We know you’re never at a loss for what to read next, but just in case you want some summer reading inspiration, look at the wonderful titles by Washington authors and illustrators selected by bookseller and librarian judges. The 2019 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) are for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2018, …
The Washington Center for the Book administers the annual Washington State Book Awards (formerly the Governor’s Writers Awards), given for outstanding books published by Washington authors the previous year. Join the Seattle Public Library for the 50th year of the Washington State Book Awards on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, 7 to 9 p.m. at the …
I was not thinking about books that day. At least not to start with. We were hiking switchbacks in the hot sun, Paul and I, overburdened with gear—come-along and wrenches, turnbuckles and shackles—on our way to repair a cable footbridge. It was late in the season, and I’d begun to lose patience with him. Paul …
“A less skillful writer might not have known what to do with this tangle of events and information. But Spagna is a master at the braided story . . . Test Ride is an example of the best of memoir, where we, as readers, learn about history, the world around us, the writer’s personal story, …
