Books & Ideas
Shirley Mayhew’s affectionate recollections of West Tisbury chronicle the years from 1947, when she arrived as a bride to a community of 239...
Bella the puppeteer has exchanged the stage for some crayons. Her new activity coloring book for children is called Arakataka and it is a take off on...
Holly Bellebuono's new book is part biography, part history, part geography and part linguistics lesson, all set against the broad backdrop of...
From stories about bees and alligators to how to raise a passionate reader, a look at three new books from authors with Vineyard ties.
Nick Bunker's An Empire on the Edge, How Britain Came to Fight America visits the origins of the American Revolution from the British perspective. He...
Join the Vineyard Haven Public Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Poetry Society as they celebrate Arnie Reisman as the new Martha’s Vineyard poet...
Tragedy has a way of striking its targets indiscriminately. No family, no matter how privileged, and no place, no matter how magical, is immune....
For 25 years it was an anticipated event — the arrival of the limited-edition prints depicting classic Vineyard fishing scenes as rendered by artist...
The unexplained sinking of the fishing boat Sol e Mar sent large waves across the waterfront community. In the end this marine disaster led to...
A poetry reading that is as much a celebration of the poet as of the poems is not very common. Yet that was what took place Tuesday afternoon in...
Mytoi Garden on Chappy sets the stage as noted Vineyard poets Lee McCormack, Judith Neeld, Clark Myers and William Waterway read for The Trustees of...
Reading is alive and well on the Vineyard, librarians agreed this week, as they reviewed circulation numbers that show material lending is trending...
