Meet the Author Series

     The Meet the Author Series at the Bangor Public Library is one of the Library's least known treasures.  Every couple months, we feature diverse and engaging authors who want to talk to patrons about their latest work.  Maybe they want to tell you their inspiration, or perhaps just read a few passages from their book.  Either way, by experiencing these programs, you may gain insight into a book by seeing something missed or finding a treasure that may have been overlooked.  This Series really is an opportunity to meet the author in a comfortable setting.
      Hope to see you soon!

	Tuesday, September 14th at 6:30 pm, meet Jeff Romano, author of 100 Classic Hikes in New England Hallowell author Jeff Romano brings us his latest book, which includes trails for everyone from the backpacking adventurer, to the day hiker. It covers the best trails in six states, including hikes on the Appalachian Trail, in the hills and mountains of Maine and New Hampshire, on the Long Trail in Vermont, along the Massachusetts coast, in the forests of Connecticut, and in the wildlife sanctuaries in Rhode Island. The book provides measured distances and times for each hike, difficulty ratings, elevation gain, permit info and more. Jeff Romano at Amazon
	Wednesday, September 15th at Noon, meet Barbara Baig, author of How To Be a Writer: building your creative skills through practice and play More information on this author event coming soon.
	Saturday, September 18th, at 11:00 am, meet Gerry Boyle, author of Damaged Goods Maine author Gerry Boyle, presents his latest mystery, Damaged Goods. Publishers’ Weekly recently commented, “Robert Parker fans who have yet to discover Boyle will be pleasantly surprised by his suspenseful ninth crime novel set in Maine featuring former New York Times reporter Jack McMorrow. Jack, his social worker wife, Roxanne, and their young daughter, Sophie, become the target of deranged satanist Harland Wilton after Roxanne's inquiry into child abuse leads to the removal of Harland's two boys from his custody. Meanwhile, McMorrow pursues a story involving an enigmatic woman named Mandi, whose ad in the local paper offers companionship for hire. The journalist becomes increasingly curious about her, and having traced where she lives, he finds that she's been assaulted and unable to fend for herself. McMorrow arranges a safe haven for Mandi with a neighbor, even as Roxanne's qualms grow about his blurring his professional and personal lives. Boyle has succeeded in creating a likable lead whose sense of responsibility is reminiscent of Spenser as well as supporting characters with depth.”  -Publishers Weekly Starred Review www.gerryboyle.com
	Saturday, September 18th at 2:00 pm, meet Marion Syversen, author of Real Deal: Making Big Changes with Small Change Whether you’re single, a newly-wed, twenty-something or approaching retirement, Marion Syversen wants you to get your house in order. A self-confessed compulsive fixer-upper, Ms. Syversen has a lot of experience, and plenty of ideas on how to rehabilitate your house without spending a fortune. The author suggests you’ll turn your house into a happier home while you’re at it. A professional financial planner, Ms. Syversen also has some tips on how to get your financial house in order. www.marionsyversen.com
	Saturday, September 25th at 2:00 pm, meet Paul Doiron, author of The Poacher's Son The New York Times suggests that Paul Doiron’s first novel, The Poachers Son, “...comes with stunning vistas of the dense forests and wild rivers that have impressed visitors to Maine ever since Benedict Arnold passed through on his march to Quebec in 1775. Along with nostalgic laments about the old-growth woods and modest settlements that have already fallen to civilization, Doiron provides wonderful scenes of present-day bear-tracking and man-hunting through the kind of terrain that attracts hikers, hunters and the odd ’paranoid militia freak’ like the one causing so much trouble in this story. The novel’s eye-popping scenes, idyllic and otherwise, are conveyed by Doiron’s narrator, Mike Bowditch, a rookie game warden who loves the ‘solitary and morbid profession’ that is threatened when his father, Jack, a notorious poacher, is accused of murder. ‘He was a bar brawler, not a terrorist,’ Mike insists, swearing loyalty to a man who may not be worth his son’s faith in him. Jack is still a flamboyant character, one of the best sights in a book that has plenty of natural wonders.”   -New York Times, 2010/05/09 Paul Doiron is Editor in Chief of Down East Magazine, and is a registered Maine guide who lives on a trout stream in coastal Maine. www.pauldoiron.com
	Saturday, October 9th at 2:00 pm, meet Richard Cohen, author of The Forgotten Longfellow Richard Shain Cohen, a retired English professor and president of academic affairs at the University of Maine, has set out to rescue Alexander Longfellow Sr. (1814-1901).  A younger sibling of poet Henry Wadsworth, this Longfellow, in Cohen's words, "provided an important addition to the history, environment and geography of the east end of Maine."  In a neatly designed and well-illustrated volume, the author, a resident of Cape Elizabeth, does indeed rescue Alexander from the shadows of his brother's fantastic career and historian's obsessions with American expansion west of the Mississippi... Review from The Portland Press Herald continued   www.theforgottenlongfellow.com