WOLCOTT – Jim Ryan, a Wolcottian, visited the Wolcott Town Office on Saturday and Craftsbury Library on Sunday last weekend to share the release of his debut book and CD project, “Whistling Up in Ghostland, Essays and Songs of Adventure, Intuition, and Awakening.” The Wolcott event, sponsored by Wolcott Arts[Read More…]
Book Review
Gould discusses new novel
HARDWICK – Peter Gould came to the Jeudevine Library on the evening of April 7 and gave an insightful talk about his new young adult novel, “Red Nose Girl.” Initially set in a small town in Vermont, it is about an independent 15-year-old girl, Lettie, who frequently wears a clown nose[Read More…]
Davis recounts Hardwick childhood, lucky life
HARDWICK – Historian Allen Davis, was born in 1931, grew up in Hardwick through the Great Depression, World War II and their aftermath, at a time when “American upward mobility did work,” he writes in his new book “The Lucky Generation:Growing up in Depression and War.” “Those of us in[Read More…]
Book Release, Craftsbury Celebration, Aug 8.
CRAFTSBURY – Friday, August 8th, at 6 p.m., all are welcome to join at the Craftsbury Public Library for the release party of Craftsbury Celebration. Long-time Craftsbury residents Thomas Twetten (author) and Harry Miller (photographer) will do some short presentations, take questions and conversation about their lovingly rendered book, “Craftsbury[Read More…]
Norman’s New Novel a Wonderful Story
BRATTLEBORO – I don’t usually write book reviews. Novels, plays, fantasies, autobiographies, full-length Shakespearean satires: the whole lot. But I’m moved to tell my fellow Gazette readers about Howard Norman’s new novel, “Come to the Window” (W.W. Norton, 2024). It’s a wonderful story, a book to own and read over[Read More…]
Mermin’s “Circle of Sawdust” a Delightful Memoir
CRAFTSBURY – Rob Mermin, the founder of Circus Smirkus in Greensboro, very literally fulfilled many a young person’s dreams of running away to the circus at the age of 19. He delightfully chronicles his very daring and often hilarious adventures in a new book, “Circle of Sawdust, A Circus Memoir[Read More…]
