The winners for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s 2026 Pacific Northwest Book Awards have been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Since 1965, the annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula …
Liberty Bay Books welcomes readers to the second Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival this Saturday, November 15, 2025. The event runs from 11:00am – 3:00pm and will be held at the North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, WA. For more details, visit the festival link. Here’s a direct link for the list of authors. If you would …
For the second year, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) unveiled its Book Awards Shortlist live on the show floor at the association’s Fall Tradeshow, Sept. 29, 2025. These honorees are now being promoted throughout PNBA’s 170-store membership. Selected by an Awards Committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, the following …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Here’s a pairing of bestsellers and songs that have their titles in their lyrics. Go ahead, sing …
Head to Redmond, WA for a kid lit extravaganza, Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival, hosted by Brick & Mortar Books outside the store at the Redmond Town Center! Dress for the weather. Check out the schedule. Have a blast! Here’s a detailed schedule for who is when (click to go to their website, which might be …
Hooray! Brick & Mortar Books of Redmond, WA announced the stellar line-up for this year’s Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival. Check out all this talent! Margaret Peterson Haddix Marissa Meyer Shannon Hale Dean Hale Suzanne Selfors Amanda Abler K. R. Alexander Aaron Bagley Jessixa Bagley Ashley Belote Audrey Barbakoff Mike Boldt Mary Boone Leslie Barnard Booth …
From Literary Arts: Literary Arts is thrilled to announce this year’s Oregon Book Awards finalists. Thirty-five Oregonians across seven genre categories were chosen as finalists by panels of out-of-state judges, from a total of 202 submitted titles. Winners will be announced live at the 2022 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony at Portland Center Stage at The Armory on Monday, …
Literary Arts has announced the finalists for the 2020 Oregon Book Awards. The Oregon Book Award winners will be announced live at the 33rd annual Oregon Book Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 27 at Portland Center Stage at The Armory. Omar El Akkad and Elena Passarello will host the ceremony. Tickets are available for this …
