Left Bank Books
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An independent bookstore in Belfast, Maine, dedicated to readers of all ages.
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Join us, and many other downtown Belfast businesses, for the Early Bird Sale tomorrow, Saturday December 6! We'll be opening at 6am, with the deepest discounts in the first hours. It's one of the most fun mornings of the year!
#belfastmaine #earlybirdsalebelfast #mainebookstores
#belfastmaine #earlybirdsalebelfast #mainebookstores
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Join us, and many other downtown Belfast businesses, for the Early Bird Sale tomorrow, Saturday December 6! We'll be opening at 6am, with the deepest discounts in the first hours. It's one of the most fun mornings of the year!
#belfastmaine #earlybirdsalebelfast #mainebookstores
#belfastmaine #earlybirdsalebelfast #mainebookstores
It’s a snowy day in Belfast! Left Bank Books will be closing early today (maybe around 1pm?). Call us if you are thinking about coming in to make sure we’re here!
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s a snowy day in Belfast! Left Bank Books will be closing early today (maybe around 1pm?). Call us if you are thinking about coming in to make sure we’re here!
Left Bank Books will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. We’ll see you this weekend for our sale on Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/ also Sunday!
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Left Bank Books will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. We’ll see you this weekend for our sale on Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/ also Sunday!
Join us this weekend - Friday through Sunday after Thanksgiving - for our Small Business Saturday weekend sale! 20% off storewide!*
(*Except for special orders being picked up or placed, newspapers, and items already on sale.)
#belfastmaine #maineholidays
(*Except for special orders being picked up or placed, newspapers, and items already on sale.)
#belfastmaine #maineholidays
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Join us this weekend - Friday through Sunday after Thanksgiving - for our Small Business Saturday weekend sale! 20% off storewide!*
(*Except for special orders being picked up or placed, newspapers, and items already on sale.)
#belfastmaine #maineholidays
(*Except for special orders being picked up or placed, newspapers, and items already on sale.)
#belfastmaine #maineholidays
All of us downtown businesspeople know our beloved UPS delivery person, Marlon! His family in Jamaica was hit hard by Hurricane Melissa, and his father's house was totally destroyed. Consider donating to the GoFundMe started by our friends at Vinolio to help Marlon's family out!
gofund.me/5b5afbe43
gofund.me/5b5afbe43
Donate to Support Marlon's Family After Hurricane Melissa, organized by Todd & Veronica Sazera
Hello all! Vinolio and all of us on Main Street in Belfast, Mai… Todd & Veronica Sazera needs your support for Support Marlon's Family After Hurricane Melissa
gofund.me
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
All of us downtown businesspeople know our beloved UPS delivery person, Marlon! His family in Jamaica was hit hard by Hurricane Melissa, and his father's house was totally destroyed. Consider donating to the GoFundMe started by our friends at Vinolio to help Marlon's family out!
gofund.me/5b5afbe43
gofund.me/5b5afbe43
We have some lovely new chocolates in stock, including peppermint, maple, and caramel chocolate drops and caramel and hazelnut mini chocolate bars! Come in and give them a try!
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We have some lovely new chocolates in stock, including peppermint, maple, and caramel chocolate drops and caramel and hazelnut mini chocolate bars! Come in and give them a try!
You can donate to help make sure Belfast has its holiday lights! #belfastmaine #ourtownbelfast
gofund.me/5b9b79535
gofund.me/5b9b79535
Donate to Broke Neck Santa Needs You., organized by Our Town Belfast
Belfast's beloved Christmas Lights need new wiring and hardware. Please consider a donati… Our Town Belfast needs your support for Broke Neck Santa Needs You.
gofund.me
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You can donate to help make sure Belfast has its holiday lights! #belfastmaine #ourtownbelfast
gofund.me/5b9b79535
gofund.me/5b9b79535
Tonight! Join us at the bookshop at 6:30 for an author event with Brock Clarke and Lewis Robinson!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1505125854...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1505125854...
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Tonight! Join us at the bookshop at 6:30 for an author event with Brock Clarke and Lewis Robinson!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1505125854...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1505125854...
Left Bank Books is looking to hire a part-time employee to work on Fridays and Saturdays! Email julia@leftbankbookshop.com for more information.
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Left Bank Books is looking to hire a part-time employee to work on Fridays and Saturdays! Email julia@leftbankbookshop.com for more information.
Join us this evening for an author talk and signing with Maine Literary Award-winning author Penny Guisinger! conta.cc/45mG550
August 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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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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...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1419311361...
July 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1419311361...
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
#belfastmaine #bookclub #leftbankbooks
July 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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
#belfastmaine #bookclub #leftbankbooks
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...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1419311361...
July 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1419311361...
We now have notebooks from Decomposition! Check out these fun and beautiful designs!
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We now have notebooks from Decomposition! Check out these fun and beautiful designs!
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.
July 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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.
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!
June 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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!
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.)
June 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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.)
Join us on Saturday, June 7, at 11am! For kiddos and their adults :)
#belfastmaine #mainebookstore #leftbankbooks #mainechildrensbook #xfang #wearedefinitelyhuman
#belfastmaine #mainebookstore #leftbankbooks #mainechildrensbook #xfang #wearedefinitelyhuman
May 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Join us on Saturday, June 7, at 11am! For kiddos and their adults :)
#belfastmaine #mainebookstore #leftbankbooks #mainechildrensbook #xfang #wearedefinitelyhuman
#belfastmaine #mainebookstore #leftbankbooks #mainechildrensbook #xfang #wearedefinitelyhuman
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!
May 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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!
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
#pauldoiron #mainebookstores #belfastmaine
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
#pauldoiron #mainebookstores #belfastmaine
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
#pauldoiron #maine #mainebookstores #maineauthors #mikebowditch
May 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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
#pauldoiron #maine #mainebookstores #maineauthors #mikebowditch
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
#mainehrconvention #samoset #mainebookstore
May 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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
#mainehrconvention #samoset #mainebookstore
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).
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).
April 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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).
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).
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Join us today and tomorrow for a 20% off SALE!
April 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Join us today and tomorrow for a 20% off SALE!
Join us Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for a 20% off SALE! Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day weekend with us! #belfastmaine #mainebookstores #independentbookstoreday
April 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Join us Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for a 20% off SALE! Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day weekend with us! #belfastmaine #mainebookstores #independentbookstoreday