National Poetry Month 💛

HAPPY SPRING!

We acknowledge we are on the traditional land of the Abenaki people.

Dear Readers,

Happy Spring! For National Poetry Month, we've selected a few of our local authors to showcase. Stop in the shops to see our full selection!

We're hosting two of your favorite authors for Mother's Day week! Jennifer McMahon will join us virtually for her new book, The Children on the Hill, register HERE. Later in the week, join us for our first in-person event in two years: Chris Bohjalian's The Lioness prerelease event--RSVP HERE!

Have you seen that we're hiring? All three of our Phoenix Books locations are looking for friendly bibliophiles to join the team! To access the application and find out more about the job, click HERE, or stop in any of our locations to pick up an application.

Finally, be sure to peruse the 2022-2023 nominations for the Green Mountain Book Award, the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, and the Red Clover Book Award HERE. As always, we hope you enjoy our recommendations.

With Gratitude,

Your Booksellers at Phoenix Books

VERMONT POETRY

FICTION & NON FICTION

NEW RELEASES

YOUNG ADULT

MIDDLE GRADE

Preorder HERE

PICTURE BOOKS

UPCOMING EVENTS!

AUTHOR SIGHTINGS! 👀

Vermont author and illustrator, Jason Chin, visited the Burlington store this month to sign his books, including his Caldecott-award-winning picture book, "Watercress"! Congratulations, Jason, and thanks for stopping by our shops!

Vermont author, Mark Redmond, visited our Essex location to sign more copies of his poignant memoir, "Called". Signed copies always go fast, so be sure to call or stop in soon.

Thanks for visiting, Mark!

BOOKSELLER SPOTLIGHT / STAFF PICK

Meet Rutland Bookseller, Bianca!

Bianca Amira Zanella is a Vermont-based performance poet, artist, and advocate. She is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books, hosting an international monthly open mic. Her poems have appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. Bianca's poem films, sculptural poems, and poem paintings have been exhibited with PoemCity Montpelier, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery. In 2020, Bianca founded The Paper Poet, offering healing poetic experiences to anyone experiencing suffering and continues to perform around the US and globally, including reading for the American Club of Brussels and competing at the Women of the World Poetry Slam. Bianca was elected to the Presidency of Poetry Society of Vermont in 2022.

In honor of National Poetry Month, Bianca recommends: