Join us for an evening of poetry with Kai Coggin as we celebrate the release of her latest collection of poetry, Mining for Stardust.

Mining for Stardust is a fiery and tender witness, a poetic chronology of one of the greatest collective paradigm shifts of our lifetime. Coggin's first poem in the collection was written on the first day of the COVID-19 lockdown. Each subsequent poem moves the reader through the pandemic, the summer of protests, the U.S. presidential election, and toward what seems like the other side of this darkest time in our memory. She...

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 Vermont-based performance poet, paper artist, and events coordinator, as well as the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland. Zanella’s poems have most recently appeared in The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. 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 this series alongside Michael Kingsbury around Rutland County. In 2020, Bianca founded and is the owner of The...

“When Hooper and Mares got together to write I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing, they made sure you won’t be able to either. Most writers have to CRAFT titles for their books; Hooper and Mares ARE their own titles.”—Frank Bryan, University of Vermont professor and humorist

Join us for an evening full of laughter and stories as we weclome Don Hooper and Bill Mares to celebrate the release of their new book, I Could...

Calling all kids!  Grab a cup of cocoa and something to draw with and join us on Zoom for a special story time event featuring Five Little Monkeys Looking for Santa with Vermont author and illustrator Eileen Christelow!  

In this cozy picture book set on Christmas Eve, the Five Little Monkeys are sure that every little noise they hear is Santa—and of course they have to jump out of bed each time to investigate! Will they ever go to sleep?  

We'll also learn to draw some of our favorite storybook Monkeys! 

Eileen Christelow has written and illustrated numerous best-selling picture books...