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Nov

7

2025

Phinney Holiday Bookfest Saturday Nov. 22 2- 4 pm

Phinney Books‘ annual Holiday Bookfest, featuring two dozen local authors signing their books at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in Seattle, will be held Saturday, November 22, 2025 from 2:00- 4:00 pm. Follow the Holiday Bookfest on Facebook and Instagram for updates and reminders.   Authors include: Lauren Appelbaum, Jessixa Bagley, Bonny Becker, Martha Brockenbrough, Kira …

Jan

7

2025

The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison

What does a meaningful life consist of? One answer is the tender and thoughtful story of family told in the new novel by Jonathan Evison that explores the beautiful complexities of long term companionship. –Robert Sindelar, Third Place Books, Seattle, WA Johnathan Evison will tour starting tonight, January 7, 2025, with a launch party at …

Nov

26

2024

Pickleballers by Ilana Long

Sparks fly in a steamy encounter between Meg and a mystery man on the ferry– but finds out later that that man is Ethan Fine, an environmentalist with plans to convert her community’s decrepit pickleball court into wetlands. As it happens, he’s also a fan of the sport… The ever-growing pickleball has made its way …

Nov

19

2024

Holiday Bookfest Saturday Nov. 23 in Seattle

Seattle’s Phinney Neighborhood Association, in partnership with their local bookstore, Phinney Books, will host their 15th annual Holiday Bookfest Saturday November 23, 2024 from 2:00- 4:00 pm at Phinney Neighborhood Association, 443 N 67th St, Seattle, WA 98103. More than two dozen authors will be on hand for the 15th Holiday Bookfest! Books are great …

Oct

22

2024

Portland Book Festival November 2, 2024

Saturday November 2 will be the Portland Book Festival in Portland, OR. There is also a preview of the exhibitors’ fair at the Portland Art Museum the night before, Friday November 1, with snacks and drinks, billed as Readers Night. There will be over 100 authors on over 10 stages, food trucks, vendor booths, workshops, …

Sep

3

2024

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Sisters Festival of Books Sept. 13-15, 2024

What a month September is for the Pacific Northwest! We have the Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival on September 7 in Redmond, WA thanks to Brick & Mortar Books, and then the following weekend is the Sisters Festival of Books September 13-15 in Sisters, OR, thanks to the hard work of Paulina Springs Books and the …

Aug

1

2023

Puget Sound Book Festival,
Port Orchard, WA. Sunday, August 6!

Meet amazing authors, browse offerings from independent bookstores like Wicked Words, Salmonberry Books, Ballast Book Company, Away with Words, BookIt Nook, Treat Yo’ Shelf Used Books, Find the Path Books, Invitation Bookshop, Clover Daydreams, Arledge Comics, Peruse the Stacks, and The Neverending Bookshop, plus drinks from Yoked Farmhouse & Brewery of Port Orchard, the event …

Jun

20

2023

Kicking off Great Summer Reading with Kelly Brenner at Paper Boat Booksellers

West Seattle’s Paper Boat Booksellers will host Kelly Brenner for an event celebrating her new book, The Naturalist at Home. Thursday, June 22, 2023 6:30 PM  7:30 PM Paper Boat Booksellers 6040 California Ave SW Ste A Seattle, WA 98136USA From Paper Boat Booksellers:  Join us as we welcome local author Kelly Brenner, author of Nature …

Sep

5

2019

Author Jane Kirkpatrick and Chica the dog (in pioneer dress)

A Dog-gone Good Time at Sunriver Books with Jane Kirkpatrick

From Jane Kirkpatrick’s social media: Me and Chica (in pioneer dress) and her owner Lynda Paznokas at Sunriver Books and Music signing books last night. Chica is in my latest book and she had her own little paw print stamp. So cool! The author was at Sunriver for her latest novel, One More River to …

Dec

8

2015

This is Your Life(saver)

Jonathan Evison & Kurtis Lowe’s
Whirlwind Bookstore Tour

To ring in the holidays and celebrate This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! being selected for Pacific Northwest Book Award shortlist, author Jonathan Evison and his regional Algonquin sales rep, Kurtis Lowe of Book Travelers West, made the rounds of Seattle-area bookstores on December 1. Kurtis prepped the stores and planned the itinerary; Johnny signed …

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