AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library will hold its inaugural Fall Book Festival throughout October. Hear several Maine authors share from their latest novels.
The festival gets kicked off by Maine crime writer James Timmins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.7. Author of three crime novels and a Maine native, Timmins invites the public to a meet and greet session where he will share from his novels and share his writing experiences.
His crime novels feature the hard-nosed detective Jack Chamberlain. Debuting with “Three Card Monte” in 2011, the Chamberlain series continued with the release of “Marketable” in 2012. The third novel, “HomeGrown,” is due to be available for the holidays.
On Oct. 8 at 2 p.m., author Gail Anne Rowe will take attendees on a journey back to rural Maine as it was in the early half of the 20th century. Her book tells the story of the lives of her parents and their families during the Great Depression and World War II.
Her maternal grandparents raised 16 children in a four-room house without the benefit of electricity or indoor plumbing, while her paternal grandparents had a small but prosperous dairy and market garden.
The week of outstanding literature continues at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, when author and poet Carolyn Locke reads from her newest book “Not One Thing.”
This mesmerizing book invites readers to join the author on a haunting journey to Japan where they will encounter a landscape rich with natural beauty, history, literature, culture and contemporary Japanese people. Weaving photographs, diary entries and poems, it enters the territory of the heart.
More writers are being scheduled and will be announced in the upcoming weeks. To check on updates visit www.auburnpubliclibrary.org and click on the library calendar.
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