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Learn about Maine Wild Plants from Tom Seymour

Wild Plants of Maine, by Tom Seymour is tearing out of our doors and into fieldsand kitchens everywhere! We'd tell you to get it before it's gone, but this book looks to be a perennial bestseller. Grab a copy and start finding food in your own backyard—or your neighbor's backyard, or the woods behind your house, or the side ofMt.Katahdin. If you've ever wanted to spice up your meals, pick your own food, or just serve adventures for dinner, this book is must-have for you. 

As predicted in the first news release, Wild Plants of Maine, by Tom Seymour has become a must-have book for wild edible plant enthusiasts. Now, with the addition of 10 new chapters, this authoritative guide sheds new light on some old favorites. Mushrooms, nuts, berries and even some common but greatly underutilized greens highlight this, the newest edition of this popular guide to edible plants.  Order today!

Find Maine poetry

Maine is the perfect place for poetry. Everyone has their own perfect image of Maine and it still is a place where many poets wander and write while engaged with their image of how life should be. Fortunately I have engaged three very different and proficient poets writing in this state. Topping off this list are: Robert  Chute, Marge Finch and Russell Buker.

Just Write Books published Deposition LXXII Poems by Russell Buker He is currently working on his 14th book

But

Finally got up the courage
to do
what I should have done
years ago 

Looked both ways as
I
raced back from such
solitude

 Robert Chute is finalizing Excuse for Being Here. Excuse is part memoir and part poetry but all about Robert’s connection with Henry David Thoreau.

Sic Vita
I am a bundle of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together
Dangling this way and that, their links
We made so loose and wide,
Methinks,
For milder weather.
(Don’t throw bouquets at me
people will say we’re in love…)

Betit working on third novel

Paul Betit is working on his third novel—catch up on what you've missed! His two earlier books, Phu Bai and Kagnew Station are available here, and he offers signed copies through his own website, www.paulbetit.com!

Projects in the works

We always have several great projects in the works! Here is a sampling.

Food Fix: Ancient Nourishment for Modern Hungers by Susan Lebel Young, may be the most far-reaching project that we have tackled here at Just Write Books.  We published Young's first book, Lessons from a Golfer. Now Food Fix answers the questions: How do I stop being a junk food junkie? How do I control my food eating habits when I feel out of control? How do I feel at peace with food. Young, a retired pyschotherapist, a yoga and meditation/mindfulness teacher understands because for several decades she has found a way to control what she calls food frenzy. The book is scheduled for release March 13, 2013.

You can buy the book at your local bookstore or on our online bookstore. Check out Young's author events on our calendar: JWB Event Page.