Author Brown Bag Lectures at Portland Public Library - April through May 2013‏

Portland, Maine - Below is a list of upcoming Author Brown Bag Lectures at Portland Public Library for April through May 2013.  Each lecture is held in the Rines Auditorium from noon-1:00pm with a book signing held afterward.  Complimentary coffee is generously provided by Coffee By Design and cookies are donated by Whole Foods Market.  Longfellow Books provides books for sale to be signed by the author.

April 3, 2013
Richard Cheek
From Guiding Lights to Beacons for Business: The Many Lives of Maine's Lighthouses

*April 10, 2013
Zeb Razsmann
Stories from the Appalachian Trail

April 17, 2013
Dawn Potter
A Poet's Sorcebook

**Thursday, April 25, 2013
Augusten Burrows
"THIS IS HOW: Surviving What You Think You Can't "

May 1, 2013
William Barry
Maine: The Wilder Half of New England

May 15, 2013
Eva Murray
Island Schoolhouse: One Room for All

May 29, 2013
Kieran Shields
The Truth of All Things

*This lecture does not feature a local author.  Zeb is a local storyteller whose accounts of hiking are entertaining and insightful.

**Please note this is a special Brown Bag Lecture and will be held on Thursday evening

About PPL Brown Bag Lecture Series
Portland Public Library ‘s Brown Bag Lecture series features bi-weekly reading and question-and-answer sessions with authors from around the nation as well as those who hail from right here in Maine. All Brown Bag Lectures begin at Noon and are free to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch, coffee provided by Coffee By Design. Please see a complete listing at www.portlandlibrary.com. The Main Library is open Mon. through Thurs. 10 – 7 PM; Fri. 10 – 6 PM, and Sat. 10 – 5 PM.