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A DOUBLE EXPOSURE – BOOK LAUNCH – JUNE 17 @ 5:30 PM

A “DOUBLE EXPOSURE” – BOOK LAUNCH – JUNE 17 @ 5:30 PM
We are so excited to welcome Bob Dennis and Jim Groleau to Graves Library on Tuesday, June 17 @ 5:30 pm for a special book launch of their joint venture, Cape Porpoise, Portrait of a Maine Fishing Village.  Bob and Jim will be here to sell and sign copies of their book that is hitting store shelves now!  This 84-page keepsake is filled with 130 color photos of sunrises, sunsets, and seasons.  We hope you will join us for this special event!
Bob and Jim are not just good friends.  Both began pursuing their passion for photography after successful careers in the business world.  After living most of their lives in other New England states, both chose Kennebunkport.  Bob Dennis has been active in photography for several decades and has published 25 annual Kennebunkport calendars and several books.  Since beginning to show his photos in recent years, Jim Groleau has gained an enthusiastic following for his work and displays his photos in local galleries.
The photographers love shooting all over Kennebunkport and in other parts of Maine but they have a special passion for their hometown of Cape Porpoise.  They appreciate and respect the villages’ long and glorious maritime traditions.  Whether it is the dazzling sunrises and sunsets, the lobster boats in the harbor, the majesty of Goat Island Light, or the colorful changing of the seasons, Bob and Jim are there to capture the beauty throughout the year.

JEAN BECKER AND TOM COLLAMORE – WAITLIST ONLY

LOUIS T. GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY

~ ANNUAL AUTHOR EVENT ~

JUNE 18 AT 5:00 PM AT THE KENNEBUNK RIVER CLUB

This event is sold out, please call the library to be added to a waitlist.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library Board of Trustees invites you to an evening with Jean Becker and Tom Collamore.

The Annual Summer Author Event will be held Thursday, June 18 at the Kennebunk River Club, 116 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport. Doors open at 5:00 PM for cocktails and appetizers with the program beginning promptly at 6:00 PM. As the library’s largest annual fundraiser, the event supports the library’s essential operations and celebrates the community’s commitment to ideas, featuring nationally recognized authors and speakers.

Bringing together the most hilarious and harrowing stories behind presidential events over the past 60 years, former staffers to President George H.W. Bush—Jean Becker and Tom Collamore—will discuss their new book “Don’t Tell the President: The Best, Worst & Mostly Untold Stories from Presidential Advance” at 6 p.m. on June 18 at the Kennebunk River Club Casino.

Becker was President Bush’s chief of staff for nearly 25 years, the editor of “Pearls of Wisdom (with Barbara Bush)” and author of the New York Times bestseller “The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H.W. Bush’s Post-Presidency.” Tom Collamore served in various senior roles throughout the 12 years of President Ronald Reagan and President Bush’s administration.

Hosted by the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in Kennebunkport, this event is part of the library’s Distinguished Speaker Series, annual fundraising events featuring nationally recognized authors and speakers. All proceeds from ticket sales and event sponsorships support the library’s essential programs and services. Purchase two tickets ($100 each) and receive a copy of “Don’t Tell the President”.

Behind the seemingly seamless campaign appearances and presidential affairs lie the meticulous work of event planners and advance teams—the little-known professionals who transform political logistics into carefully choreographed performances. From the Rose Garden to Air Force One, foreign trips to state dinners, co-authors Becker and Collamore detail the art of preparation that goes in these delicate, high-stress operations and reveal how they are often just one step away from disaster.

“This collection of memories and stories about the modern American presidency has everything,” says Robert Gates, former US. Secretary of Defense: “Never-before-told tales, near disasters, and last-minute saves, insider intrigue, dramatic events and humor.”

Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author, concurs: “The stories are wild.” And nobody knows these stories better, and can share them with more insight, perspective and humor, than Jean Becker and Tom Collamore.

To be added to a waitlist please call (207) 967-2778.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, house in an historic 10th century building located near Kennebunkport’s famous Dock Square town center, is a full-service free library whose mission is “to enrich the lives of all we serve.” A nonprofit organization, Graves Library receives 60 percent of its operating budget from donations and other fundraising sources.

Thank you, Kennebunk Savings, Bergen Parkinson Attorneys, Partners Bank, Bob Dennis Photography, Louise Hurlbutt, Maine & Vine, Betsy Hemmingway, Federal Jacks, River Club, Mike Kelly, and Octopus Books.

 

MAINE AUTHOR MATT COST – AUGUST 1 @ 5:30 PM

BOOK LAUNCH OF CITY GONE ASKEW – AUGUST 1st @ 5:30 PM

 

We hope you will join us for the launch of Maine Author Matt Cost’s newest book here at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport on Thursday, August 1 at 5:30 pm.  Cost’s talk will feature his latest release in the Brooklyn 8 Ballo PI Series City Gone Askew.  Cost is the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of the Mainely Mystery series. The first book in that series, Mainely Power, was selected as the Maine Humanities Council Read ME Fiction Book of 2020. I Am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution was his first traditionally published novel.

 

Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that’s what he does. He writes histories and mysteries.  Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.
Copies of the book will be for sale and signing after the discussion.  For more information, please give us a call at 967-2778.