Chapel Street Editions

08/04/2026

08/03/2026

On the Hartland Covered Bridge with our new book about the Hartland Salmon Pool.

07/25/2026

07/23/2026

Book launch this evening at the Walter J. Chestnut Library in Hartland.

01/29/2026

"Something quite extraordinary often happens when people who are bare acquaintances have a conversation about a mutually appreciated book, or when one of them introduces a book previously unknown to the other that instantly rings a bell and sparks an animated conversation. It's as if in a loose network of associations an island of common ground suddenly appears and a sense of affinity clicks into place that leaps across the space between them."

Next Thursday, February 5th, 7 pm at the shop (88 York St.), we're excited to welcome Woodstock publisher, author, and activist Keith Helmuth in to read from and talk about his memoir Working in the Commonwealth of Books.

It's a book for anyone who reads books, talks about books, works in the book trade, or is interested in grassroots conversations about community and culture, vocation and values.

We hope you will join us.

01/11/2026

We're hosting or participating in some exciting events over the next few weeks!

All events take place at the shop unless otherwise noted.

See our website for more details.

09/20/2025

Chapel Street Editions books available today at Buttermilk Creek Fall Festival in Florenceville.

09/09/2025

A couple of years ago during the transfer from Westminster Books to Westminster Bookmark we were taking our store's inventory. On one table we had piled all of the books by local publisher Chapel Street Editions. From Peter Clair's Taapoategl & Pallet to Virginia Bliss Bjerkelund's Meadowlands, it was amazing, even a bit overwhelming, to see just how much of our region's creativity and history was contained there.

Keith Helmuth, publisher of Chapel Street Editions, has devoted his life to books and book culture. He has done this as an activist, a bookseller, a college librarian, a bookstore manager, and a community-based publisher. And whenever he's in the shop talking books or presenting an author at an event, he brings his quiet curiosity, his sense of purpose, and his kind nature with him.

So what a joy to see his memoir, Working in the Commonwealth of Books, arrive at the shop today. We at Westminster Bookmark can't wait to read it and share it with you.