Archive for the 'Connie’s Blog'

Pre-School BookWorms Book Club – Free to All

Do you know a preschool age child and want to read to them more? The Cambridge Elementary School and Battenkill Books are happy to announce that they are continuing to offer the FREE Cambridge Bookworm Preschool Book Club. The Bookworm Club is a free book lending program available to families...
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Creative Nonfiction Book Club: Shakespeare Saved My Life: 10 Years in Solitary with the Bard (5/16/13)

Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:30 – 7:30 pm Battenkill Books FREE Shakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates thought she had seen it all. That is, until she decided to teach Shakespeare in a place the bard had never been before — supermax solitary confinement. In this unwelcoming...
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Pre-order One-Woman Farm: My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, and a Fine Fiddle

Pre-order a signed copy of Jenna Woginrich’s upcoming book, One-Woman Farm:  My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats and a Fine Fiddle, due out 11/5/13. Jenna will sign and personalize (if requested) your book. We accept payment three ways: 1) you can pay via PayPal – click...
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Fiction Book Club: The Night Circus (6/6/13)

Thursday, June 6th 6:30 pm Battenkill Books FREE The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of...
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Poetry Fete with Camille Guthrie (4/26/13)

Friday, April 26th 6 pm Battenkill Books FREE April is Poetry Month, so celebrate with us on Friday, April 26th with our Poetry Party! Our special guest will be Eagle Bridge resident and poet Camille Guthrie, whose new book of poetry, Articulated Lair, has just been published. Cake and...
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Meet the Author: Ben Hewitt with new book Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World (6/20/13)

Thursday, June 20th 7:00 pm Battenkill Books FREE When Ben Hewitt met Erik Gillard, he was amazed. Here was a real-life rebel living happily and comfortably in small-town Vermont on less than $10,000 per year. Gillard’s no bum. He has a job, a girlfriend, good friends, and strong ties to...
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