Past Events

Emily Bernard

Black is the Body *Book Launch*

Burlington

Tuesday, January 29 at 6:30 pm

Join Emily Bernard to celebrate the launch of her new book, Black is the Body.

ABOUT THE BOOK: An extraordinary, exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that looks at race—in a fearless, penetrating, honest, true way—in twelve telltale, connected, deeply personal essays that explore, up-close, the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and ambushing realities of growing up black in the South with a family name inherited from a white man, of getting a PhD from Yale, of marrying a white man from the North, of adopting two babies from Ethiopia, of teaching at a white college and living in America’s New England today. From the acclaimed editor of Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van...
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Saragail Benjamin

Essex

Saturday, January 26 at 11:00 am

Entertainer and teacher Saragail Benjamin weaves story, rhythm, & song in a 100% interactive program. We’ll drum a story, sing a sunrise, and dance to the rhythms of our hearts! Join us for a blast of musical fun!

Saragail Benjamin has engaged thousands of people, ages 1-102, in music making, in schools, camps, community centers, and boardrooms of international corporate giants like Reebok-Adidas & Sanofi Pasteur. Visit www.SaragailBenjamin.com to learn more.

All ages are welcome to this free...
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Sneak Peek: And Then There Were None

Rutland

Saturday, January 26 at 11:00 am

Join us in welcoming the Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre to Phoenix Books! They will be performing scenes from their upcoming show, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None on Saturday, January 26 from 11 am-12 noon. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the director and cast and to ask questions.

All welcome!

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Katherine Arden & S. A. Chakraborty

The Winter of the Witch & The Kingdom of Copper

Burlington

Thursday, January 24 at 6:30 pm

Join acclaimed fantasy authors Katherine Arden and S. A. Chakraborty for a discussion of their bestselling series, Arden's Winternight trilogy and Chakraborty's Daevabad trilogy.

ABOUT THE BOOKS:
Reviewers called Katherine Arden’s novels The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower “lyrical,” “emotionally stirring,” and “utterly bewitching.” The Winternight Trilogy introduced an unforgettable heroine, Vasilisa Petrovna, a girl determined to forge her own path in a world that would rather lock her away. Her gifts and her courage have drawn the attention of Morozko, the winter-king, but as The Winter of the Witch opens, it is too soon to know if this connection will prove a blessing or a curse.

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Thomas Christopher Greene

The Perfect Liar

Essex

Tuesday, January 22 at 6:30 pm

Join Thomas Christopher Greene for a talk on his new novel, The Perfect Liar.

ABOUT THE BOOK: A seemingly perfect marriage is threatened by the deadly secrets husband and wife keep from each other.
Susannah, a young widow and single mother, has remarried well: to Max, a charismatic artist and popular speaker whose career took her and her fifteen-year-old son out of New York City and to a quiet Vermont university town. Strong-willed and attractive, Susannah expects that her life is perfectly in place again. Then one quiet morning she finds a note on her door: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
Max dismisses the note as a prank. But days after a neighborhood couple comes to dinner, the husband mysteriously dies in a tragic accident while on a run with...
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Lizi Boyd

Night Play

Rutland

Saturday, January 19 at 11:00 am

Join Lizi Boyd for a story time featuring her new book, Night Play.

ABOUT THE BOOK: It's time for bed. Everyone is asleep. Or are they?
Arlo and his stuffed animal friends like to put on pretend plays. But after Arlo falls asleep, his friends don't want to stop. Can they work together to put on their play?
Through fanciful paintings and a lively text, Lizi Boyd has once again tapped into the imaginary world of children. Her hallmark use of die-cut pages, along with a showstopping gatefold, will have readers of all ages shouting "Bravo!"

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lizi Boyd is the creator of numerous award-winning books, including the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Big Bear Little Chair and...
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Polly Young-Eisendrath

Love Between Equals

Burlington

Thursday, January 17 at 6:30 pm

Join Polly Young-Eisendrath for a talk on her new book, Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Learn how to successfully negotiate conflicts and deepen our most intimate relationships in this practical and thoughtful guide by an experienced Buddhist teacher, psychotherapist, and couples counselor. A committed relationship, as most people see it today, is a partnership of equals who share values and goals, a team united by love and dedicated to each other’s growth on every level. This contemporary model for coupledom requires real intention and work, and, more often than not, the traditional archetypes of relationships experienced by our parents and grandparents fail us or seem irrelevant. Utilizing the...
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Calling all Louise Penny Fans!

Rutland

Tuesday, January 15 at 6:30 pm

Join us for a discussion celebrating one of our favorite authors -- Louise Penny -- and all things Three Pines & Chief Inspector Armand Gamace. All welcome to this free event (no matter if you are reading book 1 or book 14!). Light fare will be provided.

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Poetry Open Mic

with Bianca Amira Zanella

Rutland

Sunday, January 13 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’s poems have most recently appeared in The Mountain Troubadour and The Reverie. The recipient of a 2014 Robert T. Marsh Memorial Prize for Excellence in Writing and a 2017 Green Mountain Scholarship, Bianca plans to finalize her initial poetry as social change manuscript while studying at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA for Writing and Publishing program. Bianca has workshopped under the BreakBeat Poets, DarkMatter, Aja Monet, and Sarah Kay. In addition to facilitating...
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Pat Esden

His Dark Magic

Burlington

Saturday, January 12 at 2:00 pm

Join Pat Esden to celebrate the release of her new novel, His Dark Magic.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Its power is legendary. It can fulfill every impossible magical desire. But for one young witch seeking redemption, the Northern Circle coven will challenge her skills - and her heart - beyond measure.
One tragic impulsive mistake made Chloe Winslow an outcast to her influential magic family. As a medical student, she wants to combine science with sorcery to heal those she hurt and right her wrongs. But brilliant, charismatic Devlin Marsh re-routes her plans with a once-in-eternity offer: membership in the exclusive Northern Circle, a mysterious Vermont coven known for pushing the limits.
Enthralled by Devlin and their mesmerizing mutual...
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