Camden, Maine
November 3,4 and 5, 2006
November 3,4 and 5, 2006
The first annual Maine Authors Series and Literary
Festival is a scholarship project of the Midcoast Branch of the American
Association of University Women. All proceeds from the Festival will be used
for the Midcoast AAUW's scholarship program for young women and girls who
might otherwise not be able to attend college.
Celebrating the Spirit of Place: The Maine Literary Tradition
Camden Opera House,
November 3, 4 and 5
Noted Authors Enrich and Enliven Festival Program
- Charlotte Albright
- Max Alexander
- Alice Arlen
- Robert Benton
- Jane Brox
- Franklin Burroughs
- Ardis Cameron
- Joseph Conforti
- David Kipen
- Wesley McNair
- James Nelson
- Cathie Pelletier
- Eric Pinder
- Robert Richardson
- Lewis Robinson
- Bill Roorbach
- Richard Russo
- Betsy Sholl
- Martha White
- Brenda Wineapple
- Monica Wood
Committee of Advisors
- Charlotte Albright
- H. Allen Fernald
- Nancy Harmon Jenkins
- Tess Gerritsen
- Wesley McNair
- Jane Phillips
- Richard Russo
- Betsy Sholl
- Judy Stein
Noted Authors Enrich and Enliven Festival Program:
Robert Richardson
Robert
Richardson is the author of Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind and Emerson:
The Mind on Fire and, most recently William James: In the Maelstrom of American
Modernism. He is currently an independent scholar, though he has taught for many years.
He is half owner of the schooner Alamar, out of Castine: Alamar won the Maine Retired Skipper’s Race last year.
He is currently at work on a book on Omar Khayyam and his friends.
Festival Program Highlights
Celebrating the Spirit of Place: The Maine Literary Tradition
At the Camden Opera House unless otherwise indicated.
Friday, November 3
7PM - The E.B. and Katharine White Memorial Lecture:
Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Gala Reception immediately following Lecture
Saturday, November 4
7:30 to 8:30AM - Continental Breakfast
8:30 to 5:30 PM - Lectures, Presentations, Panel Discussions, Readings
- Explorations of Regional Identity: Imagining Maine (Conforti)
- Louise Dickinson Rich: She Took to the Woods (Arlen)
- Biography: Men of Letters & Maine: Hawthorne, Longfellow, Emerson, Thoreau (Albright, Richardson, Wineapple)
- Maine's Natural World: A Place for the Mind & the Heart (Burroughs, Alexander, Arlen, Brox, Pinder)
- Exploring the Sea (Nelson)
- Contemporary Maine Voices:Writing In & About Maine (McNair, Pelletier, Robinson, Roorbach, Wood)
Sunday, November 5
8:30 to 9:30 PM - Continental Breakfast
9:30AM to 1PM - Books to Film
- Unbuttoning New England: Peyton Place 50 Years Later (Cameron)
- From Fiction to Film: A Panel Discussion with Writers, Director, Producer (Russo, Benton, Kipen, Pelletier)
Governor Proclaims Maine Literary Weekend
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General Admission:$125 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday---all sessions and all social events
Save $40 with full weekend ticket
Student Admission
$65 for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday—all sessions and events, with valid student ID (Mail checks to Box 886, Camden, ME 04843)
Friday Only:
$50 for Keynote Lecture and Gala Reception
Saturday Only:
$65 for Day-long sessions as well as Evening of Poetry and social event at Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Sunday Only:
$50 for From Fiction to Film: Renowned Directors, Producers and Writers discuss bringing works of fiction to film
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Early Bird Discount:
Only $95 for the entire Festival when purchased before September 30, 2006.
Save $30 from full weekend ticket and $70 from daily tickets
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Or send checks to Maine Literary Festival, Box 886, Camden, ME 04843
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