“Witty, authentic, and visual, echoing with grace and deep insight."
— Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award Winner
Mechanics’ Hall and The Telling Room are delighted to co-host the book launch for It Rains Diamonds on Neptune: The Telling Room’s 20th Anniversary Anthology. This illustrated anthology pairs the voices of youth with those of established Maine authors writing across genres, identities, experiences, and themes. Powerful stories, poems, essays, and recipes—accompanied by pen and ink illustrations—touch on pressing topics impacting youth today, from climate change, LGBTQ+ identity, gun violence, and racism; to finding community, cultural connections, humor, and hope in unexpected places.
The evening will feature readings by:
Brooks Miller & Maya Williams
Leela Marie Hidier & Nick Fuller Googins
Jules Vázquez & Mira Ptacin
Noor Sager & Arisa White
Preorder your copy of It Rains Diamonds on Neptune from The Telling Room here:
www.tellingroom.org/bookstore/20th-anniversary-anthology
Orders can be shipped or picked up directly at the book launch.
We hope you'll join us for an evening of storytelling from across genres! Books will be available for purchase from The Telling Room the night of with signings to follow the author readings.
Here’s what readers are saying about It Rains Diamonds on Neptune:
“This book is a treasure.” — Lily King, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author
“A book for our times—for this particular moment.” — Bob Keyes, Chair of the Maine Arts Commission and author of The Isolation Artist
“An ode to connection, to community, to creativity, to our stories, and to the incredible resilience—the joy!—of youth voices.” — Tanuja Desai Hidier, author of Born Confused and Bombay Blues
“Captures the beauty and challenge of becoming who we are with compassion, imagination, and language that glitters as hard as it hits.” — Julia Bouwsma, Maine Poet Laureate and author of Midden
