Past Events

  • Sunday, September 17 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...

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  • Thursday, September 14 at 7:00 pm

    I didn’t just read this book―I consumed it. Joy Rides through the Tunnel of Grief is raw and fecund, heartbreaking, wise, wickedly funny, and razor sharp―one woman’s brave and vulnerable navigation of the daily pathos and joy that ultimately tells the story of the human condition. At times, the sheer craft of Jessica Hendry Nelson's writing stopped my breath and made me immediately re-read a passage just so that I could experience it again. -- Emily Saliers, Indigo Girls
     

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  • Book launch celebration presented with Onion River Press

    Thursday, September 07 at 7:00 pm

    Please join Onion River Press and Phoenix Books for an evening with Sefakor G.M.A. Komabu-Pomeyie, Ph.D to celebrate the release of her book, I'm Able

     

    From the author:  This book is about my life - from under my mother's desk as a child in Ghana to the hills of Vermont as a PhD holder now. As a bubbly child in my eighth year, who had all her future ahead and the love of her mom and dad, I never dreamt of waking up one day and losing my legs to polio, but that was what happened. From that point, my beautiful...

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  • join local author Jen Ellis for a book club style discussion plus signing.

    Thursday, September 07 at 6:00 pm

    Have you read Bernie's Mitten Maker by local author Jen Ellis? 
    If so, please join us at the Essex Free Library for an hour-long, adult  book club style discussion on Thursday September 7th! 
    The discussion is scheduled for 6-7pm, and Jen will be staying for an all-ages Q&A and signing until 8pm. 

    Phoenix Books will be on hand with copies of her book available for purchase. 

    See you there!

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  • Wednesday, September 06 at 6:00 pm

    Join Lt. Governor David Zuckerman and guests at Phoenix Books in Essex to hear excerpts from some books that have been the subject of bans and participate in a discussion about the importance of free speech, inclusion, democracy, and open dialogue.  Lt. Governor Zuckerman will be in conversation with Senator Tanya Vyhovsky and Vermont author Tanya Lee Stone.

    Around the country, we have seen the proliferation of book challenges and bans by school districts and local governments. These bans often target books that feature LGBTQ+ characters; talk about...

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  • Friday, September 01 at 6:00 pm

     

    Join us during Friday Night Live for a meet and greet and book signing with Jen Ellis, the author of Bernie’s Mitten Maker, a raw and honest account of the joy, stress, and shock of sudden internet fame.

    Told with captivating storytelling, this memoir explores the many roads that led to the Bernie Sanders mitten meme sensation that followed the 2021 presidential inauguration. Jen Ellis’s debut publication reads like an intimate conversation with an old friend. Ellis weaves the stories of her life together with humor and thoughtful insight. She shares her struggles with...

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  • Thursday, August 24 at 7:00 pm

    Join us on Zoom 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 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...

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  • Wednesday, August 23 at 6:00 pm

    Join Lt. Governor David Zuckerman and guests at Phoenix Books in Rutland to hear excerpts from some books that have been the subject of bans and participate in a discussion about the importance of free speech, inclusion, democracy, and open dialogue.

    Around the country, we have seen the proliferation of book challenges and bans by school districts and local governments. These bans often target books that feature LGBTQ+ characters; talk about gender and sexuality; highlight racial disparities; or talk about difficult issues such as substance abuse and cases of...

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  • Sunday, August 20 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...

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  • Saturday, August 19 at 10:00 am

    ❤️Celebrate Bookstore Romance Day at Phoenix Books Rutland!❤️

    Join us for a special meet & greet on Saturday, August 19th with Vermont author Amber Roberts from 1PM-3PM!  Amber will be at the store to sign copies of her new novel, Text Appeal, where STEM gets steamy when a coder takes up sexting to pay the bills.

    Light refreshments will be provided.

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