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LIVE! 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series, Biddeford Pool, M

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I’ll be speaking at Union Church in Biddeford Pool, ME, as part of their annual Summer Speaker Series. Advance tickets will go on sale, via online only, beginning May 1.

21st Annual Summer Speaker Series of Union Church of Biddeford Pool

The 2022 roster of speakers represents a range of creative expression, including
storytelling, memoir, fiction, poetry, and photography. 

 July 14        The Telling Room. Nationally recognized literary arts non-profit; empowers youth, Maine- and foreign-born, to write stories about the urgency of their lives and futures, and to tell the worldMore on The Telling Room.

July 28         Kerri Arsenault. Award-winning author of bestseller Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains. Maine Literary Book Award for Nonfiction; Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award. More on Kerri Arsenault.

August 11       Susan Conley. Critically acclaimed, best-selling author (LandslideElsey Come HomeParis Was the PlaceThe Foremost Good FortuneStop Here, This is the Place). Co-founder, The Telling Room. More on Susan Conley.

August 25       Meg Weston. Poet, writer, and photographer, with a reverence for the earth and obsessed with volcanoes. Co-founder, The Poets Corner. Retired President, Maine Media Workshops + College. Former President, Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. Former Chair, Trustees of the University of Maine System. More on Meg Weston.

  • Events will be in-person at Union Church, if possible, consistent with prevailing guidelines.

  • Virtual attendance via Zoom will be provided for every event.

  • The events will start at 7:00 PM and run to approximately 8:30 PM.

  • $60 for a series ticket; $20 for a ticket to an individual event.

  • As always, 100 percent of our proceeds benefit Union Church Mission Projects.