Montana writer and four-time Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner Pete Fromm just pointed us to the trailer for the forthcoming movie version of his 2004 winner, As Cool As I Am. In March, Fromm told NWBL: “‘As Cool As I Am’ I will be released June 7th, in theaters in LA and NY and simultaneously in pay per view downloads. Wider theatrical lease will follow, I guess, depending on how it does. Picador will also be reissuing the book on …
I just finished his mammoth (724 pages) WWII thriller, The Unlikely Spy, by Daniel Silva, who has been favorably compared to Ken Follett and Robert Harris as a writer of spy fiction. The story takes place in the U.S., U.K. and Germany from the late 1930s to the landings in Normandy. Some of the characters—Winston Churchill and German spymaster Admiral William Canaris—are …
“I’d always written, but never seriously,” said Simmons, who moved to Seattle in 2000. “It wasn’t until I worked in a bookstore and spent enough time around authors and writing, and started reading more and more, that I discovered how to take things I’d always written and turn them into stories.” That’s from today’s Shelf Awareness feature …
“When I look through Bob Staake’s illustrations, I see many things. He has a keen sense of layout, a wonderful grasp of weight, and a deftly-maneuvered forward motion in his frames. His artistic skills are undeniable and so pleasing to look at, yet these are not what make his pictures so masterful. When I look …
The Pacific Northwest is full of talented cookbook authors and chefs. Now home cooks can make favorite restaurant recipes in their own kitchens. Your local independent bookstore can get you the Pacific Northwest cookbooks you want, but foodie bibliophiles should also make the pilgrimage to cookbook-focused indie Book Larder in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. …
This is one of my favorite short-story collections—actually, one of my favorite books—in a long time. Each story is its own little world, with a unique narrator and point of view. I’m amazed at Meloy’s ability to write such diverse stories with humor, heart, and insight. It was so good I read it twice! — an …
Suzanne Droppert of Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, WA sent us this teaser trailer for the pilot of a series called “Harbor Island.” It was filmed in and around Poulsbo. The ferries, the atmospheric piers, and the lovely marina are all very evocative of our region.
The bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon affected the Pacific Northwest bookloving community; authors, booksellers, and readers were there. Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a dance teacher in Boston, and her husband Adam Davis were victims of the second bomb. Adrianne lost her left foot and part of her leg. Adam was injured with shrapnel. Here in the …
“In our house we don’t usually go for picture books on the subject of love. Too much sweetness before bedtime rots the teeth, after all. But I took a chance on Maudie and Bear, written by Jan Ormerod and illustrated by Freya Blackwood. Five short, simple, realistic episodes depict the relationship between a little girl …
Perhaps it’s my destiny in life to relate to books in almost every possible way. I read them. I sell them. I’ve helped edit them. I’m writing some of my own. And I’m in two books, too. When I was growing up, my dad, Jon Remmerde, wrote a memoir of the eight and-a-half years our …
