

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Maine Irish Reads ‘These Days’ by Lucy Caldwell
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Maine Irish Reads, our monthly book club, meets every second Thursday here at the Center!
From 7:30 – 9 PM in the MIHC Library. Bring a friend. The more, the merrier.

About this month’s book:
Two sisters, four nights, one city.

April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it’s going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished.

Many won’t make it through, and no one who does will remain unchanged.

Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, These Days is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves.

These Days won both the 2023 Walter Scott Prize For Historical Fiction and the 2022 E. M. Forster Award
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/maine-irish-reads-‘these-days’-by-lucy-caldwell/200029501363612
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://maineirish.com/event/maine-irish-reads-february-2026/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102
- **lat**: 43.6504
- **long**: -70.26249
- **full address**: 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Maine Irish Heritage Center (https://allevents.in/org/maine-irish-heritage-center/6937423)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Maine Irish Heritage Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Maine Irish Reads ‘These Days’ by Lucy Caldwell ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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