Nat Winthrop | On the Record Book Signing Event

Phoenix Books welcomes Onion River Press author Nat Winthrop to Phoenix Books Burlington for a book signing event on Sunday, November 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in celebration of his latest book, On the Record! 

Journalist Nat Winthrop has covered Vermont for a half-century, reporting stories that have surprised, infuriated, and enlightened readres. From 1978 to 1990, Winthrop published the pioneering alternative weekly The Vanguard Press, and later the Vermont Times. These publications were launching pads for many journalists and were forerunners to Seven Days, the Vermont weekly that is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. He was also executive producer of "Freedom & Unity," a six-part documentayr film about Vermont led by Nora Jacobson. In 1987, he co-founded the online alternative news service AlterNet. Winthrop earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard and came to Vermont to attend Goddard College, where he received a master's degree in media education in 1977. He lives in Montpelier. 

About the book: Published by Onion River Press, Winthrop's new book, On the Record, is a collection of 17 of his cover stories. The topics vary widely, from his reporting on a controversial physician at Gifford Hospital in Randolph who championed in vitro fertilization in the 1970s, to his coverage of Iranian cadets at Norwich University just after the 1979 Iranian revolution, to his stories about Bernie Sanders and ice cream icons Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield as they rose from obscurity to national fame. The book includes contemporary echoes and updated on what has happened with the subjects of each story. 

DATE: Sunday, November 15, 2026 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM 

LOCATION: Phoenix Books Burlington, 89 Church Street, Burlington, VT 

TICKETS: Tickets are FREE. Phoenix Books has adopted an RSVP-based system, and you can RSVP through the Seven Days Tickets website. Your RSVP grants you a $3.00 off coupon for On the Record by Nat Winthrop that can be used during the day of the event. 

BOOKS: Copies of On the Record by Nat Winthrop will be available for purhcase at the event.