CARIBOU, Maine — Kathryn Olmstead, author most recently of “True North” and “Stories of Aroostook,” will visit the Caribou Public Library at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5.
The public is welcome to attend for a conversation about the creation of Olmstead’s books.
“True North” a collection of personal essays gleaned from her years writing for Echoes magazine and the Bangor Daily News. The title True North describes the quality of life portrayed — an orienting point, internal and geographic, that keeps a person on track in a world sometimes at odds with nature and with basic human goodness. Combined they affirm the value of tradition is still alive in places like Aroostook County.
“Stories of Aroostook” is a curated collection of articles and essays from the pages of Echoes magazine. Olmstead founded the magazine along with the late Gordon Hammond. Echoes started as a portrait of a place, but quickly evolved into a magazine with a mission—affirming the value of living simply with respect for nature, not as an escape, but as a way of life.
Olmstead is a former BDN columnist and editor and publisher of Echoes, which ran successfully for nearly 30 years. She served 25 years on the journalism faculty of the University of Maine in Orono. She co-authored a WWII memoir Flight to Freedom: World War II Through the Eyes of a Child with Bangor portrait photographer Philomena Baker published in 2013.
Olmstead’s discussion in the Caribou room of the library will be followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing.
