Past Events
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Wednesday, September 28 at 7:00 pm
Virtually appear 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, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery.
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Presented by Onion River Press
Tuesday, September 27 at 7:00 pm
Join us at Phoenix Books Burlington for an evening with Catherine Sanders Bodnar to celebrate the launch of her debut novel with Onion River Press, Losing June: Coming of Age at the Foot of St. Helens.
This coming-of-age thriller is part ghost story, part magical realism, and part reality. Every character has a secret. With a beautifully picturesque setting, James is tasked with finding his sister and manages to find himself as well. -Terry Persun, author of The Right Thing
In the wild Pacific Northwest, sixteen-year-old introvert James Hart hopes to climb a volcano, maybe meet a girl, and reconnect with his estranged father in Alaska. But the summer takes a dark turn when he finds...
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Thursday, September 15 at 7:00 pm
In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore—a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story.
Please join us at Phoenix Books Burlington for a very special launch-week event with Vermont author GennaRose Nethercott to celebrate the release of her debut novel, Thistlefoot. This event will feature a reading and puppet show--animating chapters of Thistlefoot through a series of hand built, hand-turned crankie panoramas and ornate puppetry, followed by a book signing. Recommended for ages 13+ due to some...
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Dr. Tanya Lee Stone Talks Visual Storytelling from Idea Through Book Design
Wednesday, September 14 at 4:30 pm
From Brain to Bookshelf: Dr. Tanya Lee Stone Talks Visual Storytelling from Idea Through Book Design
Join us in the Champlain Room at Champlain College Wednesday, September 14th, to celebrate the publication of Dr. Tanya Lee Stone's newest book: Peace is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together
Phoenix Books will be on site with copies of Dr. Stone's boooks for sale.Tanya Lee Stone is best known for her narrative nonfiction that focuses on overlooked histories. Her Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream won the Robert F. Sibert Medal; Courage Has No Color, about the first Black paratroopers in WWII, won the NAACP...
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An evening with Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven
Tuesday, September 13 at 7:00 pm
“This important book effectively debunks the myth that outsourced federal services are better and more cost-effective, while revealing the dangers of turning VA patients into ‘customers’ of the healthcare industry.” -- Donald Cohen, coauthor of ― The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back
“Our Veterans pulls back the curtain on the military and veteran community, often shrouded and protected by invocations of patriotism. . . . This book is a...
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The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit
Saturday, September 03 at 2:00 pm
Please join us as Becca Balint, current candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate visits Phoenix Books Rutland! Becca will be signing copies of her recently released collection of essays, The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit!
The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit collects the best-loved of Becca Balint’s weekly columns on politics, history, and culture...
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The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit
Saturday, September 03 at 10:30 am
Please join us as Becca Balint, current candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate visits Phoenix Books Essex! Becca will be signing copies of her recently released collection of essays, The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit!
The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit collects the best-loved of Becca Balint’s weekly columns on politics, history, and culture. Becca’s curiosity, humor, and deep affection for...
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Thursday, August 25 at 7:00 pm
Virtually appear 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, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery.
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Friday, August 19 at 6:00 pm
Join us during Friday Night Live for a meet and greet and book signing with Stefanie Schaffer, author of the inspirining memoir, Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation, a first-hand account of the accident that changed her life—both physically and emotionally.
What had seemed an ideal vacation became a nightmare, for her and her whole family. Trouble followed her home though, and Stefanie found herself in the midst of a daunting and unyielding legal battle, while also in the midst of her fight for physical recovery. In the aftermath, her family’s relentless support and persistence helped Stefanie wade through the anxiety and depression she endured as a result of the permanent physical damage...
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Thursday, July 28 at 7:00 pm
Virtually appear 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, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery.
They received the...
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