GORHAM, ME – Author Event: Miriam Rimkunas on July 24, 6:00 pm

Join us for a reading and signing by Gorham’s own Miriam Rimkunas from their new novel, Survivor Concentrate: An Apocalyptic Fable.  Concentrate on the vast Siberian taiga and these claustrophobic wood walls. Tucked in the trees of a mountainside, these walls used to shelter the three sisters Popov and their impossible bloody secrets. Now this cabin is home to Song Min-jae, a North Korean fledgling. It is here in these walls that he discovers two doors, which seem to lead nowhere. The sisters Popov built those doors. The youngest built the door in the attic, seeking an escape from her own trauma and hunger. The eldest built her door in the bedroom, seeking only God. And the middle Popov sister, she is a god now. In these wood walls, Min-jae learns he is not alone.  Miriam I. Rimkunas is a lifelong Mainer and writer based in Portland. Prior to this work, they wrote and produced the serialized podcast Extraordinary Terrestrials. When not splicing genres, Miriam enjoys knitting, playing bass, gardening, and worshiping their two cats with their family.

Baxter Memorial Library is now offering Mango Languages using your library card!  Over 70 languages including ASL and ESOL are available anytime with your Baxter library card, and for younger learners we are also offering Little Pim.  Special thanks to the Trustees of the Baxter Memorial Library for funding this new offering!!  For more information, check out https://baxterlibrary.org/mango-languages/

Baxter Memorial Library’s Adult Summer Reading program continues throughout July and into August! 

Adults should be able to have a little fun and get credit for reading over the summer too! Fill out a raffle ticket for every book you read, either online (https://forms.office.com/r/R3G9yuBLiv) or in person, to be entered into weekly drawings for prizes and be in the running for our grand prize drawings at the end of the summer! No fine print needed – read anything! Everything counts: beach reads, serious reads, audiobooks, books you read aloud to kids. Reward yourself anytime for your reading progress by picking up stickers, bookmarks, and buttons from the library. 

Lakes Region Art Studio Exhibit runs from July 1 through July 31!  We have a truly lovely display of paintings and drawings produced by local artists from The Lakes Region Senior Center!