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NORWAY — The Norway Memorial Library will participate in ReadME — a statewide program, presented in partnership with the Maine Humanities Council and Maine State Library.
The statewide program promotes books by Maine authors and recommended by Maine authors. The chat is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 at the library, 258 Main St.
This year’s selections were chosen by mystery writer Paul Doiron. The books are “River Talk” by CB Anderson and “Settled in the Wild: Notes from the Edge of Town” by Susan Hand Shetterly. Those who want to take part may stop by the library’s information desk prior to the event to pick up the books to read.
Doiron describes the two books and why he chose them for the program:
“The short stories by CB Anderson are about Mainers — folks you went to school with and have known forever, others you hear speaking in foreign tongues on the street, newcomers, neighbors, maybe even yourself. What makes this book so special, so moving, is Anderson’s passionate commitment to making all of these people not just recognizable but relatable. If you’re looking for a book about the ways people in Maine actually live, now, today, you need to read this small masterpiece.”
Regarding Shetterley’s work, Doiron says, “More than in other places, Maine people live close to nature. Some by accident, others by design. (This) collection of lyrical short essays is, therefore, a book intended for all of us. It’s about watching deer drift through the field at dusk and about leaving the window open in April to hear spring arrive with the first piping of the peepers. It’s about the familiar, the secret and the strange, written by an artist whose gift it is to help us see our shared environment as we’ve never seen it before.”
For more information, call the library at 207-743-5309 ext. 1, or visit www.norway.lib.me.us.
