inside to stoke their stove again the November chill. And with crime fiction author James Hayman living among us, […]
Homemaking, Snowbabies, and the Search for the North Pole: Josephine Diebitsch Peary and the Making of National History
After crossing Casco Bay by ferry, packages are delivered to islanders by the taxi driver. This week, I found a package on my doorstep and hurried it inside, just as a rainstorm […]
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two: Cat Valente
Peaks Island author Catherynne Valente has just published “The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two,” her third in a five-part YA fantasy series that has placed her […]
Come for Stone Boat’s last summer cruise through poetry
It’s September 1st and islanders are starting to find each other again as the throngs of tourists begin to thin. Recovering the ability to greet folks on the ferry whose name you […]
“Stone Boat” poetry event sails into late summer on Peaks Island with Betsy Sholl
Guest post by event organizer Jesse Mantsch (jmantsch@maine.rr.com) Valued poetry aficionados & devotees: Stone Boat Poetry Reading on Peaks Island. August 7, 2013 at 6 PM Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial and Lodge […]
Annie O’Brien’s “A Path of Stars” at “I’m Your Neighbor” event
Guest post by Annie O’Brien (asob45@aol.com) A Path of Stars – A Celebration of Cambodians in Maine Thursday, August 8 – 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon – Portland Public Library I’ll be sharing my […]
Scott Nash takes Blue Jay the Pirate to South China, Maine
Scott Nash is preparing for the next book event with his usual genius. Nash’s rendition of a Blue Willow transferware plate – with his protagonist of The High Skies Adventures of Blue […]
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