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Double event day for island authors Nash and Morse

By seashorewrite on April 7, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

It may be a small island and small literary community, but authors on Peaks Island make up for it with a flurry of activity. Tomorrow, April 8, 2013, two island authors will […]

Peaks Island author Scott Nash offers event at Portland Stage Co.

By seashorewrite on March 24, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Join The Affiliate Artists and Author/illustrator Scott Nash for a night of readings from his new book, The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay The Pirate, as well as other works by […]

For the “big, bloody, beating heart”: Love from the Rock Benefit

By seashorewrite on March 8, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

In Peaks Island Press’ last article, I described the benefit for Longfellow Books, our beloved indie bookstore that Joshua Bodwell calls the “big, bloody, beating heart” of this city’s literary community. Peaks Islanders […]

Love from “the Rock”: Peaks Island Reading and Silent Auction to Benefit Longfellow Books

By seashorewrite on February 27, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

On Sunday, March 10th, the Peaks Island community of authors, readers, and unabashed bibliophiles will gather to raise funds to benefit their beloved, award-winning independent bookstore, Longfellow Books. As most people know, […]

Celebrate the Publication of White Dog Fell From the Sky at Longfellow Books

By seashorewrite on January 4, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Previously, I have written about Eleanor Morse and her award-winning novel, The Unexpected Forest. Since that time, Eleanor has written her third novel, White Dog Fell from the Sky, whose publication by […]

White Dog Fell from the Sky: Eleanor Morse

By seashorewrite on January 2, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

As one of the writers who has enrolled in Eleanor Morse’s Sudden Fiction classes on Peaks Island, I know that being a good writer and being a good human being are synonymous […]

Valente and Nash Soar in Best Books of 2012 Amazon List

By seashorewrite on November 12, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

A little over a month ago, I crowed that two island authors launched books in the same week – Scott Nash with his High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate and […]

Two island authors launch books this week

By seashorewrite on October 4, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

Islanders seem to be launching books as often as they launch boats these days. It’s a phenomenal literary week here on Peaks Island as both Scott Nash and Catherynne Valente celebrate and […]

Journey into the Backwaters of the Heart with Laima Vince

By seashorewrite on September 5, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

Peaks Island-based author Laima Vince will read from her book Journey into the Backwaters of the Heart: Stories of Women who Survived Hitler and Stalin on Thursday, September 6th. Journey is a […]

Scott Nash: The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate

By seashorewrite on August 13, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

If you knew that my bookshelves harbored a large selection of pirate-related fiction and non-fiction, you could imagine how excited I was to sit down with neighbor and author-illustrator Scott Nash to discuss […]

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