Category Archives: Authors

Save the Date! November Pasco Lecture Series: Dr. Richard Maurer, Author of ‘The Blood Code’

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Graves Library

Please join us at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport for our next Pasco Lecture.  Join us on November 2nd  at 2:00 p.m. with our special guest Dr. Richard Maurer. ‘The Blood Code: What you … Continue reading →

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October Pasco Lecture Series – Sandy Martin:

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Graves Library

Pasco Lecture Series at Graves Library welcomes Sandy Martin, Paddling Against the Tide. Sunday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Martin grew up in Vermont in the late 1940s and 50s. Being a small state with very snowy winters, Vermont … Continue reading →

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New in Non-Fiction – Polio: An American Story

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Graves Library

Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines–and beyond. Drawing on newly available papers … Continue reading →

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Tickets Now Available! Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author David Oshinsky:

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Graves Library

Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Oshinsky will speak at a special fundraising event for the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library on August 22nd at the Kennebunk River Club Casino.  A welcome reception begins at 5:30 catered by Downeast Wine Imports … Continue reading →

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Pasco Lecture Series: Barbara Kent Lawrence

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Graves Library

Pasco Lecture Series at Graves Library welcomes Barbara Kent Lawrence, ‘Islands of Time’ on Sunday, August 10 at 2:00 p.m. Barbara Kent Lawrence has written a page turner of a novel about first love, its loss and the near hopeless … Continue reading →

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Pasco Lecture at Graves Library:

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Graves Library

The next Pasco Author Lecture Series at Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library will be on Sunday, June 29 at 2:00 p.m., featuring authors Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto, The New England Gardener’s Year : a Month-to-Month Guide for New England … Continue reading →

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Pasco Author Lecture Series:

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Graves Library

The next Pasco Author Lecture Series at Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library will be on Saturday, June 14 at 2:00 p.m., featuring author James McGuane. Mr. McGuane is a master photographer and filmmaker as well as a blacksmith and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Book Quote:

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Graves Library

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring  

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Happy Birthday Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Graves Library

Happy Birthday to author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, Maine on February 27, 1807.  Enjoy his poem, ‘ A Summer Day By The Sea’ and dream of warmer days to come! A Summer Day By The Sea … Continue reading →

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Upstairs in the Children’s Room:

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Graves Library

ABC Shells by Mary Dougherty, Illustrated by Sandy Huston This gorgeously illustrated children’s book is a delightful introduction to learning the alphabet through the splendor of Sea Shells. Each page is comprised of a unique and elegantly designed letter; a … Continue reading →

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