If your library, community organization, business, or book group would like to host a presentation about my adventures on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail or in Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument, please email me at lmtchandler@yahoo.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sat., May 18, 2024, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) at the Fiddlers & Fiddlehead Festival, Patten Lumbermen’s Museum, 61 Shin Pond Rd., Patten, ME
Wed., July 10, 2024, TBA – Author talk at the Readfield Library, Readfield, ME
Sat., July 13, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) at H & H Mercantile, Searsport, ME
Sat., July 20, 2024, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rain date July 21) – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) at Art in the Park 2024, Shorey Park, Bridgton, ME
PAST EVENTS
Sat., Oct. 21, 2017 – Author talk – U.S. Power Squadrons 3-District Conference, North Conway Grand Hotel, North Conway, NH
Sun., Oct. 29, 2017 – Book Launch Party – Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, ME
During November 2017 – Book display and sales – Bath Savings, Damariscotta
Sat., Nov. 11, 2017 – Book signing and “Visit with the Authors” at the Maine Harvest Festival – Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor, ME
Thur., Nov. 16, 2017 – “Upwards: The Story of the First Woman to Solo Thru-Paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail” Author Talk – Auburn Public Library
Sat., Nov. 18, 2017 – Book signing – Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop & Café, Damariscotta, ME
Sat., Dec. 2, 2017 – Book signing and visit with two authors – Maine Sport Outfitters, 115 Commercial St. (Route 1), Rockport, ME
Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 – Holiday Craft Fair – Broad Bay Church, 941 Main St., Waldoboro, ME
Sun., Dec. 10, 2017 – Book signing – Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop & Café, Damariscotta, ME
Sun., Dec. 17, 2017 – Book signing and “Visit with the Authors” – the Vintage Bazaar New England, Holiday Edition, Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Thurs., Jan. 18, 2018 – Author talk – Bremen Library, Bremen, ME
Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 – Author talk – Sheepscot General Store, Whitefield, ME
Thurs., Feb. 1, 2018 – Maine AMC’s “Tales of Adventure on a Winter Evening” – Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME
Sat., February 3, 2018 – Author talk – Lithgow Public Library, Augusta, ME
Sun., February 11, 2018 – Book signing – Valentine’s Craft Fair, Ellsworth, ME
Tues., February 20, 2018 – Author talk – Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary, Newcastle, ME
Sat., March 3, 2018 – Book signing – The Owl & Turtle Bookshop Café, Camden, ME
March 10, 2018 – NFCT presentation at the Wilderness Paddlers Gathering – Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, VT
Sat., March 17, 2018 – Book signing – Letterpress Books, Portland, ME
Sun., March 18, 2018 – Author talk – Carrabassett Valley Outdoor Association annual meeting, Sugarloaf Inn, Carrabassett Valley, ME
Wed., March 28, 2018 – The Power of Three: Three Maine Authors, Three New Books, Three Different Styles – the Patten Free Library, Bath, ME
Sat., April 28, 2018 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sat., April 28, 2018 – Independent Bookstore Day book signing – Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop & Café, Damariscotta, ME
Wed., May 2, 2018 – Author talk – Topsham Public Library, Topsham, ME
Sat./Sun., May 19-20, 2018 – Author table at the Adirondack Paddlefest & Outdoor Expo 2018 – Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company, 2855 Route 28, Old Forge, NY
Sat., June 2, 2018 – Upwards: Solo thru-paddling New England’s 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail – Sable Lodge Retirement Community, South Portland, ME
Sat., June 9, 2018 – “Exploring the Northern Forest Canoe Trail” at the Maine Canoe Symposium – Camp Winona, Bridgton, ME
Tues., June 12, 2018 – Author talk – PEO Chapter D, Yarmouth, ME
Fri., June 29, 2018 – Author talk, slideshow and book signing for the Adirondack’s Celebrate Paddling Month – St. Regis Canoe Outfitters, Saranac Lake, NY
Sat., June 30, 2018 – Book signing – The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY
Sun., July 1, 2018 – Bath Heritage Days – Bath, ME
Tues., July 3, 2018 – Chats with Champions – Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME
Sat., July 14, 2018 – Books in Boothbay 2018: Maine’s Summer Book Fair – The Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay, ME
Fri., Aug. 3, 2018 – Maine Lobster Festival – Rockland, ME
Sat., Aug. 4, 2018 – Maine Author Day – Guilford Memorial Library, Guilford, ME
Sat., Aug. 25, 2018 – Book signing – Sherman’s Books & Stationery, Camden, ME
Mon., Aug. 27, 2018 – Author talk – Thompson Lake book club, Casco, ME
Sat., Sept. 1, 2018 – Book signing – Sherman’s Books & Stationery, Portland, ME
Fri., Sept. 14, 2018 – Author talk – Gibbs Library, Washington, ME
Sat., Sept. 15, 2018 – Trail’s End Festival book signing, Millinocket, ME
Mon., Sept. 17, 2018 – Author talk – Bristol Lions Club, Bristol, ME
Sat., Sept. 29, 2018 – Book signing – Harbor Arts & Books Fair, Camden, ME
Sat., Oct. 6, 2018 – Book signing – Sherman’s Books & Stationery, Bar Harbor, ME
Sat., Oct. 6, 2018 – Age by Design: Solo Thru-paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, ME
Mon., Oct. 8, 2018 – Upwards: A solo canoe journey on New England’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Schooner Cove, Damariscotta, ME
Mon., Oct. 22, 2018 – Upwards: A solo canoe journey on New England’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Bartlett Woods Retirement Community, Rockland, ME
Sat. and Sun., Oct. 27 and 28, 2018 – UMaine Alumni Association Homecoming Craft Fair & Maine Marketplace, Orono, ME
Sat., Nov. 3, 2018 – Brunswick Festival of Crafts, Brunswick, ME
Thur., Nov. 8, 2018 – Author talk – Rockland Public Library, Rockland, ME
Sat. and Sun., Nov. 17-18, 2018 – Maine Harvest Festival, Bangor, ME
Thur., Nov. 29, 2018 – The lure of America’s long-distance trails – with author Tom Jamrog, Maine Sport Outfitters, Rockport, ME
Sat., Dec. 1, 2018 – Holiday Craft Fair – Broad Bay Congregational Church, Waldoboro, ME
Sat., Dec. 8, 2018 and Sat., Feb. 23, 2019 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Tues., Mar. 12, 2019 – County Conversations: Solo thru-paddling New England’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail – First Baptist Church, Nobleboro, ME
Thur., Mar. 28, 2019 – AMC Maine – Upwards: Solo thru-paddling New England’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail – Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME
Sat., March 30, 2019 – Writing the Wilderness – with Thomas Jamrog, Kim Camery Millick, and Jake Morrel – Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
Fri., April 12, 2019 – Two Authors/One Adventurous Evening, with Thomas Jamrog, author of In the Path of Young Bulls: An Odyssey on America’s Continental Divide Trail – co-sponsored by Compass Rose Books and the Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Castine, ME
Sat., Apr. 13, 2019 – Local Author Fair and presentation, Small Moments in a Long Journey, at the Rockland Public Library, Rockland, ME
Tues., Apr. 16, 2019 – SAGE Lecture Series: The Northern Forest Canoe Trail: 740 Miles on New England’s Historic Waterways – University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Wed., Apr. 17, 2019 – South Coast Senior College: Solo thru-paddling New England’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail – York County Community College, Wells, ME
Sat., April 20, 2019 – Book signing at the United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Thur., Apr. 25, 2019 – Author talk at the Hope Library, Hope, ME
Sat./Sun., May 4-5, 2019 – Workshop (Canoeing the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail) and book signing at the New England Paddlesports Show, UNH, Durham, NH
Sat., May 18, 2019 – Fiddlers & Fiddleheads Fest, Lumbermen’s Museum, Patten, ME
Sat./Sun., June 1-2, 2019 – Book signings at Sherman’s, Freeport
Sun., June 9, 2019 – “Northern Forest Canoe Trail Q&A” at the Maine Canoe Symposium – Camp Winona, Bridgton, ME
Mon., June 10, 2019 – Author talk at The Lincoln Home, Newcastle, ME
Sat., June 22, 2019 – Writing the Wilderness – with Thomas Jamrog, Kim Camery Millick, and Jake Morrel at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell, ME
Tues., July 2, 2019 – Author talk at the Belfast Free Library, Belfast, ME
Sat./Sun., July 6-7, 2019 – Book signing at Bath Heritage Days & Music Festival, Bath, ME
Sat./Sun., July 13-14, 2019 – Book signing at the Harbor Arts & Books Fair, Camden, ME
Sat., July 27, 2019 – Books in Boothbay Summer Book Fair, Boothbay, ME
Sat., Aug. 24, 2019 – Book signings at the Maine Book Festival, Thomaston, ME
Tues., Aug. 27, 2019 – Author talk at the Charles M. Bailey Public Library, Winthrop, ME
Sat. and Sun., Sept. 7-8, 2019 – Book signing at the Seaplane Fly-in, Greenville, ME
Sat., Sept. 14, 2019 – Book signing at the Trail’s End Festival, Millinocket, ME
Sat., Sept. 21, 2019 – Writing the Wilderness – with Kim Camery Millick and Jake Morrel at the Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME
Sun., Sept. 22, 2019 – Book signing at the Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME
Wed., Oct. 2, 2019 – Upwards: Solo thru-paddling New England’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail with the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club , Portland, ME
Sat., Nov. 16, 2019 – Book signing at Maine Sport Outfitters, Rockport, ME
Sat. and Sun., Nov. 23 and 24, 2019 – Maine Harvest Festival , Bangor, ME
Sat., Dec. 7, 2019 – Chester Greenwood Day at DDG Booksellers, Farmington, ME
Sat., Nov. 14, 2020 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME.
Tues., Nov. 17, 2020 – Waterford Library – All About Books Live Zoom Event
Sun., Nov. 29, 2020 – Guest appearance on The Maine Outdoors radio show on WVOM (FM 101.3, 103.9, and 95.1), with V. Paul Reynolds.
Thur., Jan. 21, 2021 – Rockland Public Library – Virtual Zoom presentation
Sat., Feb. 13, 2021 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Thur., Feb. 25, 2021 – Bremen Library – Zoom presentation and slideshow about Through Woods & Waters: A Solo Journey to Maine’s New National Monument.
Sat., March 13, 2021 – “A Solo Canoe Journey to Maine’s New National Monument” at virtual Canoecopia.
Sun., March 21, 2021 – Zoom presentation on Through Woods & Waters for the Carrabassett Valley Outdoor Association annual meeting.
Mon., April 5, 2021 – Zoom presentation on Through Woods & Waters for the Wawenock Chapter, U.S. Power Squadrons.
Thur., Apr. 8, 2021 – Zoom book club meeting with the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft – Claire Ackroyd and Laurie Chandler discuss their journeys as writers whose life experiences helped them to publish.
Thur., Apr. 15, 2021 – Ellsworth Public Library – Zoom presentation about Laurie Apgar Chandler’s new book Through Woods & Waters.
Sat., April 17, 2021 – Author talk – PEO Chapter F, Damariscotta, ME
Tues., Apr. 27, 2021 – “Maine Women Write Their Woods Experiences: Q & A with Claire Ackroyd – Lithgow Public Library, Augusta, ME
Mon., May 10, 2021 – Maine’s 2020 Reading Connection features Through Woods & Waters: A Solo Journey to Maine’s New National Monument
Thur., May 13, 2021 – “Two Maine Women Whose Life Experiences Became Books” – Zoom presentation with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods), sponsored by the Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor and Sherman’s Books
Sat., June 5, 2021 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sat., June 12, 2021 – Slideshow presentation at the Maine Canoe Symposium at the University of Maine 4-H Camp, Bryant Pond, ME
Sat., June 26, 2021 – Belfast Arts in the Park, Belfast, ME
Mon., June 28, 2021 – Author talk – Wiscasset Yacht Club, Wiscasset, ME
Sat., July 3, 2021 – Houlton Craft Fair, Houlton, ME
Thur., July 8, 2021 – Author talk for Chats with Champions, sponsored by Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, ME
Sat., July 17, 2021 – Book signing at L.L. Bean Bike, Boat & Ski, Freeport, ME
Sat., July 31, 2021 – United Farmer’s Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sat., August 14, 2021 – Book signing at the Patten Lumbermen’s Museum annual Bean-Hole Dinner
Wed., August 18, 2021 – Author talk – Windham Public Library, Windham, ME
Wed., August 25, 2021 – Book signing at L.L. Bean Bike, Boat & Ski , Freeport, ME
Fri., August 27, 2021 – Book signing at the Lighthouse Gallery Maine, Bucksport, ME
Sat., August 28, 2021 – The Maine Book Festival, Maine Authors Publishing, Thomaston, ME
Sat., September 11, 2021 – Book signing with Roger Greene (In the Company of Trees) outside Kamp Kamp during the International Seaplane Fly-in, Greenville, ME
During October 2021 – Book display and sales – Bath Savings, Damariscotta
Sat., October 2, 2021, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Book signing at the Freeport Fall Festival in downtown Freeport, ME
Fri., October 8, 2021 – Pumpkinfest book signing at Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop, Damariscotta, ME
Sat., October 9, 2021 – Book signing at the Fall Foliage Festival, Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Sun., October 24, 2021 – Thompson’s Point Maker’s Market, Portland, ME
Sat./Sun., November 20-21, 2021 – Maine Harvest Festival , Bangor, ME
Sat., November 27, 2021 – United Farmers Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sun., December 5, 2021 – Thompson’s Point Maker’s Market, Portland, ME
Sat., February 26, 2022 – United Farmers Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sat., May 21, 2022 – Fiddlers & Fiddlehead Festival, Patten Lumbermen’s Museum, Patten, ME
Sat., June 11, 2022 – Meet the Author, Our Chesterville Community Library, Chesterville, ME – Benefits the bookmobile!
Sat., June 25, 2022 – Book signing at Belfast Arts in the Park, Belfast, ME
Sat., July 2, 2022 – Houlton Arts & Crafts Fair, Houlton, ME
Sat., July 9, 2022 – Books in Boothbay, Boothbay, ME
Su., July 24, 2022 – Pineland Farms Open Farm Day, New Gloucester, ME
Wed., August 3, 2022 – Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland, ME
Sat., August 6, 2022 – North Tent meet and greet with 18 authors signing at the Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland, ME
Sat., August 13, 2022 – Lumbermen’s Museum Bean Hole Dinner, Patten, ME
Sat., August 27, 2022 – “Writing the Experience and Spirit of Place” at the Maine Authors Book Festival, Thomaston, ME
Fri./Sat., September 16-17, 2022 – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) at the Trail’s End Festival, Millinocket, ME
Mon./Tues., September 19-20, 2022 – Presentations with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) at the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle, ME
Fri./Sat., September 23-24, 2022 – Book signing and presentation, “Three Authors Write Their Maine Woods Experiences,” at the Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME
Fri., October 7, 2022- Pumpkinfest book signing at Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop, Damariscotta, ME
Sat., October 8, 2022- Boothbay Fall Foliage Festival at the Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay, ME
Sat., October 8, 2022 – Maine Lit Fest 2022, sponsored by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, Portland, ME
Sat., October 29, 2022 – United Farmers Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sat./Sun., November 19-20, 2022 – Maine Harvest Festival, Bangor, ME
Sat., December 3, 2022 – Maine Sport Outfitters, Rockport, ME
Sat., May 27, 2023 – Spring Block Party, Thomaston, ME
Sat., June 24, 2023 – Arts in the Park, Steamboat Landing Park, Belfast, ME
Sat., July 8, 2023 – Camden Harbor Arts and Books Fair, Camden, ME
Sat., July 15, 2023 – Bridgton Art in the Park, Bridgton, ME
Thur., July 27, 2023 – Author reading and signing at Hidden Pond Resort, with Fine Print Booksellers, Kennebunkport, ME
Sat., August 5, 2023 – Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland, ME
Sat., August 12, 2023 – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) and Roger Greene (In the Company of Trees) at the Bean Hole Dinner at the Patten Lumbermen’s Museum, Patten, ME
Sat., August 26, 2023 – Maine Authors Book Festival, sponsored by Maine Authors Publishing, Thomaston, ME
Sat., Sept. 2, 2023 – United Farmers Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Fri./Sat., Sept. 8-9, 2023 – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) and Roger Greene (In the Company of Trees) at the International Seaplane Fly-in, Greenville, ME
Sat., September 23, 2023 – Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME
Sat., September 30, 2023 – Camden Arts and Books Fair, Camden, ME
Sat., October 7, 2023 – Freeport Fall Festival, Freeport, ME
Tues., October 10 – Slideshow presentation for the Appalachian Mountain Club Maine, Brunswick, ME
Sun., November 19, 2023 – Maine Harvest Festival, Bangor, ME
Sat., December 2, 2023 – United Farmers Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Wed., December 6, 2023 – Maine Authors for Lewiston, Patten Free Library, Bath, ME
Sat., December 9, 2023 – Bangor Author Fair, Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME
Sat., April 27, 2024 – United Farmers Market of Maine, Belfast, ME
Sun., April 28, 2024 – Book signing with Claire Ackroyd (Murder in the Maple Woods) at Books-A-Million, South Portland, ME
Laurie Apgar Chandler 