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A couple of book shoppers thumb through books by bestselling author David Baldacci in a bookstore set up on Monument Square. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.

In the Maine Reads tent on Portland's Monument Square, a couple of shoppers thumb through books written by David Baldacci, the bestselling author and the keynote speaker at the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
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First Radio Parish Church's Reverend Peter Panagore, only the fifth pastor in since 1954 to host the 2-minute "Daily Devotions" that has been airing each weekday morning on WCSH-TV Channel 6 in Portland, reads from his book "Two Minutes for God" at the Portland Public Library. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
In the Maine Reads tent on Portland's Monument Square, a couple of shoppers thumb through books written by David Baldacci, the bestselling author and the keynote speaker at the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
David Baldacci, the bestselling author and the keynote speaker at the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book, gives a speech called "Life Between the Pages" at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, May 15, 2008. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
Two Baldaccis: Maine Governor John Baldacci, second from left, talks with a guest at the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book authors' reception at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, May 15, 2008. Next to the Governor is bestselling author and gubernatorial cousin David Baldacci, who delivered the keynote speech at the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
Maine poet Annie Finch reads a poem on the stage of Portland's Merrill Auditorium to kick off the the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.

Author and performance artist Michael Maglaras performs a dramatic reading of "Hiawatha Fishing," a chapter from his adaptation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, "Song of Hiawatha," at Merrill Auditorium at the start of the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
The dust jacket of the book "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon" by the late rocker and songwriter's ex-wife, Crystal Zevon, who spoke and read from her book at the Portland Public Library during the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.
Maine author and self-confessed rose addict Aurelia Scott signs a copy of her book "Otherwise Normal People," which is about the strange and obsessed characters in the surprisingly male-populated world of competitive rose gardening. She spoke and read from her book at the Maine Historical Society during the 2008 Maine Festival of the Book. Brian Petersen photo courtesy of Maine Reads.

For more information about the Maine Festival of the Book, please visit www.mainereads.org.

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