The Camden Philosophical Society Reading Group meets monthly at the library. At the next meeting, on Tuesday, April 9, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, the group will discuss more readings concerning art, the art world, and philosophy of art. Our focus this month will be on dance, and we will be reading a short piece by Deleuze entitled Desert Islands and another by Audrey Lane Ellis on Deleuze’s work on this topic, entitled Dancing and Deleuze.

Portland resident David Buchanan's new book traces the experiences of modern-day explorers who rediscover culturally rich forgotten foods and return them to our tables for all to experience and savor. Join us for a book talk and signing.

Fairy Garden Festival! Please see website for list of events.

On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth, the Maine Humanities Council is delighted to announce our first Dickens novel for Winter Weekend. Great Expectations, one of Dickens’s mature novels, is replete with his trademark colorful characters and biting criticism of society. This bildungsroman is a powerful and dramatic story from Dickens at his prime.

The Friends of Curtis Memorial Library will host a book talk by award-winning Brunswick author, Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold on Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. The event will take place in the Library’s Morrell Reading Room, 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ME. The author will discuss, read from, and sign her new novel, The Whaler’s Bride, a metaphysical romance set in Maine, Cape Cod, and New Bedford and spanning over two hundred years. Books will be available for signing and light refreshments served.

The Friends of the Library Speakers Series 2013 begins with Dana Moos, author of The Art of Breakfast. Ms. Moos's program will be Monday morning, January 7, at 10:00 AM. For those interested in muffins and coffee, please come at 9:30.
Please note the breakfast-themed starting time.

Author and award-winning photographer Brian Vanden Brink launched his newest monograph, Iconic: Perspectives on the Man-made World.

This great Gardens tradition has expanded so that it will now be in both the Visitor Center and Bosarge Family Education Center. More than two dozen new and returning vendors (list below) will offer their finest wares, all of the highest quality, and all made in Maine! Browse their displays while enjoying holiday music, refreshments, a cheery fire in the Saxon Fireplace, and decorations as only the Gardens can do them.

Join us as we welcome Alison Pray and Tara Smith of Portland’s Standard Baking Company on Tuesday, December 4 at 6:30 pm when they talk about their new book Pastries. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing and make a great holiday gift idea.

Sandra L. Oliver is a pioneering food historian and freelance food writer, with her column “Taste Buds” appearing each weekend in the Bangor Daily News. Sandra Oliver brings the traditions and recipes of generations of Maine home cooks to life in her new book, Maine Home Cooking: 175 Recipes from Down East Kitchens. She will be talking about Downeast cooking and about her book at the Camden Public Library on Tuesday evening, December 18, at 7:00 pm. The Owl & Turtle Book Store will have books on hand for purchase and signing, just in time for Christmas!