Phoenix Books is honored to host a book launch and discussion between Linda Lane, author of  Laser Lady Meets the Light Junkies: A Hollywood Memoir, and Shelburne Museum curator Katie Wood Kirchhoff.

About the book:  In the early the 1970s pop culture collided with science in a hurricane of eccentric personalities, deal-making, and unbridled hedonism. Linda Lane was at the center of it all. This cinematic coming-of-age memoir illuminates not only the birth of holography and its commercial intersection with Hollywood during the iconic early 1970s, but also Linda Lane’s struggles and victories as a young single woman working in a cutthroat male-dominated industry. It includes the many interactions she had with iconic filmmakers,...

Join us for a discussion with Allen Gilbert to celebrate the launch of his new book Equal Is Equal, Fair is Fair: Vermont's Quest for Equity in Education Funding, Same-Sex Marriage, and Health Care.

About the book:  Equal is Equal, Fair is Fair  is about Vermont's push during the last 25 years for equity in education, marriage benefits for same-sex couples, and health care services. Why Vermont, and why success in the first two areas but not the third? What's the history behind these movements? Key is Vermont's constitution, the least amended of any state constitution in the country. It contains a vision for equity that's...

Calling all kids!  

Phoenix Books Rutland is hosting a Storybook Character Scavenger Hunt around downtown Rutland from Saturday, September 26 - Saturday, October 3 as part of our 5th Anniversary celebration.  Find 15 of your favorite characters, including Pete the Cat, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Dog Man "hidden" in storefront windows in the downtown area.  Please be sure to observe social distancing guidelines.  

How to participate:

1.  Pick up a copy of the Scavenger Hunt worksheet at Phoenix Books Rutland or print a copy from the attached file.  

2.  Take a walk around downtown Rutland and look for these storybook characters "hidden" in the windows of the merchants listed.

3.  Draw a line...

Join us for an evening of poetry hosted by Phoenix Books' own Bianca Amira Zanella! 

Come to read, come to listen, or come for both!  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 Vermont-based performance poet, paper artist, and events coordinator, as well as the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland. Zanella’s poems have most recently appeared in The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. In 2019, Bianca acted as Wellness Coordinator for the Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam (FEMS) tournament based in Cambridge, MA, and founded “Infinite Lit: a night of spoken word poetry,” co-producing this series alongside Michael...