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 …
BookPeople of Moscow was featured in the Wall Street Journal’s article, “The Tuscany of America,” by Matthew Kronsberg July 27, 2018. MY WIFE AND SON laughed at me when, for the third time in less than a mile, I stopped our rental car, stepped onto the gravel road and took yet another wholly inadequate cellphone …
Sidewalk Series: A life of books and happy people Bookstore owner engages in local government, organic food By Jennifer Ladwig, Moscow-Pullman Daily News staff writer, July 10, 2018 Life has taken her around the nation and the world, and she landed in Moscow, running a bookstore. Carol Price, owner and manager of BookPeople of Moscow, …
Independent bookstores take pride in connections to their communities. Stores donate books to causes or host fundraisers throughout the year, but some stores have special holiday season drives, wish lists, or angel trees for the holidays. Studies show that for every $100 you spend at one of our local businesses, $52 will stay in the …
From the University of Idaho website. Keegan Lawler is a bookseller at BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID. CLASS Creative Writing student creates resource guide to help others access queer literature There weren’t many literary resources for Keegan Lawler to turn to as a queer teen growing up in rural northern Idaho. Interested in the …
