John Freeman

NW Voices

Remembering Seattle Author
Jonathan Raban

HE HADN’T PREPARED me for the house, for how wildly inappropriate a dwelling it was for a man who was in a wheel-chair. Stacked like a tea-tray of sandwiches on a sopping wet hill in Queen Anne, it climbed higgledy-piggledy into a thicket of conifers, and somewhere, up there, among the shaggy, dripping green, was one of the best writers of geography to have ever lived in North America, Jonathan Raban. For the past dozen years he hadn’t left the …

Sep 26, 2023

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Sep

27

2023

Award Winners

Congratulations to Queen Anne Book Company, “Best of the PNW!”

Queen Anne Book Company of Seattle, WA celebrated being named Seattle Times’ Best of the PNW/ The People’s Choice Bookstore for 2023! You can see them celebrating in front of the store (and a peek at the insert) at their Instagram.

Sep

25

2023

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The Four Horseman series by Laura Thalassa

The Four Horsemen are harbingers of justice, bringing about the end of humanity. They are brutal and unforgiving in their task. Four ordinary women believe if they kill the death bringers they may save humanity. Unbeknownst to them these horseman cannot die. The punishment for these attempts are to travel with them and witness the …

Sep

22

2023

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Comeuppance Served Cold
by Marion Deeds

Set in Seattle mere weeks after the stock market crash that kicks off the Great Depression, prohibitionists and the cream of the (magical) crop clash with speakeasies and changelings in this enchanted heist novella. Comeuppance Served Cold clips right along but somehow makes room for copious intrigues, prejudices, and so many delightful, colorful characters. I want …

Sep

21

2023

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Welcome to SPOOKY SEASON

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. The spooky adult books might be too spread out for any few titles to dominate yet, but …

Sep

20

2023

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Writer in a Life Vest: Essays from the Salish Sea by Iris Graville

From 2018-2019 Iris Graville served as the first writer-in-residence aboard the Washington State Ferries, spending a couple days a week writing on the route that travels between Lopez, Orcas, Shaw, and San Juan islands. The subtitle for her book Writer in a Life Vest: Essays from the Salish Sea is quite literal, as much of the book …

Sep

19

2023

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Jonathan Raban’s Memoir, “Father and Son,” Available Now

Jonathan Raban, who made his home in Seattle for decades before his passing in January of 2023, worked on his memoir for over decade. Father and Son goes on sale September 19, 2023, and Mr. Raban will be on bookstore displays as well as many booksellers’ minds. Raban won a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award in …

Sep

18

2023

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Lucky Red by Claudia Craven

  This debut Western novel was fantastic. Gunfighters, shootouts, and gambling set in a Dodge City brothel. What more could you ask for? –Derrick, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID You can find IT ALL at The Well-Read Moose and other independent bookstores.

Sep

15

2023

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The Change by Kirsten Miller

I loved this exciting and satisfying story about three women in their late 40s who develop powers. When Nessa begins hearing a dead girl calling her, she enlists Jo and Harriet to help her. The three soon uncover a bigger, darker conspiracy taking place at a nearby gated community for the ultra wealthy. This book …

Sep

14

2023

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Bad Influence titles

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Some of the titles from this week’s bestseller list sound like the kind of …

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