On Jan 31 Jonathan Evison had a dual celebration at his hometown bookstore, Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the paperback release of his bestselling novel West of Here and in honor of his 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award. You can read his acceptance essay, “Why We Endure,” here on NWBL. The Eagle Harbor crew …
Over a twenty year period spanning my 20s and 30s, during which I cobbled together a living variously hacking up roadkill, slinging spaghetti, checking water meters, tending bar, washing dishes, working car lots, telemarketing sunglasses, and making an ass of myself on FM radio, I wrote seven unpublished novels. It’s what I did. I wrote …
“There is no doubt that Mary Gleysteen is the best bookseller ever to walk the boards of our store, and we will miss her terribly. She retires from bookselling at the end of this month.” That’s just a touch of the sentiment shared on behalf of the staff of Bainbridge Island, Washington’s Eagle Harbor Book …
Village Books staffer (and occasional NWBL contributor) Lindsey McGuirk was interviewed recently by fellow Village staffer Rachel Hanley for the store’s newsletter, and she got McGuirk to recommend a ton of her favorite books. We’re reprinting the interview here: Lindsey McGuirk realized she belonged in the book business when she attended her first Book Expo …
“Martin Anderson is a 44-year-old adolescent. He’s married to a good woman, has two appealing kids, owns a business that buys and sells used private airplanes and he’s a really nice guy. But he has never grown up. It’s 1974, and times are not as tough as in 2011, but surprisingly similar: oil is scarce …
Movie buffs are likely to enjoy this story in The New York Times about the unlikely journey of a golf book trying to find its way to the big screen. The film, of the same name, is based on the 1972 novel Golf in the Kingdom, a book considered sacred by many golfers and apparently …
Josh Ritter, the talented troubadour who hails from Moscow, ID, will go on an altogether different kind of tour this summer—one to promote his new novel, Bright’s Passage, which debuts this Tuesday from Dial Press. Ritter shared with us this vignette about his hometown bookstore, BookPeople of Moscow: “I remember BookPeople from when it was …
The “official” Chamber of Commerce website for Port Bonita, Washington states: Port Bonita’s rich and unique cultural heritage can still be felt in its convenient downtown shopping district, alive with friendly shops, flowers and outdoor art. And though a stroll through downtown may seem like the most genuine way to sense Port Bonita’s beginnings, there is only …
Jonathan Evison carries a lot with him. Lucky for us, he frequently puts it all down and heads into the woods. It’s not that we don’t want him around. On the contrary, Evison is the kind of guy who puts others in a good mood just being in the same room. But like many of …
