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Nov

11

2024

What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery

Out Nov. 5 is Sy Montgomery’s next exploration of the natural world: What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird. Sy has had a flock of chickens for more than two decades, and during that time, she’s come to know them all: their weird walks, their distinctive calls, their awareness of …

Sep

19

2024

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Bestseller Spotlight: Put a Bird on It

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, let’s enjoy birds on bestsellers. The #1 books on the Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, and …

May

10

2024

Heroic Happy Ending: Saving a Baby Bird at Liberty Bay Books!

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Liberty Bay Books – Poulsbo (@libertybaybooks) This is one of the many reasons we love independent bookstores and booksellers! Making the world a safer, more loving place every day. Thank you for being so caring, Walker and Liberty Bay Books.

May

12

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Winged Things

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Whether on the cover, in the title, or as a contributor, creatures with wings popped up a lot among our bestsellers. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr  (#11 Hardcover Fiction) …

Apr

22

2022

The Start of a “Stylish” Conversation:
“Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary”

Grace Campbell of Olympia and Laura Stanfill of Portland met at Mineral School in Mineral, Washington, during a 2018 parent residency week. Grace Campbell is the Fiction Editor at 5×5 Literary Magazine. Her roots are in flash/microfiction, where she has been published in journals like Brevity, Hobart, Joyland, and Midway. Her work has been featured …

Jan

4

2022

Watermark Book Company Book Club Recommends: Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

From Watermark Book Company in Anacortes, WA: Watermark Book Club is on Zoom! It is a closed book club, and you can let us know if you would like to be added to the waitlist. In the meantime, feel free to read along with us! This month we are discussing The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn …

Jun

14

2021

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght

Explore the eastern most reaches of the Russian wilderness and join in the hunt for the world’s largest (and possibly rarest) owl species, the Blakiston’s fish owl. These massive birds inhabit only the wildest places, feasting on salmon and trading eerie calls across the snow-covered landscape. Slaght makes you feel like you’re part of the …

Jan

11

2021

Two Many Birds by Cindy Derby

Whereever you are, stop right there and find a copy of Two Many Birds. I feel like this book has the answers we are looking for after this soul crushing week. What happens when those in charge go too far and how can the power of community provide not only healing, connection but new direction? …

Sep

17

2020

Pea, Bee, & Jay: Stuck Together by
Brian “Smitty” Smith

A pea, a strawberry, and a cherry roll into the garden… and dare the pea to see what lies beyond the farm’s fence. On his quest, Pea befriends the studious Bee and shy bird Jay. What an unlikely trio! This short graphic novel is the first in a new series, and it’s delightfully punny. I …

Oct

19

2018

Laurie Frankel's purse and matching WA State Book Award

2018 Washington State Book Award Winners

Washington State Book Awards winners were announced on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the Seattle Public Library. The Washington State Book Awards honor works of outstanding literary merit by Washington authors. An award is given based on the strength of the publication’s literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality to an author who was born in …

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