On February 2 we had the pleasure of hosting Jeff Kinney. He is the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Standing in line with my nephew and sister was only part of the story. A librarian friend of mine brought a number of young men to the event. It got me thinking: …
John Steinbeck This past Saturday we hosted Spencer Lewis as he presented his memoir Cabin Songs: Searching Woody Guthrie’s America and Finding Home in Vermont. After the event, I sat down with him to plumb his reading choices. The following is a snapshot of what informs this multi talented singer-songwriter-author. Q: What book you would …
Birds of a Lesser Paradise is an Indie Next Pick for March. Author? The fabulous and talented local writer Megan Mayhew Bergman. Author Event? You better believe it. Saturday, March 10 at 7 pm. Here’s Megan talking abut the book, her writing, her life, and how it all hangs together. View full post on Northshire Bookstore’s …
Tasteless, yes. But it got your attention. I just finished a new mystery/thriller called The Yard and, to borrow freely from one of the esteemed writer and critic James Agee’s most incisive movie reviews, “I liked it alright.” I know it’s rooted in the literary snob in me, but I tend to regard mysteries in …
A year ago I did my first blog. The nephew who inspired it has since healed, grown a foot taller than I am and still plays baseball, video games and reads. His brothers also enjoy a good book now and again (much to the glee of their book-indulging aunt). So in their honor a few …
Otherwise, we strongly suggest the following: this weekend’s events (including updated info about the Rachel Maddow event), bookseller Bill Lewis talking to WAMC’s Joe Donahue about a great list of history titles, and events in March. View full post on Northshire Bookstore’s Blog
Sarah Pinneo will appear at the Northshire Bookstore on Friday, February 17 at 7 pm. Julia’s Child is a comedy about the foibles of a mom who underestimates the difficulty of pushing her scrupulously organic children’s products into the world. As a journalist and a cookbook author, I’ve always written about food. A saner girl …
This coming Saturday the 18th at 1:00 PM marks the long anticipated arrival of the Pitchapalooza world tour to the Northshire Bookstore. Is it possible you haven’t heard of Pitchapalooza? Outrageous! Unthinkable! I’m joking, of course, but it has become a fairly big deal around here and it becomes harder and harder to imagine not …
The jacket for the book Envy by Gregg Olsen has the phrase: Murder is such a dirty word. It is also messy: the planning; the execution; the cleaning up; the cover-up. I have always loved a good mystery. The suspense, the drama, the wondering who-done-it. Two delightfully harrowing cases are, of course, Envy and Silence …
We have a saying we frequently use here at Northshire Bookstore; “the book is better”. The implication, of course, being that cinematic adaptions of classic and/or popular books, both fiction and non-fiction, usually pale by comparison in overall quality versus their source material books. There are exceptions, of course, and we all might debate on …
6:30–8:30 pm. Micro and regional brew with food from southern Vermont restaurants and caterers. Live music; admission. For more information: (802) 447-1571 or benningtonmuseum.org
8 pm. Brofsky's penchant for the music of Charlie Parker, Sonny Clark and Dexter Gordon has earned him the name "Dr. Bebop." For more information: (802) 254-9088 or vtjazz.org
