One of the Northwest booksellers’ favorite authors, Pete Fromm, is finally seeing a feature film made from one of his novels, As Cool As I Am, which was published in 2004. Fromm, who has won four Awards from the Northwest Booksellers, will soon be on his way to France for a tour promoting the paperback release there of Dry Rain, a collection of short stories, which also won a Booksellers Award in 1998. Filming for As Cool As I Am …
“My friends and customers know I love science fiction and fantasy. But even when SFF is set on Earth, it tends to take place in great big cities where I do not live. So imagine my joy when I realized that bridge in on the cover of Magic to the Bone was MY bridge, my …
In the first page or two of this book (due in Sept from Dark Coast Press), I knew it would either be fabulous or awful; I would either sink into the voice or feel put off by it.
Dog lovers, I’m reading a very good book right now, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know.
Néna Rawdah’s heritage is Lebanese and she is originally from Texas, but what you hear when she speaks is all books. She’s worked in the Portland book scene for years, and then she and a business partner started St. Johns Booksellers, named after its North Portland neighborhood, in June 2005. Rawdah’s been standing strong the past …
“A collection of unique and inspired short fictions. While all the stories in this book are—as the title implies—about less than desirable life-paths, no two are alike in style, tone, or plot. Clean, concise prose makes the creative explosions truly awesome to read.” —Candra, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle
Though I just started reading Jean Thompson’s novel the other day, I am already enjoying her depiction of Midwestern values and what it meant to be an American during the 70’s.
Let’s list the ways that the North Words Writers Symposium in Skaguay, AK sounds really cool: 1. One of the organizers is named Buckwheat. 2. Keynote speaker is Howard Blum (The Floor of Heaven and American Lightning).
Claire Dederer’s memoir, Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses, is like yoga for strugglers or yoga for the non-bendy and non-serene, for people who think too much and consistently wonder—at yoga and in civilian life—”Was that a stupid thing I just did or said?” That is, it’s not really about yoga. It’s a memoir about …
“Forsythia is the narrator’s best friend, and she’s rambunctious and creative and brilliant. It opens like this: ‘Forsythia and I are best friends. She does things that amaze me.’ Awh, man! I want my friends to describe me that way. What a lot in one simple sentence. And who hasn’t had someone like that in …
