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Friday, January 9 at 7 pm - Author Appearance
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Share the journey of a young woman determined to learn homesteading skills in the 21st century with author Jenna Woginrich, as she presents her memoir Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life. A resident of Sandgate, Vermont, 26-year-old Jenna Woginrich is a web designer by profession. At home, however, she works conscientiously at a self-sufficient life. From the joys of harvesting freshly laid eggs from her own hens, to taking honey straight from the comb from her beehives, Woginrich has learned the pleasures of self-reliance and has become less dependent on “stuff.” Made from Scratch is the chronicle of her joyful, dramatic, and sometimes sorrowful journey of learning skills including baking, spinning, sewing, and raising chickens. A web designer at Orvis, Jenna Woginrich is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post’s Green Page and Mother Earth News’ blog pages.
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Saturday, January 10 at 2 pm - Author Appearance
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Vermont author Beth Kanell probes a dark period of America’s history as she presents her new young adult novel about a 16-year-old Abenaki girl, The Darkness Under the Water. Set in 1930, The Darkness Under the Water looks at a dismaying time in Vermont’s history, when efforts to “improve” the Yankee population included a threat of extermination of Native Americans there. The story is seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Molly Ballou, who is confused and ambivalent about her Abenaki heritage. As she goes through some personal struggles, she is aided by Henry LaPorte, just in time to meet the waves of danger that reach her village and her home. It’s a story that will resonate with readers ages 10 through adult. Beth Kanell is the author of three books of adventure travel, one of poetry, and two books of local history. She lives in Waterford, Vermont.
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Friday, January 16 at 7 pm - Author Appearance
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Bill Schubart tells his funny, heartfelt tales of old-time Vermont as he presents his new book The Lamoille Stories: Uncle Benoit’s Wake and Other Tales from Vermont. From farmers to French-Canadian loggers, Bill Schubart brings to life the friends and characters of his native Lamoille County as they were in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His collection of 22 stories captures the Green Mountain State in its transition from an enclave of hill farms and small towns, to a place where vehicles with “away” license plates mingle with hippie vans filled with born-again Vermonters getting back to the land. Poignant, funny and savory, The Lamoille Stories is Vermont’s answer to The Canterbury Tales. Bill Schubart grew up in Morrisville, Vermont. He attended Exeter Academy, Kenyon College and graduated from UVM. Over the years, he co-founded Philo Records and Resolution, and has been active in various cultural, civic and business organizations in Vermont. He lives in Hinesburg with his wife Jane.
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Saturday, January 17 at 7 pm - Author Appearance
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Get a new perspective on our Founding Fathers when historians Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore present their exuberant new novel Blindspot. Written in the tradition of 18th-century novels like Moll Flanders, Blindspot is set on the eve of the American Revolution, in a world full of painting, passion, and politics. Historically accurate yet outrageously witty, Blindspot follows two portrait painters who are determined to solve the murder of Samuel Bradstreet, a Boston revolutionary leader who died suddenly on the day they were scheduled to paint his likeness. Longtime friends Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore have great fun with this book, which turns topsy-turvy everything readers ever learned about the Founding Fathers. Jane Kamensky is Professor of American History and chair of the History Department at Brandeis University, and is the author of The Exchange Artist. Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, where she is chair of the History and Literature program. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker, and her most recent book, New York Burning, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Friday, January 23 at 7 pm - Author Appearance
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Learn how to make substantial reductions in your home’s energy consumption with Dave Bonta, who will present his book New Green Home Solutions. The president and founder of USA Solar Stores, the largest alternative energy retailer in the Northeast, Dave Bonta has written about alternative energy and sustainable living for Green Living and Back Home Magazine. In New Green Home Solutions, he shows homeowners how to make the planet healthier by making changes in their own houses. A homeowner can radically reduce energy consumption – by as much as 40 percent – simply by incorporating modern energy-efficient technology into their own home. From better insulation and energy-efficient appliances to a complete passive solar house, New Green Home Solutions gives homeowners a practical guide to start making changes that will lead our country to energy independence and help save the planet itself.
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A Sneak Peek !!!
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Mark Your Calendars!!!
Feb. 5 - Thursday @ 7 pm - Cozy Mystery Night! Nancy Atherton presents Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon and Barbara Luff presents Tea Time
Feb. 7 - Saturday @ 7 pm - Geraldine Brooks presents People of the Book
Feb. 13 - Friday @ 7 pm - Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina presents Mr. & Mrs. Prince
Feb. 15 - Sunday @ 5 pm - David Sanger presents The Inheritance
Feb. 20 - Friday @ 7 pm - Barry Werth presents Banquet at Delmonico's
Feb. 21 - Saturday @ 7 pm - Frank Delaney presents Shannon
Feb. 26 - Thursday @ 3 pm - Wayne Winterrowd & Joe Eck present Our Life in Gardens
Feb. 27 - Friday @ 7 pm - Ben Z. Rose presents Mother of Freedom
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