This is the second year for Independent Bookstore Day, which celebrates independent bookstores nationwide. It will be on April 30, and there will be literary parties around the country. The Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick will be celebrating with a story time, s... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 16, 2016 Galvanized, New and Selected Poems by Leland Kinsey. Published by Green Writers Press, Brattleboro. 381 pages. $24.95 in paperback. Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite As its subtitle suggests, Barton poet Lee Kinsey’s new book... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 27, 2015 Island Pond Reflections, by S.J. Campbell. Paperback. 130 pages. Self-published. $19.99. Reviewed by Tena Starr Island Pond Reflections isn’t a scholarly history of Brighton, which has also been known rather charmingly ... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 8, 2015 Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes, 2nd Edition, by Jeffrey Hamelman, illustrations and photography by Chiho Kaneko; Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2014; Hardbound, 478 pages; $45. ... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 1, 2015 Shape of the Sky, by Shelagh Connor Shapiro. 242 pages. Paperback. Published by Wind Ridge Books. $15.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr The Northeast Kingdom and rock festivals have a historic relationship, so Shelagh Connor Sh... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 25, 2015 by Natalie Hormilla Martha Oliver-Smith of Albany has written something like a memoir, except it’s not really about herself. The main character of Martha’s Mandala is another Martha, the author’s maternal grandmother, Mar... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 11, 2015 All Those In Favor, Rediscovering the Secrets of Town Meeting and Community, by Susan Clark and Frank Bryan. Paperback. 87 pages. Published by Ravenmark, Montpelier, Vermont. Reviewed by Tena Starr Frank Bryan is likely V... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 11, 2015 Reviewed by Tena Starr The Gold Exchange, Exposing Haiti’s Child Slavery System, by Susan Belding. Paperback. 273 pages. Published by Willoughby Gap Press. $8.14 on Amazon. Susan Belding (who many of you would know as ... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 21, 2015 Reviewed by Tena Starr Contemporary Vermont Fiction, an Anthology. Edited by Robin MacArthur. Published by Green Writers Press. Paperback. 226 pages. $21.00. Vermont has a lot of writers. In fact, I’ve heard, or read, t... More »
copyright the Chronicle December 23, 2014 The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening, by Ron Krupp. Published by Whetstone Books. Paperback. 247 pages. $18. Reviewed by Tena Starr Yes, it will be months before we see anything besides a Christmas tree that’s green, but... More »
copyright the Chronicle December 17, 2014 Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont by Robert A. Mello. Published by the Vermont Historical Society, 2014. 450 pages with footnotes and bibliography. $34.95 Reviewed by Paul Lefebvre Robert A. Mello is a better ... More »
copyright the Chronicle December 3, 2014 The Nourishing Homestead: One Back-to-the-Land Family’s Plan for Cultivating Soil, Skills, and Spirit, by Ben Hewitt with Penny Hewitt. Published by Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, 2015; Paperbound, 352 ... More »
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