March 16, 2010. Kane Masonic Lodge, New York City (where Donald MacMillan
was a member!)
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Here I am with Kane Lodge Master, Barry Scott, and Carl
Cowan -- and the lodge polar bear! |
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| May 4
Westbrook-Gorham (ME) Rotary Club |
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May 19. After-school writing enrichment program, Rockville, MD |
May 21. 
Homeschool group on a sunny day, Gaithersburg, MD |
May 26. Book signing, Nonesuch Books, South Portland, ME (for
a PTO fund-raiser) |
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June 1, 2010.
Senior Citizen group, Greene, ME (where MacMillan showed his Arctic
movies in 1939) |
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| June 8
Mabel Wilson School, Cumberland, ME, a second-grade class whose teacher
had read them the book. |
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18. North Gorham (ME) Library (next door to where MacMillan taught
school more than a century ago!) |
June 19. Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, ME, “Mariners
Day,” (where MacMillan’s historic schooner Bowdoin was docked for
the day for people to come aboard).
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With the Bowdoin captain, Eric Jergenson! |
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| June 21
Sailing in Casco Bay, ME, aboard the schooner Bowdoin
with editor, Carolyn Yoder. |
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July 10. Books in Boothbay (ME), a summer festival, with 40 authors
attending. |
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July 11
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, for the opening of a Children’s
Garden. |
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August 7, 2010
Children’s Event, Peary-MacMillan
Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
Here I'm autographing a copy of Captain Mac for this little
girl. |
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| August 19
Thornton Oaks, Retirement community, Brunswick, ME |
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September 14. Park-Danforth Retirement Community, Portland, ME. |
| September 15 |
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Youth group, Dawsonville (MD) Community Church |
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September 28. Portland, ME, Bates Alumni Book Club |
| October 1, 2010
Sail Power & Steam Museum, Rockland, ME |
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October 2
Book signing, Maine Maritime
Academy, Castine, ME |
And
Sailing aboard schooner Bowdoinwith
Captain Eric Jergenson and Maine Maritime Academy alumni,
Penobscot
Bay, ME |
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October 7
Western Maine Senior College, Down Home Series, Bethel, ME |
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October 8
Maine Library Association, Annual Conference, Samoset Resort, Rockland,
ME |
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October 21. Sebago Lake (ME) Rotary Club |
| November 6, 2010
Rochester Children’s Book Festival, Monroe Community College, Henrietta,
NY |
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| November 8
Author Presentation and Signing, Barnes & Noble, Pittsford, NY |
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My new polar bear hand puppet, Nanook, came with me. |
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November 9
An after-school event for young readers and an evening presentation,
Walworth-Seely Public Library, Walworth, NY. |
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| December 10, 2010
"Yule Revel," Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine - book signing
and informal talk |
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January 9, 2011. BORDER'S, South Portland, Maine - informal
talk and book signing.
This mother bought Captain Mac to read aloud to her daughters. |
| Here I am introducing my hand puppet to two fellow authors
from my local critique group. |
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February 14. Boy Scout Troop 007, Lewiston, ME |
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| February 16. |
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Seventy-Five State Street -- an Independent and Assisted
Living Community, Portland, ME |
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March 30. 4-H Volunteer Recognition Dinner, Alfred, ME |
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April 2, 2011. Maine Festival of the Book. University of
Southern Maine, Portland, Abromson Center. My program, "Arctic Adventures
with MacMillan" was followed by a book signing. |
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| April 8 and 9. Maine
Maritime Academy. "BOWDOIN DAY" -- the 90th anniversary of the launching
of Schooner Bowdoin.
Here I'm telling folks about MacMillan's dream of building an Arctic
schooner. |
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April 13. Bonny Eagle Middle School, Buxton, ME, 6th-grade class. |
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May 10. Auburn (ME) Middle School, 7th-8th grade class.
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| May 31. Islesboro (ME) School, grades 5-8. I had to take the ferry
to get to school! |
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 June
1, 2010. Rotary Club, Belfast, ME |
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| June 10. Bates College, Lewiston, ME |
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July 10-11. Maine Maritime Academy,
Castine, ME. I gave three presentations and enjoyed a sail aboard Captain
Mac's 90-year-old schooner, Bowdoin.
On July 5, the Bangor
Daily News wrote about the upcoming event. |
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| August 9. |
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Norway (ME) Memorial Library. Summer Reading Program for 8-12-year-olds. |
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| September 26, 2011. Huntington Common, a retirement community in Kennebunk,
ME. |
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September 28. Freeport (ME) Community Library. |
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| September 30. |
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Sawyer Memorial Foundation, Greene, ME. I talked about writing for
children, discussing Captain Mac and some of my earlier books and
articles. |
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| October 25. Windham (ME) Public Library. |
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November 25.
Holiday Book Sale. Portland Public Library. Sponsored by Maine Writers
& Publishers Alliance. |
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December 9.
Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine.
Talking to the middle school students. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS: |
| February 28, 2012. Eldredge Public Library, Chatham, Massachusetts,
3 pm. |
| February 29, 2012. Cape Cod Lifetime Learning, presentation and book
signing, Snow
Library, Orleans, MA, 10:30-noon. |
| February 29, 2012. Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster, MA, 3 pm. |
| March 6, 2012. Luncheon at Highland Green, Topsham, Maine. |
| March 7, 2012. Westbrook,
Maine, Historical Society, 1:30 pm. |
| March 8, 2012. Elm Street Elementary School, Laconia, New Hampshire. |
| April 3, 2012. Whittier Middle School, Poland, Maine. |
| August 10, 2012. Sawyer Memorial Foundation, Greene, Maine. Presentations
at 2 pm and 7 pm. |
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