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About Maine Reads

Dedicated to the fight for a more literate Maine, Maine Reads provides meaningful programs that celebrate Maine’s rich literacy heritage and encourage literacy and collaboration.

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The Maine Festival of the Book returns to Portland April 9-11, 2010 with a full day of free programming at the Abromson Center at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, April 10.

Maine Festival of the Book 2010 Schedule

Featured presenters at Opening Night on Friday, April 9, 2010 will be Tess Gerritsen and Anita Shreve. Tickets are required for this event and are limited. Tickets are $10 each in advance and $15 each at the door. To purchase tickets:

Please note: No tickets will be mailed out. Tickets are not refundable. Tickets will be held under your name and should be picked up at the registration table at the event. Doors open at 7 pm.

With the exception of Opening Night, events are free and unticketed.

Stay tuned for more details. In its three years of existence, the Maine Festival of the Book has featured more than 200 authors, including four Pulitzer Prize winners.

The Maine Festival of the Book 2009 was held last April in Portland at the Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine. If you would like to see what Festivals 2007-2009 were about go to Past Festivals or hear recordings of selected festival programs on the Web site of Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Maine Humanities Council. Past presenters include David McCullough, Richard Ford, David Baldacci, Tess Gerritsen, Crystal Zevon, Wes McNair, Brian Wood, Jane Brox, Maxine Kumin, and Elizabeth Strout.

Learn more about the Maine Reads Community Literacy project, a grants initiative offering funding to libraries for community and literacy building.

Learn more about Read With ME., a state-wide literacy outreach program that brings books to every kindergartener in Maine. This year's featured Read With ME. book is A Place to Sleep written and illustrated by Holly Meade of Sedgwick, Maine.