BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Reesie the Blind Dachshund’ and ‘Percy’s Patience’

Books for children tell the true tale of a beloved shelter dog, and a great story about Percival Baxter

OFF RADAR: ‘So Much Older Then’

A memoir of the anti-war protest years

A mother’s chocolate cake brings up the kitchen confessions of writer Monica Wood

The cake appears in her memoir, and at many a family occasion. But don't ask Wood to bake it.

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Heirloom Gardener’ and ‘On Harbor’s Edge’

John Forti's collection of essays on sustainable growing, and an intriguing, well-written debut novel from Kate Hotchkiss

OFF RADAR: ‘The Best of Elizabeth Hand’

Death, darkness, dismay and the supernatural are hallmark characteristics of Elizabeth Hand’s highly literary weird fiction, and “The Best of Elizabeth Hand” collects a dozen exemplary stories from across her long career.

Portland writer collaborates with his ER-doctor cousin on book about COVID-19

'Every Minute Is a Day' chronicles the turmoil and challenges of the pandemic as experienced at a hospital in the Bronx. It was published this week by Penguin Random House.

Portland bookstore joins effort to replace books lost in Frenchville school fire

The book drive is part of a statewide effort involving Maine authors, bookstores and literary groups to replace 9,500 books lost in a blaze last month.

Feast on these lobster novels

Evening with Maine writers will benefit disadvantaged Maine children

An online auction and a reading with Richard Russo and his daughter Kate Russo will raise money for Camp Susan Curtis.

Children’s book celebrates the color brown in all its glory

'Magnificent Homespun Brown' is as joyful as the confident little girls it depicts.