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Print: A Bookstore
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Indie bookstore on Portland, Maine's East end! 🌈🌲
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As we enter the holiday season please take note of our holiday hours:
November 27: Closed
December 1: Closed for inventory
December 24 - 10am - 4pm (closing early)
December 25 - Closed
January 1 - January 8: Closed for our annual staff break
A white and blue snowflake graphic lists the holiday hours in a neat, dark blue font
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Up next for Reading the Rainbow (Print's best queer book club) is PANSY by Andrea Gibson! They will be meeting on Monday, December 8 at 7pm right here at Print! 20% of our profits will be going to Queerly ME!
Konner and Noah stand in front of bookshelves smiling and holding copies of PANSY by Andrea Gibson. A red, black, and white infographic features the cover of the book and reiterates the information from the post.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Join us as we kick off our anniversary sale weekend with a very special visual and interactive storytelling event with local children's book authors, Anna Crowley Redding and Jennifer Goldfinger!
An explosion of colors and comics featuring the cover of THE DANGER FILES and information regarding the event such as the date of November 21, the time of 7PM, location at Print, and how it is going to kick off our 9th anniversary sale.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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It's that time of year! We are gearing up to celebrate our 9th anniversary which means you should be getting ready to shop our anniversary sale! On Saturday, Nov. 22 and Sunday, Nov. 23 get 20% off of everything* in store and online!

*excludes gift certificates
A vintage looking graphic featuring the faces of the smiling staff of Print reiterating all of the information from the post in typewriter font.
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Join us in celebrating Gail Donovan's new middle-grade novel, SPARROW, ALWAYS on Saturday, November 8 from 2-3pm at Portland Public Library!
Sitting on a backdrop of a drawn green field with yellow daffodils and a blue sky is a picture of Clifford, the guide dog sitting in the grass, as well as a picture of the cover of SPARROW, ALWAYS (an illustration of Sparrow running with a guide dog beside her). Written in dark brown font in color blocks that match the book cover is the information about the event.
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Join us in welcoming Helen Fremont here to discuss her memoir OUTSIDE THE LINES with Debra Spark on Thursday, November 6 at 7pm at Print!
An enlarged image of the cover of OUTSIDE THE LINES (a body of water that drops off suddenly at a 90° angle with a boat nearing the edge) takes up most of the graphic. Written in the sky is a dark blue font surrounding water that reiterates the event information from the post.
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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We are so excited to have Joan Silber here to present MERCY with @debraspark.bsky.social on Thursday, October 23 at 7pm at Print!
The graphic has a dark purple background featuring the New York City skyline. Written in bold yellow font is the information from the post. The cover of the book is featured in the bottom left corner, with bright purple and yellow light illuminating it. The time and location are written in a purple font.
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Join us and Littoral Books for the launch of POSITIVITY BIAS, a book of stories with defiantly happy endings, edited by Gillian Burnes (SOFT FEATURES), on Thursday, October 16 at 7pm right here at Print!
The graphic features the blue cover of POSITIVITY BIAS that has a white kite and a dark blue cloud at the bottom, with the information from the post around the edge on a lighter blue border.
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We are so excited to welcome @shannonbowring.bsky.social here to present IN A DISTANT VALLEY with Christine Murphy on Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm at Print!
An enlarged image of the cover (a night sky with a moon, houses on a snowy hill) is overlaid with text reiterating the information from the post on blues, greens, and pinks.
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Join us in welcoming Iain Haley Pollock (ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES) here for a night of poetry with Myronn Hardy (Aurora Americana) and Meg Kearney (CARDIAC THRILL) at Print on Thursday, October 2 at 7pm!
The cover of Pollock's book, which is white on top and gray on the bottom, is enlarged to take up the entire graphic. Featured predominantly on the bottom half of the cover is a hand that stops at the wrist. Sticking out from the wrist is a loop made of either a string or a wire. In the white half of the cover the information from the post is reiterated in brown and tan font.
September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Join is in welcoming Samantha Browning Shea to discuss MARROW with Mira Ptacin on Thursday, September 18 at 7pm right here at Print!

"A searing take on femininity and power, MARROW transports readers to a small island off the coast of Maine, where a coven has done the seemingly impossible."
There are ferns and a dandelion against a black background with the information from the post written in white font across the graphic.
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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We are thrilled to welcome @riggstah.bsky.social to Print to discuss EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD with @meghangilliss.bsky.social on Wednesday, September 17 at 7pm!
On a black background, the blue and orange flowers from the cover of the book are enlarged to take up the entire graphic. Over the flowers in yellow highlights is the information from the post.
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Beth Norcross will be here on Monday, September 15 at 7pm to present DISCOVERING THE SPIRITUAL WISDOM OF TREES!
A colorful illustrated tree from the cover of the book takes up the right side of the graphic, and the rest of the graphic is taken up by white font reiterating the information from the post.
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Join us in welcoming Jason Brown here to Print to discuss his memoir CHARACTER WITNESS with Ron Currie on Friday, September 12 at 7pm!
A cream and red colored infographic reiterates the information from the post, with the lego figurine from the cover of the book featured largely in the center.
September 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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We are thrilled to welcome Mary Morris here to present THE RED HOUSE with Jennie Fields on Thursday, September 4 at 7pm right here at Print!
The graphic reiterates the information from the post on a color-block background featuring butterflies, a wave, grass, the sun, and the cover of the book.
September 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Join us in welcoming Kate Woodworth here to present LITTLE GREAT ISLAND with Dr. Kate Olson and Nick Fuller Googins at Print on Wednesday, September 3 at 7pm!
The graphic features the information from the post in color blocks with butterflies, waves, grass, and the sun along with the cover of the book.
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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That's right, starting this Monday, August 18 we will now be open on Mondays! Stop in and see us any day of the week during the following hours:

Sun/Mon: 11am - 4pm
Tues/Wed/Thurs: 10am - 5pm
Sat/Sun: 10am - 7pm
Konner, dressed in orange with Garfield ears stands in front of what looks like a comic strip panel, and is thinking, “I HATE MONDAYS.” Josh, with poorly photoshopped hair to look like John from the Garfield comics, stands in front of the same backdrop as Konner and says, “Print is open on Mondays now.” Konner, in the same position as the first panel but now wearing a PRINT branded hat, thinks, “I hate Mondays a little less now.”
August 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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We are so excited to have Zoë Schlanger here to present THE LIGHT EATERS: HOW THE UNSEEN WORLD OF PLANT INTELLIGENCE OFFERS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH on Wednesday, August 20 at 7pm right here at Print!
A pink, green, and black infographic with white font and pink and green accents reiterate the information from the post, with the pink and green plant from the cover featured in the corner.
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Join is in welcoming Dave Patterson to Print to discuss his latest book EUPHORIA: TEN MAINE STORIES with Richard Russo on Tuesday, August 8 at 7pm!
The graphic looks like a vintage postage stamp, featuring pine trees and an eagle in silhouette. The information from the post is written out in faded yellow font.
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Join us in welcoming Shoshana von Blanckensee here to present GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS with Keziah Weir on Thursday, July 31 at 7pm right here at Print!
A bright pink, yellow, and green graphic features the cover of GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS and the information from the post which is written out in white handwriting font and magazine cut-out letters
July 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We're excited to welcome Hyeseung Song here to present DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL with Annabelle Tometich on Wednesday, July 30 at 7pm right here at Print!
The infographic features the bright orange and pink cover of DOCILE with the information from the post written in large black font.
July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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PSA for fans of UNO and parents of kids who play UNO. This is *not* an UNO Reverse Card. It has a different meaning entirely, and I would suggest not buying it for your child to put on their water bottle.
Konner, in a backwards hat and sleeveless shirt, is sitting in a chair holding up a pink sticker that has the UNO Reverse Card arrows on it, but instead of saying Reverse it says “SWITCH”
July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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We are thrilled to welcome Hannah Orenstein here to present MAINE CHARACTERS with Keziah Weir on Tuesday, July 29 at 7pm at Print!
The cover of MAINE CHACACTERS (featuring a sunset reflected in a lake, pine trees, and some loons) with white font over it reiterating the information from the post.
July 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Up next for Books and Beer with Rising Tide is WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy! They will be meeting on Tuesday, July 29 at 7pm at Rising Tide Brewing Co.
WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy is sitting on a wooden bookstand that is on a stone ledge in front of a green bush.
July 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Join us in welcoming Victoria Lavine here to present ANY TROPE BUT YOU with @libertyhardy.bsky.social on Wednesday, July 23 at 7pm right here at Print!
The book cover for ANY TROPE BUT YOU sits in some snow in front of a mountain with a snow covered tree beside it. The background is blue and there is snow falling. The font on the graphic is white and depicts the information from the post
July 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM