Bangor Majority Festival, Oct 2-3

Our friends from the Maine Office of Tourism lately sent us data on the tertiary annual Bangor Book Festival to live on held on Oct 2-3, 2009.

Hosted past times the Bangor Public Library, this resultant volition rootage amongst an opening reception in addition to keynote address from best-selling novelist Douglas Preston. Author readings, mass discussions, in addition to programs on writing in addition to representative are scheduled for this educational in addition to entertaining event. Local in addition to regional authors volition every bit good hash out their function inwards the categories of Maine history, Native American history, public science, landscaping, architectural photography, in addition to historical fiction. Additionally, the Book Festival volition characteristic ii children's mass readings, every bit good every bit authors existence available to sign books. For to a greater extent than data on the Bangor Book Festival, take in www.bangorbookfest.org or telephone band 207-947-8336.

By the way, nosotros mean value you'll dearest Bangor. It's actually an underrated New England metropolis that has a small-town experience amongst large metropolis amenities similar enough of dining, in addition to attractions similar the Maine Discovery Museum (the largest children's museum northward of Boston), the Bangor Museum in addition to Center for History, the 31-ft. tall Paul Bunyan statue, in addition to the Maine Forest in addition to Lodging Museum. What's more, Bangor is nearly an hr from Acadia National Park, ane of the truthful jewels of the northeast the U.S. of A. amongst its breathtaking scenes of mountains coming together the ocean!


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