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Oct

13

2017

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Sea of Poppies, The Heart's Invisible Furies, My Rice Bowl

What’s the PNBA Board Reading?

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, the regional trade association for independent bookstores, just concluded its annual fall trade show this week. This means that the PNBA Board of Directors gathered, and when that happens, there’s a tradition of going around the room to introduce ourselves and something we’ve read lately. Below are the books that …

Jul

12

2016

David Hartz, photo by Pete Caster

Chehalis Indie Book ‘n’ Brush Featured in The Chronicle

Excerpted from The Chronicle: Book ‘n’ Brush Juggles Needs of Customers Who Want It All by Natalie Johnson For Book ‘n’ Brush owner David Hartz, selling books off the shelf is OK, but the real fun comes when the staff becomes “book detectives.” “I love when a customer comes in and says, ‘Do you have…’ …

Oct

2

2015

Murdstone Trilogy

Ten Bookish People Walk Into a Room…

If some usual faces are missing from behind the counter at your local bookstore today and this weekend, it may be that they’re attending the annual trade show and education conference of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, happening now in Portland. I took the train down from Seattle yesterday for the board meeting. (I found …

Mar

31

2015

Maggie, David, and Leigh Ann at Book N Brush in Chehalis, WA

On the Road with Maggie & Leigh Ann

                Day 2 Wednesday March 25 We woke Wednesday in misty Astoria wondering what day it was. The numerous bookstores we visited on our first day on the road made it seem like it must be well beyond the actual 24 hours spent so far. Assured by our …

Dec

25

2014

Book Tree at Book N Brush

Merry Christmas!

May you find all the books you wanted under (or in) your tree!

Jul

17

2014

The Glass Sentence

The Glass Sentence by S. E. Grove

Book #1 in The Mapmakers Trilogy. It is 1891 and the continents of the world have been flung far and wide by the Great Disruption. Not only that, but each continent has also landed itself in another time period! When Sophia’s renowned cartologist uncle Shadrack is kidnapped by strange men with grappling hooks and scars on …

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