Literary/literacy statewide nonprofit
Maine Reads is a statewide literacy organization based in Portland. In addition to distributing books to Maine's kindergartners and grants monies to public libraries, Maine Reads presents the Maine Festival of the Book every April in Portland. The three-day event attracts 2,000 people annually to free programming for all ages featuring 75 or more actors, artists and award-winning authors from all over the country.
Keywords: Festival, entertainment, art, arts, culture, literature, books, free, literacy, writers, artists, performances,