The first 2025 Pacific Northwest Book Awards celebrations have taken place! More are planned! Amy Hevron— Log Life, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA 2/11/25 Tara Karr Roberts— Wild and Distant Seas, Book People, Moscow, ID 2/13/25 Cat Bohannon— Eve Ravenna Third Place Books, Seattle, WA, 6:00 pm 2/26/25 Chris LaTray— Becoming Little Shell, Fact …
Idaho’s BookPeople of Moscow was featured on USA Today! The national recognition comes as the indie bookstore celebrates its 50th anniversary. The store’s profile highlights the ownership team, what makes BookPeople so important in its community, and some favorite staff picks. Every week, USA Today spotlights an independent bookstore on the USA Today Books page. For an opportunity to …
All about the joy of playing outdoors after school — whether it’s on the sidewalks, at a playground, park, or basketball court. A fun celebration of after school community filled with short rhymes that make this a great crossover for newly independent readers. –Eija Sumner, picture book author and former bookseller, Moscow, ID Join in …
You deserve all the love, romance readers! Independent bookstores around the country (and beyond!) celebrate romance books and romance readers with the third Bookstore Romance Day on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Visit participating stores to browse their romance selections. Register for virtual events on both Saturday and Sunday (just note: the site has East coast …
Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with three Idaho independent booksellers about how they’re trying to weather the COVID-19 lockdowns that have severely affected their businesses. Guests are: Carol Price, owner of BookPeople of Moscow, Laura DeLaney, co-owner of Rediscovered Books in Boise, and Melissa Demotte, owner of The Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene. April 12, …
Read. This. Book. It is laugh-out-loud funny and is a heartfelt tribute to grandmothers everywhere. For all you lit nerds out there: Midge’s sense of rhythm and pacing as a storyteller is impeccable. This book makes an excellent gift (pro tip: buy it for a friend and then borrow it from them). –Christina, King’s Books, …
Carol Price of BookPeople of Moscow (Moscow, ID), shared photos and the following: CMarie Fuhrman (editor Native Voices anthology released April) and Debra Gwartney (I Am A Stranger Here Myself) were together for a reading by Gwartney and a craft conversation at BookPeople of Moscow last Thursday evening for the inaugural Palouse Literary Festival, organized …
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 …
From Carol Price, owner of BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID: My three favorite teenage employees graduated from Moscow High School last weekend: Reed Spurling (my son), Sidney Williams, and Emma Seckington. They’ll all be going off to college in August: Reed to University of Arizona for aerospace engineering, Sidney to Georgia Tech for math, …
Many independent bookstores organize book collections to brighten the holidays for others. Please add more stores and their giving campaigns in the comments section. Beach Books, Seaside, OR: “At Beach Books we get wish lists from the four Seaside area schools. These ‘books’ are hung on our tree and customers get a 20% discount on a book …
