• Maine Irish Reads “The Glorious Heresies” by Lisa McInerney

    Maine Irish Reads 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Winner of the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize Shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Irish Book Awards Longlisted for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize The Irish Times March Book of the Month From Lisa McInerney, hailed by The Irish Times as “arguably the most talented writer at work in Ireland today,”...

  • Maine Irish Writes: May

    Maine Irish Writes 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    We are thrilled to present our second season of Maine Irish Writes, an inclusive monthly writers' group that will meet in the MIHC Library on the first Thursday of each month! Led by the incredible poet and author Robert Breen, this welcoming writers group is open to all—whether you're just starting out or deep into...

  • Maine Irish Reads “Diary of a Young Naturalist” by Dara McAnulty

    Maine Irish Reads 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Month From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it. Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara’s Northern Ireland home patch. Beginning in spring—when “the sparrows dig the...

  • Maine Irish Reads “Service” by Sarah Gilmartin

    Maine Irish Reads 2026-2027
    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    A “powerful and compelling” novel about power, consent, and complicity in our #MeToo era — for fans of Sweetbitter and I Have Some Questions for You (Joseph O’Connor, author of My Father’s House) Tensions are at an all-time high in an upscale Dublin restaurant as its employees grapple with the fallout from a shocking scandal involving its head chef...