Are These the 50 Coolest Book Covers?
Which book covers would you pick as the 50 Coolest of all time? ShortList.com offers their selection.
Which book covers would you pick as the 50 Coolest of all time? ShortList.com offers their selection.
Yes, it is a British poll, but, still, it probably is pretty true here in the U.S. as well. Do we read to our babies?
Chuck wrote a nice little piece for the Huffington Post about finding a decent place in his house to sit down and read. OK, maybe not sit down, but read, anyway. It seems he has a problem with fluorescent lights. Quintessential Palahniuk.
I wish I were a better Buddhist. Actually, I’m not really much of a Buddhist; I’m more a lapsed Catholic with Buddhist aspirations. And I suppose that wishing I were a better Buddhist is probably antithetical. I would master non-attachment and acceptance, and let go of anger. If I were a better Buddhist. Andy Puddicombe, …
Many Northwest libraries are offering programs to encourage reading, especially for children. This article from the Portland Oregonian highlights one good example and also offers several excellent ways that parents can encourage their kids to keep reading through the summer. Reading Is, as they say, Fundamental.
Erin B. at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Washington, posted this wonderful piece yesterday on the store’s blog about her experiences helping customers at their store. Perhaps Erin should consider writing more. She’s good at it.
Astoria’s alternative paper Hipfish Monthly published an article today with a comprehensive guide to some of the great indie stores of the north Oregon Coast and the southern Washington Coast. There are short profiles of a dozen stores and their owners. The Coastal booksellers are presented as a smart, hearty, lively group who run cozy shops and love what they do and are game for weathering the storms and uncertainties of bookselling.
We’re pleased to introduce you to Anna Keesey if you haven’t met her yet. Her debut novel, Little Century, came out this week and is already getting raves from all over the country. Keesey is a graduate of Stanford University and of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her work has appeared in a number of journals and …
Cheers to Klindt’s Booksellers and their YA enthusiast Angela Hanson for putting on a 12-author event Saturday that drew about 650 people to the small store in The Dalles.