Maine Humanities Council

October 5, 2010

The Collected Stories by John McGahern

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction

Location and Time: Belfast Free Library, Belfast (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Brenda Harrington, 207-338-3884

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

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August 4, 2010

A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction

Location and Time: Naples Public Library, Naples, 1:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Dale Jandreau, 207-693-6841

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 4, 2010

A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction

Location and Time: Naples Public Library, Naples, 1:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Dale Jandreau (207) 693-6841

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 5, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories training

Location and Time: Penquis RDC, Bangor, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Contact: Karen Hall, Penquis RDC, 207-973-3500

Peaceable Stories is a statewide, six-hour training program for early childhood educators offering high-quality children’s books, accompanied by an Activity & Resource Guide, designed to stimulate meaningful conversations about conflict and peace. Participants read and discuss the books, and take part in related exercises and activities, in preparation for using the materials with young children. Born to Read is made possible through funding from the Helen and George Ladd Charitable Corporation, the Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust, We the People, Jane’s Trust, The Bingham Program, Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation and through private donations.

August 5, 2010

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

Series: Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World

Location and Time: Porter Hall, Ocean Park 11:00 a.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Edward Rea (207) 934-9068 ext. 201

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 9, 2010

We Took To the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich

Series: Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine

Location and Time: Long Lake Public Library, St. Agatha, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Jackie Ayotte (207) 543-9395

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 9, 2010

The Contemporary Middle East edited by Karl Yambert

Series: Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East

Location and Time: Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell 4:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Rosemary White, 207-925-3177

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 9, 2010

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

Series: Civil War Fiction: Perspectives on the Civil War

Location and Time: Princeton Town Hall, Princeton, 7:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Donna Worden, 207-796-5333

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 10, 2010

Poland Spring: A Tale of the Gilded Age by David Richards

Series: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?

Location and Time: Wells Public Library, Wells, 6:15 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Cheryl Dearman Mills, 207-646-4565

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series

August 10, 2010

The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison

Series: Refreshing the Whodunit

Location and Time: Brown Memorial Library, Clinton, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Judy Larson (207) 872-1978

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series