Islandport Press

Islandport Press is an independent Maine-based publisher dedicated to producing quality books and other materials that detail and amplify the rich social, cultural, and economic history of Northern New England. We strive to tell good, accessible stories that give authentic voice to real people.

Visited with the Merrimack Valley Retired Educators at Makris Lobster House in Concord. Teachers are rich! With stories.True story. At the Walker School, a young student was charged with monitoring the boys' bathroom. As each boy came out, the monitor would ask, “Did you wash your hands?”Dutifully, one after another answered, “Yes.”“Did you wash your hands?” “Yes.”Until ......

I popped in to hear Portland resident Sarah Thomson discuss her adaptation of Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea for young readers last night at Nonesuch Books in South Portland. I wasn't the only one. She drew a nice crowd because Three Cups of Tea is this year's South Portland Community Reads book, and all SoPo students are reading it or have already done so....

Oh boy oh boy – I enjoyed a rollicking afternoon with ladies of the Red Hat Society in Bedford at the SERESC center. Walked in to a sea of purple and red, with splashes of pink. If you’re under 50, you wear pink. At 50, you earn the purple and red. I wore purple, but somehow it wasn’t quite purple enough and I felt underdressed.  Many of the stories the ladies shared were a bit too colorful for...

I admit I am not a big football fan. OK, I am really not a football fan at all. I only have a passing interest in how the Florida Gators are doing, and I even know who Tim Tebow is, because UF is my alma mater. Still, that doesn't mean I'm interested enough to watch Gator games on TV....