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Billie Swift

Aug

3

2018

2

remarks

Take Us Out to the Ball Game

At the end of July, Norton sales rep Dan Christiaens hosted Poetry Night at the Ballpark with the staff of Seattle’s Open Books, and, for some reason, me. Dan gave us all copies of Norton’s Baseball Haiku, too. The crew declaimed some memorized verse between innings, but mostly we just watched the game and had a …

May

23

2017

Seattle Bookstore Day Indie Champions Celebrated

On Sunday, May 21, the Seattle bookstore community came together to fete the dedicated souls who completed Seattle Bookstore Day challenge (19 bookstores in one day!) on Independent Bookstore Day on April 29. Over 300 champions completed the challenge. Island Books of Mercer Island, WA (bookstore home to three-time Indie Champion and nwbooklovers contributor James …

Sep

27

2016

Open Books

Seattle’s Open Books: A Poem Emporium
Opens Under New Ownership

From Bookselling this Week By Liz Button on Tuesday, Sep 20, 2016 Seattle’s poetry-only bookstore, Open Books: A Poem Emporium, held its grand reopening on Saturday, September 17, celebrating its new lease on life under the ownership of former customer Billie Swift. This past April, husband-and-wife team John Marshall and Christine Deavel announced they were …

Apr

26

2016

Open Books

Double Blessings for Seattle Bookstores

Great news! Wide World Books & Maps Reaches Fundraising Goals — from Shelf Awareness, April 25, 2016 Congratulations to Wide World Books & Maps, Seattle, Wash.: the store’s GoFundMe campaign has met its $30,000 fundraising goal. “This means we’ll be staying open and will be restocking the store with the latest travel books, maps, and gear …

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