AUTHORS BILL ROORBACH & SARAH BRAUNSTEIN

The Patsy Bray Mahoney Lecture Series Presents – Bill Roorbach and Sarah Braunstein. Bill and Sarah will be here on Saturday, March 1, to talk about their latest works and what it takes to be a successful author in Maine. These two novelists, who are old friends first, will reunite for an afternoon to make us laugh, cry, ask questions, and get books signed! Bill Roorbach is the author of eleven books, most recently the novels “Beep”, “Lucky Turtle”, and “The Remedy for Love”. His Maine-based nonfiction includes “Temple Stream” and “Into Woods”. He has won two Maine Literary Awards and—this just in—a 2025 Pushcart Prize. “Beep” is the thoroughly grownup story of a Costa Rican Squirrel Monkey who is smuggled to NYC by an adventurous tween named Inga. Mayhem ensues, but together, they will save the world! Sarah Braunstein is the author of two novels, “Bad Animals” and “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children” (both from W. W. Norton). Her short stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, AGNI, Ploughshares, The Harvard Review, The Cincinnati Review, The Sun, and in other publications. Her first novel was the winner of the Maine Book Award for Fiction and a finalist for the first novel prize from the Center for Fiction. She has been the recipient of a “5 Under 35” fiction award from the National Book Foundation and a Rona Jaffe Writers Award. Light refreshments will be provided by the Graves Library Snack Team. Copies of the books will be available for sale and signing after the discussion. The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine 04046. Parking is available on Maine Street, Consolidated School (Route 9), and the Village Fire Station (North Street). Doors will open at 1:30 p.m.