Past Programs
To view a synopsis of past programs, including our current Featured Program (A Capital Read 2005), just click on the corresponding year during which the program was held. Note that at this time, only the ones with years highlighted in orange are available. We will make more available as we are able. If you have would like to submit a synopsis of your past program, click here.
A Capital Read
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Lithgow Public Library, Bennett Katz Library, UMA, Maine State Law & Reference Library, Maine General Medical Center Library, Augusta Public School Libraries and Maine State Library
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Bangor Reads
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Bangor Public Library
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2002:
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Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
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2003:
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The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
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2004:
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The Life of Pi by Yan Martel
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2005:
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Stephen King on Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
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Ellsworth
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Ellsworth Public Library
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2002:
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Lighthouse in My Life by Philmore B. Wass
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Four Towns on the Same Page
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Towns of Minot, Poland, Mechanic Falls, and Raymond
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2005:
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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2006:
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Whaletalk by Chris Crutcher
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Kennebec Valley Community READ
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Belgrade, Fairfield, Oakland, Waterville, and Winslow
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2005:
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A Place on Water by Maine authors Robert Kimber, Wesley McNair, and Bill Roorbach
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Midcoast Community Reads
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Patten Free Library (Bath), Curtis Memorial Library (Brunswick), Topsham Public Library and Wiscasset Public Library
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2002:
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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2003:
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1984 by George Orwell
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2004:
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
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2005:
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson
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MSAD 35 Reads, On the Same Page
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South Berwick and Eliot
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The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant by Avi
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One Book, One Campus (UMF)
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University of Maine at Farmington
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Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
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She’s Not There — A Life in Two Genders by Jenny Boylan
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One Book/One Community (Portland)
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Southern Maine |
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2004/ 2005:
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Turnaround: Musing on Earth’s Future by Edward A. Myers
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One Book/One Community: LA Reads!
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Lewiston Public Library and Auburn Public Library
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2003:
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
and Empire Falls by Richard Russo
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Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
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2005:
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
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One Community/One Book: South Portland
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South Portland Public Library and South Portland School Libraries
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2004:
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
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2005:
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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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One Town, One Book (Yarmouth)
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Merrill Memorial Library (Yarmouth)
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2005:
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The Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard
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Oxford Hills Reads
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Bolsters Mills Library, Freeland Holmes Library, Harrison Village Library, Hebron Academy, Norway Memorial Library, Oxford Hills Comprehensive HS Library, Paris Public Library, Stephens Memorial Hospital, Waterford Library Association, and West Paris Public Library.
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2005:
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Ernie’s Ark by Monica Wood
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Suburban Safari by Hannah Holmes (Maine author)
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PenBay Reads
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Rockland, Rockport, Camden, Belfast, Islesboro and Searsport libraries.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Penquis Reads
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Guilford Memorial Library, Thompson Free Library, Shaw Public Library, Piscataquis Community
HS Library, Dexter Regional HS Library, Abbott Memorial Library, Sangerville Public Library, and Monson Public Library.
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2005:
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Arundelby Kenneth Roberts
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Presque Isle Reads
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Mark & Emily Turner Library
(Presque Isle)
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2003:
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Books by Sarah Graves
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2004:
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Books by Pam Flowers
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2005:
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Books about survival
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Scarborough
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Scarborough Public Library
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2005:
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Ernie’s Ark by Monica Wood
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