The Green Hand Bookshop

Some of you have (for YEARS!!!) been recommending I read Jonathan Edward Durham's "Winterset Hollow". 😱💕🐰GUESS WHAT???

Not only is Winterset getting a long-overdue major release in the US on Oct 6th, but also we have been invited to co-host an event with the author at the Portland Public Library on SAT OCT 17 at 3:00pm!!!

preorder here:
https://greenhandbookshop.com/products/winterset-hollow

FMI about the event:
https://portlandme.librarycalendar.com/event/durham-author-talk-13265
or see the library's FB event page!
https://www.facebook.com/share/18cwFjwUm5/

Portland Public Library

Whohooo! Happy book release week to Kasey Lansdale!! We have copies of FIRST CHANCE here with some extra goodies to go with them. Thank you so much Kasey! I've already devoured this and loved it, and hope to read more Chance Kirby P.I. adventures in the future, with her companion pup Sissy alongside! 😻
https://greenhandbookshop.com/products/first-chance-by-kasey-lansdale

An update on our end of the 600 block on Congress St here in Portland ME...

Portland businesses, tenants express frustration over longtime scaffolding Put in place to stop debris from falling during building renovation...

Thank you Joshua!!!!! ❤️‍🩹🌈

Yessss!!!!

"It's important not to be complicit with evil."
--John Connolly (translated from the Spanish interview with Juan Carlos Galindo of El Pais)

John Connolly, una mirada empática al lado más oscuro: “Es importante no ser cómplices del mal” El creador de la serie del detective Charlie Parker reflexiona sobre su proceso creativo, sus miedos y anhelos y anticipa un final para su héroe

So many tasty treats for the long weekend!! Come see come see! 🤩📚🏖️ If you are looking for something to tantalize your Stephen King palate as you await his latest, we highly recommend diving into the archives with Caroline Bicks' MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES!!

So excited to pre-read Tiffany D. Jackson's upcoming Ghost in the Night!!! Meep agrees.
I loved last summer's Blood in the Water, can't wait to find out what has in store for us now. Release date is Aug 4th!

What's better than Free Comicbook Day ??? Free comics AND GIRL SCOUT COOKIEEEEEES!!! 🤩 What a great way to spend a rainy May Saturday - and then hop on down the block to us at Green Hand Bookshop for some good rainy day reads, too. 🦄🌈☔️📚💕

A little Longfellow for the last day of Poetry Month 2026! Rainy days indeed. Onward!
Beautiful wood engraving by Boyd Hanna from the 1943 Heritage Press Longfellow poetry volume.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out this weekend, whether you knew it was Indie Bookstore Day or not! Our fabulous Golden Ticket winner, Carney, has been a regular (and a friend irl) for many moons, and we are so glad she won!! 🏆💚🥰💚📚

Remember to celebrate books locally! 🤩

Thank you !!!