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David S. Florig lives in Ocean Park, Maine. He is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Florig is also a member of the Belfast Curling Club in Belfast, Maine and is the author of two previous novels, The Stones of Ailsa Craig and The Shattered Curling Stone. The Stones of Ailsa Craig was named Best Historical Fiction of 2023 by Indies Today and was a 2023 Finalist for the American Writing Awards.

David’s newest book, Negative Peace, follows the journey of Joshua Sheehan, a Bucksport, Maine native who rises from Mayor of Bucksport to President of the United States. He has a plan - he wants to create a lasting world peace. It might only be Negative Peace, but it would be a start. What could be any easier?

The Olympic sport of curling plays a role in Negative Peace, audience members will be introduced to the sport and given the chance to touch and feel a genuine curling stone made of 60-million-year-old Scottish granite. They will also learn the basics of the game and the peculiar, specialized equipment that it is played with.

Dale Ruth Sherburne is a Maine native who raised two daughters with her husband, Russ, in an 1850s farmhouse with a menagerie of beloved pets. Her degree in child psychology led to directing special education services for preschool children with disabilities. Nature and animals are her passions, along with lakeside getaways, books, crafts, practical jokes, and finding joy among friends and family.

Dale's book, Neither Wife nor Widow is a riveting, straight-from-the-trenches reveal about caregiving. Through dozens of conversational vignettes, the author bares her feelings with raw unapologetic honesty. Stories range from humorous to touching to wrenching, and shed a previously unseen light into a caregiver’s mind.

The caregiver heart will lighten knowing that “caregiver-land” has no room for judgment or guilt. Loneliness will become kinship with the millions of like-feeling caregivers who stand tall as survivors, proud of work that can bend the soul, but never break it.

Neither Wife Nor Widow will be featured in the February '26 issue of the Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG); it received a Kirkus book review of "Get It."

Peggy Lafreniere DeBlois grew up in Lewiston, Maine and is a proud graduate of Bowdoin College. She enjoyed careers in marketing, journalism, and teaching prior to devoting her time to writing. The Toll Road North is her first novel, and she continues to be inspired by the gritty beauty in her hometown.

In Peggy's book, The Toll Road North, Dee and her son are taken hostage while on a college visit in her hometown of Lewiston, Maine. When Dee recognizes her captor, she is forced to face her secret-filled past.

The French-Canadian Catholic community of her youth is filled with betrayals, abandonment, and secret pregnancies. How will she reveal her shameful past to her husband, sons, and friends?

Amy Safford, MFA, is an award-winning Maine author. Her debut novel, Goode Vibrations of the Wresting Place, won three international literary awards: the 2025 Eric Hoffer Spiritual Fiction and First Horizon Book Awards, and the Independent Publishers IPPY Silver Medal for Visionary/New Age Fiction. She was also named a finalist in the 2024 American Book Fest Visionary Fiction and 2025 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Speculative Fiction Awards. Good Vibrations of the Dead River Valley is the second book in her supernatural series

While trying to make sense of her ability to see into the past, Penelope Goode leaves her hometown of Portland for the mountains of northwestern Maine to visit a relative threatened with losing his property.

In the shadow of Mount Bigelow, Pennie finds herself steeped in a community of loggers, hunters, and fishers, sensing the vibrations of hardy souls who settled in the river valley. Her visions take her back in time, the days before the villages of the valley were flooded by the power company.

Sinking even deeper into the past, she dreams of Benedict Arnold’s epic expedition through the untamed wilderness. By sensing the many vibrations of the land’s storied history, Pennie discovers injustices of the past, and the freedom America fought for 250 years ago, to continue her fight for individual rights today.

Join Ms. Emily as she reads stories and sings song. All ages welcome!

Join Ms. Alice for rhmyes, songs, and stories chosen with babies ages 0-24 months in mind! Siblings welcome!

Are you interested in learning or playing mahjong? Beginners, intermediate and expert levels welcome. RSVP or just drop in!

Attention fiber artists! All skill levels welcome--even if you have no skills (yet!). Join us bi-weekly for felting classes and learn techniques in wool felting. Please be on the look out for promotion of what is happening monthly and RSVP so we have a spot for you. Call: 207-926-4840 or email: nglibrary@newgloucester.com

Check your school calendars for the early release schedule and plan to come play, have a snack, and create a craft with friends after school. Questions? Call: 207-926-4840 or email: nglibrary@newgloucester.com