Literature

Two For the River: New Books for the Armchair Angler Waiting for Spring

March 12, 2026

Vermont has so much to offer in natural beauty and outdoor experiences. World class fly fishing is not one of them. Or so I have long believed, and mostly experienced, in three…

Book Review: ‘Rack’ by Jim Hogue

March 12, 2026

by Linda Radtke

“Rack wasn’t intimidated. He was smart. He liked a good fight.” That opening line sets the tone for Jim Hogue’s new book, “Rack” (Logosophia,…

‘The Vale’ Encourages Readers to Author a Brighter Future with Integrity

October 9, 2025

by Valentyn Smith

A 10-years-in-the-making success story, the Vermont College of Fine Art (VCFA) graduate Abigail Hing Wen launched her first middle grade fiction book “The Vale” on…

Authors Explore ‘Knowing by Heart’ at Old West Church

September 25, 2025

by Tom McKone

“Words Out Loud: Knowing by Heart” suggests several ways of looking at how experiences and memories affect us. The fall reading series at the…

Toussaint St. Negritude Releases ‘Mountain Spells’

September 22, 2025

by Carla Occaso

Northeast Kingdom poet Toussaint St. Negritude of Newark, Vermont, has released an audiobook titled “Mountain Spells: Poems.” The audiobook was released through Rootstock Publishing…

Book Review: ‘Portrait of an Unseen Woman,’ by Roberta Harold

August 26, 2025

by Linda Radtke

“What got me started was the movie ‘Glory,’” says Montpelier author Roberta Harold. The film tells the story of Robert Gould Shaw, the Civil…

A woman at a podium speaking with book shelves in background

Katherine Paterson: Prolific, Celebrated, Beloved, and Never Speechless

June 18, 2025

by Tom McKone

Katherine Paterson is sitting in her Montpelier living room, doing what she does best — telling stories. Unlike the fiction she writes for children…

Bechdel’s Fans Fill Bear Pond

June 7, 2025

by John Lazenby

Cartoonist/author Alison Bechdel filled Bear Pond Books with her fans Tuesday evening, June 3, to talk about her new comic novel, “Spent” — deemed “a domestic…

Vermont Book Awards: “the tide of creativity continues to rise”

May 13, 2025

by Tom McKone

Scores of writers were among the more than 200 people who packed the chapel in College Hall on the Greenway Institute campus on May…

Poets Laureate from Near and Far Read at PoemCity

April 1, 2025

by Tom McKone

With poets laureate from Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Prince Edward Island, 492 poems in downtown windows, 19 events, and a gathering of diverse…

The Vermont Book Awards Commemorates the Best in Local Literature

May 7, 2024

by Jess Turner

Writers and readers from across the state gathered at the Vermont College of Fine Arts College Hall on the evening of May 4 to…

Remembering Reuben Jackson

April 2, 2024

by Paul

On Feb. 16, Reuben Jackson passed away at the age of 67. He was a celebrated poet, radio host, educator, music critic, and jazz…

Kekla Magoon at the Statehouse: Kids, History, Making a Difference

February 21, 2024

by Tom McKone

Speaking in the Vermont Statehouse on Farmers Night, award-winning author Kekla Magoon expressed optimism about what young people will do, stressed the importance of…

Anti-racism Book Group: ‘Informed and inspired by the thoughts of others’

February 21, 2024

by Tom McKone

In the fall of 2019, almost 20 of us participated in Seeing White, a guided discussion series at the Montpelier Senior Activity Center that…

Black History Month Suggested Reading

February 21, 2024

by sarah

Middle Grade and Beginning Chapter Books Recommended by Nicole Westbom, KHL head youth librarian “The Door of No Return” by Kwame Alexander. Novel in…

A Fall Reading Series: Words Out Loud

September 5, 2023

by Press Release

Words Out Loud marks its ninth year of Sunday afternoon readings of work by Vermont writers at the historic 1823 meetinghouse, the Old West…

When Local Authors Create

July 5, 2022

by Mary Cole Mello

Kai Duckless-Lowell ponders a question asked of writers everywhere: “How did you come up with the idea for your book?” The eight year old,…

Bear Pond Facilitates Donation to Trans Youth in Texas

June 15, 2022

by Press Release

A recent Trans Youth Book Drive hosted by Bear Pond Books of Montpelier garnered local and national support to send 66 copies of the…

Image of book "The Treehouse at Dog River Road" held new the Bridgeside Bookstore sign.

One Town, One Book: Waterbury Gets on the Same Page

April 24, 2022

by Press Release

Bridgeside Books is taking ‘community’ to the next level in their town of Waterbury, Vermont this summer. In May they will launch One Town,…

Kekla Magoon: Social Change is Incremental and We Can All Be Part of It

February 22, 2022

by Tom McKone

By Tom McKone Kekla Magoon knows her readers. As a prolific, highly respected writer of young adult books and a strong advocate for social…

Michael Freed-Thall’s ‘Horodno Burning’

August 10, 2021

by Press Release

A Love Letter to Literature, Freedom, and Jewish Survival A Fletcher man is releasing a novel based on his family’s history. Rootstock Publishing, a Montpelier-based…

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