BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Reesie the Blind Dachshund’ and ‘Percy’s Patience’

Books for children tell the true tale of a beloved shelter dog, and a great story about Percival Baxter

OFF RADAR: ‘So Much Older Then’

A memoir of the anti-war protest years

A mother’s chocolate cake brings up the kitchen confessions of writer Monica Wood

The cake appears in her memoir, and at many a family occasion. But don't ask Wood to bake it.

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Heirloom Gardener’ and ‘On Harbor’s Edge’

John Forti's collection of essays on sustainable growing, and an intriguing, well-written debut novel from Kate Hotchkiss

OFF RADAR: ‘The Best of Elizabeth Hand’

Death, darkness, dismay and the supernatural are hallmark characteristics of Elizabeth Hand’s highly literary weird fiction, and “The Best of Elizabeth Hand” collects a dozen exemplary stories from across her long career.

Portland writer collaborates with his ER-doctor cousin on book about COVID-19

'Every Minute Is a Day' chronicles the turmoil and challenges of the pandemic as experienced at a hospital in the Bronx. It was published this week by Penguin Random House.

Feast on these lobster novels

Evening with Maine writers will benefit disadvantaged Maine children

An online auction and a reading with Richard Russo and his daughter Kate Russo will raise money for Camp Susan Curtis.

AUTHOR EVENT: Barbara Walsh

Local author to sign copies of 'The Goose Lady' in Jefferson

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Humane Home’ and ‘Muzzled: An Andy Carpenter Mystery’

Common-sense steps folks can take to produce a cleaner environment, and a chilling story of greed, corruption and corporate murder