Book Lovers At Large

PNW in NOLA: Children’s Booksellers
Attend National Conference

This week, booksellers from around the country with a specific interest in children’s books  gathered in New Orleans for the American Booksellers Association’s annual Children’s Institute, an annual educational conference that was hosted last year in Portland. I attended in my role as children’s book buyer for Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, but I thought I’d use my nwbooklovers editor platform to give you an inside peek into some very fun professional development took part in. Our region’s booksellers …

Jun 22, 2018

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Jun

21

2018

Meddling Kids

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Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

We can thank Mr. Cantero for a dark, but funny, campy trip down memory lane. Be warned, these characters are not the same ones we remember– they have grown up damaged, made mistakes and have become more dimensional– with all the baggage that implies. Great fun! Loved the book! –Melanie, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, …

Jun

20

2018

Curious Kids Nature Guide

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Curious Kids Nature Guide by Fiona Cohen, illustrated by Marni Fylling

Did you know there are three kinds of orcas living in the Pacific Northwest waters? (Resident, transient, and offshore!) I had no idea until I read this book! It’s a perfect introduction to the flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest for kids and adults alike, with realistic illustrations and mini lessons on how to …

Jun

19

2018

Kristine Kaufman

The Front Table

Viva l’Italia! (and Paperbacks)

Sometimes when I look back over the past few books I’ve read, I notice a common thread running through them. Might be a particular time period or historical event, a theme whether big or small, or frequently, a locale. And that’s why one corner of The Front Table is currently draped in the green, white …

Jun

18

2018

Silent Companions

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The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

Elsie, newly widowed and pregnant, moves from London to her husband’s country estate expecting to live in quiet comfort during the period of her confinement. Instead, she finds the house in disarray, the servants resentful, and the company of her husband’s young cousin, Sarah, less than satisfactory. Yet, when strange and dangerous events occur, Elsie …

Jun

15

2018

James Crossley

Books Gave Us Gravity: A Postcard from the Edge

Non-fiction for the cold, hard facts, fiction for flights of fancy. One grounds you while the other sets you spinning. Most of the time, maybe, but my experience this week perfectly inverts that paradigm. I’ve been reading a brand-new book from Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris, who is best known as the filmmaker behind such projects …

Jun

14

2018

Whereas

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Whereas by Layli Long Solider

Now make room in the mouth for grassesgrassesgrasses What an exceptional debut! Long Soldier’s collection is a response to the 2009 official US apology to Native Americans, and it is a rare gem in its experimentation and use of language to confront injustice and racism. Long Soldier writes verses that don’t rest, that are restricted …

Jun

13

2018

The Storefront

Ursula K. Le Guin Days at Broadway Books
June 13th – 16th

The world lost a great author and we lost a good friend when Ursula K. Le Guin passed away recently. In collaboration with the Le Guin family, Literary Arts is hosting a tribute to Ms. Le Guin on Wednesday, June 13th. The event is sold out, but it will be livestreamed on Youtube Live and recorded …

Jun

12

2018

Chuck Palahniuk

Borrowed Copy

Shelf Awareness Interviews Chuck Palahniuk:
Literary Goals and Skinny Jeans

From Shelf Awareness for Readers May 15, 2018; Chuck Palahniuk: ‘A Creature of Infinite Light & Love’ Chuck Palahniuk is the author of more than 17 fictional works, including Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Rant and[…] Make Something Up. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. We talked with him recently about Adjustment Day (Norton, $26.95), his first novel in four years.What did you learn …

Jun

11

2018

Book of Mistakes

Award Winners

Corinna Luyken’s “The Book of Mistakes” Wins Golden Kite Award

Congratulations are in order for Corinna Luyken (again!). Her picture book, The Book of Mistakes, was chosen as the winner of the 2018 Crystal Kite Award for the Western Division (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota). The awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) “to fifteen books …

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