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.