Mary Roach is at it again. After telling us all about cadavers, all things digestion, the afterlife, all things scientifically sexual, war, AND Mars, she is now turning her attention (and ours) to what happens when a critter breaks the law… you know, breaking and entering, butting heads with your camera, chomping on your toes …
I have been accused on more than one occasion of liking only weird depressing books, but I’d like to think that my love of this, the only book by one of the greatest surrealists of the 20th century, proves that I also like books that are just weird. Gleefully anarchic and stubbornly strange– a delightful …
Prior to last night’s virtual event hosted by Third Place Books (Seattle), Village Books (Bellingham), Browsers Bookshop (Olympia), and Auntie’s Books (Spokane), Rebekah Denn wrote a piece about Spokane author Kate Lebo. Read it to get some new book recommendations and a fresh look at a favorite author. Lebo’s newest work is The Book of …
Brick & Mortar Books of Redmond, WA fêted Ted Chiang for his win for Exhalation on Saturday, February 22, 2020. But there are more celebrations to come! Thursday, February 27, 2020, 6:00- 7:00 pm Wishing Tree Books, Spokane, WA Sharma Shields, The Cassandra Anne Walter, a friend and mentor of Sharma’s since she was a …
In 2008 I quit an all-consuming sales position in Missoula and tried to move with my husband to Lake Pend Oreille in the slim Idaho panhandle, where we hoped to rededicate ourselves to our writing. Mother nature had other plans for us, blanketing the Inland Northwest with record-breaking snowfall and rendering our little cabin in …
To celebrate Banned Books Week (September 25- October 1), Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane posted photos of its staff holding beloved books that have been banned or challenged. The books pictured: Lolita The Catcher in the Rye Catch-22 Animal Farm and 1984 The Kite Runner The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Watchmen Fahrenheit 451 …
I sit back and read the announcement’s first paragraph, that whole thing about If Not for This being “crowned.” I reread that, all royalty. But then I get to the killer line, the Jurassic-scale fly in the ointment; “…we would like each winner to choose his or her favorite PNBA member bookstore…” Seriously? One? I …
Communities all over the country are using Where’s Waldo to promote local businesses. Waldo-seekers pick up a passport, then go from shop to shop finding Waldo cut-outs (and a bonus of his dog, Woof in some places!) throughout the month of July. Most venues will hold a big Waldo party at the end of the …
Does your local indie bookstore have the Kids’ Next Indie Next list? Most do! It’s a quarterly newsletter compiled by the American Bookseller’s Association, with recommendations from booksellers all around the country. The Spring Kids’ Next List just came out, and Washington booksellers are well-represented. Hooray, us! To see the full lists, click here. Below, …
51 a. According to recent census numbers, Spokane, Washington is a city of 209,000 in a county of 476,000 in a metropolitan area of roughly 670,000. b. I am roughly one of those people. c. Almost five years ago, I wrote a now comically out-of-date essay (or was it a short …
