It is with full hearts that we share the news that bookseller Jenn Marlier is leaving the Galaxy Bookshop to pursue a new career with a private non-profit foundation in Greensboro. We are truly grateful to have had Jenn on our bookselling staff for the past four and a half years. Among many other wonderful qualities, her knowledge of the fantasy and sci-fi genres has been greatly appreciated by customers as well as her fellow booksellers.

This spring, Jenn opened the comic book shop Daisy Raven Comics in a corner of the Galaxy. Daisy Raven will remain open for the foreseeable future! We are also happy to say that Jenn will remain a bookseller "on call" and will fill in for us when we need her, like a real bookselling superhero.

Join the Breakfast Book Club for a discussion of National Book Award Finalist Paulette Jiles' 2016 novel, News of the World. This historical novel follows the journey of Captain Jefferson Kidd through the lawless country of post-Civil War Texas with a ten-year-old orphan girl in tow. He has accepted the responsibility of returning the girl, a captive of the Kiowa tribe for the past four years, to the German relatives she no longer remembers. Over the course of their dangerous trip, a bond is formed between these two outsiders.

We will meet, as usual, at the Hardwick Village Restaurant. Please note, the meeting time has changed to 8:30 a.m. New members and drop-ins are always welcome!

Former three-term Governor of Vermont Madeleine Kunin comes to the Highland Center for the Arts to read from her newest book.  Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties  is a memoir that takes a close and incisive look at what it is like to grow old. She explores physical and emotional tolls of aging through her extraordinary life as Governor, Ambassador, feminist, wife, mother, professor, poet, and much, much more. 

This reading will be held at Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. Seating is free but limited - please RSVP via the Highland Arts events page by clicking on the "Buy Tickets" link.

Stop in at the Hardwick Street Café before or after the event for drinks, dinner, or even a small treat!

Join us in welcoming local poet Ron Lavalette for a reading from his first published collection, Fallen Away. Ron is a longtime participant in our Poetry Open Mic nights, and we are thrilled to host him for his first solo reading at the Galaxy.

Fellow poet Colleen Redman says of this book, " Ron. Lavalette writes with honesty and humor through some Hunter Thompson-esque scenes with moons, whether buttery in August or shivering in a snowy Vermont winter."