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Bookstore Romance Day: Share the Love

Do you feel like we could use a little more love in the world? Maybe it’s time for more romance in your life. Yes, romance books! Independent bookstores around the country are busy planning the first Bookstore Romance Day to celebrate romance books and romance readers. The inaugural Bookstore Romance Day will be celebrated on the third Saturday in August, August 17, 2019. An Oregon bookseller started it all! A Publishers Weekly article in April quoted Billie Bloebaum, a bookseller …

May 17, 2019

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May

20

2019

Furious Hours

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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

This is a fascinating true crime story that revolves around three people: a reverend who was accused of multiple murders, the lawyer that defended him, and the author that wanted to tell their story. The author was Harper Lee, and the story of Reverend Willie Maxwell was to be the subject of her second, long-awaited …

May

16

2019

Washington Black in paperback

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Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black is calling to us from the table over there. The paperback edition has a much more evocative cover (even though we are fans of big block text), highlighting Edugyan’s larger-than-life story of George Washington Black, an eleven-year-old field slave from Barbados, who has some adventures. Some adventures. We make it sound …

May

15

2019

Little Taco Truck

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Little Taco Truck by Tanya Valentine and Jorge Martin

One little taco truck learns to share in marvelous new inclusive way that makes room for everyone. A book that acknowledges the challenges of change and the friendships that come with finding your community and where you belong. A bright book bursting with color and flavors with a much bigger message! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public …

May

14

2019

My Soul Is Filled with Joy

Awards and Honors

Seattle Author Karen Treiger Wins Independent Publishers Book Award

My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story by Seattle author Karen I. Treiger received the bronze medal award from The Independent Publishers Book Award (IPPY) in the category of World History. “Conducted annually, the Independent Publisher Book Awards honor the year’s best independently published titles from around the world. The awards are intended …

May

13

2019

Paper Boat Booksellers pop-up IBD cookies

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West Seattle Will Get a New Indie Bookstore: Paper Boat Booksellers

After a successful pop-up at Alair (a gift boutique) in West Seattle for Independent Bookstore Day, Paper Boat Booksellers had this great news to share: We are so happy to announce that we just signed a lease on a space for our bookstore! Paper Boat Booksellers is coming to life and we can’t wait to …

May

10

2019

Emma Nichols

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The Graphic Novel Is a Perfect Teachable Format: Using Graphic Novels to Help Readers

Posted in Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf newsletter May 7, 2019 by Emma Nichols, bookseller at Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA When I first started in bookselling, parents often balked at my comics recommendations. They wanted their kids to read “real books.” Five years later, a lot has changed: I’m still recommending comics and kids …

May

9

2019

At the Table of Wolves

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At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon

You have heard the cliché “Never judge a book by its cover!” Thank goodness I did. I saw the cover at a recent writers conference. It had a couple of icons that I recognized– Big Ben in London, WWII aircraft and a woman dressed as a WWII spy. In the cover copy, I saw the …

May

8

2019

First Rule of Punk

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The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

Malu finds herself caught between a Mexican mother who wants her to be the perfect señorita and a music-loving father who helped foster her love of all things punk. After their divorce, Malu and her mother move to Chicago from Florida, where Malu has to start a new school and find her place, ultimately discovering …

May

7

2019

Emily and Wayne outside Island Books

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We Are the [Seattle Independent Bookstore] Champions!

originally posted April 29, 2019 by Emily Adams for her blog at svcascadia.com: The last Saturday in April is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States. In Seattle, it is also Seattle Bookstore Day, home to the Seattle Bookstore Challenge. Each of the past four years I have taken the challenge and visited each of the participating stores, …

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