Hosting Read ME
Read ME is structured to enable even the smallest, most rural libraries to participate. All that’s required is a commitment to making each of the featured titles available to their patrons.
To make participation even easier, Maine Humanities provides a number of tools for libraries to the share the books with their patrons, convene book discussions, host author talks, and more.
Program Branding
Let your patrons know you’re a Read ME participating library!
Program Description: Read ME is the Maine Humanities Council’s statewide summer reading program offered in partnership with Maine State Library and Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Every year, the program gets Mainers all reading books by Maine authors with libraries and their patrons participating in a summer of reading and discussing the featured books.
Share in your library, on social media, in your e-newsletter, on your website, etc.
Tag us @mainehumanities
Announcement Example: “We’re happy to announce that (your library name) is a Read ME 2026 participating library! This summer’s featured youth titles are Monster Locker, co-written by graphic novelist Andrés Vera Martínez, and Lucy! How Lucile Ball Did It All, co-written by Jacqueline Tourville. We can’t wait to share all the exciting opportunities we have in store for joining Maine’s statewide summer read!“
Please use the logos for any additional publicity materials you create.
AUTHORS
Bring this year’s featured authors to your library
ANDRÉS VERA MARTÍNEZ
Jacqueline Tourville
EVENT BRANDING
Tools for hosting book discussions and author talks, sharing the books with your patrons, and more.
EVENT Flyer Templates
For printing and sharing in your library or community.
EVENT GRAPHICS
For Facebook Events, websites, or other online uses.
