From Annie Bloom’s Books September 7, 2024: We are incredibly sad to share that the beloved founder of Annie Bloom’s, Bobby Tichenor, passed away earlier this week. Bobby opened Annie Bloom’s nearly 46 years ago, in the fall of 1978 (while she was still in law school), and has been sharing her love of books …
Congratulations to Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, Ore., which will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Sunday, October 28, with an afternoon party. The bookshop will serve cake, sparkling beverages, and coffee; raffle off prizes; and have a weekend sale on select titles. At 2 p.m., a toast will be made to Bobby “Annie” Tichenor, owner and co-founder of …
Sadly, Haruf passed away shortly after completing this exquisite final novel. Seventy-something widow Addie Moore walks down the block of her small town to make a proposal to Louis Waters, also in his seventies and windowed: namely, if he would consider coming to her house sometimes to sleep with her. She assures him it is …
“When Bobby [Tichenor, store owner, Annie Bloom’s Books], Will [Peters, store manager] and I [Mary Fellows] all love a novel, you know something unusual is going on. In this case it’s a funny, edgy, good-hearted send-up of all things Seattle, in particular a badly-located, upper-crust private school. But behind all the cleverness is a really touching, …
