Author Talk

The History of Poor Farms in Vermont: The true story behind the award-winning new novel involving life on a Vermont Poor Farm. Asa James, Winner of the 2025 prize for Historical Fiction in the Feathered Quill Book Awards. A book signing will follow the talk.

Jodi Lew-Smith lives on a hill farm in Hardwick with her husband, dog, chickens, and 250 apple trees. She has always been a writer but also enjoys biology, which comes out in her fiction.