Zoom Event– Putney Public Library Writers Salon: Emma Paris

Putney Public Library Writers Salon
Emma Paris
Thursday, March 26th, 7pm-8pm
via Zoom

Putney Public Library Writers Salon is a winter Zoom series hosted by Putney Public Library and Toni Ortner.
Toni Ortner lives in Putney, Vermont. She has had 34 books published by small presses. Most recent are The Van Gogh Notebook by Dancing Girl Press and Prayers are the Kites We Fly by Rockwood Press of Portland, OR. Her forthcoming books are Passing Through by Deerbrook Editions then Monarch in the Desert and the Door That Opens Into Light both of which honor the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Toni was Vice President of Write Action which is a nonprofit group that supports writers in southern VT. She taught English at the University of Connecticut and is now retired.
Emma Paris will be reading on Thursday, March 26th at 7pm.
Emma Paris is a student at Bennington College studying Poetry and Ecology with a focus on environmental data interpretation for creative work. Her poetry has appeared in VT digger the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast, the Northern New England Review, MORIA Lit Magazine, Harpur Palate, and more. She interned at Green Writer Press during the winter of 2025, helping edit and proof upcoming titles in poetry. She is a 2025 Youth Poet Laureat of Vermont, Keep up with her on Instagram at VT-youth, poet-laureaet-2025. Emma’s first book will be published in spring of 2026 by the Green Writers Press. She is especially interested in restoring the gray wolves to our country.
This event is free and open to the public. You can access the reading HERE.