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A Reader’s Book of Days

Jan

21

2022

Phinney Books' VOTE window

Seattle Times Features Phinney Books

Congratulations to Phinney Books in Seattle, the subject of a recent, wonderful bookstore profile by Paul Constant in The Seattle Times. Paul Constant Special to The Seattle Times January 18, 2022 Neighborhood Reads About eight years ago, Phinney Ridge resident Tom Nissley spent a long winter’s night catching up with two old friends who now …

Oct

28

2016

Reader's Book of Days

Literary Wake at Phinney Books

From Tom Nissley, owner of Phinney Books and author of A Reader’s Book of Days: There’s a moment in the life of a writer, and the life of a book, that they don’t tell you about in school: when you get an email from your editor saying, “Sorry, but your book has been remaindered” (which …

Oct

12

2015

The Wake

The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

You may have heard of The Wake, and if you have, the thing you likely heard about it is that it’s told in a sort of invented version of Old English that you get used to quite quickly. That’s true, and solving that easily deciphered puzzle is part of the fun of the book (most of …

Apr

4

2014

Santoro's Books

A Neighborhood Bookstore SAVED!

Great news rang out in the bookselling world this week when Carol Santoro, owner of Santoro’s Books for 29 years, announced that she sold the brick-and-mortar bookstore in the Phinney/Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle to author Tom Nissley (A Reader’s Book of Days) and his wife Laura Silverstein (owner of Glittersweet, the local company behind the …

Dec

23

2013

A Reader’s Book of Days by Tom Nissley

“Seattle author Tom Nissley a master of minutia, having gained renown in 2010 when he appeared on Jeopardy and won eight times, the third highest winner in regular play. He brings that mastery, with a focus, to his new book, a day-by-day literary companion, a love letter to literature, a guide to the books most …

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