It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Whether on the cover, in the title, or as a contributor, creatures with wings popped up a lot among our bestsellers. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr (#11 Hardcover Fiction) …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. In celebration of this week’s Spring Pop-up gathering of booksellers, authors, and publishing professionals from the region in Bellingham, WA, we looked at the overlap between the bestseller list …
From Secret Garden Books in Seattle: Suzanne’s Author Spot: Anthony Doerr It was nearly ten years ago now, but my memory of reading for the first time ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (Scribner, $18) is still clear. At the time, it was the pinnacle in a WWII reading binge I’d been on since LIFE …
Just look at that lovely award plaque! This is the award being delivered to author/ illustrator Julie Morstad for her 2022 Pacific Northwest Book Award-winning picture book, Time Is a Flower. Every year, winners receive a 3-D mock bookshelf featuring their own book face-out and the other winners’ spines. These awards are lovingly crafted, commissioned …
Join in the celebration of the award-winning books and their creators! Register for the online Zoom event now, then follow the link you’ll get in your email on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 6:00 pm PST. We look forward to celebrating with you!
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. I’m dating myself with my reference to the “Calgon, take me away!” bubble bath ads from the 1980s, but I couldn’t resist as I read through the hardcover bestsellers’ titles. …
By the time he was twenty-nine, Charles Darwin had puzzled his way toward two-thirds of his theory of natural selection. He understood that plants and animals passed traits (hair color, say, or beak shape, or flower scent) down to their offspring. And he understood that those traits were not passed down perfectly. We resemble our …
Each year since 1965, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards have celebrated exceptional books written by Northwest authors. PNBA is proud to announce the 2022 Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. This year’s committee chose the following 12 finalists, crafted by Northwest authors, from a list …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Several authors managed to make the bestseller list for more than one book! Double down on a great author at your favorite bookstore. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr (Hardcover Fiction …
October is always an especially exciting month in the bookseller world, not only because of all the new books being published but also because it’s the month when the books in the Best American Series® arrive in our store! This year’s guest editors are authors particularly well-known to and well-loved by Broadway Books denizens: for …
