The Foggy River Children’s Book Festival

The Foggy River Children’s Book Festival A celebration of children’s & young adult books, their authors, illustrators, & readers in Maine

08/13/2025

We are excited to announce the second annual festival in Ellsworth, Maine! The Foggy River Children’s Book Festival celebrates children’s and young adult books, their creators, and their readers. 🗓️ The inaugural festival will take place on October 26, 2025 from 2-5pm 📍at Fogtown Brewing Company. Union River Book and Toy Co. will sell books, and a wonderful crew of authors and illustrators from the New England Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators will be there to meet readers and sign books! This event is free and family-friendly. ➡️ Follow along to see who will be coming and get the most up to date information about the festival!

Can’t wait till Sunday!!!!! See you at The Foggy River Children’s Book Festival!!!!!
10/25/2024

Can’t wait till Sunday!!!!! See you at The Foggy River Children’s Book Festival!!!!!

🔆Publisher Spotlight!🔆 Eileen Robinson (), Executive Editor at Charlesbridge Moves, will be joining us with some of the ...
10/19/2024

🔆Publisher Spotlight!🔆 Eileen Robinson (), Executive Editor at Charlesbridge Moves, will be joining us with some of the wonderful books she has edited! Eileen has worked in children’s publishing close to 30 years and is still in love with creating children’s books, and helping authors gain confidence in telling their stories. She published in-house for Scholastic and Harcourt, and in 2019 helped build and launch Reycraft Books children’s imprint under Benchmark Education. As an entrepreneur and independent publisher, her company Move Books strove to get reluctant middle-graders (especially boys) back into reading. This mission was embraced by Charlesbridge Publishing in October 2022 when they acquired Move Books as a new imprint (now Charlesbridge Moves) and she came on as Editorial Director. She also teaches for Highlights and mentors young writers and future publishers in underserved communities.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival at: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs () is a poet and author of picture books including The Lobster Lady, I A...
10/08/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs () is a poet and author of picture books including The Lobster Lady, I Am Made of Mountains, The Pocket Book, The Traveling Camera, and Thérèse Makes a Tapestry. Her books have won awards like Maine’s Lupine Award and Wisconsin’s Outstanding Achievement Award. They have also been featured on news outlets such as ABC Morning News, CBS News, and The Washington Post. Alex is a librarian and has worked in school, public, and academic libraries. She was also a historical researcher at American Girl. She currently works in a public library tucked in the woods in rural Maine. She serves as a co-assistant regional advisor to SCBWI New England and on the board of directors for Island Readers and Writers. She lives in Bangor with her husband, three wild sons, and two tame cats.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Cameron Kelly Rosenblum () is the author of two young adult novels published by HarperCollins, wi...
10/01/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Cameron Kelly Rosenblum () is the author of two young adult novels published by HarperCollins, with a third in the works. The Stepping Off Place (2020) was a Maine Indie bestseller and a Kirkus Best Book and Best Book Dealing with Mental Health. The Sharp Edge of Silence (2023) is an Edgar Allan Poe Finalist, the 2024 winner of the Maine Literary Book Award for Young People’s Literature, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, and an Eason (Ireland) YA Book of the Month. In addition to her writing career, Cameron is a school librarian in Cape Elizabeth. She lives in Cumberland Foreside with her family.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Writer for children—reader forever…that’s Vivian Kirkfield () in five words. Her bucket list cont...
09/30/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Writer for children—reader forever…that’s Vivian Kirkfield () in five words. Her bucket list contains many more than five words – but she’s already checked off skydiving, parasailing, banana-boat riding, and visiting critique buddies all around the world. When she isn’t looking for ways to fall from the sky or sink under the water, she can be found writing picture books in the picturesque village of Bedford, NH. A retired kindergarten teacher with a masters in Early Childhood Education, Vivian inspires budding writers during classroom visits and shares insights with aspiring authors at conferences and on her blog, Picture Books Help Kids Soar where she hosts the International Writing Contest and the Challenge. She is the author of numerous picture books. You can connect with her on her website, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Linkedin, or just about any place people where picture books are found.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Charlotte Crowder lives and writes on the coast of Maine. An accredited editor in the life scienc...
09/29/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Charlotte Crowder lives and writes on the coast of Maine. An accredited editor in the life sciences, she has recently retired from a career as a medical writer and editor. She writes for adults, as well as children. Her publications include, among others, stories in Tamarind Magazine, Maine Standard, Intima, Branching Out: International Tales of Brilliant Flash Fiction, Maine Character Energy; and a picture book, A Fine Orange Bucket (North Country Press; Unity, Maine. 2019).

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Doe Boyle () is the author of four STEAM-infused picture books in poetry and prose. They inspire ...
09/27/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Doe Boyle () is the author of four STEAM-infused picture books in poetry and prose. They inspire young learners to immerse their imaginations in studies of animals and nature. These titles—Hear the Wind Blow, Heartbeat, Blink!, and Water—were recently published by Albert Whitman. Doe’s earlier books, published by Soundprints in association with the Smithsonian Institution and the National Wildlife Federation, include Otter on His Own: The Story of a Sea Otter; Coral Reef Hideaway: The Story of A Clown Anemonefish; Summer Coat, Winter Coat: The Story of a Snowshoe Hare; Gray Wolf Pup; and Earth Day Every Day, among other titles. Doe has also written many editions of two travel guides, Fun with the Family/Connecticut and Guide to the Connecticut Shore. An editor of adult nonfiction, Doe edits books on travel, cooking, gardening, and cultural and natural history. A teaching artist since 1997, she shares her love of reading and writing in residencies with schoolchildren. In Connecticut, not too far from the sea, she shares an ancient house at the side of an ancient road with her husband and some amusing speckled hens who remind her of her four daughters. In summer, she writes at the edge of a beloved pond in midcoast Maine.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Illustrator Announcement!📣 Rebekah Lowell ()is an award-winning author/illustrator and surface pattern designer ...
09/26/2024

📣Author Illustrator Announcement!📣 Rebekah Lowell ()is an award-winning author/illustrator and surface pattern designer with a curiosity for nature. Her childhood, filled with wildflowers, finds its way into her work. A homeschooling mother of two and survivor of domestic abuse, she is passionate about resiliency, freedom, and hope. Inspired by the natural world, she writes books for kids, designs patterns for fabric, creates products for sale, paints live at weddings. She earned her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA from Hollins University. She is earning her certificate in natural science illustration through RISD, as well as earning her certificate as a nature journal educator through the Wild Wonder Foundation. She serves on the Board for York County Audubon, transports birds for Avian Haven, and rescues monarchs from local hayfields. Learn more at www.rebekahlowell.com

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Casey W. Robinson () grew up in Maine and used to keep a shoebox of favorite words and phrases un...
09/25/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Casey W. Robinson () grew up in Maine and used to keep a shoebox of favorite words and phrases under her bed. She now lives with her family just west of Boston, in a yellow house overflowing with books. When she’s not writing, Casey manages book events for her local indie bookseller. Her debut picture book, Iver & Ellsworth, was a finalist for the Crystal Kite Award and Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award. Her latest picture book, Small Things Mended, is a Kids’ Indie Next Pick and winner of the New England Book Award.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

📣Author Announcement!📣 Pam Vaughan () has never had a pet mammoth, but if she did, she wonders if her mammoth would enjo...
09/23/2024

📣Author Announcement!📣 Pam Vaughan () has never had a pet mammoth, but if she did, she wonders if her mammoth would enjoy doing some of her favorite things with her, like taking walks and playing ice hockey. Pam is the co-ARA of New England’s SCBWI chapter and the director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. lives with her family across from a pond on a cul-de-sac in central Massachusetts. Missy Wants a Mammoth is her first book. Visit Pam online at PamVaughanauthor.com.

Learn more about the Foggy River Children’s Book Festival: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/newengland/foggy-river-book-festival

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