Author Pete Fromm

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Q&A with Pete Fromm for A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do

The Country Bookseller in Bozeman, MT was very excited to welcome Pete Fromm back to the Country Bookshelf on June 11th for his new novel, A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do. Bookseller Wendy Blake loved it: Marnie and Taz have it all– they love, laugh and work together, sneak off to swim at their secret spot, and now they are starting a family. But Marnie dies in childbirth, leaving Taz to cope with his incredible loss… and …

Jun 14, 2019

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17

2019

Underland by Robert Macfarlane

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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
by Robert MacFarlane

I don’t think there is a square mile of ground on this planet where Robert Macfarlane couldn’t dig up a new, wondrous story. Underland continues the tradition of profound storytelling, reflection, and, quite simply, gorgeous writing we have come to expect from him. Macfarlane’s ventures into the underworlds of our planet, both mythical and literal, …

Jun

13

2019

Emily Ruskovich. photo by Sam McPhee

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PNW Author Emily Ruskovich Wins Dublin Prize

Pacific Northwest Booksellers recognized Idaho author Emily Ruskovich’s talent with a 2018 PNBA Award for her debut novel, Idaho, and the world is catching on. Ruskovich won the Dublin Literary Award, the largest literary prize (€100,000) for a single novel published in English. Idaho won out over 140 other books nominated by public librarians around …

Jun

12

2019

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One Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong is a pretty famous poet, and this is his debut novel. It is so beautiful, exquisite, raw, and heartbreaking that you question: how is this NOT a memoir? It is set all over the place–they moved quite a bit. The main character, Little Dog, is writing this book as a letter to his …

Jun

11

2019

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Young Adult Novels Are for Adults, Too

Originally posted on the Island Books blog In July of 2018, I read about fifteen Young Adult (YA) books. I consumed them. Whether on audio, from the library, or the advanced copies from the store, I could not get enough. This was a new development. In high school I read some, mostly Cassandra Clare or …

Jun

10

2019

Love and Resistance book cover

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Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era edited by Jason Baumann

This curated photography collection spanning the ’60s and ’70s captures stunning revolutionary moments of candid intimacy and public protest in LGBTQ+ history. Images of the Stonewall Riots are captioned with illuminating context and an introduction by Roxane Gay. Looking back on this groundbreaking movement, you’ll gain newfound insight into its foundations and its continued importance, …

Jun

7

2019

Queen of the Sea graphic novel

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Portland Author Pens “Queen of the Sea”

From Shelf Awareness Monday, May 13, 2019: Maximum Shelf This adventurous historical fiction romp could well be this generation’s successor to Karen Cushman’s Catherine, Called Birdie, but its deep dive into the complicated dynamics of friendship should also make it a surefire hit with fans of Raina Telgemeier or Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Real …

Jun

6

2019

Wild Life by Molly Gloss

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Wild Life by Molly Gloss

For those of us who are late catching up with the Oregon writer Molly Gloss, Saga Press is doing a great service this year by bringing much of her work back in handsome new paperbacks. Her books have been balanced between speculative fiction and stories of women in the historical West; Wild Life seems like …

Jun

5

2019

The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni

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The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni

Robert Dugoni returns with another nail-biter of a spy thriller. In The Eighth Sister, retired CIA case officer Charles Jenkins is hauled back for one more mission. Sent to Russia to figure out who is assassinating members of a secret US spy cell, Jenkins discovers that not everything is as it seems, and, in fact, …

Jun

4

2019

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Shelves of books to mail at Books to Prisoners

Queen Anne Book Company Supports Books to Prisoners

In the Spring of 2019, troubling news rapidly spread through the Washington state book community that the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) had quietly banned free, used books from being mailed to prisoners through non-profit organizations like Seattle’s Books to Prisoners. After public outcry and the investigative journalism of Joseph O’Sullivan of the Seattle …

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