Storying the Land: Reading & Q&A with Kai Thomas

Time & Location:

Oct 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA


About the event:

Join us for a discussion, reading, and Q&A with novelist Kai Thomas, author of In the Upper Country—a sweeping, powerful story set at the terminus of the Underground Railroad, where the fates of two unforgettable women—one beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery, the other completing her life’s last vital act—intertwine.

Kai will also share reflections on The Light Pirate, the 2025 Vermont Reads selection from Vermont Humanities, exploring themes of place, resilience, and community.

Free and open to the public. Presented in partnership with Smokey House Center and the Manchester Community Library. Sponsered in part by Vermont Humanities.

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