Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance offers a wide array of fantastic programming for writers, including “Pitch” which offers writers the chance to pitch their manuscripts or book proposals to agents from leading […]
“Maine has an unusually strong, tightly-woven writing community, and when tragedy happens to one of us, it impacts us all.” (writer Shonna Milliken Humphrey in Portland Press Herald) When novelist Cynthia Thayer […]
“It’s not a protest, it’s a timely celebration (of poetry),” said Joshua Bodwell, Executive Director of Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance at a gathering of writers in Longfellow Square today. What made […]
“A wildly talented raft of authors” characterizes Maine, according to the promotional poster for this year’s Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Holiday Book Sale. You’ll hear no argument from me. Should we […]
When does a writer become a writer? When they start writing? When they publish a book or begin to teach writing? When I asked Eleanor Morse this question, she said she started […]
Like other Mainers, Portland residents are famous for their independence. Some even call it stubborness. Longfellow Books on Monument Square is one of the few remaining independent (“fiercely independent” according to its […]
Book Sale and Author Signing (including the island’s own James Hayman) Saturday, April 10, 2010 Noon- 2 PM The Abromson Center on the Portland Campus of the University of Southern Maine Plan […]
Peaks Island Press 