Farmington bookstore participating in 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' giveaway sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Devaney, Doak and Garrett Booksellers in downtown Farmington has partnered with Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance to offer teenagers and educators free copies of "Gender Queer: A Memoir" following its ban from the Dirigo High School library in Dixfield.
Brunswick teacher and writer wins Maine Chapbook Series 2020
Brandon Dudley s book Hazards of Nature: Stories was selected out of nearly 60 submissions and will be published in 2021.
Share
Brandon Dudley, of Brunswick, won the Maine Chapbook Series put on by the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.
Courtesy / Rebecca Dudley
BRUNSWICK A local teacher has been named the winner of the Maine Chapbook Series, an annual competition put from the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance that highlights emerging Maine writers and poets.
The organization awarded Brandon Dudley $500 and will publish and promote his submission “Hazards of Nature: Stories.”
Dudley, a former journalist for a newspaper in the Baltimore area, is a high school English teacher in Brunswick, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
The federal financial package passed by Congress this week includes long-sought legislation that will help those who post copyrighted content on the internet pursue legal action against those who steal their work.
The CASE Act establishes a mediation panel for copyright claims of $30,000 or less. It is considered a win nationwide, but particularly in Maine, which has a large number of independent and individual creators, said Douglas Preston, president of the Authors Guild, which was instrumental in getting the legislation before Congress. By establishing a small claims court in the Copyright Office, the CASE Act finally gives small creators a remedy against the theft of their creative work, which has exploded since the establishment of the internet, Preston, a Maine resident and writer, told Mainebiz. The new law is especially important for Maine, because we are one of the top states for small creators in the country. We have many writers, artists, musicians, photographers,