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Bass Harbor Memorial Library

Celebrate Our Community with Books!

Bass Harbor Memorial Library
89 Bernard Road, PO Box 99
Bernard, Maine 04612

Voice & Fax (207) 244-3798

Who Is Ruth Moore?

A Tremont native, born in 1903 and raised on Great Gott Island, Ruth Moore was an important Maine author of the twentieth century. She is best known for her honest portrayals of Maine people and evocative descriptions of the state. Moore was a significant literary figure on the national stage during her career. Her second novel Spoonhandle spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in the company of George Orwell, W. Somerset Maugham and Robert Penn Warren. In her time, Moore was hailed as “New England’s only answer to Faulkner”.

Author, poet and essayist of over 25 novels, collections, short fiction and essays, including  The Weir (1943), Spoonhandle (1946), Candlemas Bay (1950), Speak to the Winds (1956), Cold As a Dog and the Wind Northeast (1958), The Tired Apple Tree (1990), When Foley Craddock Tore Off My Grandfather’s Thumb: The Collected Stories of Ruth Moore and Eleanor Mayo (2004), “The Ladies from Philadelphia,” Harper’s Bazaar August 1945, “It Don’t Change Much,” The New Yorker October 1945, and “Farmer Takes a Newspaper,” The Saturday Review of Literature July 1948

Library Hours

Tues:  10 AM – 5 PM
Wed: 10 AM – 5 PM
Thurs:  10 AM – 8 PM
Fri:  10 AM – 5 PM
Sat:  10 AM – 2 PM

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Our Card Catalog

Bass Harbor Library Card Catalog
The Bass Harbor Memorial Library catalog is now on Evergreen. You can look up books and place holds with an account. Please call the Library at 207-244-3798 or email librarian@bassharborlibrary.com to request your card number and password.

Cloud Library: Download Audio & Ebooks

The new download library, CloudLibrary is up and running! Click HERE to borrow electronic materials.

Online Book Catalogs

  • Bass Harbor Memorial Library Catalog
  • Cloud Library
  • ComicsPlus
  • Digital Maine Library
  • Minerva Catalog- Interlibrary Loan

On Our Walls

SEA WITCH: PHOTOGRAPHS, POEMS, AND FORGET-ME-NOTS FROM A MAINER GROWING UP

The Bass Harbor Memorial Library will be featuring an exhibit of the work of poet, photographer, year-round swimmer, and native daughter of Stonington, Deer Isle, Kristie Billings. This show coincides with the celebration of the release of Kristie’s book ‘Sea Witch: Photographs, Poems and Forget-Me-Nots from a Mainer Growing Up’, published by Seapoint Books and Media LLC of… [read more]

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