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EVENTS TO GO
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Check out these titles by authors visiting in April. You can click on most of the cover images for more information, or to buy the book online from Phoenix!
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Time To Declare
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Ready to declare your support for your local, independent bookstore? Ask us about the Phoenix Fan Club next time you're at the register!
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Thank you for choosing local and indie!
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Store Hours:
M-F: 9am-7pm
Sat: 10am-7pm
Sun: 11am-5pm
at the Essex
Shoppes & Cinema
21 Essex Way #407
Essex, VT 05452
802.872.7111
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Dear Friends,
Spring has sprung here at Phoenix Books, where we've scheduled a slew of events this April! Whether you're looking for poetry, politics, or participation; mindfulness or mystery; the localvore movement or the national organic-foods industry, there's an event on our calendar that you'll love.
In fact, we have so many events scheduled for April that we've decided to devote this entire newsletter to them! We also have plenty of great new titles to tell you about, so keep an eye out for those recommendations in another email later this week. Meanwhile, read on to learn more about our featured events, and don't forget to check out the full April schedule at left. See you there!
Sincerely,
The Staff of Phoenix Books |
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  APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
Poets of all ages will take the stage at a
trio of open mics to kick off National Poetry Month. Yvette Gottshall will host. Participants are invited to bring their best and/or favorite
original poetry to read out loud - the way poetry was meant to be shared
and enjoyed. Please call 872-7111 to secure a spot. - Our Community Writes Poetry Night
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st at 6:30 PM - High School Open Mic
THURSDAY, APRIL 1st at 6:30 PM - Middle School Open Mic
SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd at 2:00 PM
Burlington College Writes Poetry Night: We invite you to join Alice Eckles for a night of readings with Burlington College writers including Marc Awodey, Anna Blackmer, Nora Mitchell, Aaron Mitton, and Mark Pekar! Alice will also do a
"creation story" as part of her reading from A Phrase Book For Spiritual
Emergencies.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13th at 7:00 PM
National Poetry
Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry
established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to increase the
visibility and availability of poetry in popular culture while
acknowledging and celebrating poetry's ability to sustain itself in the
many places where it is practiced and appreciated. Learn more.
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 THE TOWN THAT FOOD SAVED
Join Ben Hewitt for a Discussion of Hardwick's Community-Driven Renaissance
Ben
Hewitt will discuss how, over the last three years, Hardwick, Vermont
has managed to jump-start its economy and redefine its self-image
through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in
America. Afterwards, Hewitt will be available to sign copies of his
new book, The Town
that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food. SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd at 7:00 PM
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 "DEFTLY FUNNY" DAVID CARKEET
David Carkeet will visit Phoenix to read from and sign copies of his new novel From Away, a comic mystery set in Vermont. Check out the glowing reviews of this book from Seven Days and the Times-Argus. "Anyone who doesn't laugh out
loud at David Carkeet's writing needs to have their pulse checked. He's
a very clever fellow, and this is a deftly funny book." --Carl Hiaasen
THURSDAY, APRIL 8th at 7:00 PM |
 WILD CHICKENS & PETTY TYRANTS
Metaphors for Uncertain Tmes
Join mindfulness-based psychologist and author Dr. Arnie Kozak for an introduction to mindfulness and
mindfulness meditation. Arnie will read from his award winning book, Wild
Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness, and
teach mindfulness - the art and skill of living in the present. This
2-hour workshop is an opportunity to learn these valuable tools for
living now, proven to help people cope with stress, anxiety, and
uncertainty. The fee for this program is $20 ($10 with purchase of
the book).
SATURDAY, APRIL 10th from 2:00-4:00 PM |
 THE EARTH'S BEST STORY
Ron
Koss will speak about how he and his brother
Arnie created Earth's Best, the first nationally-distributed
organic foods company to sit next
to its
mainstream competition on supermarket shelves.
In doing so, Earth's
Best revolutionized
and empowered the organic-foods movement as a whole, and benefited
hundreds of farmers as well as the millions of babies whose very first
foods have been organically grown, thanks to Earth's Best. After the
discussion, Ron will be available to sign copies of the Koss
brothers' new book, The Earth's
Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin
Brothers Who Sparked an
Organic Revolution. Ron is a natural foods product innovator. During his
long-term employ with the aio Food Group, Ron has secured patents for
his work on complete meal supplement ice cream and has also introduced
specialized complete meal supplements for people in health recovery
situations. Presently, he is working on nutritional products for a
global relief aid project. He lives
in Montpelier.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17th at 3:00 PM
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 ARTISTS GET WET AGAIN!
Lake Champlain in Paints and Words
Lake art,
literature and natural history will be served up with
light refreshments at Phoenix Books and Café. The event
is co-sponsored by the Lake
Champlain Committee (LCC), the Essex Art League, and Phoenix Books and
Café in
celebration of Earth Day. Over 20 area artists will exhibit their
diverse
visions of Lake Champlain. LCC author and staff scientist Mike Winslow
will give a reading from Lake Champlain: A Natural History and provide tips for citizen actions to protect
water
quality.
 All artwork will be for
sale. The featured artists are
members of the Essex Art League,
whose goal is to support the appreciation and creation of regional
artwork.
Members meet monthly to share ideas and information, create and
implement
programs, and participate in show venues.
The Lake Champlain Committee is
a non-profit environmental organization that has been working for a
healthy,
accessible lake since its founding in 1963. Their lake natural history
book
is part of LCC's ongoing efforts to educate people about the lake and
involve them in its care.
The Artists Get
Wet
event is free and open to the public. Attendees are invited to join in
for
a few minutes or the entire evening.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd from 6:30-8:00 PM
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CHRISTINA ASQUITH
Christina will discuss the plight of women living and serving in Iraq and offer some ideas on
how women's rights and Islam might be reconciled.
The author with a family in Basra, Iraq  | Christina Asquith went to Baghdad on assignment in 2003 and spent two
years reporting from the front lines. By fall 2004, as the insurgency
strengthened, all journalists living in Baghdad were under death threat.
Two of Asquith's Iraqi girlfriends agreed to hide her in their Baghdad
house for safety. Living with an Iraqi family gave her an up-close look
at how the war had affected their lives: they had little electricity
or water, lived in constant fear of mortar attack or suicide bomb, and
while women had walked the streets freely under Saddam, they could no
longer leave home unaccompanied by a man
and were forced to veil or risk
being groped or killed. From this experience, Asquith decided to
follow their lives and write Sisters
in War: A Story of Love,
Family, and Survival in the New Iraq. She will be available to sign copies of this book after the discussion.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23rd at 6:30 PM
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CHARLOTTE DENNETT
And her campaign to prosecute George W. Bush
Meet the Cambridge journalist-turned-lawyer who ran for
state attorney general on a platform to prosecute George W. Bush for
murder. Charlotte Dennett lost the race,
but found a movement - one that continues its quest to hold leaders
accountable to U.S. law and preserve a Constitutional presidency. After the discussion, Dennett will be available to sign copies of her new book, The People v. Bush.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28th at 7:00 PM
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CULTIVATING YOUR COMMUNITY
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DID YOU KNOW...?
In our April events schedule alone, Phoenix is collaborating with the Lake Champlain Committee, The Essex Art League, and a host of writers from Burlington College. To check out other local organizations we collaborate with, support, and patronize, click on the links at left.
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Can't Make an Event?
You can still purchase an autographed book! Please call us at 802.872.7111 to make arrangements.
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