Past Events

  • An evening at Champlain College with Sheila Liming, moderated by Dr. Amy Schiller

    Tuesday, January 24 at 5:30 pm

    Join us at at 5:30pm on January 24th for an exciting book launch with Champlain College associate professor Sheila Liming. Sheila will be in conversation with Dr. Amy Schiller of Dartmouth College. 
    This event will take place at the Champlain Room of Champlain College, in Burlington, VT.
    Phoenix Books will be on hand with copies of Professor Liming's new book for purchase.

    ABOUT HANGING OUT

    A smart and empowering book about the simple art of hanging out … and of taking back our social lives from the deadening whirl of contemporary life.

    Almost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more. 

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  • Saturday, January 21 at 12:00 pm

    Calling all fantasy lovers!  Stop in to Phoenix Books Burlington on Saturday, January 21st to meet bestselling authors Tricia Levenseller and Laurie Forest!  Tricia and Laurie will be on hand from 12-1:30PM to chat, answer questions, and will also be happy to sign and personalize copies of their books!

     

    Tricia Levenseller is the New York Times–bestselling author of six YA fantasy books, including The Shadows Between Us and Daughter of the Pirate King. She lives in Utah with her bossy dog, Rosy, where she...

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  • Friday, January 20 at 7:00 pm

     

     

     

     

     

    Please join us for a very special evening featuring New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik at the Contois Auditorium in downtown Burlington! Naomi will in conversation with fellow bestselling author, Katherine Arden.   Advance tickets are required; please purchase your ticket below.

     

    Naomi Novik is the New York Times bestselling author of The Scholomance series, the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver, and the nine-...

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  • Wednesday, January 18 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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  • presented in partnership with the Vermont Italian Cultural Association

    Thursday, January 12 at 7:00 pm

    Phoenix Books and Vermont Italian Cultural Association are honored to welcome Mary Ann Esposito, the creator and host of the nationally televised PBS series Ciao Italia to our Zoom stage for a discussion of her latest book, Ciao Italia: Plant, Harvest, Cook! 

    Ciao Italia: Plant, Harvest, Cook! takes the reader on a seasonal home garden vegetable journey focusing on simple growing tips for anyone interested in growing their own vegetables and how to cook them Italian style. In simple language, anyone interested in growing their own vegetables whether on a grand or small scale will find this book filled with helpful gardening advice. No former green thumb necessary...

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  • Tuesday, January 10 at 7:00 pm

    Phoenix Books is thrilled to welcome Tessa Wegert back to our Zoom channel for a discussion of her new novel, The Kind to Kill.   Featuring Detective Inspector Shana Merchant, this series is a brilliant blend of chilling psychological thriller and gripping police procedural, set against the beautiful backdrop of the Thousand Islands -- a perfect mystery to dive into this winter. 

    About The Kind to Kill

    Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant is a skilled Senior Investigator keeping New York's beautiful Thousands Islands...

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  • Wednesday, December 14 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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  • Thursday, December 01 at 7:00 pm

    Phoenix Books is thrilled to welcome back the Editorial and Design team behind the creation and publication of Vermont Almanac: Stories From & For The Land, Volume III for a discussion of their recently released third volume of this invaluable resource.

    About Vermont Almanac: “What is unique to Vermont’s sense of place has been captured in a new book that really must be added to any Vermonters’ book collection or coffee table. Vermont Almanac . . ....

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  • Sunday, November 20 at 11:00 am

    Join us a Phoenix Books in Essex for a very special holiday storytime event featuring author-illustrator Matt Tavares and his beautifully illustrated version of Twas the Night Before Christmas!


    The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
    in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

    Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to dole out discipline as Christmas presents. But thanks to the poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas”—written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and published the next year in the Troy Sentinel—a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving jolly old elf we now...

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  • Thursday, November 17 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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