Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance: Member News!
Paula Hersom
May 10, 2008
I have organized and promoted a singer/songwriter festival at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick on June 1st 2:00 - 9:00 PM. Tix on sale at all Bull Moose locations..$12.00 in advance, $15.00 at the gate, 12 & under are free. Some of the performers are Christian Cuff, Rachel Griffin, Marie Moreshead, Putnam Smith and other local artists. FMI email pbhersom@gmail.com . The Maine Songwriter Association will be there (they are MC'ing the event for me) as well as the Maine Academy of Country Music. Come on down, bring a chair or a blanket and listen to some of Maine's finest young musicians. It is meant for the whole family.
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May 10, 2008
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Frank Wihbey
May 8, 2008
. For some time I've tried to find a quiet and inexpensive location for occasional short-term rental, to “retreat” from distractions and to write. A minimally equipped cabin would be fine. Proximity to a stream or water body would be an inspirational plus.
. Commercial rentals provide amenities I don’t really need, offer little privacy, and require fees that are not affordable. Perhaps such a rental is more likely to be discovered through a network of peers, as other writers would know exactly what I mean. Please email if you have suggestions.
Thank you,
Frank
Maryea Curtis
May 7, 2008
Hello, I am a new member and am currently writing my first novel. I am interested in joining or starting a writing group in or near Auburn. Bath/Brunswick or Windham would also be locations that would work for me. Please email me if you are intrested at maryea@roadrunner.com.
Helen Roussseau
May 6, 2008
Kripalu, in Lenox MA, is hosting a fabulous workshop by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen entitled: "Beyond Words: Poetry and Music as Passion, Prayer and Practice." I'm looking to share a ride if anyone is going or going out to Western MA Memorial Day Weekend.
Lewis Turco
May 6, 2008
Lewis Turco will receive the Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award at the West Chester University Poetry Conference, “Exploring Form and Narrative,” 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 6, 2008. Following the presentation of the award Tom Cable will interview Mr. Turco during the panel time set aside for the Fitzgerald celebration.
Rob Rosenthal
May 5, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WMPG-FM, in partnership with the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, announces a brand new radio documentary on poetry, Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine. This one-hour program airs on WMPG Thursday, May 15th at 8:30am. The program and extras will be archived at PoetryInMaine.org.
Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine presents over a dozen contemporary Maine poets reading their work and representing a range of writing styles and subject matter. Included in the show are Kate Barnes, Christian Barter, Ted Enslin, Annie Finch, Gary Lawless, Candice Stover, Jeffrey Thomson, and several others. Charlotte Albright, a long-time public radio personality in Maine, is the program’s host.
To celebrate the broadcast, WMPG is sponsoring a live poetry reading as part of the “Maine Festival of the Book.” Several poets featured in the radio program will read live at the Eastland Hotel, May 17th, from 5-7pm. Maine’s Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl will host the event. Music will be provided by The Highball Jazz Trio. This event is co-sponsored by Port Veritas and Maine Reads.
Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine was produced by freelance radio producer Rob Rosenthal and Maine’s Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl. “This radio program and the website are an excellent way to bring Maine poetry to a general audience,” says Sholl. “As Kate Barnes says in the program, ‘poetry makes life incandescent.’ We hope the program brightens people’s lives.”
Support for production of Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine was provided by the Maine Arts Commission, a state agency. Additional funding was provided by the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation and the Fisher Charitable Trust.
WMPG is the non-profit, community radio station at the University of Southern Maine. On the air for thirty-five years, WMPG provides a distinctly, non-commercial program service to Greater Portland. The station can be heard at 90.9FM, 104.1FM, and on the web at www.wmpg.org.
For further information, please contact Rob Rosenthal at 767-1702.
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Judy Gormely
May 2, 2008
New member. I have self published 2 books. One for a woman I was taking care of 1996 "Jock Dunham's Life"; the other in 2004 for a class my grandson was in ... Brewer, "Trees Decorate The World" and was recognized for it by the town. I need something to do. I need some sort of work.
Rebecca Welsh
April 30, 2008
I'll be driving to Haystack from Rumford. If anyone wants to ride-share from this direction, let me know. E
mail me at rlbwelsh@gmail.com or call me at 364-7612.
Julie Russell
April 28, 2008
I have registered for the upcoming Spring Writing Retreat on Deer Isle and am looking for a ride (from Portland) to the event. I am willing to share in expenses and interesting conversation. Please contact me at jpruss@maine.rr.com or call 207-772-7003.
Sharon Lee
April 23, 2008
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have sold three novels to Baen Books (www.baen.com): An untitled sequel to their 2001 Prism award winner, _Scout's Progress_, and web serials _Fledgling_ and _Saltation_.
Lee and Miller also sold electronic book rights to their novel _The Tomorrow Log_, and recent chapbook _Dragon Tide_ to Baen Webscriptions.
Sibyl Masquelier
April 23, 2008
I have taken leave from my normal Maine life and am living for the foreseeable future in Kansas City. I am caregiving my younger sister who has final stage multiple myeloma. The blog is http://stephaniemasquelier.blogspot.com
I miss everyone but I will see you at the Garden Party at the McLean's in July.
wendy ulmer
April 22, 2008
My second children's book, A Isn't for Fox, was released in January by Sleeping Bear Press. You can follow its progress at aisntforfox.blogspot.com.
Julie Russell
April 22, 2008
I have registered for the upcoming Spring Retreat on Deer Isle and would like very much to car pool for this event. I am willing to share in expenses and interesting conversation.
Lisa Moore
April 22, 2008
The Mountain Poets Society meets on the last Thursday of every month at Fare Share Commons, 445 Main Street, Norway, ME. Poets of all ages, shapes, and sizes share poetry read aloud. If possible, bring copies to share. A $1 donation to the Commons is appreciated. FMI: 743-9808.
MPS will host our sixth annual Poets on the Porch at the Norway Arts Festival on July 12 from 1 to 3. To sign up for 5-minute slot, call Lisa 743-9808. Check out www.norwayartsfestival.org or www.poetsontheporch.com.
Nick B. Mills
April 22, 2008
I'm a new member, and look forward to meeting my fellow members at one or more of the various MWPA events. My book, "KARZAI -- The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan" (Wiley & Sons), based on several months in Kabul meeting with President Hamid Karzai, came out last fall and I'm now starting work on a new book based a bit closer to home. I also write a blog for MaineToday.com called The Virtual Angler.
Jim Baumer/RiverVision Press
April 21, 2008
I am busy at work on my follow-up to the award-winning "When Towns Had Teams." This time, the subject is Moxie (as well as memoir and a dose of local history).
"Moxietown" will be released during the Moxie Festival, in Lisbon Falls, July 12th. This will be a limited run special pressing, commemorating the town's silver anniversary of celebrating all things Moxie, during their annual summer festival.
In September, the full-length, "Moxie Matters: Life's Beginnings in a Small Maine Town" will come out, building on the Moxie material and capturing life in small town Maine.
You can keep up on some of the process-related matters at Words Matter (http://findingwords.blogspot.com).
Lorine Kritzer Pergament
April 16, 2008
My story, "Coming of Age," is in the spring '08 issue of Bridges journal. It's a fictionalized version of my grandmother's experiences as a survivor of the Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911.
You can get a copy at http://inscribe.iupress.org/loi/bri
Cynthia L. Thibodeau
April 16, 2008
I am new to this endeavor and wish to share my news regarding my first book release called 'Menagerie In SyncVol.1
The 100 page book ( 8.5x11 ) contains poetic interpretive photography that has been compiled over many years. These pieces of literary art are original and are edited and produced by myself as the author / artist.
Please visit my website, and enjoy the stories. Thanks! Cyndi
http://www.
freespirited-expressions.com/index.html
Carolyn Gage
April 16, 2008
Longfellow Books Hosts Local Playwright at Book-Signing
On Thursday, April 24, Longfellow Books will host Portland playwright Carolyn Gage, who will be joined by local actors to read scenes from her latest collection Nine Short Plays.
Gage is an award-winning, feminist playwright, who is the author of six books and more than fifty-five plays. Her work is widely produced and she tours nationally and internationally, offering performances and lectures on lesbian culture and history.
Several of the works included in Nine Short Plays have been produced in Maine. Entr’acte, a play about a traumatic event in the life of actress Eva Le Gallienne, was presented at the Space Gallery in Portland, as was Bite My Thumb, a swashbuckling gender-bender about two rival Shakespeare theatre companies. Battered on Broadway, a fantasy about aging female characters from well-known musicals, toured to Auburn for the Maine Association of Community Theatres, and Gage’s anti-war piece, Rules of the Playground was mounted in Rockland and Portland last year.
Gage moved to Maine during the ice storm ten years ago, teaching as a guest lecturer at Bates College for a year. She has also taught at USM and produced women’s theatre in Portland with her company Cauldron & Labrys. “Maine has been a wonderful place to live and write,” says Gage, “because of the tremendous appreciation for the arts that is here, as well as the tradition of respecting free-thinkers.”
Gage’s play Ugly Ducklings was produced by Hardy Girls Healthy Women of Waterville, and a documentary about harassment of GBLT youth was made, based on the production. Last year, Gage produced two evenings of anti-war plays, including her signature piece, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc.
The reading and book-signing will be at 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 24, at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, in Portland. Wine and cookies will be served. For more information, call 207-772-4045.
Rena Tobey
April 16, 2008
Maine Women Writers Collection
2008 Spring Author Series
Jenny Siler April 17, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
Author of The Prince of Bagram Prison, under the pseudonym Alex Carr
An edge-of-the-seat story set in the murky world of post-9/11 espionage, this political thriller joins Jenny Siler’s Flashback, Iced, and Easy Money, and as Alex Carr, An Accidental American.
Martha Tod Dudman May 1, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
The Female Conundrum: With or Without a Man: a talk, reading, and discussion. The author of Augusta, Gone: A True Story, Martha Tod Dudman explores women’s choices in relationship to men, with a reading from her newest novel Black Olives.
All events are free and open to the public. RSVPs welcome.
Unless otherwise announced, the series will take place in the Sarton Room of the Maine Women Writers Collection, in the Abplanalp Library at the Westbrook College Campus of the University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine.
For more information or to RSVP, contact the Collection at 207-221-4324 or cgurley@une.edu and visit www.une.edu/mwwc
Stephanie Doyon
April 16, 2008
I've started a new blog about fiction writing, the creative process,and my experiences working at a literary agency. Please feel free to stop by at:
www.stephdoyon.blogspot.com
Happy Spring!
vicki hendrickson
April 16, 2008
THE NEWBURYPORT LITERARY FESTIVAL
APRIL 25- 26.
60 authors/poets
2www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org
Dinner with the Authors Friday night.
sharon ultsch
April 11, 2008
Do you want a place to write that is affordable and convenient?
I have a writing studio ( two small rooms) on congress street in a great old building. I am looking for someone who might want a part- time space to write. It would be best if this person worked in the afternoons or evenings - or both during the week. The cost per month is $100. Please write to sharon ultsch -sultsch@oobschools.org
Nancy Grace Rosen, M.C.
April 8, 2008
Portland West Promenade Writers Saturday
April 19 noon to 6 pm. (monthly)
Nancy Grace Rosen,M.C.
207-775-7888 $80 or donation
Come and enjoy three concentrated writing time and reading aloud. Only feedback is how work touched us or left us wondering about.
Meditation, Music and a beautiful walk along the Promenade included with healthy snacks and tea
Shonna
April 8, 2008
Welcome Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance members! Until we figure out a better way, this is YOUR space to share news and events with other members!
Please feel free to post event dates, book information, interesting writing advice, etc...anything you'd like to share with our writing community!
(But nothing X-rated or offensive, okay? That stuff will get taken down.)