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Dec

30

2019

Making Comics

Making Comics by Lynda Barry

This book is for all sleeping inner artists who want a how-to manual. Barry lays out the tools for reimagining stories with drawing lessons and creative exercises. Also perfect for anyone who appreciates deep thoughts on art, storytelling, and creativity. –Raissa, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA Start something new or make a creative resolution with help …

Aug

22

2019

Find Your Artistic Voice

Find Your Artistic Voice by Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon has a guide to harnessing that inner wildness. Find Your Artistic Voice not only has a picture of a tiger on the front, but it also has a whole bunch of insightful commentary and ideas about how to discover, shape, and realize that unique voice that is you. Sure, being an artist is …

Nov

9

2018

PNBA Book Awards

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, a trade association of independent booksellers, publishers, authors, and librarians, announced the 2019 Northwest Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. From more than 400 nominations, the committee chose the following 12 finalists, written or illustrated by creators from the …

Apr

16

2018

Photographic

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña

Iturbide is an amazing Mexican photographer who achieves poetry through what she captures with her camera. This graphic novel lets you wander with her through Mexico, India, the birds, and her thoughts. I discovered her with this book and fell immediately in love with her story and her pictures. –-Stephanie Silva, Queen Anne Book Company, …

Jan

12

2018

1

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Collaborate by Dead Feminists creators

Collaborate: An Essay by 2018
PNBA Award Winners, Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring

On the afternoon of Election Day, 2016, shortly after the publication of our book, Dead Feminists, we gathered at the library of a local university with a large and supportive audience—mostly women, as usual—to share stories about our favorite dead feminists from our book. The mood was celebratory, including lots of hugs and even a …

Dec

18

2014

What My Daughter Wore

What My Daughter Wore
by Jenny Williams

“Disclaimer: Jenny Williams, the author/artist of What My Daughter Wore, is a friend of ours. But all that means is that we’ve seen her talent, and her creative collaboration with her daughter, Clementine, up close for years, and we’re thrilled that this delicious, vivid book of brightly penciled portraits lets the world see her work too. (Well, …

Oct

16

2014

A Moose Boosh

A Moose Boosh by Eric-Shabazz Larkin

Is A Moose Boosh a kids’ book? A food book? An art book? A poetry book? I’m not sure where in the store to put it, so for a while I’ll keep it on our front counter, because it’s just the sort of exuberant, one-of-a-kind book you can’t help but pick up. Eric-Shabazz Larkin took …

May

15

2014

Science Ink by Carl Zimmer

Science Ink by Carl Zimmer

The odd marriage of tattoo art and science is brought together in this beautiful collection written by acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer. Professionals, students and science nerds alike share their body art showcasing their passion in the sciences: chemistry, astronomy, biology and mathematics to name just a handful of disciplines represented in this fascinating and …

Jul

15

2013

Tell the Wolves I’m Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt

“An outstanding coming-of-age debut novel set in 1987, Brunt’s book tells the story of an eccentric 14-year-old, June Elbus, whose only friend, her Uncle Finn, dies of AIDS. A portrait Finn had painted of June and her sister ultimately receives national attention and unleashes a plethora of family secrets. June feels more alone than ever …

Jul

6

2012

Antigonick by Sophocles, translated by Anne Carson, with illustrations by Bianca Stone

“Who would have thought that an ancient Greek tragedy would feel groundbreaking? This brave new presentation of the classic play is brilliantly translated, and the vellum art prints by Bianca Stone break down the barrier between text and image —a truly original way to enjoy an old favorite.”—Laura “Wally” Johnston, Rediscovered Bookshop, Boise, ID. Buy …

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