WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library will host Maine writer and outdoorsman George Smith as part of the Winthrop Lakes Region Forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22.
The event will take place in the King event room.
Smith will discuss his soon-to-be released book “Maine Sporting Camps,” and growing up in Winthrop.
Smith is a full-time writer on travel, hunting, fishing, and current events in addition to book reviews. He has been honored with awards from the Maine Press Association. He was the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for 18 years. He writes monthly columns for The Maine Sportsman magazine and a weekly column for two central Maine daily newspapers.
In 2014, Islandport Press published “A Life Lived Outdoors,” his latest book about Maine. Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King described it as “…a long valentine to the hills, small towns, back roads, woods, ponds, and streams of Smith’s native state.”
Smith recently launched a new blog for the Bangor Daily News called Reading Maine, which focuses on Maine books, wildlife and outdoor activities.
He has three children and three grandchildren. In addition to his family, his interests include hunting, fishing, birding, writing, reading and eating. He is very fond of Maine’s microbrews.
The event is free and open to the public. The library is located at 39 Bowdoin St.
FMI: 207-377-8673.
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