The muses have visited Aaiyn Foster. The result? An island celebration of the National Day of Writing on October 20th. Okay, we’re going to miss the exact date, but that’s never important […]
Island Celebration of National Day of Writing
Nanowrimo Eve
Some say that our modern Halloween holiday descended from ancient religious observances of a sacred time, a time when the boundary between our world and another world “thins,” easing passage between. For […]
Anne Sibley O’ Brien
Twenty five years ago this month, Anne Sibley O’Brien received a phone call, the phone call that writers long anticipate; an editor called who wanted to publish her book. Since then, O’Brien, […]
Nicole d’Entremont, “City of Belief”
From stories to soup to Sudden Fiction, Nicole d’Entremont is one of those writers who touches lives, over and over again – with and without her pen in hand. I caught up […]
John Wetterau
John Wetterau’s writing habits are as steady as his daily choice of blueberry muffins at the Peaks Cafe. The penchant for writing around clattering dishes and earnest conversation began decades ago when […]
Catherynne Valente, “Palimpsest”
It never ceases to amaze me how Peaks Island attracts talent to itself as though it were a magnet, poised two miles offshore, lonely for companionship. The island deployed some form of […]
Jamie Hogan, “Seven Days of Daisy”
Most islanders and Maine residents know Jamie Hogan as a celebrated illustrator whose collaboration with Mitali Perkins, Rickshaw Girl, won a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. They also have enjoyed reading her […]
Chris Hoppin, “Same Date of Rank”
One of the pleasures of blogging about Peaks Island authors is that I have the opportunity to write about talented neighbors. In the case of Chris Hoppin, until I moved in February, […]
Peaks Island Author Panel
Casting Off: Three Peaks Author Launch Their Books Tuesday, August 18th at 6:45 p.m. at the MacVane Community Center, Peaks Island Panelists: James Hayman, The Cutting, Christopher Hoppin, Same Date of Rank, […]
James Hayman, “The Cutting”
The first line of James Hayman’s debut thriller The Cutting reads “Fog can be a sudden thing on the Maine coast.” These days, fog is nearly a constant thing but that hasn’t […]
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