Love to read? Having trouble reading? Try reading with a friend! Head to Third Place Books’s Ravenna location on Sunday, September 29th at 11am for a special visit from canine (and human) friends from the Puget Sound regional nonprofit Reading With Rover. This is a trial run with what Third Place Books hopes will become …
From the Books Around the Corner Newsletter 10/19/18 LATEST NEWS The sign is up and it’s [less than] two weeks until Books Around the Corner opens its doors. We have over $500 of donations through our Indiegogo Campaign and another few hundred received in donations at the Gresham Farmer’s Market. While we don’t want to …
Sanae Ishida celebrates her third children’s picture book with a special promotion starting this Saturday at seven Seattle independent bookstores: Elliot Bay Book Company Kinokuniya Books Lake Forest Park Third Place Books Liberty Bay Books Phinney Books Queen Anne Book Company University Book Store Sanae is dropping off an amazing hand-made kame (turtle) submarine like …
Are you a fan of the Great British Bake Off? On Sunday September 17, the Book Larder is hosting its own Pacific Northwest baking extravaganza: The Great Book Larder Bake Off: Savory Bakes! (The picture above shows past sweet samplings.) The event is currently sold out, but there is a wait list. The winner will …
Is your book group looking for inspiration? Need new books that will be great for discussion? You probably already know to go to your local, independent bookstore because the staff will help you find titles to fit your club’s goals and taste. But Seattle-area Random House sales reps Katie Mehan (an Indie Bookstore Champion) and …
Queen Anne Book Company, Wednesday, August 31, 7:00 Sabaa Tahir, bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night, in conversation with Shelf Awareness‘s Genevieve Iverson. Queen Anne Book Company hosts this event off-site at All Saints Church three blocks east of the store to accommodate the anticipated large crowds. Sabaa …
Harry Potter is back! As a longtime fan of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, I thought this was a fun addition to the already phenomenal series. In case you haven’t heard, this book is not like the original Harry Potter novels as it is a script of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child that is being performed in …
The newest book with Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will be on sale at the stroke of midnight this Sunday– the very first minute of July 31– in some stores. Other stores are trying to encourage you to get a good night’s sleep before you read the script for the play that …
Did you know that the second Monday of the month (in March, the 14th) at 7 pm, Seattle’s Ravenna Third Place Books hosts Magic Mondays? Each show features the Pacific Northwest’s finest magicians performing feats of mystery, wonder, and the bizarre. With its origins in the theaters of London and New York, Magic Monday is …
