Books
Maine Irish Reads
Join us on the second Thursday of each month at the Maine Irish Heritage Center Library to discuss contemporary Irish books, both fiction and non-fiction, from the past 20 years. Meetings are free for members, and a $5 suggested donation for non-members. Books can be obtained through local libraries or purchased from our shop, where members save 10%. Your purchases support our programming. We look forward to seeing you!
September 2025
11
Sep
Maine Irish Reads "The Pull of the Stars" by Emma Donoghue
Maine Irish Reads "The Pull of the Stars" by Emma Donoghue
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month's book:
October 2025
9
Oct
Maine Irish Reads "A Thread of Violence" by Mark O’Connell
Maine Irish Reads "A Thread of Violence" by Mark O’Connell
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month's book:
December 2025
11
Dec
Maine Irish Reads 'Old God’s Time' by Sebastian Barry
Maine Irish Reads 'Old God’s Time' by Sebastian Barry
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month's book:
Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of h...January 2026
8
Jan
Maine Irish Reads 'Wild Houses' by Colin Barrett
Maine Irish Reads 'Wild Houses' by Colin Barrett
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month's book:
The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the cros...February 2026
12
Feb
Maine Irish Reads 'These Days' by Lucy Caldwell
Maine Irish Reads 'These Days' by Lucy Caldwell
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month’s book:
Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it’s going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in hor...March 2026
12
Mar
Maine Irish Reads 'Say Nothing' by Patrick Radden Keefe
Maine Irish Reads 'Say Nothing' by Patrick Radden Keefe
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month’s book:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A masterful history of the Troubles. . . Extraordinary. . .As in the most ingenious crime sto...April 2026
9
Apr
Maine Irish Reads 'The Spinning Heart' by Donal Ryan
Maine Irish Reads 'The Spinning Heart' by Donal Ryan
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month’s book:
Winner of the Irish Book Award Finalist for the Booker Prize This “affecting” debut is “reminiscent of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying” as it pa...May 2026
14
May
Maine Irish Reads 'Conversations with Friends' by Sally Rooney
Maine Irish Reads 'Conversations with Friends' by Sally Rooney
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month’s book:
Frances is a coolheaded and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry perf...June 2026
11
Jun
Maine Irish Reads 'Our London Lives' by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Maine Irish Reads 'Our London Lives' by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.
About this month’s book:
'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY 'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, Hickey captures the pulse of the living...
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September 19, 2024
