What to Do After You Finish a Book: The Next Steps for Aspiring Writers & Readers In-Person
Join novelist and publisher Agnes Bushell for a lively discussion about "What to do when you finish (writing) a book." With fifty years of experience in writing and publishing, Agnes has ideas to share about the often opaque process of publishing a book.
- Date:
- Thursday, April 23, 2026
- Time:
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Author Talks Lectures National Library Week Writing
Agnes Bushell’s first novel, Shadowdance, was published in 1989. She has been writing fiction ever since. Her most recent novel, set in Elizabethan England, is Verity & Perpetua. She has also written for many magazines, including Down East, and was an editor at The Dissident, a Maine journal of politics and art. One of the founders of Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, she is the 2016 recipient of MWPA’s Distinguished Achievement Award. She is Professor Emerita in Liberal Arts at Maine College of Art and Design and the editorial director of Littoral Books, a small press based in Portland, which focuses on publishing the work of Maine writers and artists.
