Past Events
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Saturday, February 21 at 2:00 pm
Join Debbie Bookchin for the Vermont book launch event for The Next Revolution.
ABOUT THE EDITOR: Debbie Bookchin is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and numerous other publications. She is Murray Bookchin's daughter and a trustee of the Murray Bookchin Trust.
ABOUT THE BOOK: From Athens to New York, recent mass movements around the world have challenged austerity and authoritarianism with expressions of real democracy. For more than forty years, Murray Bookchin developed these democratic aspirations...
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Thursday, February 19 at 6:30 pm
It took more than Ethan Allen! Superior Court Judge Robert Mello will discuss and sign his new full-length biography about Moses Robinson—perhaps Vermont's most important founding father you never heard of!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A former trustee of the Vermont Historical Society and a current Superior Court judge, Robert Mello has had a life-long fascination with American history and the law, especially the early history of Vermont.
ABOUT THE BOOK:Moses Robinson appears in books about early Vermont history, but as a minor character in the story of the founding of the state, and with little substance. In this full-length...
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Thursday, February 12 at 6:30 pm
Join Lisa Chase for a discussion of her new book, Food, Farms, and Community.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lisa Chase is the natural resources specialist at University of Vermont Extension and the director of the Vermont Tourism Research Center.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Throughout the United States, people are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from, how it is produced, and how its production affects individuals and their communities. The answers to these questions reveal a complex web of interactions. While large, distant farms and multinational companies dominate at national and global levels, innovative programs...
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Saturday, February 07 at 11:00 am
Join beloved children's author Katherine Paterson for a discussion of her memoir, Stories of My Life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Katherine Paterson is a legendary children's books author whose work has garnered many awards, including two Newbery medals, two National Book Awards, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder medal for her substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. She served as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2010‐2011 and is currently vice president of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance. She lives in Barre, Vermont.
ABOUT THE BOOK: From her childhood in...
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Tuesday, January 27 at (All day)
Phoenix Books Essex will celebrate the release of Fairest, the latest book in the Lunar Chronicles series. Come on by to find out why this series is a multiple staff pick at Phoenix, and get some Lunar Chronicles swag! (While supplies last.)
The Lunar Chronicles are futuristic retellings of classic fairy tales. In Cinder, a teenage cyborg (half human, half machine) must deal with a wicked stepmother, start a rebellion against the evil Queen Levana, and decide how she feels about a handsome prince. As the series continues, Cinder forges alliances with Scarlet, a spaceship pilot who is determined to solve the mystery of a missing loved one — with the help of a magnetic street fighter named Wolf; Cress, a computer hacker who is imprisoned by Queen...
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Thursday, January 22 at 6:30 pm
Join Kathryn Cramer, editor of the anthology Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, and contributor James Cambias.
ABOUT THE EDITOR: Kathryn Cramer is a writer, critic, and anthologist who co-edited the Year’s Best Fantasy and Year’s Best SF series with David G. Hartwell. She was the P. Schuyler Miller Critic Guest of Honor at Confluence 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA. She has been nominated for and won numerous awards for her work as editor on various anthologies, and is on...
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Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 pm
Join Shelagh Shapiro and Malisa Garlieb for an evening of story and poetry!
ABOUT SHELAGH SHAPIRO: Shelagh Connor Shapiro's stories have appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, The Baltimore Review, Short Story, Gulf Stream, and others. Her story “somewhere never gladly” was included in Please Do Not Remove, a collection of literary work inspired by Vermont library cards. She has an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a contributing editor for the Vermont journal Hunger Mountain. Her radio show, Write The Book, which features interviews with authors, poets, agents, and editors, is heard...
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Wednesday, December 31 at 3:00 pm
Phoenix Books Burlington will be a venue for this year's First Night Burlington!
Please visit the First Night Burlington website for details and tickets.
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Saturday, December 20 at 12:00 pm
How about a taste of spring in the form of delicious, sparkling juice? Stop by anytime between noon and 2pm (while supplies last) to enjoy free samples of delicious drinks featured in Drink the Harvest: Making and Preserving Juices, Wines, Meads, Teas, and Ciders by Nan Chase and DeNeice Guest!
Kristen says, "The authors of Drink the Harvest offer a surprising variety of potable recipes, from rosehip tea to kombucha, blueberry basil syrup to crab apple juice, garden mint wine to spiced apple mead. This book makes a great gift for gardeners, health-conscious folks, parents looking for nutritious and additive-free treats, homesteaders, localvores, CSA members, and foodies. Everyone will appreciate Chase's and Guest's accessible directions and helpful tips...
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Saturday, December 13 at 1:00 pm
Browse for gifts while you enjoy live holiday music from many countries and many times. Full Circle is a group of five women who play a mixture of medieval, Renaissance, Celtic, folk, and holiday music on recorders, tin whistle, harp, guitar, hammered dulcimer, percussion and voices. Their recordings will be offered for sale at the store.
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