Reading Series at the Park-McCullough Carriage Barn
Monday, August 31, 5 - 6:30 PM
with Miciah Bay Gault and Ann Dávila Cardinal
Aug 31 Authors: Miciah Bay Gault will read from her newly released novel, The Nobody Code, alongside Ann Dávila Cardinal, who will share excerpts from her forthcoming thriller, Hear the Dead.
Park-McCullough, in partnership with Prospect Street Writers House and The Bennington Bookshop, welcomes esteemed authors from Vermont and beyond for a Summer Reading Series taking place in the Carriage Barn at the Park-McCullough. Once a month, June - December 2026, poets and writers, including Peter Cameron, Rage Hezekiah, June Gervais, and Anna Hogeland, among others, will be reading from recent work, discussing the writer's life, and engaging with audience members. This is a great opportunity to meet authors connected to the area, ask questions, and expand one's literary horizons! Admission is free. Donations support programming such as this Reading Series.
Print the poster for the entire 2026 Reading Series lineup! CLICK HERE!
More about the Aug 31 authors:
Miciah Bay Gault. Miciah Bay Gault is the author of the novels The Nobody Code and Goodnight Stranger, which were nominated for a Shirley Jackson award and longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s first novel prize. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Tin House, The Sun, Agni, The Southern Review, The Harvard Review, The New York Times Modern Love Column, Poets & Writers, and other places. She teaches in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and directs the Vermont Book Awards at Vermont Humanities.
Ann Dávila Cardinal. Ann Dávila Cardinal is a Puerto Rican, Vermont-based author and educator. Her eight books include the October 2026 punk rock thriller Hear The Dead, magical realist novels The Storyteller’s Death and We Need No Wings, young adult horror novels: Five Midnights, Category Five, Breakup from Hell, and You’ve Awoken Her, and a middle grade biography of Bad Bunny. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, teaches in the University of San Francisco’s MFA in Writing for Young Readers, and is a powerlifter and part-time bookseller.
