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 Apri1 1-3, 2011 to Portland,with a full day of free programming at the Abromson Center at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, April 2. Festival 2010 was a great success with almost 2000 attendees.

In its four 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 is held annually in April in Portland. If you would like to see what Festivals 2007-2010 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, Anita Shreve, 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 The Circus Ship written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen of Camden, Maine.