The Oswego Public Library on Jan. 24 will feature a presentation by local author Ed Griffin-Nolan from 2-3:30 p.m.

A reporter and columnist for Syracuse New Times for 14 years, and Family Times before that, Griffin-Nolan has hitchhiked all around the world, from Argentina to Iraq to Nicaragua.

In his book, “Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore,” he recounts his 2018 journey across the United States to understand why hitchhiking has died out. It is a travelogue about a changing society and the people who lifted him up. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

The event will take place in the community room on the lower level of the library, located at 120 E. Second St., Oswego. This program is free and open to the public.

For any questions, call 315-341-5867 or email oswlib@ncls.org.

Musician and poet Toussaint St. Negritude is on tour! In Portland, Oregon, he will be at Word Virus Books. He will perform The Fabulous Fugitive Freedom Suite, a fiery incantation of multi-reed compositions on clarinet, along with a reading from his debut collection of poems, Mountain Spells.

Books will be available for purchase and signing. For more information, visit toussaintstnegritude.com.

Betsy Vereckey, author of Moving to My Dog’s Hometown, is the featured speaker in January for a new speaker series from the Norwich Women's Club, “Women, Wit & Wisdom.” She’ll discuss her memoir as well as writing, creativity, and astrology.

The event costs $10-$15 and includes light fare. For more information, visit norwichwomensclub.org.

Musician and poet Toussaint St. Negritude is on tour! In Santa Cruz, he will be at the SubRosa Community Space. He will perform The Fabulous Fugitive Freedom Suite, a fiery incantation of multi-reed compositions on clarinet, along with a reading from his debut collection of poems, Mountain Spells.

Books will be available for purchase and signing. For more information, visit toussaintstnegritude.com.

Cellist and children’s book author Melissa Perley is January’s special guest at the Tunbridge Public Library’s Sunday Series. She will read The Violin Family Plays New Music and sign copies.

Following the reading, she will be joined by Tom Frinck to make some music. People of all ages can check out the instrument petting zoo as well!

Join author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lyn Bixby at the launch of his novel, The Pacifist, at the Burke Mountain Club. Inspired by the death of his college classmate in Vietnam, The Pacifist is a debut historical thriller about standing up to power gone bad.

The event will be hosted by Kim Crady-Smith, owner of Green Mountain Books in Lyndonville. The author will sign copies after a reading.

Jill Coupe, author of Gemma Sommerset, will be signing books at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester. Don’t miss the chance to get a signed copy of this heartfelt novel of love and loss.

Children’s book author Melissa Perley will read from her latest Violin Family picture book, The Violin Family Plays New Music, at the Latham Library in Thetford. Following the reading, she will play her cello and introduce instruments for children of all ages to touch and try. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Musician and poet Toussaint St. Negritude is traveling from Vermont to Vancouver to voice “the intrinsic magnitude of our omnipotent fabulousness!” In San Francisco, he will be at the Peacock Lounge in the Haight.

He will perform The Fabulous Fugitive Freedom Suite, a fiery incantation of multi-reed compositions on clarinet, along with a reading from his debut collection of poems, Mountain Spells. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, visit toussaintstnegritude.com.

Join a special evening in Burlington of readings with Neale Lunderville, Jim Lengel, Melinda Moulton, Jim Welch, Adam Hall and Jordan Posner from 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future, a new collection imagining what life in Vermont might look like twenty-five years from now.

Compiled by the late Bill Mares, the book brings together students, artists, writers, business leaders, and community voices mixing humor, reflection, and a shared love of this place. Several contributors will read their essays, with books available to purchase and be signed. Free and open to all!

Contributors from 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future will be reading at Phoenix Books in Burlington. This collection of thirty-seven essays and stories is the final project of the late Bill Mares, edited by Jane Smith and illustrated by Don Hooper.

Scheduled readers are: Stephen Kiernan, Samantha Alger, Midhat Hadzic, Joseph F. Hagan Jr., Christy Mitchell, Kevin Chu, Jordan Posner and Emily Bernard. Contributors are happy to sign copies.

Melissa Perley, author of The Violin Family Plays New Music, will be reading and signing books at the Starksboro Library in this special event for young readers. Perley will be bringing a petting instrument zoo!

Four Rootstock authors will be at the Elmore Holiday Market, a celebration of local makers, sustainable living, and community spirit. Don’t miss a chance to purchase these signed books for holiday gifts!

11 am to noon: Roberta Harold, author of Portrait of an Unseen Woman
noon to 1 pm: Tamara Mathieu, author of All Who Believed: A Memoir of Life in the Twelve Tribes
1 to 2 pm: Melissa Perley, author of The Violin Family Plays New Music
2 to 3 pm: Peter Cobb, author of Some Things Aren’t Meant to Be

For more information, visit the Elmore Store website.

Don’t miss contributors from 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future reading at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier! This collection of thirty-seven essays and stories is the final project of the late Bill Mares, edited by Jane Smith and illustrated by Don Hooper. Bear Pond Books will be selling copies.

Scheduled readers are: Brian Shupe, Allen Gilbert, Allison Hooper, Gus Speth, Astrid Longstreth, Emma Marvin, and Chris Hadsel reading for Angela Shambaugh.

Contributors from 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future will be reading at the Charlotte Public Library. This collection of thirty-seven essays and stories is the final project of the late Bill Mares, edited by Jane Smith and illustrated by Don Hooper. Flying Pig Books will be selling copies.

Scheduled readers are: Bill Schubart, Melinda Moulton, Val Gardner, Mairead Harris, Jim Welch, and Bob Stannard.

Toussaint St. Negritude, clarinetist, poet, and author of Mountain Spells, will be performing and reading at Fergies Pub in Philadelphia. He be featured as part of the Moonstone Poetry Series in the next stop on his Fabulous Fugitive Freedom Tour.

Contributors from 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future will be reading at The Alchemist Brewery. This collection of thirty-seven essays and stories is the final project of the late Bill Mares, edited by Jane Smith and illustrated by Don Hooper. Stowe’s Bear Pond Books will be selling copies.

Scheduled Readers are: Jim Lengel, Al Boright, Jen Kimmich, Neale Lunderville, Adam Hall, Steve Conant, and Jim Welch.

The Fabulous Fugitive Freedom Tour continues in Philadelphia, where Toussaint St. Negritude will bring Mountain Spells to Giovanni’s Room. Through his own unique montage of poetry, jazz, and fabulous hats, the poet and clarinetist creates a cosmic spectacle of trans-dimensional journeys, summoning all to rise to the poignant joy of our collective humanity.

To learn more, visit Philly’s AIDS Thrift website.

Join us for a celebratory book launch for 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. This collection of humorous, serious, and dystopian essays and stories features contributions from thirty-seven Vermonters!

Readers will be Mark Breen, Jane Kitchel, Scudder Parker, Eric Duncan, Brett Ann Stanciu, and Ben Doyle. Green Mountain Books will be selling copies.

Author J. Peter Cobb will be the presenter in November at the monthly Writers' Wertfrei group at the Waterbury Library. The author of two books, Some Things Aren’t Meant to Be and To Alice, Cobb will talk about writing, the process, what works, what doesn't. The free event includes a Q&A. This meeting will be in person in the SAL room, but you can also attend via Zoom if you register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uf-GurT8iGNX8hbAsIjtlLJopvFrdWbfv

Don’t miss the chance to get signed copies of books by Rootstock authors at the U-32 Fall Art and Craft Fair in Montpelier. Shop picture books, memoirs, poetry and mysteries and talk to seven authors at the Rootstock table. The schedule is:

9 to 11 am
Bernie Lambek, An Intent to Commit and Uncivil Liberties
Kim Ward, Fire on a Circle: Poems

11 am to 1 pm
Roberta Harold, Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw
Melissa Perley, The Violin Family and The Violin Family Plays New Music
Polly Merritt Ingraham, Unconverted: Memoir of a Marriage

1 to 3 pm
Nancy Levine, Light: A Mother and Daughter Memoir of Anorexia
Jill McCroskey Coupe, Gemma Somerset: A Novel

Polly Ingraham will read from Unconverted: Memoir of a Marriage at the Mansfield Public Library. Kirkus praised it as a “beautiful testament to the power of companionship.” The reading will be followed by a Q&A.

Rob Mermin will give a presentation on “200 years of Circus in Vermont” at 118 Elliot, event space in Brattleboro. The author of Circle of Sawdust and founder of Circus Smirkus, Mermin will trace the history of circuses in the state, from the train bringing big top circuses and the annual tradition of elephants parading down Main Street in Brattleboro.

This lecture is a part of the 2025 Vermont Circus Festival. To learn more, visit the New England Center for Circus Arts.

Author and Circus Smirkus founder Rob Mermin will be in conversation in Brattleboro with illustrator Karen E. Gersh, who also has a long career in the circus ring. They will be talking about Mermin’s award-winning memoir, Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem and Magic.

Learn more about the 2025 Vermont Circus Festival here.

The grand kick-off of Toussaint’s tour begins in high fashion in Waterbury at the Phoenix Music Hall with music and poetry! Don’t miss clarinetist, poet, and author of Mountain Spells. Fiery attire appreciated.

Tickets are required, and can be purchased here: https://www.sevendaystickets.com/e/turnmusic-presents-the-fabulous-fugitive-freedom-t/tickets

Visit the brand new Tunnel Books for a poetry reading, book signing, and send-off with Toussaint St. Negritude as a prelude to his Fabulous Fugitive Freedom Suite Tour! With Amanda Harris. Event is free; donations and book purchasing encouraged.

Polly Ingraham, author of Unconverted: Memoir of a Marriage, will be at the Boston Book Festival at the Grub Street table. She’ll be signing copies; books are for sale through Porter Square Books.

The all-day festival from 10 am to 6 pm features many authors and panels. For more information, visit their website.

Polly Ingraham will be in conversation with Rootstock's own Marjorie Nelson Matthews discussing her book, Unconverted: Memoir of a Marriage at Still North Books & Bars in Hanover, NH. The author will sign copies following the reading.

For more information, visit Still North Books.

Author Polly Ingraham will read from Unconverted: Memoir of a Marriage at her hometown bookstore in Northport, New York. Following the reading, she will sign purchased copies.

Join Nancy Gordon for a reading a signing to celebrate the launch of her debut poetry chapbook, Time Capsule. Free and open to the public.