Author Events

Bear Pond Books is excited to bring your favorite authors to Stowe, Vermont! We often host book signings, readings and discussions. View our events calendar, below, for more information! We hope to see you at our next author event. 

Ann Dávila Cardinal , September 7th from 11am - 1pm

We are excited to announce Ann Dávila Cardinal has two books coming out this September, and she’s holding signing events at Bear Pond Books to celebrate! Join us on September 7th from 11am - 1pm for a signing event celebrating her book, Hispanic Star: Bad Bunny.
About the Book:
Read about Bad Bunny, known as the King of Latin Trap, who is among the most groundbreaking and iconic Latinx heroes to have shaped our culture and the world in the latest installment of the Hispanic Star’s series of engaging, illustrated biography for young readers. Written by activist Claudia Romo and Ann Dávila Cardinal.
About the Author:
Ann is a Nuyorican, Vermont-based author with an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). She comes from a long line of Puerto Rican writers, including father and son poets Virgilio and José Antonio Dávila, and her cousin, award-winning fiction writer Tere Dávila.
Ann lives in Vermont with her husband in a lovely little house with a massively creepy basement.

Ann Dávila Cardinal , September 21st from 1pm - 3pm

We are excited to announce Ann Dávila Cardinal has two books coming out this September, and she’s holding signing events at Bear Pond Books to celebrate! Join us on September 21st from 1pm - 3pm for a signing event celebrating her book, We Need No Wings.
About the Book:
Tere Sanchez has always known who she was: a professor, a wife, a mother, and a friend. But when her husband dies unexpectedly, she finds herself completely broken. Taking a leave from the university, Tere hopes that she can mourn her husband and get back on her feet, but instead, she spends a year consumed by grief.
Until the day she levitates.
From the award-winning author of The Storyteller's Death comes a riveting, multicultural story about what it means to love, heal, and take flight.
About the Author:
Ann is a Nuyorican, Vermont-based author with an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). She comes from a long line of Puerto Rican writers, including father and son poets Virgilio and José Antonio Dávila, and her cousin, award-winning fiction writer Tere Dávila.
Ann lives in Vermont with her husband in a lovely little house with a massively creepy basement.

David Sedaris at Spruce Peak Performing Arts, September 27th & 28th at 7pm

Experience an evening with one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers, David Sedaris at Spruce Peak Performing Arts. Master of satire and keen observer of human nature, Sedaris will charm you with his witty and insightful storytelling. Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, Sedaris is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including *Me Talk Pretty One Day* and *Calypso*. His pieces regularly appear in *The New Yorker* and his acclaimed works have been translated into 32 languages. Join us for a night filled with laughter and sharp observations from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature. A selection of David Sedaris’ books will be on sale in the lobby from our partner Bear Pond Books.

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Christy Mihaly, September 28th from 1-3pm

We are excited to welcome Christy Mihaly to Bear Pond Books! Join us on September 28th from 1m - 3pm for a signing event celebrating her new book, Our Congress.
About the Book:
The child of a newly elected House representative tours Congress with guides corporeal and spectral in this content-heavy paneled primer. Accompanying their mother to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., brown-skinned Alice voices frustration over how much the parent’s role requires. As Mom attends an event, Alice sets off solo, meeting a snarky spectral feline along with the ghost of James Madison, who explain the legislative branch’s history and function. Wandering the halls, Alice and the cat cross paths with the ghost of Senator Blanche Bruce and a fully alive Senate page, congressional committee staffer, lobbyist, and Capitol Police officer, each of whom reveals more about governance and pivotal historical conflicts (the Civil War, the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack). Begiraj’s basic illustrations have a paper-doll quality, with most characters depicted head-on, leaving ample room for dense, textbook-like speech balloons. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. A glossary and additional info conclude. Ages 4–8.
About the Author:
Christy Mihaly writes children’s books, articles, stories, essays, and poems. She practiced law for more than 20 years, and is particularly drawn to writing nonfiction -- all kinds of nonfiction! Her 2022 picture book "The Supreme Court and Us" is a lively introduction for young readers to the history and role of the U.S. Supreme Court. "FREE FOR YOU AND ME: What Our First Amendment Means," is a poetic introduction to our constitutional rights. Christy's poems appear in anthologies including "Imperfect: Poems about Mistakes," "Hop to It: Poems to Get You Moving," and "The Bee is Not Afraid of Me."
Christy is a founding member of GROG, the group blog for writers and readers of children’s literature. She has at various points made her home in eight different states and in Spain, and is now happily settled in rural Vermont where she writes under the supervision of her dog and cat. See more at www.christymihaly.com; follow her on GROG (http://groggorg.blogspot.com). She's represented by Erzsi Deak of Hen and Ink Literary Studio.

Amber Roberts, October 19th from 1pm - 3pm

We are excited to welcome Amber Roberts to promote her book, "Haunt Your Heart Out."
About the Book:
Homebody Lex McCall loves her sleepy Vermont town and quiet bookstore job. After her family, friends, and exes all moved away to seek futures elsewhere, Lex set one rule: no dating tourists, newcomers, or anyone else who is bound to leave her behind. When the bookshop owner, eager to off-load the supposedly haunted building, offers to sell the store to Lex at an unbeatable price, Lex jumps at the chance to further put down roots.
Then handsome stranger James stops by the bookstore. Lex assumes he’s just another tourist passing through, but it turns out he’s part of a ghost-hunting documentary crew that’s looking into the many “verified” ghost stories in town. Lex can’t resist getting involved—especially because these so-called ghosts are actually made-up stories from Haunted Happenings, her hobby vlog from a decade prior. Worried her ghost-faking secret will get out and ruin her chance to buy the store, she tampers with the ghosthunters’ research and skews the results. After all, James’s stay is only temporary, and her career dreams come first.
But as they spend more time together, Lex realizes she’s falling for James. Worse, there’s more at stake than her simply being found out and losing his affection: his mission isn’t as frivolous as it seems, and her interference may cost him much more than a spooky story.
This not-quite ghost story is sure to delight Gilmore Girls fans and anyone who loves flirty romances with a little extra spirit.
About the Author:
Amber Roberts writes contemporary romance about unabashedly nerdy characters in ridiculous situations. She lives with her husband, two children, and formerly feral cats in the Vermont woods, where eating maple creemees is a year-round activity.
She spends her time copywriting, forgetting to water her plants, and awkwardly replying “you too” at inappropriate moments. 
 
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Ethan Tapper, October 26th from 11am to 1pm

We are excited to welcome Ethan Tapper to Bear Pond Books!
Join us on October 26th from 1m - 3pm for a signing event celebrating his new book, How to Love a Forest.
About the Book:
Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species’ incredible power to heal rather than to harm?
Tapper walks us through the fragile and resilient community that is a forest. He introduces us to wolf trees and spring ephemerals, and to the mysterious creatures of the rhizosphere and the necrosphere. He helps us reimagine what forests are and what it means to care for them. This world, Tapper writes, is degraded by people who do too much and by those who do nothing.
Tapper argues that the actions we must take to protect ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable, even heartbreaking. With striking prose, he shows how bittersweet acts—like loving deer and hunting them, loving trees and felling them—can be expressions of compassion. Tapper weaves a new
land ethic for the modern world
About the Author:
Ethan Tapper is a forester and writer based in Vermont. Since 2012, he has worked as a consulting forester and service forester, managing public and private forestlands and advising thousands of landowners. Tapper leads dozens of public
events each year, maintains an active social media presence, and writes a column in newspapers and a quarterly column in Northern Woodlands magazine. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including being named Forester of
the Year by the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance in 2021. Tapper manages Bear Island, his 175-acre forest and homestead in Bolton, Vermont, and plays in a punk band.

Jackson Ellis, October 26th from 1pm - 3pm

We are excited to welcome author, Jackson Ellis to promote his book, "Black Days".

About the Book:

Black Days tells the story of Daniel Fassett, a Vermont man who crashes his vehicle into the Mad River on Christmas Eve, 1992. After nearly drowning, Daniel falls into a four-month-long coma shortly before his retirement date and loses a significant portion of his pension. Depressed and financially strapped, he enlists the aid of a local semi-retired physician, Dr. William Butcher, to help him hibernate through the winter in a homemade casket housed in a backyard maple sugarhouse.

Despite Daniel’s attempts to maintain secrecy, word of the procedure eventually gets out—and that is when trouble begins.

From across the country, folks eager to escape their woes reach out to Daniel and Dr. Butcher in hopes of becoming the next to pass a season in oblivion. Large sums of money are offered for the privilege—but death, deception, and moral and ethical dilemmas that have no clear solutions wreak havoc on Daniel’s life.

I believe Black Days will appeal to fans of domestic suspense and fans of offbeat, gothic, literary thrillers with dark humor and a relatable protagonist. Specifically, readers of fellow Vermonters Shirley Jackson and Castle Freeman, Jr., or fans of Hubert Selby, Jr., may especially enjoy Black Days. It is a terse, engaging book, and as such may be well-liked by those who appreciate Stephen King’s shorter works such as Elevation, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, or Secret Window, Secret Garden.

About the Author:

My short fiction has appeared in a variety of journals, and for nearly two decades I co-published Verbicide Magazine, which I founded as a print periodical in 1999. My debut, Lords of St. Thomas, received the 2017 Howard Frank Mosher First Novel Prize.

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Susan Edwards Richmond, January 25th from 11am to 1pm

We are excited to welcome author, Susan Edwards Richmond to promote her book, "Night Owl Night".
About the Book:
Sova’s mother is a scientist who studies birds and their migratory patterns. Each night she goes into the woods to conduct research, and finally Sova is old enough to join her. Securing headlamps, Sova and her mother head into the woods to capture, measure, and release saw-whet owls. Through the quiet night, Sova learns about the patience, persistence, and excitement that comes with conservation efforts and scientific research.
This heartwarming mother-daughter story is the perfect primer to conservation, science, and amazing owls!
About the Author:
Susan Edwards Richmond is the award-winning author of Night Owl Night and the community science adventures Bioblitz! Counting Critters and Bird Count. Bird Count is the winner of a Parent’s Choice Silver Award and the International Literacy Association’s Primary Fiction Award, and is a Mathical Honor Book. Susan is also the author of Science Play, an activity book for preschoolers in Storey Publishing’s Busy Little Hands series. Her third book in the “Community Science Counts” series, The Great Pollinator Count, releases April 15, 2025.
A passionate birder and naturalist, Susan teaches preschool on a farm and wildlife sanctuary in eastern Massachusetts. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis, and her B.A. with Honors in English from Williams College. She is also an award-winning poet with five collections of nature-based poetry for adults. Susan is happiest exploring natural habitats with her husband and two daughters, and learns the native birds wherever she travels.