Past Events

  • Saturday, November 01 at 11:00 am

     

    Enjoy timeless tales and new adventures with your little ones.  Wondering what we'll read? Each week, we'll choose a new picture book, a classic, or a staff favorite. We might even take audience requests!

    See you there!

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  • Saturday, November 01 at 10:00 am

    It's Halloween time, and that means Trick-or-Treating!

    This year we are excited to announce that Phoenix Books Burlington will be participating in a community Trick-or-Treating event.

    On Saturday, November 1st, you, your family, and friends are invited to come tricking or treating at our store!

    The event will start at 10am and will run until we run out of candy!

    The only rule: YOU must come in costume!  Or be prepared to do a Trick!

    Look for the PURPLE JACK-O-LANTERN at participating stores.

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  • Friday, October 31 at 2:00 pm

  • Tuesday, October 28 at 7:00 pm

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Join Jon Derek Croteau for a discussion of his new book, My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Jon Derek Croteau (jonderekcroteau.com) is a consultant, educator, speaker, and writer. A Huffington Post contributor, he is the author of three books on leadership and numerous journal and periodical articles, as well as poetry, essays, and short stories. He is also executive producer of singer-songwriter Will Dailey’s fourth studio album, National Throat. Jon is a sought-after speaker on resilience, eating disorders and recovery, leadership and talent management, and...

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  • Saturday, October 25 at 2:00 pm

    Thea Lewis will tell tales of Haunted Inns and Ghostly Getaways of Vermont.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thea Lewis is the owner and tour guide for Queen City Ghost Walk. She is also the author of Haunted Burlington (2009).

    ABOUT THE BOOK: Creaks and groans in the night remind guests that they might not be alone in Vermont's inns. Discover the history behind some of the Green Mountain State's spookiest places to spend the night. Loyal guest Mary Todd Lincoln enjoyed her annual respites at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester so much that death could not interrupt the tradition. Some still feel the...

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  • Saturday, October 25 at 11:00 am

    Enjoy timeless tales and new adventures with your little ones.  Wondering what we'll read? Each week, we'll choose a new picture book, a classic, or a staff favorite. We might even take audience requests!

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  • Friday, October 24 at 6:00 pm

    Put on your PJs, grab your blanket and favorite stuffy and join us for a pajama party with local author and illustrator Tracey Campbell Pearson.

    ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: Tracey Campbell Pearson is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Bob, which Booklist called "a visual treat," and a series of board books including Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, a Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year. She lives in Jericho Center, Vermont.

    ABOUT THE BOOK: Tuck-In Time is perfect bedtime reading for little ones.

    When I tuck you in,
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  • Thursday, October 23 at 7:00 pm

    Join Stephen Cramer and Laban Carrick Hill for A Night of Hip Hop Literature.

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
    Stephen Cramer
    is the author of From the Hip: A Concise History of Hip Hop (in Sonnets). Cramer’s first book of poems, Shiva’s Drum, was selected by Grace Schulman for the National Poetry Series and published in 2004. His second, Tongue & Groove, was published by University of Illinois Press in 2007. His work has appeared in journals such as The American Poetry Review, African American Review, The Yale Review, Harvard Review, Green Mountains Review,...

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  • Wednesday, October 22 at 7:00 pm

    Join Ellen Stimson at the Fletcher Free Library for a discussion of her new book, Good Grief.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ellen Stimson is blessed with a wild pack of children; not-so-wild but completely adorable husband; and a very civilized group of chickens, dogs, and cats. Lately she's decided that she really wants a pig. She writes about the whole catastrophe from an old farmhouse in Vermont.

    ABOUT THE BOOK: One vacation changed everything.
    Ellen Stimson and her husband had such a wonderful time in Vermont that they wondered what living there would really be like. "What if we stayed here . . . forever?" So began...

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  • Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 pm

    On October 21, 2014, people across the country will unite to read the children’s book Bunny Cakes, a comical story of sibling bonding and birthday shenanigans, by bestselling author and illustrator Rosemary Wells.  Join a national movement to set a new record for reading the same book on the same day!

    ABOUT THE NATIONAL EVENT: Jumpstart is a national organization that works toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.  Jumpstart’s premiere national campaign, Read for the Recordmobilizes millions of children and adults to celebrate literacy by participating in the largest shared...

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