About the Peaks Island Branch

Buds & Beasts includes 10 – 20 colorful prints and paintings exhibiting Maine’s flora and fauna. A Peaks Island native, Sara currently works as a freelance artist in South Portland, ME, having left a formative, 12-year career as a farmer.

Join us for Game Day Fun at the Peaks Island Branch. We will have a variety of games set up in the Community Room across from the library.

There will be oversized games, childhood favorites and maybe you’ll discover a new game, too.

Play one or play them all!

All ages are welcome.

The Friends of the Peaks Island Library’s Book Sale is on Saturday, July 19th, 8 am – 2:30 pm in the Community Room across from the library.

Save the date & save your books! Bring in some books you no longer need on Friday, July 18th from 10-6 PM and come back the next day to shop for new ones.

Technology Tutoring sessions are for all levels of computer users and offer a chance to sit down with a staff member for 30 minutes of free computer assistance. The library has a laptop you may use, or you can bring your own device. Whether you’d like help mastering the job search, downloading ebooks and audiobooks, or refreshing your basic computer skills, our half-hour tutoring sessions might be the place to turn. You name the topic and we’ll work together.

Advanced registration is required. Stop in the library, give us a call 766-5540, or email us peaks@portlib.org to register or if you have any questions.

There will be a brief 10 minute meeting then Maine Author Lewis Robinson will join the Friends of Peaks Island Library to discuss his new book, The Islanders.

Lewis Robinson is the author of the novel Water Dogs (Random House, 2009), a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and Officer Friendly and Other Stories (HarperCollins, 2003), winner of a Whiting Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and the forthcoming novel The Islanders(Islandport, Sept 2024). His short fiction and essays have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Tin House, The Baffler, The New York Times Book Review and on NPR’s program Selected Shorts. He has taught fiction writing at the University of Iowa, Colby College, the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program, Phillips Academy, Stanford University’s Continuing Studies program, and is currently an associate professor at the University of Maine Farmington. He lives in Portland, Maine.

There will be light refreshments, all are welcome.

Peaks Island Radio is LIVE at the Peaks Island Branch! Stop by and meet Peaks Island Radio’s host Chris Marot and find out what it takes to have a radio station on the island.

During this visit, we’re talking music. Do you have a favorite song? Come with titles to share and why it’s a favorite or discover a new song you hadn’t heard before. We will listen, sing, and dance to everyone’s favorite.

A writing group for adults every Saturday morning at the Peaks Island Branch Library.  This is a group for anyone who likes to write (or would like to start). All skill levels, from beginner to experienced, are welcome. Take inspiration from the weekly writing prompt or come with your own ideas and projects.

Saturday mornings at 9 am – 9:45 am.

Creative Writing for Kids (Grades 3–5) will meet during July on Tuesdays at 1 – 1:45 pm.

Bring your imagination – journals, pencils and snacks will be provided.

Questions contact the library 766-5540 or email us peaks@portlib.org

Bring your current project and join other knitters for conversation and inspiration!

All are welcome, as are all skill levels.

Meets in the library the first Tuesday of the month 4 pm – 5 pm.

The Tuesday Adult Book Discussion Group

Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Location: Peaks Island Community Room

This program is supported by Friends of the Peaks Island Library

All are welcome to join the book group. Titles are chosen in advance by the members who rotate leading the discussion. Meetings are fun and mind-broadening. Contact the Peaks Island Branch Library for help in procuring these titles.

The group will take a break during July and August and return on September 9. The September book will be The Good War of Consul Reeves by Peter Rose.

Oct. 14 Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Nov. 11 The Women by Kristin Hannah

Dec. 9 An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Jan. 13 White Heron by Sarah Oren Jewett

Feb. 10 North Woods by Daniel Mason

Mar. 10 Foster by Claire Keegan

Apr. 14 The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood

May 12 Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall

Jun. 16 Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

We’ve discovered that this age reader loves to read books, lots of books, and share what they are reading with others. Unlike other book groups there is not a specific book that everyone reads each month. Instead everyone comes together to share what they are presently reading, a favorite book, or make recommendations,  while enjoying each other’s company.

Everyone who is in middle school, public, private or homeschooled is welcome to join in the discussions as listeners or contributors. Call or email  the library for more information.

We offer two storytimes designed for babies and preschoolers, from basic rhymes to movement and music. Join us and cultivate a love of reading in your child early on!

Peaks Island Archives | Portland Public sLibrary Research | Portland Public Library Digital Commons

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The Peaks Island Branch Library Archives comprise 15 linear feet of Special Collections assembled and located at the Peaks Island Branch of the Portland Public Library. The collection of ephemera, cemetery records, scrapbooks, postcards, photographic images, periodicals, maps, reports, audiovisuals, and Peaks Island printed material span the 20th century – up to the present. Bulk dates for the archive are from circa 1960 – present.

Subjects include Peaks Island community and government topics, tourism, history (particularly the role of Peaks Island during World War II), development and land use, genealogy, education, theatre (including the Gem Theatre and Greenwood Garden – both popular in the 1920s and 1930s), writing, and visual art.

We are grateful for the generosity of the Peaks Island Fund and the Casco Bay Islands Alliance
in making this project possible.

To obtain a library card while you are on the island, please bring your driver’s license or other valid ID with your current address, as well as the address and phone number where you are staying on the island. Library staff will do our best to accommodate your library needs.

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• Peaks Island Press: News on Peaks Island Authors
• Peaks Island Land Preserve
• Peaks Island Information including Community Calendar and island organization links
• Peaks Island Children’s Workshop
• Peaks Island Health Center
• Peaks Island School
• Fifth Maine Regimental Museum
• Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial