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.

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.

(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)

(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)

(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)