Author Rosemary Wells to visit Middlebury

Author Rosemary Wells will make appearances at Mary Hogan Elementary School and Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury on Friday, May 8.

Literary lessons: three writers to give talks in Middlebury

Bianca Stone, Julia Alvarez and Stephen Kiernan will host an event each this month at Town Hall Theater’s Anderson Studio.

Bloomsday honors James Joyce, freedom of expression

It was just over a century ago that the Irish writer James Joyce put the finishing touches on what would become one of the most well-known and controversial novels of its time.

Celebrate Bloomsday with Vermont Book Shop and Shalom Goldman

On Monday, June 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Vermont Book Shop will host a Bloomsday celebration with Middlebury College Pardon Tillinghast Professor of Religion Shalom Goldman as master of ceremonies.

Book review: Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss — by Margaret Renkl

(Milkweed Editions) “Late Migrations” is, on the surface, a collection of essays. Astute observations and vignettes of natural surroundings, place and wildlife, that set the scene for anecdotes of family, ancestry and heredity. There’s remembrance and rec … (read more)

Book review: Bunny — by Mona Awad

(Viking) Named a best book of Summer 2019 by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, LitHub and others — “Bunny” is the book to read if you want to be “in.” This new novel, by the up … (read more)

Book review: The Rest of the Story — by Sarah Dessen

(Balzer + Bray) It’s easy to slip into the “summer at the lake” mood created by Sarah Dessen, the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, and see what unfolds. Emma, known as Saylor to her late mom, unexpectedly finds herself a … (read more)