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Aug

2

2019

Where's Waldo Cake

We Found Waldo (Parties)!

For many communities, the Where’s Waldo? July hunt through neighborhood businesses (organized by independent bookstores) is an annual summer tradition. Waldo hunters find a standee of the internationally-famous seek-and-find books character [aka “Wally,” “Willie,” “Holger”. . . ] at every participating location in their communities to earn prizes. Many bookstores host a Waldo party to …

Dec

4

2018

Carol Price of Book People of Moscow

Carol Price of BookPeople featured on Booksellers of America

I love to read, so I appreciate how one of my favorite things to do in my spare time seeps into my professional life, as well. Customers are usually happy when they’re in a bookstore. We’re a place where people come to find inspiration, or learn something, or just to relax. I love it when …

Mar

27

2018

Book People Bookseller Emcees Moscow’s March for Our Lives

Here is my teenage employee Emma Seckington [right] and another high school student from Moscow High School, Ari Carter, who helped organize Moscow’s March For Our Lives and was one of the emcees. I’m so proud of Emma! And I let her off work early so she’d get to the march on time. 🙂 My …

May

7

2015

Island of Adventure

The Island of Adventure
by Enid Blyton

This beloved and highly requested British series first published in the 1940’s is back in print, and for those who love books from a timeless era of children’s writing this is for you. Children have fearless adventures in nature and spend entire summers outdoors. As my family is deeply in love with Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows …

Apr

10

2015

4

remarks

In Memoriam: Ivan Doig (1939- 2015)

“There is more time than there is expanse of the world and so any voyage at last will end.” –Ivan Doig, This House of Sky Ivan Doig, beloved author, passed away April 9, 2015. His loss is felt deeply throughout the literary community and beyond. We collect some memories here. Our thoughts and condolences go …

Dec

4

2014

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr

Choosing just a few winning books out of a pool of nominees numbering in the hundreds sounds like an impossible task, but apparently, the PNBA awards committee manages to do it year after year. This year was my first time, and early on in the process, I was feeling overwhelmed. Then All the Light We …

Nov

20

2014

Carol Spurling of Book People of Moscow

Picking the Books: A Committee Member’s View of the PNBA Awards

One of the greatest privileges I’ve had as a bookseller is serving on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards Committee. The Shortlist of finalists was announced November 18. I didn’t know what to expect when I volunteered, but when the hundreds of nominated books began arriving at my house by the boxful I quickly …

Nov

10

2014

Us by David Nichols

Us by David Nichols

It isn’t often that I laugh out loud while reading a book and very rarely a book that has been snorting in hysterics but I just couldn’t hold it in with this one and it may have drawn a few stares.  To say I loved this book is a terrible understatement.  At moments I wondered …

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