Past Events
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Book Launch Celebration
Tuesday, October 17 at 6:30 pm
Phoenix Books Rutland is excited to welcome author Sophie Tanen back to Vermont! Please join us on Tuesday, October 17th at 6:30pm as we celebrate the release of Sophie's debut novel, Fifty Feet Down which is set in West Rutland, Vermont.
About the book:
In the years since its foundation, the town of West Rutland has been known for one thing only: marble.
Marble houses, marble art, marble people. They were first and foremost a marble town, historically mining from deep, hundred feet quarries scattered in the...
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Sunday, October 15 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...
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Saturday, October 14 at 3:00 pm
Phoenix Books is thrilled to join Come Alive Outside and Real Rutland for a family fall festival for the ages! Celebrate fall with activities, decorations and a kid-friendly spooky outdoor movie at 6pm. Enjoy live music and food from local food trucks. Join us for the fun!
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Thursday, October 12 at 6:00 pm
Calling all kids! Please join us for a special celebration of all things Fall and Halloween at Phoenix Books in Essex! We are planning a fabulous night of author meet & greets, crafts, and fall-themed snacks and drinks.
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Meet & Greets with three Vermont authors! J.L. DuRona, Darcy Marks, and Chrissy Lane will be joining us to chat about their books and sign copies. Please check out all the featured titles at the bottom of this... -
Wednesday, October 04 at 7:00 pm
“An enthralling light emanates from the center of her poetry that reveals a life lived fully in love, laughter, joy, and sorrows overcome. Madeleine Kunin carries and divines her lineage and history with the kind of insight that is spectacularly fresh and tender. A hardwired sense of beauty throbs throughout the poems. ” —Major Jackson, author of Roll Deep, The Absurd Man, among others, and host of “The Slowdown”
Phoenix Books Burlington is honored to present an evening of poetry with Governor Madeleine May Kunin...
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Sunday, October 01 at 2:00 pm
“An enthralling light emanates from the center of her poetry that reveals a life lived fully in love, laughter, joy, and sorrows overcome. Madeleine Kunin carries and divines her lineage and history with the kind of insight that is spectacularly fresh and tender. A hardwired sense of beauty throbs throughout the poems. ” —Major Jackson, author of Roll Deep, The Absurd Man, among others, and host of “The Slowdown”
Please join us in downtown Rutland for an afternoon of poetry with Governor Madeleine May Kunin to celebrate...
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Book Launch Celebration
Tuesday, September 26 at 7:00 pm
Taking its title from Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Leslie Sainz’s Have You Been Long Enough at Table explores the personal and historical tragedies of the Cuban American experience through a distinctly feminine lens. Formally diverse with echoes of Spanish throughout, this debut collection critiques power and patriarchy as weaponized by the governments of the United States and the Republic of Cuba. In investigating the realities of displacement and inherited exile, Sainz honors her imagined past, present, and future as a result of the “revolution within the revolution”—the emancipation of Cuban women.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Tuesday, September 26 at 5:30 pm
Join us in Essex on Tuesday, September 26th for Turning Pages Live!
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We will be discussing The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid with Mary of Star 92.9's Mike and Mary. Come prepared for spoilers--we're going to talk about the whole book! Light refreshments and fabulous reading recommendations will be provided. Mary's book pick for October will also be announced at the party. You can join the Turning Pages with Mary Facebook group here.
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Monday, September 25 at 7:00 pm
Please join us at Phoenix Books Burlington to celebrate the release of Thea Lewis' new book, True Crime Stories of Burlington, Vermont.
Burlington has long been known as the shining jewel in Vermont's crown, but a current of darkness flows beneath this charming port on Lake Champlain. There is a sordid side to the city that top-ten lists routinely call " one of the country's most livable cities," with stories of dirty cops, notorious ladies of the night, knife wielding psychopaths, lovers off the deep end and famous serial killers.
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Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm
Despite being shy and modest (her actual words), Aparna Nancherla has a lot to say. So much so that she wrote a whole dang book about how shy and modest she is. But that wasn't enough for her. Oh no no no. When asked to do a book tour, she said, "Actually, what if I just do standup? And sort of throw books at people as they're trying to leave?" And honestly, all her
stuffed animalsagents got so excited about it they threw a bunch of papers in the air like at NASA when the rocket is safe. And so, here it is. A book tour featuring mostly standup.Unreliable Narrator is a collection of essays that uses Aparna’s signature...
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