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Stephen Kiernan
Barbara Murphy & David Huddle
Stephen Snook
Major Jackson
Curiosity Day
Brendan Kelly
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 Thank you to everyone who voted for us
as the Best Bookstore in Chittenden County!
 September 2015
Dear Friends, 

We're thrilled to announce that the Grand Opening of Phoenix Books Rutland will take place the end of this month! Read more here, and read on for event details. We hope to see you there!

September is packed with exciting events at our Burlington location, too - starting with the book launch event for Stephen Kiernan's The Hummingbird on September 8th.  Check out our full events calendar below and here, on our website.

Finally, we want to send out a big "Thank you!" to everyone who voted for us in the 2015 Seven Daysies.  We're honored that you chose us as the "Best Bookstore in Chittenden County"! 
 
Sincerely,

Mike, Renee, Adam, Ali, Beth, Christy, Colleen, Dan, Donna, Eliza, Erik, Heather, Johanna, Kari, Kelly, Kristen, Michael, Phil, Rachel F., Rachel O., Rachel T., Sean, Tod, Tricia, and Wendy  



GRAND OPENING WEEK IN RUTLAND!
Beginning September 28th
 
You are invited to our Grand Opening Celebrations at Phoenix Books Rutland!
 
RIBBON CUTTING
Monday, 9/28 at 10am
Phoenix Books Rutland
 
Join us for the official Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting!
Read more.


CHRIS BOHJALIAN
Wednesday, 9/30 at 7pm
Energy Innovation Center  
We're thrilled that Chris will visit for a presentation on his newest book, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands, as the first of many featured authors at Phoenix Books Rutland! Chris Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Sandcastle Girls, Skeletons at the Feast, The Double Bind, and Midwives.
Read more.

CURIOUS GEORGE
Saturday, October 3rd
at 11am
Phoenix Books Rutland

Who isn't smitten with Curious George? All ages are invited to celebrate curiosity and enjoy fun activities when Curious George himself visits Phoenix Books Rutland.
 
Read more.



NEW ON THE AUTHORS
Featuring authors from Vermont and around the world

Megan Mayhew Bergman & Rebecca Makkai

Author Duel with Max Gladstone, Brian Staveley, Elizabeth Bear, and James Cambias


Did you miss the Author Duel, or our event with Rebecca Makkai & Megan Mayhew Bergman?  Watch these and other author events online or on RETN Channel 16.


UPCOMING EVENTS
 
STEPHEN KIERNAN: THE HUMMINGBIRD
Tuesday, September 8th at 7pm in Burlingon     

Celebrate the launch of Stephen Kiernan's The Hummingbird!

"Stephen Kiernan writes with surefooted mastery and patience. ...What thrilled me about The Hummingbird is that I learned again that sometimes an unbridgeable chasm can be crossed by a leap of the imagination."
-Peter Heller, author of
The Painter
and The Dog Stars
 
Tickets are $3 per person, and include a coupon for $5 off a book by Stephen Kiernan! Read More. 


AN EVENING OF POETRY WITH
BARBARA MURPHY & DAVID HUDDLE   
Thursday, September 10th at 7pm in Burlington  

Join us for an evening of poetry with Barbara E. Murphy and David Huddle.

An account of spiritual survival through the practice of literary art, the poems in David Huddle's eighth collection, Dream Sender, move among a variety of poetic forms and voices. Barbara Murphy's Almost Too Much both tactfully and relentlessly interrogates our human experience in these dehumanizing times.

Tickets are $3 per person, and in
clude a coupon for $5 off a book by one of our featured authors. Read More.


STEPHEN SNOOK: ONE DEGREE SOUTH    
Tuesday, September 15th at 7pm in Burlington  

Local author Stephen Snook will read from and discuss his debut novel, One Degree South.

Stephen L. Snook is a specialist in international development who has spent over 25 years living and working in Africa.
 
This event is a part of our Local Authors' Programs and is free and open to the public.  Read more. 


MAJOR JACKSON: ROLL DEEP     
Thursday, September 17th at 7pm in Burlington  

Join Major Jackson at Phoenix Books Burlington for a reading and book talk about his new poetry collection, Roll Deep.

Major Jackson is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, teaches at UVM, and is the poetry editor of the Harvard Review.

Tickets are $3 per person, and include a coupon for $5 off a book by Major Jackson.  Read more. 


CURIOSITY DAY!      
Saturday, September 19th in Burlington & Essex   

Join us for some monkey business on Curiosity Day!  We'll celebrate with Curious George goodies (while supplies last). 

Plus, we'll read a Curious George story at 11am at Phoenix Books Burlington, for our weekly Saturday Story Time.

 

Free and open to all ages.  Read more. 



BRENDAN KELLY:
THE YIN AND YANG OF CLIMATE CRISIS      
Wednesday, September 23rd at 7pm in Burlington  

Join us in celebrating the launch of The Yin and Yang of Climate Crisis with Brendan Kelly, and examine the current climate crisis through the lens of Chinese medicine. There will be light fare available.

Brendan Kelly is co-founder and co-owner of Jade Mountain Wellness, where he currently practices acupuncture and herbalism, and has been actively involved with local, regional, and national environmental issues for twenty-five years.

Tickets are $3 per person, and include a coupon for $5 off The Yin and Yang of Climate CrisisRead more. 


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