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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · 3d

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · 24d

Tonight! Join us at the bookshop at 6:30 for an author event with Brock Clarke and Lewis Robinson!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1505125854...

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Aug 25

Left Bank Books is looking to hire a part-time employee to work on Fridays and Saturdays! Email [email protected] for more information.

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Aug 6

Join us this evening for an author talk and signing with Maine Literary Award-winning author Penny Guisinger! conta.cc/45mG550

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Aug 4

Tonight!!

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 18

We have so many wonderful events coming up! Join us on August 4 for an event with Alix Morris and her new book, "A Year With the Seals"! Reserve your seat here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1419311361...

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our next two book club books for Better Worlds Book Club have been selected! August’s book is Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott; September’s is Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown. Sign up at tinyurl.com/betterworldsbookclub!
#belfastmaine #bookclub #leftbankbooks

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 18

We have so many wonderful events coming up! Join us on August 4 for an event with Alix Morris and her new book, "A Year With the Seals"! Reserve your seat here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1419311361...

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 8

We now have notebooks from Decomposition! Check out these fun and beautiful designs!

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 5

Join us at Left Bank Books on Tuesday, July 8, for a book signing with local author Tim Cotton! His latest collection of stories, "Donut Holes for the Soul", is out now. The signing will run from 11AM-1PM.

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jun 23

Join us at Left Bank Books TOMORROW, June 24, at 6:30pm for an author conversation between Thomas Ricks, author of the newly-released thriller "We Can't Save You," and Tess Gerritsen!

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Jun 6

Saturday 6/7! An exciting day at the bookstore: Author/illustrator X. Fang will be signing books and demonstrating art for little ones and their adults, 11:00 to noon; we'll also be participating in downtown Belfast's Sidewalk Sale, with 20% off all day! (Our sale is indoors.)

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · May 22

Join us on Saturday, June 7, at 11am! For kiddos and their adults :)

#belfastmaine #mainebookstore #leftbankbooks #mainechildrensbook #xfang #wearedefinitelyhuman

Poster reads: Author and Illustrator X. Fang at Left Bank Books, Saturday, June 7, 11 a.m. to noon! We're inviting children and their adults to join author and illustrator Susan X. Fang for a fun hour of drawing and storytelling!

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · May 17

Come in and say hi! We're located at 109 Church St, in Belfast, ME.

Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · May 17

As summer approaches, our shelves are stocked with all the reading material you need for a perfect summer reading day! Whether you'll be reading on a lawn chair or the beach, we have oodles of books, from romance to memoirs to graphic novels to fantasy!

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · May 13

We had a wonderful time at Paul Doiron’s book signing today at the shop! Stop by the bookstore to get your signed copy of his latest, “Skin and Bones”!
#pauldoiron #mainebookstores #belfastmaine

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · May 12

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday May 13, for a book signing with Maine's own Paul Doiron! Paul will be signing his new book, Skin and Bones, which is being released that day!
#pauldoiron #maine #mainebookstores #maineauthors #mikebowditch

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · May 6

Julia is a remote bookseller this week, as Left Bank Books is selling books at the annual Maine Human Resources Convention at the Samoset!
#mainehrconvention #samoset #mainebookstore

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 30

Free Event!
Poets Andrea Ballou & Pam Alexander
WHEN: Thursday, May 1 at 6:30pm
WHERE: Left Bank Books
Andrea Ballou and Pam Alexander, both accomplished poets and teachers, will join us to celebrate the release of their new books, Other Times, Midnight (Andrea) and Left (Pam).

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 26

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Join us today and tomorrow for a 20% off SALE!

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for a 20% off SALE! Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day weekend with us! #belfastmaine #mainebookstores #independentbookstoreday

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 21

Author event with Melissa Olson!
Join us on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30pm at the bookshop.
In her book The Rose by Another Name, Melissa weaves fictional narrative with historic documents to make a compelling case for attributing the Shakespeare canon to the pen of Christopher Marlowe.

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 15

Join us for a free event with author Maureen Stanton!
Thursday, April 17 at 6:30pm at the bookshop. When Maureen’s boyfriend, Steve, at age 29, was diagnosed with cancer, the two of them embarked on an all-out effort to save his life. This memoir tells their story.
#belfastmaine #mainebooks

The cover of "The Murmur of Everything Moving"

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 10

Book your tickets now for our July 14 event with NYT writers Sam Sifton and A.O. Scott! Sign up for this event via Eventbrite here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...

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Left Bank Books @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Join us on Friday at the bookshop to celebrate Christine Murphy's novel!

After being told she couldn’t tell a story, Christine Murphy has her first novel published

YouTube video by NEWS CENTER Maine

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