The Downeast Authors’ Book Fair and Literary Festival

SULLIVAN, Maine (WABI) - The Downeast Authors’ Book Fair and Literary Festival will be held at the Schoodic Gateway Event Center in Sullivan, Maine on August 8, 2026 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

This free event features over 25 Maine authors representing over 15 literary genres.

The events prioritized authors from Downeast and Midcoast, Maine, but there will be attending authors from all over the state.

They will also be launching the charity anthology, “Water & Stone: Literary Reflections on Life Downeast,” at 11 a.m.. A portion of every anthology copy purchase will benefit the Schoodic Food Pantry.

Some of the authors include:

• Amy Fradel: “Four Acres under Slavnik”
• Tiffany V. Ricci: “Nonna Lost Her Numbers”
• Michael Lowell Wright: “The Golden Road”
• Autumn Wolf: “Is It Wrong to Fall in Love with a Reclusive Wizard in a Sky Palace?”
• Faith Lane and photographer Craig Pursell: “Toxic & Tonic”
• Bill Gerencer: “Working Waterfront - A Fish Tale”
• Felicia Keith: “The Maine Alpha”
• Darcey Comeau: “Dino Love”
• Nomar Slevik: “In The Pines”
• Phil Wormuth: “Venus Remembered and Other Poems”
• Kim Yesis: Mayenne Bay Series Novels
• Emma G. Rose: “On the Bank of Oblivion”
• A.A. Fairview: “Edge Jump”
• E. O’Meagher: “The Forgotten Daughter”
• Arwyn Sherman: “Monstrous Angels - An Anthology of Religious Horror”
• Kim Larkins: “Ruby the Redhead”
• J.L. Drucker: “Sweet & Sour To Go: Divorce Poetry”
• Fox Emm: “On Fluent Haunches”
• Amy Safford: “Goode Vibrations of the Dead River Valley”
• K. Stephen’s: “By Dark O’ The Moon”
• Anne Britting Oleson: “Adventurine At Sea”
• Amy Lynne Martin: “Beastly Beloved”
• Morrigan Gaines: “Treachery of Ravens”
• Mary Lawrence: “Fool”
• Sydney Ashcroft: “Masks”

Shop for books, chat with the local authors, and find your next favorite read.

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