“Bainbridge writer Dylan Tomine gets his hands dirty, but his mind cleared and life focused in this impassioned yet charming memoir about a year teaching his two young children to live close to the glorious riches of our delicate planet. Tomine’s family of four experience wisdom, heartache, and great joy as they plant, forage, and …
Northwest booksellers Suzanne Droppert, of Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, and Janis Segress, of Eagle Harbor Book Co. on Bainbridge Island, are teaming up and taking the book group international. Literary Paris is the theme for a week-long expedition that includes a visit to the legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore and walking tours highlighting the historical …
For many of us, the fact that Seattle features the pinnacle of Disneyland-style futurism in its downtown core has always been incredibly cool. Portland has bridges. Seattle has the the Space Needle! The 1962 World’s Fair drew 10 million visitors to the little-known Northwest corner of the country and left Seattle with an enhanced identity …
When Annie Bloom’s Books‘ February newsletter arrived promoting ”books that are great for Valentine’s gifts, or that help explain one of life’s most powerful feelings” (it’s love they’re talking about), we poked around to see what other bookstores were up to in support of—or at least in response to—this chocolate-powered, pollen-laden lover’s holiday.
On Jan 31 Jonathan Evison had a dual celebration at his hometown bookstore, Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the paperback release of his bestselling novel West of Here and in honor of his 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award. You can read his acceptance essay, “Why We Endure,” here on NWBL. The Eagle Harbor crew …
(Editor’s Note: We’re re-posting this interview with veteran Bainbridge Island bookseller Mary Gleysteen on the occasion of her retirement from Eagle Harbor Book Company. The store’s staff posted a tribute and farewell to her here and we talked with some other unhappy people here.) Mary Gleysteen says it was reading Song of Solomon by Toni …
“There is no doubt that Mary Gleysteen is the best bookseller ever to walk the boards of our store, and we will miss her terribly. She retires from bookselling at the end of this month.” That’s just a touch of the sentiment shared on behalf of the staff of Bainbridge Island, Washington’s Eagle Harbor Book …
“Glenn Rockowitz, a writer and comedian, was 28 years old and mere months away from becoming a father when he was diagnosed with cancer. I have never read a memoir that was as honest and heartbreaking and yet somehow funny at the same time. His story can only be described as amazing.”—Andrew, Eagle Harbor Book …
“Never have I been more compelled by a novel whose main character’s traits and ethics I have every reason to abhor. This 1999 winner of Britain’s Booker Prize opens with the sexual exploits of a university professor in Johannesburg, who then moves, as a consequence of his actions, to his daughter’s rural landholding, where a …
“There are no dysfunctional families in this novel. Murray Tepper isn’t searching for his inner self and he isn’t the product of a miserable childhood. He’s simply a New Yorker who likes to park his car, usually in a coveted spot, so he can sit in it and read the paper. This annoys some, and …
