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Vermont Almanac launched in December, and features contributors from around the state, including the Upper Valley.

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New almanac follows contours of Vermont

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterMarch 4, 2021

(Kim Burwick and her son Levi Goodan, 9, of Meriden, N.H., are authors of the children's book "The Raincoat Balloon," based on the true story of a famous cyclist who defects (with his wife, two children, and his bicycle) from former Czechoslovakia in a hot air balloon sewn together by raincoats collected over two years. The pair put the book together over a month's time during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Book from Meriden boy and his mom tells story of hope

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2021

Nicholas Christakis ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Norwich author’s book examines the pandemic’s impact on society

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterNovember 28, 2020

Makenna Goodman (photo by Suzanne Opton)

Authors navigate strange chapter as book releases go virtual in pandemic

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2020

Seamus Murphy, of Norwich, Vt., who is a Hanover High School junior and one of the tri-captains on the football team, reads Dr. Seuss' "The Zax" in front of the school with his mother Amie Murphy recording him in Hanover, N.H., on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Members of the football team have recorded themselves reading children's books, which has been turned into an online video that schools and parents can access for a break during quarantine. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

High School & Youth

Marauders turn downtime into story time

by Greg Fennell Valley News Staff WriterApril 29, 2020

Essay: A book from another era in which time seemed to stop

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterMarch 14, 2020

Academic publishers thrive after closing of University Press of New England

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterMarch 6, 2020

Neuropsychologist John Randolph, of Hanover, N.H. has written a book about memory loss called "The Brain Health Book". (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Hanover author urges us to give our brains a workout

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2020

Jeff Sharlet stands in a field near his Norwich, Vt., home Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, that became a fixture in his life while recovering from a heart attack. He would stop and photograph the scene while running or commuting to Dartmouth College, where he is an associate professor of English at Dartmouth College. Sharlet's most recent book, "This Brilliant Darkness, A Book of Strangers" spans the two years between his father's heart attack and his own with short stories an pictures. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Upper Valley author tells a fuller story in new book

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2020

Sharon author searches for answers by putting one ski in front of the other

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2020August 4, 2025