Excerpt | Farmhouse on the Edge of Town
Lew-Ellyn Hughes dreams of leaving city life and finding a place where she can see her beloved Maine wilderness from her window each...
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Marion F
Jun 174 min read
Hard Line | Excerpt
After thirty years, fourteen books, and countless thrills, award-winning author Gerry Boyle writes the exciting and bittersweet final...
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Marion F
Mar 267 min read
Marsh Madness
Susan “Sue” Daignault was practically born with a rod and reel in her hand. Nearly from her birth, she and her family spent entire...
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Marion F
Mar 125 min read
Art of Penobscot Bay: Casting Off
Glorious Penobscot Bay, on the coast of Maine, with its quaint mainland towns, bustling tourist centers, and island fishing villages,...
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Piper
Dec 24, 20238 min read
Christmas on Naskeag Point
In most of the country, about Thanksgiving Day, the first vagrant airs of approaching Christmas ..
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Dean Lunt
Dec 22, 20238 min read
The Glory of Maine at Yuletide
by John N. Cole (1980) Three hundred and seventy-three Decembers have been swallowed by time since the first English Christmas in Maine....
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Nicole L
Dec 19, 20236 min read
Christmas in A One-Room School
The following story is featured in All Is Calm: A Maine Christmas Reader. All Is Calm, edited by Islandport's own Shannon Butler, is an...
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Dean Lunt
Dec 19, 20236 min read
A Maine Island Christmas
By Dean L. Lunt In the 1970s, Frenchboro remained a relatively poor island fishing village eight miles at sea that, given the era's...
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Dean Lunt
Dec 12, 20235 min read
A Holiday History
by Shannon Butler This essay by Shannon Butler serves as the introduction to her book, All Is Calm, a look at the lives of Mainers during...
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Marion F
Dec 4, 20233 min read
We're Going Home
Cynthia Thayer found her entire world cut adrift from its familiar moorings. Her husband Bill had been in an accident while driving their...
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Marion F
Dec 1, 20234 min read
A Full Net: In the Genes
Susan “Sue” Daignault was practically born with a rod and reel in her hand. Nearly from her birth, she and her family spent entire...
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Marion F
Nov 27, 20234 min read
Downtown, Up River
Caught at a tipping point between the city it was and the city it could be, in the 1970s Bangor, Maine was undergoing rapid change, both...
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Marion F
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Excerpt: Before
When Lorraine, a recent college graduate, starts work at a residential treatment center for troubled teens, she quickly finds herself...
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Marion F
Oct 18, 20234 min read
Nurture Through Nature
Just Up The Road: A Year Discovering People, Places, and What Comes Next in the Pine Tree State follows Chelsea Diehl's year-long journey...
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Marion F
Oct 11, 202311 min read
Tributaries
From the pine-encroached rivers of Maine’s Aroostook County, to the turquoise flats of Florida Bay, author Ryan Brod draws unexpected...
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Katherine B.
Aug 17, 20236 min read
Poet Heather McHugh on Just East of Nowhere
Scot Lehigh's debut novel, Just East of Nowhere, is a gritty, coming-of-age novel set in a small coastal town in Maine. It explores the...
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Katherine B.
Jul 18, 20235 min read
Ravens Are My Brothers
Birds are fascinating creatures and their place in our ecosystems is one of undisputed importance. Ravens in particular, are quite the...
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Katherine B.
Jun 21, 20233 min read
The Shadows of a Father's Absence
The impact of a parental figure leaves a resounding echo within our hearts––especially during our most formative years. In Scot Lehigh's...
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Katherine B.
Jun 8, 20233 min read
Celebrating Pride Month with Marpheen Chann
Here at Islandport we are thrilled to help celebrate Pride Month and highlight one of our authors! Marpheen Chann, a second-generation...
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Nicole L
Jun 2, 20233 min read
The Walk Down Main Street
From The Walk Down Main Street by Ruth Moore Everyone had seen last night’s game, either on the TV or at the capital, driving a hundred...
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