“Live Birds and Deadly Forces” with Michael Good and Sandra Neily

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Michael Good and Sandra Neily two Maine Guides who believe that the more people know about our outdoor assets and the risks they face, the more they’ll support various solutions.

Their presentation, “Live Birds and Deadly Forces,” offers up Good’s short PowerPoint of birds and habitat at risk, a reading from Neily’s last novel along with a drawing for a free copy of it, and plenty of time for comments and questions.

Yankee Magazine chose Michael Good as a Best Birdwatching Guide, writing, “Biologist and Maine Guide Michael Good is simply batty about birds, and he shares his knowledge with avian addicts and newcomers alike. Whether you’re pining to see warblers, falcons, eagles, and hawks or seeking to add a Nelson’s sharptailed sparrow to your life list, Good’s your man.”

Author Sandra Neily is a national award-winner from the Mystery Writers of America and a Maine Literary Award finalist. Michael Good reviewed her “Deadly Turn” novel as “nonstop suspense. Powerful human relationships intermingle with accurate descriptions of forests, ponds, rivers and streams; birds and the people who care about them become symbols of strength and resilience, Neily captures Maine’s northern forest with fierce love and inspired storytelling.”

A Thompson Free Library Event

Essentially, Michael Good and Sandra Neily are optimists who are and have been Maine Guides. They believe that the more people know about our outdoor assets and the risks they face, the more they’ll support various solutions.

“Michael educates out in the field during nature and birding tours, and, after decades working in the conservation field, I now craft stories that are field trips into Maine’s woods, waters, and wildlife habitat, “Neily says. “And I’ll have books for sale.”

Their presentation, “Live Birds and Deadly Forces,” offers up Good’s short PowerPoint of birds and habitat at risk, a reading from Neily’s last novel along with a drawing for a free copy of it, and plenty of time for comments and questions.

“We’ll share out some Maine Outdoor Lottery tickets ..,. as long as they last,” Good said. “That fund supports wildlife and we’ll bring along a handout of ways people can help ... in large and small ways.”

Join Maine author Sandra Neily on May 9th at the Readfield Community Library! Ms. Neily is the author of “Deadly Trespass: A Mystery in Maine” and recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Helen McCloy award.  Please join us at 6:30pm for this book talk and signing event.  Copies of “Deadly Trespass” will be available for purchase.

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Deb Howard's RI book club (going since 2011) meets up to talk to author Sandra Neily about her novel, "Deadly Trespass." Sandy added discussion questions to her novel, but who knows what will come up?

Feel free to use my Questions for Book Club Readers in your book club!

Nature-themed Mysteries & Thrillers and . . . Truth

Debut author Sandra Neily offers readers both entertainment and discovery. “I wrote this book to take people who love Maine (those who know its woods well and those who don’t) on a field trip into a world at risk. I wanted to create a story that urged readers on from page to page, so they’d arrive at the last page, feeling like they had pitch on their hands and a clear view of what might be lost.”

Join award-winning author Neily at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library as she shares her novel “Deadly Trespass,” and discusses how she and other authors have crafted urgent and timely stories that feature our natural world. Neily won a national Mystery Writers of America McCloy award, was a national finalist in the Women’s Fiction Writers Association’s “Rising Star,” contest, and was a recent fiction finalist in Maine’s “Joy of the Pen” competition.

A native of East Boothbay, she’s been a local business owner, a Maine Guide, the Director of the Maine Conservation School, and Maine Audubon’s Outreach Coordinator. Sandra reads passages from “Deadly Trespass,” (reviewed as “. . . a beautiful book that brilliantly captures the battle to conserve Maine’s mythical woods . . . ”) and shares her own list of outdoor-based mysteries and thrillers and the issues they illuminate. She hopes guests will bring their favorite outdoor fiction to help grow her list.

The talk will be held in the library’s Great Room on the first floor. Light refreshments will be served, no registration is required.

Weather date: Saturday, January 20.

On December 6, 2017, Sandra Neily will receive a Restoration Leadership Award from RESTORE: The North Woods, which was founded by conservations in 1992 to restore the health of north woods ecosytems.

In announcing Sandra’s award, RESTORE cited a lifetime of caring about Maine’s woods, waters, and wildlife, including Sandra’s work  protecting the Penobscot West Branch from the Big A Dam, educating about the economic value of protecting rather than exploiting nature, defending the Moosehead region from Plum Creek's massive development scheme, exposing the decimation of deer yards, safeguarding Maine's wildlands from misplaced industrial wind power, reaching new audiences about restoring endangered species with her recent novel, and breaking glass ceilings (as one of the first women rafting guides licensed by Maine).

RESTORE’s “Members and Friends Gathering” welcomes guests as it celebrates 26 years of caring and activism. Baxter State Park’s retiring director, Jensen Bissell, will highlight the evening with a presentation on the park’s past and future.

Join us Wednesday, December 6, starting at 6 PM, at the Curtis Library, 23 Pleasant St, Brunswick, Maine. The gathering is always informal and fun with food, prizes, and conversation.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that “fiction reveals truth that reality obscures,” and he might have been right about the novel “Deadly Trespass.”

Debut author Sandra Neily offers readers both entertainment and discovery. “I wrote this book to take people who love Maine (those who know its woods well and those who don’t) on a field trip into a world at risk. I wanted to create a story that urged readers on from page to page, so they’d arrive at the last page, feeling like they had pitch on their hands and a clear view of what might be lost.”

Join award winning author Neily at the Wiscasset Public Library as she shares her novel “Deadly Trespass,” and how she and other authors have crafted story telling around urgent and timely stories that feature our natural world. Neily won a national Mystery Writers of America McCloy award, was a national finalist in the Women’s Fiction Writers Association’s “Rising Star,” contest, and recently was a fiction finalist in Maine’s “Joy of the Pen” competition.

A native of East Boothbay, she’s been a Registered Maine Guide, the Director of the Maine Conservation School, and Maine Audubon’s Outreach Coordinator. Sandra reads passages from “Deadly Trespass,” (reviewed as “...a beautiful book that brilliantly captures the battle to conserve Maine’s mythical woods...”) and shares her own list of outdoor based mysteries and thrillers and the issues they illuminate. She hopes guests will bring their favorite out-door fiction to help grow her list.

At the Wiscasset Public Library, Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 5:00 PM. No charge; light refreshments.

Sandra Neily will be discussing novel ways to elevate conservation, nature-based economics, and the value of nature-based fiction. She will also read from and sign copies of her debut novel, Deadly Trespass. She will share a list of her favorite outdoor-themed fiction, and invites guests to bring their favorites titles to share. There will be a drawing so someone goes home with Dorcas Miller’s Track Finder: A Guide to Mammal Tracks of Eastern North America. Hosted by the Maine chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Learn more at http://www.amcmaine.org/calendar/#99954

Sandra Neily will be discussing the value of nature-based fiction, as well as signing and reading from her debut novel, Deadly Trespass, at the Shaw Memorial Library in Greenville, Maine. https://sites.google.com/site/shawpubliclibrary/  She'll also be sharing a list of favorite outdoor-themed fiction, and encourages guests to bring their favorite titles to share. Also there will be a drawing for Dorcas Miller’s pocket-sized and fabulous Track Finder: A Guide to Mammal Tracks of Eastern North America