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Book Launch: Jim Nichols and Monica Wood in Conversation
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: https://mailchi.mp/mainewriters.org/nichols-wood
Audience: Adults
Please join MWPA and the Portland Public Library for an online conversation with award-winning writers Jim Nichols and 
Monica Wood to celebrate their new books. Nichols’ latest novel, Blue Summer, was just published by Islandport Books. Wood’s classic collection of linked stories, Ernie’s Ark, is being published by Godine in a new edition that includes a never-before published story by Monica Wood and an afterword by the author.
To RSVP for this free event and receive a link to the event on Zoom, please go here.
To order a copy of Blue Summer or Ernie’s Ark: The Abbott Falls Stories, please contact the 
Book Review in Falmouth, our bookstore partner for this event. You can order by phone (207) 781-4808 or send them an email at bookreviewmaine@gmail.com. Signed copies will be available as supplies last.
About the Series » Literary Lunch Series
Portland Public Library’s Literary Lunch series is held monthly and features authors from New England in conversation 
about new works. Authors are interviewed by literary friends, colleagues or critics.
All Literary Lunches are free to the public. Because they take place over the lunch hour, guests are encouraged to bring their lunch! Coffee is generously provided by Coffee By Design.
Questions about our Literary Lunch Series? Please send us an e-mail.
About the Series » Spotlight Lecture Series
Portland Public Library hosts nationally touring authors at the Spotlight Series. Authors talk about newly released work followed by audience Q&A and a book signing. The series is presented by Portland Public Library in partnership with Print: A Bookstore, The Press Hotel, and Bunker Brewing Company.
