Rustica, Farmington, ME (2025)

07/24/2025

RUSTICA Issue 4 is available for pre-order! 🎉

This next issue explores the creative heart of rural life, from essays and fiction to visual art.

Order your copy today, and we’ll ship it straight to your door upon release: https://rusticajournal.com/buy-rustica

07/22/2025

Introducing the cover of RUSTICA Issue 4! 🎻

Introducing the cover of Rustica' summer 2025 issue, featuring as cover art "Practicing Detachment," a beautiful plywood cutout from writer/visual artist/musician/stuntologist Sam Bartlett.

The issue - which will be available soon to order and from bookstores near you - features work from Sam Amidon, Zak Kendall, Rylan Hynes, Lucy Schiller, Shannon Bowring, Sarah Shaw, and others!

You can preorder your copy TODAY at rusticajournal.com/buy-rustica!

07/21/2025

Something new is coming your way…

05/28/2025

🖍️ TOMORROW at 6 PM!

Lincoln Peirce, creator of "Big Nate" and "Max & the Midknights", is coming to Twice Sold Tales in Farmington for a fun, family-friendly evening!

Kids can join an interactive drawing game, hear stories behind the comics, and meet the cartoonist behind their favorite characters.

No RSVP needed, just show up ready to laugh and draw! Signed books, snacks, and drinks will be available, too!

This will be our last series for the spring season, so we hope to see you there!

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

05/23/2025

Looking for something fun and free to do with the kids next week? 🎨📚

Bring them to Twice Sold Tales on Thursday, May 29 at 6 PM for a special Thursday Island Series event with cartoonist Lincoln Peirce, the mind behind "Big Nate" and "Max & the Midknights"!

The kids will love the interactive drawing game and easel talk, and you’ll love the chance to meet one of the most beloved authors in children's comics.

Snacks, drinks, and signed books will be available!
The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

05/21/2025

Big Nate is coming to Farmington! 🗯️✏️

The Thursday Island Series thrilled to announce our first ever children’s event, featuring none other than Lincoln Peirce, creator of Big Nate and Max & the Midknights!

Expect an easel talk, a live drawing game, and even more fun for kids (and the young at heart)! Signed books, snacks, and drinks will be available too!

📍 Twice Sold Tales, Farmington
🕕 Thursday, May 29 at 6 PM

Mark your calendar; this one’s going to be a blast!

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers , and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

04/28/2025

Tomorrow at 6 PM! Don’t miss an intimate evening of poetry and art at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington with Alana Dao and meg willing of A CLEARING.

They’ll be sharing from their newest work, “A POSSIBLE PRACTICE: from mine / to keep”, and leading the audience in crafting a collective poem together ✏️

Come experience this one-of-a-kind literary gathering!

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

04/25/2025

What does it look like to create together? 🖋️

This Tuesday, April 29 at 6 PM, join artists and poets Alana Dao and meg willing at Twice Sold Tales for an evening that blends reading, collaboration, and community.

They’ll share from “A POSSIBLE PRACTICE: from mine / to keep”, their newest publication from A CLEARING, and guide the group in co-writing a community poem 📝

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

04/23/2025

Join us Tuesday, April 29 at 6 PM at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington for a special evening of poetry, art, and community with Alana Dao and meg willing, co-directors of the Maine-based arts collective A CLEARING.

They’ll be reading from their new collaborative publication, “A POSSIBLE PRACTICE: from mine / to keep”, and inviting attendees to co-create a community poem! ✒️

Beer, wine, and limited-edition zines, books, and ephemera from A CLEARING will be available for purchase.

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

03/26/2025

⏳ Tomorrow, Thursday, March 27th at 6 PM! Don’t miss an evening with author Shana Youngdahl at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington.

She’ll be reading from Catalog of Burnt Objects and leading a unique activity—folding paper trees from manuscript pages. ✂️

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers , and the Farmington-based literary magazine, .

03/24/2025

📖 Join us Thursday, March 27th at 6:00 PM at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington for a special evening with author Shana Youngdahl!

She’ll be reading from her newest book, Catalog of Burnt Objects, and leading a hands-on activity—folding paper trees from manuscript pages. 🌳

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, and the Farmington-based literary magazine, Rustica.

03/21/2025

The Thursday Island Reading Series is BACK with a new event on Thursday, March 27th at 6:00 PM! 📚✨

Join us at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington for a reading by author Shana Youngdahl, who will be sharing a reading from her newest book, Catalog of Burnt Objects, and hosting a special activity of folding paper trees from manuscript pages!

The Thursday Island Reading Series is a collaboration between Farmington's longtime used and new bookstores, Twice Sold Tales and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers , and the Farmington-based literary magazine, .

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