Voices of Women Poets: Three Vermont poets, Cindy Hill, Samantha Kolber, and Tricia Knoll, will read their original poems pertaining to women’s history and women’s experiences to tie March's Women's History Month to April's National Poetry Month. Free and open to the public.

Tricia Knoll is the author of nine books of poetry and has had poems published in numerous anthologies and literary journals. She has degrees in literature from Stanford University (BA) and Yale University (MAT) and is a Contributing Editor to Verse Virtual. She lives in Vermont with five acres of woods and is working daily to remove invasive buckthorn. Her new chapbook The Unknown Daughter releases from Finishing Line Press on March 1st.

Cindy Ellen Hill is a writer, musician and obsessed gardener in Middlebury, Vermont. She has written extensively for Vermont Woman, Vermont Outdoors, VTDigger, and magazines, winning NENPA awards. She is the author of two sonnet chapbooks, Wild Earth (Antrim Press 2021) and Elegy for the Trees (Kelsay Books 2022), and has had poems published in Vermont Magazine, Vermont Life, Measure, The Lyric, and on National Public Radio.

Samantha Kolber is a poet, publisher, and mother in Montpelier, Vermont. She is the author of the award-winning chapbook Birth of a Daughter (Kelsay Books 2020) and has had poems published in Rattle, Hunger Mountain, and other journals and anthologies. She is the owner and publisher of Rootstock Publishing, a small, curated hybrid & traditional press publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction books by authors from Vermont and beyond.

Honored to be the headlining poet on May 2nd, 7pm for Poetry & Performance Online Meetup with Darlene Witte & the Green Mountain Writers! It's open to the public with an open mic, so please Save the Date and join us! Register at https://www.meetup.com/green-mountain-writers/events/292995210.

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Samantha Kolber’s poems have appeared in Rattle, Oddball Magazine, Mom Egg Review, Hunger Mountain, Minerva Rising, and other journals and anthologies. She received her MFA from Goddard College and completed post-grad studies at the Solstice MFA Program. Her chapbook Birth of a Daughter (Kelsay Books, 2020) won the Human Relations Indie Book Award in 2021. She lives in Montpelier, where she runs Rootstock Publishing and occasionally remembers to write poems, mostly about her daughter.

The Poetry & Performance workshop, led by Darlene L. Witte, works to bridge the gap between poetic words on a page and poetry read aloud. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month, we focus on the work of a feature poet presented live in a Zoom session. The group is invited to respond to the poetry and discuss the work. Sessions then progress to an Open Mic where anyone can share a poem of their own or one they have just taken a liking to.

A monthly poetry series featuring Vermont writers. Thursdays at The Front.

This month: Geof Hewitt + Samantha Kolber! Free and open to the public.

Geof Hewitt lives in Calais with Janet, his wife of 50 years. Their two adult children live nearby and their two almost-grown grandsons work freelance as hunting and river guides across the country. Geof started writing poems at age 17 and says he "hasn't grown up since."

Samantha Kolber, of Montpelier, wins awards for poetry and pie. She has a 20-year-old son, a 6-year-old daughter, a 2-year-old Beagle-mix, and a 17-year-old cat named Sylvia (after Sylvia Plath). Samantha started writing poems at age 11, but it wasn’t until she met Geof Hewitt when she was 23 that she learned what poetry could be. She is the new owner and publisher of Rootstock Publishing, and she has one chapbook, Birth of a Daughter, which was published in 2020.

Excited to be a part of Bridgeside Books first event devoted entirely to the beautiful art form of poetry!

Poet Sarah Anderson, owner of The Word Barn in New Hampshire and author of We Hold On To What We Can, will be joined by local Vermont poets Megan Buchanan, Samantha Kolber, Scudder Parker, and Eva Zimet. Free and open to the public.

Learn more at bridgesidebooks.com/events/17209.

I am thrilled to be joined by poets Meg Reynolds and Tricia Knoll to read our work from the recently published anthology Venus Rising: Musings & Lore from Women Writers  (Our Galaxy Publishing). Proceeds from the sale of this beautiful book supports FemTruth Youth, a student-centered non-profit raising awareness of gaslit health and menstruation issues for legislative protections of human rights and change in societal norms.​

I will read my first published piece of fiction, a speculative short story called “The Shift,” and Meg and Tricia will read their poetry. We will also read poems from our most recent published books (see author bios below).

This event is free and open to the public, with thanks to the North Branch Cafe and PoemCity for their co-sponsorship. Tea, wine, and books will be for sale, with a poetry Q&A and book signing. PLUS there will be a RAFFLE to WIN a copy of VENUS RISING! Thanks to Our Galaxy Publishing, we will give away one copy of the book, signed by Samantha, Meg, and Tricia. To enter the raffle, simply come to the reading and leave your name in our raffle box for a chance to win!

Author Bios:
Samantha Kolber is an award-winning poet and author of Birth of a Daughter (Kelsay Books, 2020). She is the events & marketing coordinator at Bear Pond Books and the poetry series editor & marketing director for Rootstock Publishing. She is currently querying a novel and working on many book projects at once.

Meg Reynolds is a poet, artist, and teacher from New England. Her collection of poetry comics, A Comic Year, was published in October 2021 from Finishing Line Press. Her second collection, Does the Earth, is forthcoming from Harpoon Books in fall 2022. She lives in Burlington, VT with her family.

Tricia Knoll is a Vermont poet who sometimes feels she has learned most of what she knows the hard way. She is the author of six books of poetry, most recently Let's Hear It for the Horses (Poetry Box, 2022).

I'll be speaking live with Barney Smith for his podcast StoryComic. If you have any questions, or poetry requests, email me, and I’ll address them in the interview. Hope you can join us!

The link to watch live is https://youtu.be/GfzBCAX2J3w

I am thrilled to be part of this historical poetry moment! The Galaxy Bookshop hosts its first live, in-person event of the year, featuring four local poets, outside at the pavilion at Atkins Field.

Join myself and Vermont poets Lizzy Fox, Scudder Parker, and Diana Whitney for a special evening of poetry. After reading, the poets will engage in conversation about their craft and sign copies of their books.

Free and open to the public.

Thrilled to read at the Second Virtual (5th Annual) Hartland Poetry Fest with Megan Buchanan, Rob Foote, Didi Jackson, Taylor Mardis Katz, and Peter Money, reading poems on the theme Reckoning and Renewal.

Sponsored by the Hartland Community Arts and the Hartland Library with support from Literary North.

Free and open to the public. The event will take place on Zoom. If you are interested in attending or if you need more information, please RSVP by 4/27 to info@hartlandcommunityarts.org to receive your Zoom link, ID and password.

Thrilled to be part of this joint poetry reading for PoemCity Montpelier! Poets Samantha Kolber, Jesse LoVasco, Lisa Mase, and Eva Zimet read from their recently published poetry collections.

​Samantha Kolber's first chapbook, Birth of a Daughter (Kelsay Books) was published in September of 2020. Jesse Lovasco's Homebound Publications 2019 Poetry Prize Winning book, Native, was released in April of 2020. Lisa Mase's chapbook, I Won't Be/Long Here (Kelsay Books) is forthcoming in April 2021, and Eva Zimet's collection, The Lost Grip (Rootstock Publishing) was published in January of 2021.

Registration for the Zoom link is required. Please Click Here to register.

Explore your birth or parenting journey through the creative process. For writers of all levels; no experience necessary. Just be sure to have a pen and paper handy! With Samantha Kolber, MFA, author of the poetry chapbook Birth of A Daughter, and Poetry Series editor at Rootstock Publishing.

This writing workshop is with Good Beginnings of Central Vermont, sponsored by Hunger Mountain Coop, and is free and open to the public. Register here, and do some creative writing with me! I think it will be a healing balm during this very stressful winter.

COVE welcomes acclaimed poets Rose Solari and Samantha Kolber to read from their published works and discuss their creative process. People of all ages are welcome to take part in this inspiring, soulful discussion.

Please pre-register for this event by clicking here.

Rose Solari is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, The Last Girl, Orpheus in the Park, and Difficult Weather, the one-act play, Looking for Guenevere, and the novel, A Secret Woman. She has lectured and taught writing workshops at many institutions, including the University of Maryland, College Park; St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; and the University of Oxford’s Centre for Creative Writing in Oxford, England. Her awards include the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize, an EMMA award for excellence in journalism, and multiple grants. In 2010, she co-founded Alan Squire Publishing, a small press with big ideas.

Samantha Kolber is an award-winning poet who has published in many journals and anthologies. She received her MFA from Goddard College and completed post-grad work at Pine Manor College’s Solstice MFA Program. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont, where she coordinates events and marketing for Bear Pond Books and is the Poetry Series Editor for Rootstock Publishing. “Birth of a Daughter” (Kelsay Books, 9/1/20) is her first book.

I will read poems from my debut chapbook “Birth of a Daughter” and answer questions via Zoom. Co-sponsored by Bear Pond Books and The Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Free. Registration required. Please RSVP HERE.