Tegan Tigani and Jenny Cohen

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NW Indie Booksellers on the National Stage

Two Pacific Northwest booksellers recently joined the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors. Jenny Cohen of Waucoma Books in Hood River, OR and Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, WA started on the board this spring. They were the point people on a bookstore bus tour for booksellers at a recent national conference about children’s books in Pittsburgh, and they just got back from a board meeting in St. Louis, MO. The two previously served together on …

Jul 19, 2019

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2019

Sal & Gabi Break the Universe

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Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

I loved this book! It is a silly novel that deals with real problems and hardships of our world in a manner that brings light to a different approach to hard times. This book is centered around family, friendship, and forgiveness. Sal is a sweet-talking, sarcastic, light-hearted magician; Gabi is a hard-headed, determined and intelligent …

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2019

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

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The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

In a desert town near Joshua Tree National Park, a man dies in a hit-and-run accident. Thus opens a story of the man and his family and the investigation of his death. Alternately narrated by several different characters, we learn of backstories and side stories and brief flashbacks to Morocco and Iraq and Mexico. And …

Jul

16

2019

Deep River

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Deep River by Karl Marlantes

Karl Marlantes once again brings us an epic that can’t be put down, this time set in the forests and on the rivers of southwest Washington, all soon to be engulfed by logging and fishing. Deep River combines the story of immigrant siblings (from Finland) and a larger Scandinavian community, the desires of families escaping …

Jul

15

2019

Late Migrations book cover

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Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl

From New York Times opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family–and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world. Check out this interview with Renkl. –Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT Look at the world in different ways after you read books like this from …

Jul

12

2019

Jonah Barrett and Laura Stanfill

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Forest Avenue Press Featured in Wordsmiths Documentary

Oregon-based Forest Avenue Press‘s founder and publisher Laura Stanfill is featured in a documentary in the Wordsmiths series produced by Jonah Barrett, presented by Oly Arts. This is part of the Main Street Writers Movement, which aims to “strengthen the literary ecosystem, increase the volume of the literary publishing conversation, and earn more visbility for …

Jul

11

2019

Edgar (Edgar Martinez baseball memoir)

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Edgar: An Autobiography by Edgar Martinez
with Larry Stone

We’ve waited and waited. Finally, this year, Edgar Martinez received his nomination to baseball’s Hall of Fame. His delightful autobiography follows the fascinating journey from his youth in Puerto Rico, where Edgar started his career with a broomstick for a bat, hitting rocks, bottle caps, even raindrops. Then follows a complicated story with ups and …

Jul

10

2019

The Sad Little Fact book cover

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The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter
and Pete Oswald

The sad little fact is a blue fuzzy ball with big eyes and spindly arms and legs. He speaks facts. But very few listen to him. Eventually the authorities grow so irritated with him that they throw him into a box and bury him—along with other colorful little facts. The world turns dark from all of the lies being …

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9

2019

The Storefront

Happy 10th Birthday, Green Bean Books!

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, Green Bean Books in Portland celebrates its tenth birthday! Congratulations, Grean Bean Books. This charming bookshop in a darling red house in the Alberta Arts District in Portland (just a quick walk from Salt & Straw ice cream, if you like to double up your treats) focuses on kids’ books and …

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8

2019

Daemon Voices

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Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling by Philip Pullman

This fascinating hodgepodge of essays, articles, and conference presentations by a well-known author of children’s fantasy celebrates the wonders of the human imagination and the crucial role which storytelling must play in a healthy society. Pullman’s thoughtful and often amusing musings branch out from the craft of modern writing to encompass painting, poetry, graphic novels, …

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