Get ready, lovers of literature! Seattle’s Lit Crawl has five phases of literary awesomeness planned for Thursday October 19, starting at 6:00 pm. Venues are throughout Capitol Hill, including Ada’s Technical Books, bars, restaurants, Hugo House, and the Hotel Sorrento. The line-up features some all-ages events as well as some 21+ ones. Sessions are 45 …
Author Shann Ray of Spokane, WA interviewed Butte, MT author David Abrams about Abrams’ second novel, Brave Deeds. Shann Ray: Your work is powerful, visceral, and moves readers to consider the heart of flawed characters. In so doing we consider our own flaws, and it makes us more humble if we open that door. What’s the …
Dear Authors: I love you. I do. I hadn’t planned on writing this and was, in fact, in the middle of writing something else when I realized I needed to get this off my chest. I had been reading a book I was enjoying and realized that I was probably judging it more kindly because …
If you are in ANY way helping to connect kids with books, you are doing amazing things. Immeasurable things. World-changing things! I know it’s easy to believe, in an HDTV, 3-D, virtual reality world, that books are becoming passe. I promise that’s not even remotely so. Kids can connect with books now every bit as …
The Hour of Daydreams is a gorgeous read that should be relished as one would a piece of dark chocolate cake. Rich with tantalizing characters and delicious prose, this is a novel that readers, both young and old alike, won’t be able to help but savor. —Leslye Walton, winner of a 2015 PNBA Book Award and author of The …
Mark your calendars for this great event coming up at Tacoma’s King’s Books April 1. King’s Books is excited to welcome Peter Bagge to talk about his new graphic biography, Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story. Following on the heels of his New York Times bestselling biography of Margaret Sanger, Fire!! is a dazzling graphic novel …
In Portland tonight, a Seattle author talks about “everyday meals everywhere.” A.V. Crofts, author of Meet Me at the Bamboo Table Tuesday, February 21, 7pm Annie Bloom’s Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR Crofts has spent decades eating (and learning) her way around the world. She’s studied in China, taught in Italy, and conducted humanitarian …
The NW booklovers’ community extends beyond the Pacific Northwest… Here, we see a lovely photo of a display promoting an event at Book Passage in San Francisco. (I pulled this post’s headline from the great intro on the shelf talker pictured.) The picture was posted by former Third Place Books bookseller, Cheryl McKeon, on Facebook with …
From the Queen Anne & Magnolia News, by Joe Veyera Sherman Alexie is a familiar face around Queen Anne Book Company. Soon after the store reopened in 2013, he spent a day at the shop as a bookseller, an instance that later led to the launch of the “Indies First” effort to draw people to …
Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle will host the first of the 2017 PNBA Award Winner celebrations. On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 7:00 (after-hours at the bookstore), fans can fête Sherman Alexie and his award-winning picture book, Thunder Boy Jr. The store requests that readers email qabc@qabookco.com to get on the guest list. Please let …
