October 20, 2010
We haven’t yet read West of Here by Bainbridge Islander Jonathan Evison, but we have to say it’s got one of the prettiest websites we’ve seen. The book is getting a huge buzz in advance of it’s February publication by indie-hit-maker Algonquin. Evison has been loyal to indie booksellers since they helped promote his sweetheart of a debut novel, All About Lulu. He spoke at a recent booksellers’ breakfast, where he paid tribute back to the booksellers and read this paean. The sketch of Evison here, by the way, was done by Brad Craft, who we always refer to here as our Favorite Curmudgeonly Used Bookseller. He sketched authors and booksellers at the recent soiree, and we’ll offer them here occasionally.
— posted by
Jamie
