Upcoming Events

  • A Father's Search for His Son, Two-Tour Marine Veteran of the Iraq War

    Wednesday, June 14 at 7:00 pm

    Please join us as we welcome author Patrick Smithwick to Phoenix Books Burlington for a discussion of his powerful new book, War's Over, Come Home: A Father's Search for His Son, Two-Tour Marine Veteran of the Iraq War.

    "No one who cares about today’s veterans should miss this splendid book." —Henry Taylor, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author of This Tilted World Is Where I Live: New and Selected Poems 1962–2020.

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  • Book Launch Celebration

    Monday, June 19 at 7:00 pm

     

    Please join us at AO Glass in downtown Burlington as we celebrate the release of The Glass Chateau with critically acclaimed author Stephen P. Kiernan.  This very special launch event is happening in the glass factory where research for The Glass Chateau took place.   Refreshments available, glass giveaways during the event.

    About the book:  One month after the end of World War II, amid the jubilation in the streets of France, there are throngs of people stunned by the recovery work ahead. Every bridge, road, and rail line, every church and school and hospital, has been destroyed. Disparate factions—from Communists, to Resistance fighters, to federalists, to those who supported appeasement of the Nazis—must somehow unite and rebuild their devastated country.

    Asher lost his family during the war, and in revenge served as an assassin in the Resistance. Burdened by grief and guilt, he wanders through the...



  • Thursday, June 22 at 6:30 pm

    Stephen P. Kiernan: The Glass Chateau at Phoenix Books Rutland June 22, 2023 6:30 PM

    Please join us at Phoenix Books as we welcome critically acclaimed author Stephen P. Kiernan back to Rutland to celebrate the release of his latest novel, The Glass Chateau.  Stephen will be in conversation with Harry McEnerny, actor, director, longtime professor at Castleton University.

    About the book:  One month after the end of World War II, amid the jubilation in the streets of France, there are throngs of people stunned by the recovery work ahead. Every bridge, road, and rail line, every church and school and hospital, has been destroyed. Disparate factions—from Communists, to Resistance fighters, to federalists, to those who supported appeasement of the Nazis—must somehow unite and rebuild their devastated country.

    Asher lost his family during the war, and in revenge served as an assassin in the Resistance. Burdened by grief and guilt...



  • at Phoneix Books Rutland

    Sunday, June 25 at 2:00 pm

    Join us for an afternoon of poetry hosted by Phoenix Books Rutland’s own Bianca Amira Zanella.  Come to read, come to listen, or come for both!  Those interested in reading can sign up at the door.

     

    ABOUT THE EVENT HOST:  Bianca Amira Zanella is a cis queer Vermont-based performance poet, artist, and advocate living on traditionally Abenaki land. She is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland, hosting an international monthly open mic. Her poems have most recently appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. Their poem films, sculptural poems, and poem paintings have also been on exhibit with PoemCity Montpelier, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery.

    They received the Corrine Eastman Davis Memorial Award for their poem, "A prayer –before the soup– for the suicidal son" (2018). In 2019, Bianca acted as Wellness Coordinator for the Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam (FEMS) tournament based in Cambridge, MA, and founded "Infinite Lit: a night of spoken word poetry," co-producing the...



  • Presented by Onion River Press

    Thursday, June 29 at 7:00 pm

    Please join Onion River Press and Phoenix Books for an evening with Janvier Nsengiyumva to celebrate the release of his memoir, Eyes Guided by God.

    A child of Burundian immigrants, Janvier was born and raised in the harsh reality of Tanzanian refugee camps. This stark yet moving autobiography tells of his memories of that time, from his birth and growing up in the camps with his brothers and sisters, to his early years in the United States.

    Recalling the memories of his family and their journey from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide to the Tanzanian camps before he was born in 1997, Janvier tells the story of a shy child living in a refugee camp, navigating a world of poverty, fear, death, illness, and bullying as his family dealt with the repatriation of Burundian refugees and the immigration process.

    Janvier Nsengiyumva is a graduate of Burlington High School and Saint Michael's College with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. He is...



  • Thursday, June 29 at 7:00 pm to at 8:30 pm

    Please join us for a National Poetry Month celebration!

    Virtually appear to read and/or to listen. Those interested in reading can sign up at the beginning of the meeting, via the Zoom Chat Box feature. 

    ABOUT THE EVENT HOST:  Bianca Amira Zanella is a cis queer Vermont-based performance poet, artist, and advocate living on traditionally Abenaki land. She is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland, hosting an international monthly open mic. Her poems have most recently appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. Their poem films, sculptural poems, and poem paintings have also been on exhibit with PoemCity Montpelier, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery.

    They received the Corrine Eastman Davis Memorial Award for their poem, "A prayer –before the soup– for the suicidal son" (2018). In 2019, Bianca acted as Wellness Coordinator for the Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam (FEMS) tournament based in Cambridge, MA, and founded "Infinite Lit: a night of spoken word poetry," co-producing the...



  • Wednesday, July 12 at 7:00 pm

    Check back soon for more details!



  • join local author Jen Ellis for a book club style discussion plus signing.

    Thursday, September 07 at 6:00 pm to at 8:00 pm

    Have you read Bernie's Mitten Maker by local author Jen Ellis? 
    If so, please join us at the Essex Free Library for an hour-long, adult  book club style discussion on Thursday September 7th! 
    The discussion is scheduled for 6-7pm, and Jen will be staying for an all-ages Q&A and signing until 8pm. 

    Phoenix Books will be on hand with copies of her book available for purchase. 

    See you there!