Paul Pare is a former
Lewiston resident
and Journal reporter

A former Lewiston newspaperman will present his latest novel “Road Kill” at the Auburn Public Library in early December. Paul Paré will participate in a book talk Thursday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. at the library.  The event is open to the general public and is offered free of charge.

Paré was a reporter for the Lewiston Evening Journal in the late 1960s and into the 1970s and was one of the founders of the Franco-American Festival. He later worked in radio and television, receiving an Emmy for his work at NH Public TV.

His novel “Road Kill” gives homelessness a face and a story. A seriously noir account, the book includes among its New England characters a school principal caught in a sex sting operation and a visionary who sees evil and death in people’s faces. They make their way to Florida where they encounter a group of squatters in a hurricane-devastated trailer park, dumpster divers, drag queens and church ladies on a mission. The book was published last year by Piscataqua Press of Portsmouth, N.H. His first novel, “Singing the Vernacular,” published in 2008 was set largely in Lewiston as will be his next one scheduled for next year tentatively titled “The Obituary Girl.”

At the Auburn Public Library event, Paré will read excerpts and answer questions; signed copies will be available for sale.