Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is BACK! And so is our favorite glasses-wearing marmot! Join the celebration of local bookstores, local economies, local literature, and keeping your hard-earned dollars in your neighborhood. Activities and special giveaways to be announced! And, of course, Seattle-area indie bookstores are once again celebrating Indie Bookstore Day with the popular Bookstore Day …
From USA Today Sept. 26, 2025: Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center diverse and new authors, connect readers to books in a personal and authentic way and actively support the right to read and …
Portland Book Week starts today! Here’s the overview from the Portland Book Week website: Spend a week exploring 60+ independent booksellers in the Portland and Vancouver areas. Bookstore Crawl – Visit as many local, independent bookstores as you can. Pick up a bingo card at any one of the participating bookstores. Literary Events – Check …
Tilt plunges into the catastrophic aftermath of a megathrust earthquake, as revealed through the eyes of nine-month pregnant Annie. Physically and mentally exhausted, barely mobile, she is injured and stranded miles from home after the quake. Annie quickly grasps the brutal reality that no one is coming to save her. Walking among the dead and …
Since 2015, James Patterson has given holiday bonuses to independent bookstore employees. He continued the beautiful tradition this year. Thank you to James Patterson and his team, the American Booksellers Association, and the readers who nominated booksellers for bonuses. Congratulations, booksellers! Here are the booksellers from the Pacific Northwest who were awarded James Patterson bonuses, …
The Book Nook was featured on USA Today October 18, 2024! How Oregon’s The Book Nook creates a safe space to celebrate stories together Local independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under political attack, bookstores are a bulwark against censorship and an asset to the communities they serve. Each week we profile an …
In celebration of the publication of The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, James Patterson awarded spring bonuses to booksellers around the country. The full list of bookseller recipients is here. Through April 30, 2024, you can nominate librarians. Among them, …
Brian Juenemann, the Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (as well as 950+ booksellers around the country, including many from our region!) went to Cincinnati for the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute, an annual bookseller and publishing education conference hosted at different cities around the country. Before he headed to the airport (across …
Rediscovered Books‘ Laura DeLaney was interviewed recently by the American Booksellers Association’s Advocacy Associate Manager, Philomena Polefrone, for the association’s Free Expression Friday series. You can read the full transcript here or see excerpts on the abfefreeexpression Instagram account. (ABFE is the American Booksellers for Free Expression.) On its website, the store has resources for …
Celebrate ten years of celebrating independent bookstores! On Saturday April 29, 2023, bookstores and readers around the country will participate in Independent Bookstore Day festivities. Some communities have bookstore passports with prizes. Others have in-store events. This year, there’s even a nationwide Independent Bookstore Week Spirit Week leading up to the big day, with Silly …
