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SUMMARY:Maine Irish Writes: November
DESCRIPTION: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! \nLed 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 a manuscript. Bring your works in progress\, share your voice\, and receive supportive\, thoughtful feedback in a relaxed and inspiring setting. Together\, we’ll explore storytelling\, poetry\, memory\, and the written word in all its forms. Come to listen\, come to write\, come to connect. \nA few notes on the format of these Writers’ Group meetings: \nFor all interested writers \n\nDetermine your goal\, the primary target for your project— fiction\, poetry\, nonfiction\, memoir or autobiography.\nFor beginners this will be a discovery time\, your goal should be to have fun with this phase.\nTake time and have patience with yourself!\nWe ask that all members actively bring work to participate in each session\nThose that have work ready will be heard— with a 10-minute reading time and critique so to allow all to be heard.\nHave your written piece of literature with 3 copies allowing the group to follow and partake in the evaluation of the work.\n\nWriter’s Technique Method Used\nThe Layer Cake Method is a classic technique used to deliver constructive criticism without causing defensiveness. And keep the writer motivated while highlighting areas that need improvement. \n\n(Positive): Start with genuine praise. Highlight a specific strength\, like a strong voice\, sharp dialogue\, or an engaging hook.\n(Constructive): Insert the critique or area for improvement. Focus on actionable issues like pacing lags\, confusing plot points\, or passive verbs. Poetry example- the use of metaphors\, and forms.\n(Upbeat): End with encouragement and forward momentum. Reiterate your belief in the story or poem express excitement to read the next draft.\n\nCheck out the rest of the series dates HERE!
URL:https://maineirish.com/event/maine-irish-writes-november-26/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Maine Irish Reads "Land" by Maggie O'Farrell
DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning\, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. \n“A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces\, operating on timescales both intimate and geological. I finished Land moved not only by the vivid lives of its human characters\, but the thrumming\, gorgeous presence of its mosses\, waters\, winds\, and skies.” —Daniel Mason\, author of North Woods \nOn a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic\, Tomás and his reluctant son\, Liam\, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865\, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger\, the task is not an easy one. Tomás\, however\, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster. \nThe British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day\, expecting the work to be completed\, but Tomás is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life\, and the lives of those of his family\, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás\, and how is Liam\, aged only ten\, going to finish the mapping and get them both home? \nLand is a novel about separation and reunion\, tragedy and recovery\, colonization and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure\, overlapping lives\, ancient woodland\, persistent ghosts\, a particularly loyal dog\, and how\, when it comes to both land and history\, nothing ever goes away. As spellbinding and varied as the landscape that inspired it\, Land is\, above all\, a story of survival\, for our times and for all time. \nSee more Maine Irish Reads Events Here
URL:https://maineirish.com/event/maine-irish-reads-land-by-maggie-ofarrell/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Maine Irish Reads
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SUMMARY:Mary Beth Keane: Whale Harbor
DESCRIPTION:A Maine Irish Author Event with Print: A Bookstore\nThursday\, November 12th\, 2026\n7:00 PM\nJoin us on Thursday\, November 12th for an evening of conversation with New York Times bestselling author Mary Beth Keane as she launches her new novel\, Whale Harbor. Keziah Weir\, author of The Mythmakers\, will moderate the discussion.  \nBooks will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Print: A Bookstore. \nABOUT WHALE HARBOR\nFrom New York Times bestselling author of the “magnificent” (Fresh Air)\, “propulsive” (People)\, and “profound” (Vogue) Ask Again\, Yes\, a sweeping multi-generational saga inspired by the author’s own family history\, following eleven brothers torn apart and set on different paths between Ireland\, England\, Montana\, and New York. \n1960s\, Ireland. In the wake of tragedy\, a father makes choices for his eleven grieving sons. The older brothers will emigrate to England for work\, while the younger ones will stay behind. The second eldest\, Macdara\, is offered a job on a Montana cattle ranch and sets off. His spirited younger brother Rian begs Mac to take him along and Mac promises to bring Rian to America as soon as he’s old enough. But then one day Mac gets a call that Rian has disappeared. It’s a call that will haunt Mac and his family across decades. \nSpanning lifetimes and continents\, Whale Harbor is an expansive and unforgettable novel written with award-winning author Mary Beth Keane’s signature wit\, eloquence\, and attention to the emotional resonance of family. \nABOUT MARY BETH KEANE\nMary Beth Keane was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing\, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation\, PEN America\, and the Hemingway Society. She is the author of The Half Moon\, The Walking People\, Fever\, and Ask Again\, Yes\, which spent eight weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. To date\, Ask Again\, Yes has been translated into twenty-two languages. \nWhale Harbor\, her fifth novel\, is forthcoming in North America and the U.K. in November 2026\, and in Ireland January 2027. \nPhoto credit: Jesse Dittmar \n  \nABOUT KEZIAH WEIR\n \nKeziah Weir is the author of the novel The Mythmakers\, which was named a New York Times Book Review ​Editors’ Choice and a best book of the year by Harper’s Bazaar and Barnes & Noble. She has previously worked as a senior staff writer and editor at Vanity Fair\, and on the editorial team at Elle. Her writing has also appeared in Esquire\, the New York Times\, the Los Angeles Review of Books and Vol. 1 Brooklyn\, and her work has been supported by Monson Arts and the Pasadena Literary Alliance. She grew up in San Francisco\, California and on Salt Spring Island\, British Columbia\, and now lives in Maine.
URL:https://maineirish.com/event/mary-beth-keane-whale-harbor/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Annual Celtic Fair 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Irish Heritage Center is excited to bring back another year of festive fun at our Annual Celtic Fair! Join us for the 15th annual State Street Stroll on Saturday\, November 14th from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.  \nBrowse local\, handcrafted goods and enjoy lively performances from the incredible Stillson School of Irish Dance! The Celtic Fair features a selection of local artists and craftspeople\, a light lunch menu\, hot and cold beverages\, baked goods\, a raffle table\, music\, and more. We hope you can join us for what has become a wonderful pre-holiday tradition in Portland\, Maine. \nVendor Applications are now OPEN! Register here.\n 
URL:https://maineirish.com/event/annual-celtic-fair-2026/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Claddagh Awards 2026: Honoring Pat Callaghan
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 19th\, 2026 \nThe Maine Irish Heritage Center’s Claddagh Awards return on Thursday\, November 19th! \nThe Claddagh Awards are a cherished tradition honoring the Irish values of friendship\, loyalty\, and community. Each year\, the award is presented to a distinguished individual in Maine whose life of service strengthens our communities and inspires others through their leadership and commitment. \nThis year\, we are honored to present the 2026 Claddagh Award to Pat Callaghan in recognition of his extraordinary career in news and broadcasting\, serving for decades as a trusted and judicious voice in the state of Maine. \nStay tuned for updates on programming! \n2026 Claddagh Award Recipient: Pat Callaghan\n \nPat Callaghan began his broadcast journalism career in 1978 at New Hampshire Public Television. \nBeginning in 1979\, he spent 43 years as a news anchor and reporter for NEWS CENTER Maine (WCSH6 in Portland and WLBZ2 in Bangor). Notable stories along the way included being on the air live when the Challenger space shuttle exploded in 1986\, and reporting from Belfast\, Northern Ireland when former Maine Sen. George Mitchell chaired the talks that culminated in the Good Friday Agreement. In 2015 Pat produced award-winning reports on efforts in Utah to end chronic homelessness. \nPat spent much of his time covering politics\, with extensive reporting from Washington\, DC and Augusta\, as well as covering Maine’s delegations at numerous national political conventions. He produced documentaries on notable Maine figures including Ed Muskie\, Bill Cohen\, Olympia Snowe and George Mitchell. \nHe is the host of “In The Arena\,” a Maine politics podcast available on the WMTW TV website and everywhere you get your podcasts. \nPat holds a BA in History from the University of New Hampshire. He is a member of the Maine Broadcasting Hall of Fame and the New England Emmy Awards “Silver Circle.” \nHe and his wife Karen are the parents of two grown children \n  \nPast Claddagh Award Recipients \n• 2025 – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree\n• 2019 – George Campbell\, Jr.\n• 2018 – David T. Flanagan\n• 2017 – Senator Susan Collins\n• 2016 – Michael Connolly\n• 2015 – Jim Wellehan\n• 2014 – Sara J. Burns\n• 2013 – Moira Hastings Fuller\n• 2012 – Senator George J. Mitchell\n• 2011 – William J. Ryan\n• 2010 – Cynthia Murray Beliveau\n• 2009 – Gerard P. Conley\, Sr.\n• 2008 – Governor Joseph E. Brennan \nLearn more about past claddagh winners here: https://maineirish.com/videos/  \n  \nInterested in becoming a sponsor for this event? See more details below\nTo secure your sponsorship\, click HERE or email lauren@maineirish.com\n  \n 
URL:https://maineirish.com/event/claddagh-awards-2026/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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