Literary North champions the literary arts in Vermont and New Hampshire. Rebecca and Shari, two bookish friends, started Literary North in June 2016 as a carefully selected, online calendar of literary events happening in our rectangle of Northern New England.

Since then, we’ve expanded our original mission by partnering with the local literary community to promote literary-related events, and by hosting our own events, including the Mud Season Salon, Poetry & Pie, the Lady Sings the Blues Book Group, and the Slow Club Book Club. Our list of ideas keeps growing and we have several new events in the works for the coming year. Read all about our past events and projects.

Welcome to Literary North. We’d love to hear what books you’re currently loving!

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Who we are

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By day, Shari reports to the office, but in her off-time she reads, writes, takes photographs, and gardens. She lives with her husband in Vermont.

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Rebecca is a writer, reader, picture taker, bread baker, beekeeper, and goat wrangler. She lives with her husband and daughter in the Upper Valley area of Vermont.

Press

  • “Literary North,” by Molly Papows | Junction Magazine, July 16, 2020

  • “Art-Inspired: From Ella Fitzgerald to Japanese Vending Machines,” by Susan B. Apel | Artful, June 15, 2020

  • “Eats and Expanded Hours at Still North Books and Bar: And why you’ll want to know about Literary North,” by Susan B. Apel | Artful, January 28, 2020

  • “A Space Filled with Moving,” by Molly Papows | Junction Magazine, November 27, 2019

  • “The 2019 Summer Book Show,” by Jane Lindholm and Matthew Smith | Vermont Edition, Vermont Public Radio, June 2, 2019

  • “Literary North, or How I Discovered That Margaret Atwood…,” by Susan B. Apel | DailyUV, October 13, 2018

  • “These Two Ladies Created a Site for All Things Literary,” by Julia Shipley | Seven Days, July 19, 2017


Grateful thanks to Ruth Allen for designing our logo.