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  • Maine Irish Reads ‘Old God’s Time’ by Sebastian Barry

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month's book: Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian...

  • Maine Irish Reads ‘Wild Houses’ by Colin Barrett

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month's book: The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial...

  • Maine Irish Reads ‘These Days’ by Lucy Caldwell

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month’s book: Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over...

  • Maine Irish Reads ‘Say Nothing’ by Patrick Radden Keefe

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month’s book: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A masterful history of the Troubles. . . Extraordinary. . .As in the most ingenious crime stories,...

  • Maine Irish Reads ‘The Spinning Heart’ by Donal Ryan

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month’s book: Winner of the Irish Book Award Finalist for the Booker Prize This “affecting” debut is “reminiscent of William Faulkner’s As I...

  • Maine Irish Reads ‘Conversations with Friends’ by Sally Rooney

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month’s book: Frances is a coolheaded and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her...

  • Maine Irish Reads ‘Our London Lives’ by Christine Dwyer Hickey

    Maine Irish Heritage Center 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States

    Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center! From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier. About this month’s book: 'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY 'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, Hickey captures the pulse of...