Islandport Press

11/01/2024

Our sales rep Holly recently stopped by the wonderful Poland Provisions, which is a welcoming cafe and general store, with healthy food, curated gifts and a large community space.

Pictured is Meghan going over our Maine books and looking at MY LIFE IN THE MAINE WOODS by Annette Jackson.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from all of our staff here at Islandport Press!

We wish everyone a safe and fun evening of tricks and treats and family fun! 🎃

10/30/2024

A spooky sneak peak at just one of many images featured in our upcoming photography book WORKING THE SEA by Michael Crowley and the Penobscot Marine Museum, coming December 3.
To see more haunting retellings of history and find out more information about WORKING THE SEA, preorder today at islandportpress.com !
This image shows the treacherous night of December 4, 1972. After a fierce snow storm, the wooden 55-foot Maine dragger and the 44-foot Coast Guard that came to its rescue ended up pounding the ledges in Cape Elizabeth at the mouth of Maine's Casco Bay.

10/28/2024

🌊 From Atlantic to Pacific, Working the Sea 🌊

Are you excited? WORKING THE SEA by Michael Crowley and the Penobscot Marine Museum is coming December 3.
Preorders are available now at islandportpress.com !
The entire pre-digital collection—over three thousand images— of Maine-based magazine National Fisherman and its predecessor, Atlantic Fisherman, was donated to the Penobscot Marine Museum . With more than one hundred photographs featured in WORKING THE SEA, each one was carefully selected to highlight the changes that took hold in America's fisheries across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focusing on boats and the people that have served as the backbone of the industry, WORKING THE SEA provides a fascinating look at a rarely seen side of American history.
For more information, go to islandportpress.com !

10/23/2024

For The Boston Globe, Lewis Robinson wrote a moving tribute to two friends who lost their lives in last year's Lewiston shooting.

Click the link below to read.

Jason Walker and Mike Deslauriers charged the gunman who killed eight in a bowling alley and 10 in a nearby bar. The families they left behind still struggle with the void of their absence.

10/22/2024

"The author constructs a rich world of substantial characters caught in the muddled aspirations of young adulthood. A thrilling story of teenage survival and camaraderie."—Kirkus Reviews

THE ISLANDERS by Lewis Robinson received a glowing review from Kirkus Reviews!

Click the link below to read more:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lewis-robinson/the-islanders-9/

10/18/2024

If you're looking for a fun shop to go to this weekend, stop by Fitz & Bennett Home! Our sales rep Holly says, "I love popping in Fitz and Bennett when wandering in the Old Port, as they carry the most lovely gifts!" Last time she stopped by she spotted THE LITTLE FISHERMAN hangin' with the chicks, and a stack of signed TAKE IT EASY.

10/17/2024

Coming November 19!

Preorder at Islandportpress.com.

Lew-Ellyn Hughes dreams of leaving city life and finding a place where she can see her beloved Maine wilderness from her window each morning. Her dreams finally come true when she finds a nineteenth-century farmhouse for sale in Stratton, an idyllic town nestled in between lakes and mountains. She decides to turn it into Diamond Corner, a cozy, five-room bed-and-breakfast, sharing her love of Maine with visitors from all over the world. FARMHOUSE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN is a collection of heartwarming and humorous stories from fifteen years of owning the bed-and-breakfast that features a cast of hardy Mainers, colorful guests, and lovable family, as Lew-Ellyn juggles their wants and needs with her trademark humor and insight. From opening up a bakery in her kitchen to painting her house to shoveling snow, her stories will delight anyone who’s ever spent time in a small town.
Lew-Ellyn Hughes is an award-winning newspaper columnist and author who spent her childhood summers on Moosehead Lake. In 2001, Lew-Ellyn left her job as a nurse in Bangor and bought a 1890s farmhouse in Stratton, where she opened the five-room Diamond Corner Bed & Breakfast. There, she chronicled her experiences as she learned how to run an inn, open a bakery, and fall in love with the small town and its people. “Away with Words”, Lew-Ellyn’s newspaper column, is an eight-time winner of the Maine Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. She currently lives in Greenville.
Click the link below to read "Crooked as an Old Witch's Spine" from the book:
https://www.islandportpress.com/product-page/farmhouse-on-the-edge-of-town

10/15/2024

Join us at the Norridgewock Public Library on Saturday, October 19 at 12:30 p.m. for a talk from Gerry Boyle about his final Jack McMorrow, mystery: HARD LINE.

Visit Islandportpress.com/events for details.

10/14/2024

Last week, Marpheen Chann spoke with WABI about his memoir MOON IN FULL.

Click the link below to watch!

Marpheen Chann is the author of “Moon in Full: A Modern Day Coming-of-Age Story.”

10/10/2024

Now Available to Preorder: NEW HAMPSHIRE TRIVIA by Rebecca Rule!

This fun, engaging book of trivia will tell you all that you need to know about New Hampshire, plus Rebecca "Becky" Rule adds her signature sense of humor to make this a one of a kind book. Coming to shelves near you on November 12.

The first 30 preorders on islandportpress.com will get signed copies from the author herself!

10/08/2024

GIVEAWAY!

We're giving away a selection of Islandport Press books and accessories to celebrate fall! One lucky winner will get a gift bag valued at $200.

How to enter: just go to islandportpress.com/giveaway to sign up! No purchase necessary.

The giveaway ends on October 31, so sign up soon!

10/07/2024

Our sales rep Holly recently stopped by one of the most unique gift shops in Portland, Pinecone+Chickadee, and saw a display featuring TAKE IT EASY: PORTLAND IN THE 1970s by John Duncan and WILD! WEIRD! WONDERFUL! Maine. by Earl Brechlin.

Make sure to stop by this cool shop the next time you're in Portland!

10/04/2024

As a growing flock of ravens circles the Stone Tower where they live, three scared mice send a desperate note to Hector Fox, seeking help. Was the long-feared Raven’s Revenge finally coming true? Did danger lie ahead?

With the note and a mysterious black feather as their only clues, Hector and his woodland friends set out through the Green Wood on another adventure to solve the mystery and hopefully save the day.
Make sure you add the award-winning HECTOR FOX AND THE RAVEN'S REVENGE to your fall reading list! It's a cozy, beautiful picture book that won't frighten the little ones.
Visit Islandportpress.com to learn more!

09/30/2024

Join us at the Portland Public Library on Thursday, October 10 at 12 p.m. to hear David Little and Carl Little discuss their latest art book, ART OF PENOBSCOT BAY, with author, journalist, and editorial director at Colby College, Bob Keyes.

We hope to see you there!

For more information go to Islandportpress.com/events.

09/28/2024

We hope you can join us at the Barnes & Noble South Portland on Saturday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. for a special young adult fiction signing featuring two of our authors, Bee Burke, author of THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT, and Julie True Kingsley, author of THE SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND ME. Joining them is Cameron Kelly Rosenblum, the author of THE STEPPING OFF PLACE and THE SHARP EDGE OF SILENCE.

Learn more at Islandportpress.com/events.

09/27/2024

Congratulations, Bee Burke!

We celebrated the launch of THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENS in style with food, drinks, and fun at the gorgeous Arctic Playhouse.

Learn more about Bee Burke and her funny, heartfelt young adult novel at Islandportpress.com.

09/22/2024

Join us this Wednesday, September 25, at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the launch of Bee Burke's debut novel THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT!!

We are so happy to see this book out in the world and can't wait to celebrate with a reading, food, drinks, and a giveaway packed with 80s fun.

For more information, go to islandportpress.com/events .

09/21/2024

Join us at Barnes & Noble South Portland to meet Lewis Robinson (THE ISLANDERS), Martha Tod Dudman (SUNRISE AND THE REAL WORLD), and Scot Lehigh (JUST EAST OF NOWHERE) and take a look into the world of a fiction writer! This discussion and Q&A event will be on Saturday, October 5 at 3:00pm.

We hope to see you there!

Learn more at islandportpress.com/events.

09/20/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out last night to celebrate THE ISLANDERS, and its author, Lewis Robinson, at Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland.

There were great drinks and great conversations, with a reading, a signing, and a discussion and Q&A with fellow author Curtis Sittenfeld.

If you missed out on this event, Lewis will be doing a reading and screen printing demonstration with Ron Currie at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington on September 24, and then he'll be at Barnes & Noble for our fiction panel event on October 5th. Thank you for making great books possible!

Go to islandportpress.com/events to keep up with all of our events this summer.

09/18/2024

A glowing review of THE ISLANDERS by Lewis Robinson was recently featured in The Boston Globe.

We hope you can join us at the launch at Oxbow Blending and Bottling tomorrow (9/19) at 7 p.m. for an in-conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld.

Click the link below to read the whole review.
https://bit.ly/islanders-boston-globe

09/17/2024

David Little, the co-author of ART OF PENOBSCOT BAY who also has art featured in the book, has an exhibit titled "The Real and Surreal" at the Northeast Harbor Library.

Showing now through September 30, we hope you can stop by to view his collection of new artwork.

09/17/2024

Today's the day! THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT by Bee Burke and THE ISLANDERS by Lewis Robinson are available where all books are sold.

Visit islandportpress.com for more info, and for details about upcoming events.

09/16/2024

Our sales rep Holly was up in western Maine visiting the Rangeley Adventure Company as leaf peepers get a head start on the fall colors, which are starting to come alive.

She spied a display of our board books with a peaceful vista behind it, as well as some kayaks and a friendly Maine c**n cat!

So when you go up to western Maine, make sure you stop by Rangeley Adventure Company!

09/11/2024

Even though summer is supposed to be over, copies of THE LAST SUMMER BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT by Bee Burke have officially arrived!

While you wait to get your copy, read an excerpt by clicking the link below.
https://bit.ly/lastsummerexcerpt