WWII holds so many stories, and I often feel that surely we have seen them all. But we haven’t. Paper Bullets draws you into the lives of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, artists, lesbians, and resistance fighters. Schwob and Malherbe, avant-garde artists, turn their creativity to antiwar propaganda on the Island of Jersey during the …
Here’s Susie Hodge and Amy Grimes with Artistic Places, the latest volume in the Inspired Traveller’s Guides series. This time around, we’re visiting famous artistic destinations around the world, where we’ll get a chance to understand what prompted a visual artist to do some art. Munch and his bridge. Constable and his landscapes. Vermeer and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
“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, …
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 …
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 …
