2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |

The Beginning - February 2, 2016
The first whispering of an idea that would eventually become Literary North came just before Zadie Smith’s reading at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Welcome to Literary North - July 8, 2016
The Literary North site goes live and we publish our first blog post.

Angela Palm and Robin MacArthur Reading - October 5, 2016
Our very first event. Shari put the idea together. Hartland Public Library in Hartland, Vermont, hosted the event. Literary North sponsored it and provided refreshments.

Mud Season Salon - March 3, 2017
Featuring Taylor Katz, Robin MacArthur, Jeff Sharlet, and Ben Cosgrove - Open Door, White River Junction, Vermont

White River Indie Film Fest - June 3, 2017
As a Community Partner for Erica Fae’s film “To Keep The Light,” we promoted the event in social media, in our newsletter, and on our blog, and attended the Festival and film screening. - White River Junction, Vermont

Poetry & Pie - July 29, 2017
James Crews, Dede Cummings, Mary Kane - Sweetland Farm, Norwich, Vermont

Book Giveaway - December 15, 2017
In celebration of our first full year, we gave away three books and one CD to four Literary North fans: Half Wild, by Robin MacArthur; Poems, by Taylor Mardis Katz; Salt, by Ben Cosgrove; The Family, by Jeff Sharlet

Slow Club Book Club 2018 - January 1 to December 31, 2018
We launched the first year with A Whole Life, by Robert Seethaler.

JAGFest 2.0 - February 9 to 11, 2018
We promoted this amazing event via social media, online advertising and blog interviews, and we volunteered at the event - Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, Vermont

Heart Spring Mountain Book Launch - April 6, 2018
We co-sponsored this event for Robin MacArthur’s debut novel with the Norwich Bookstore - Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, Vermont

Lady Sings the Blues Book Club - May 15, 2018
Featuring Julia Cooke as moderator and Jarvis Green of JAG Productions - Yankee Bookshop, Woodstock, Vermont

Poetry & Pie - July 21, 2018
Featuring Didi Jackson, Julia Shipley, and Ocean Vuong - Sweetland Farm, Norwich, Vermont

Burlington Book Festival - October 12 to 14
As media sponsors, we promoted the Festival via social media, blog interviews, and inclusion in our newsletter - Burlington, Vermont

Writers' Process Night - November 3, 2018
Featuring Camille Guthrie, Peter Orner, and Laura Jean Binkley - Open Door, White River Junction, Vermont

Slow Club Book Club 2019 - January 1, 2019
We launched year two with The Emissary, by Yoko Tawada, the first book in a year of reading Women in Translation.

Book Giveaway - February 1, 2019
In celebration of our reaching 500 Twitter followers, we gave away a copy of this year’s first SCBC book, The Emissary, by Yoko Tawada.

Poetry & Pints - March 10, 2019
We co-sponsored this event with our friends at Brownsville Butcher & Pantry, featuring Colin McKaig, Peter Money, Ruth Antoinette Rodriquez, and a community open mic. - Brownsville, Vermont

Book Giveaway - May 15, 2019
After going to see Bill McKibben speak in Norwich, Vermont, we were moved to give away a signed copy of his important book, Falter.

Dot com becomes dot org - May 21, 2019
We changed our website from .com to .org. We’ve always imagined ourselves more as a community resource than a business, and we wanted our website to reflect that.

Adult Summer Reading Bingo - July 1, 2019
We co-sponsored this summer reading challenge with our friend Allie Levy of Still North Books & Bar.

Poetry & Pie - August 3, 2019
Featuring Rena J. Mosteirin, Dan Chiasson, and GennaRose Nethercott - Sweetland Farm, Norwich, Vermont

Little Dippers Launch: Half-Fabulous Whales - August 3, 2019
Poetry & Pie marked the release our very first edition of our Little Dippers chapbook series, Half-Fabulous Whales, by Rena J. Mosteirin.

2019 Vermont Book Award - November 9, 2019
We were honored to be selected as fiction judges for this year’s award and are thrilled to be members of the full panel of judges who chose Jason Lute’s Berlin as the winner of the 2019 Vermont Book Award.

Little Dippers Launch: A Space Filled with Moving - December 6, 2019
We hosted a launch party/concert/reading in the middle of a snowstorm for the second edition in our Little Dipper series, Ben Cogrove’s A Space Filled with Moving, in Thetford Center, Vermont.

Slow Club Book Club 2020 - January 18, 2020
We launched year three of our low stress book club with Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot, the first book in a year of reading books by Canadian authors.

Ducks, Newburyport Read Along - February 11, 2020
We completed our read along of this ~1,000 page stream of consciousness novel by Lucy Ellmann, which we began back in October 2019.

The Art of Lying: A Celebration of Storytelling - February 15, 2020
We celebrated the (modest) Grand Opening of Still North Books & Bar in Hanover, New Hampshire, with readings and a discussion by cartoonist Ricardo Siri (Liniers) and author Alexander Chee. Musician Laura Jean Binkley and her trio, Tiny Top Hats, kicked off the evening with a fabulous concert.

Constellation: Ekphrasis - April 1 - June 15, 2020
Our first community writing project, with pieces inspired by art, music, film, and sounds.

Virtual Poetry Open Mic with Still North Books & Bar - April 26, 2020
Featuring readings by Laura Jean Binkley, Vievee Francis, Kristin Maffei, Rena J. Mosteirin, and April Ossmann, plus readings by more than 20 of our fantastic community members from all over the country.

Virtual Hartland Poetry Fest 2020 - April 30, 2020
We were honored to sponsor the 2020 edition of this Hartland Community Arts annual event, featuring James Crews, Rob Foote, Hatsy McGraw, Rena J. Mosteirin, April Ossmann, and
Ruth Antoinette Rodriguez.

Summer Reading & Writing Kickoff with Still North Books & Bar - May 22, 2020
Featuring readings, a panel discussion, and audience Q&A with three local authors who have books coming out in summer 2020: KJ Dell'Antonia, Michele Campbell, and Makenna Goodman. We also kicked off 2020’s Reading & Writing Bingo at the event.

Healing the Divide Writing Workshop with James Crews - June 8 to 29, 2020
After long hoping to partner with James, we were finally able to sponsor a four-session writing workshop focused on the book he edited in 2019: Healing the Divide.

Poetry & Prose Open Mic - July 12, 2020
Featuring readings by Megan Buchanan, Emily Arnason Casey, Dede Cummings, and Taylor Mardis Katz, plus poetry and prose readings by a fantastic crowd of community writers.

Little Dippers Launch: On Tuesday, Elizabeth - July 18, 2020
On the day that should have been our fourth annual Poetry & Pie, we celebrated virtually by launching our third Little Dippers chapbook, Mary Kane’s gorgeous collection of short stories: On Tuesday, Elizabeth.

The Shame Launch with Makenna Goodman and Lauren Groff - August 11, 2020
An online event in celebration of the launch of Makenna Goodman’s debut novel, The Shame. Featuring conversation between Makenna and Lauren Groff, and audience Q&A.

Radical Gratitude and Embodied Writing Workshop with James Crews - August 22 to September 26, 2020
We were fortunate to be able to work with James again to bring you another online writing workshop.

Sierra Crane Murdoch and Angela Evancie - October 14, 2020
We partnered with Still North Books in a virtual event featuring Sierra Crane Murdoch in conversation with Angela Evancie of VPR’s Brave Little State to discuss Sierra’s compelling nonfiction book, Yellow Bird.