“Sometimes a book’s characters grab you by the heart and make you ache with understanding and anticipation. You will laugh, wince, and relate as Maum’s debut plunges you into a visceral experience with her characters that is both familiar and agonizing. Love, trust, and creative expression are explored as a French lawyer and a British …
The American Booksellers Association focused on bookstores in the West this week in an article by David Shapiro, founder and president of Craigmore Creations. Below is an excerpt. The full article can be found here. David Shapiro, the founder and president of Craigmore Creations, traveled from the Willamette Valley to the Grand Canyon to take …
No Catherine the Great. Not even a shirtless Putin. We’re talking authors. And we’re talking Idaho. When Robert Wrigley entered the annals of Northwest literary royalty last Saturday night at his hometown store, BookPeople of Moscow, among the one-hundred-or-so attendees in the house to enjoy the presentation of his 2014 Pacific Northwest Book Award for …
If the University of Idaho were not located in Moscow—right where the state’s handle attaches to its pan—the town itself would likely be no more than a crossroads, with, like many small towns in the West, a more or less equal number of churches and taverns, maybe a grain elevator or two. Moscow is a …
“In Badluck Way, Bryce Andrews has given us an insider look at the real life of that mythical Western creature, the cowboy. Even better, his story, inextricably intertwined with the story of the Yellowstone wolves, is emotionally taut, and completely honest. The bared soul of a cowboy—even one who originally hails from the city— makes …
Oh boy, it’s a good year for anniversaries! Last week we shared about Auntie’s 35th anniversary. This week BookPeople of Moscow posted on its homepage about its upcoming 40th anniversary. BookPeople will celebrate throughout November with a events, including a big party on November 7. Details will be posted at their website. Friends and fans …
“Everything Was Good-Bye tells the story of a young woman maturing, leaving home and trying to balance her two conflicting identities. When we meet Meena, she is the rebellious youngest daughter of a very traditional Indian family. Her widowed mother sees only one path for each of her six daughters and to veer from that …
“It has been a long time since I have read a book of poetry cover to cover but Mary Oliver’s A Thousand Mornings is perfect for just that. The poems are intimate, bathed in nature, and crafted through the perspective of reflection and observation. I find myself reading each poem once, then again and often …
We’re thrilled to report that BookPeople of Moscow has been sold. Longtime owner Bob Greene, who is retiring, announced on 11-11-2011 at 11:11, that Carol Spurling and Steffen Werner have bought the store. Spurling has been a bookseller at Old Harbor Books in Sitka, Alaska, and also managed Brused Books in Pullman for three years. …
Josh Ritter, the talented troubadour who hails from Moscow, ID, will go on an altogether different kind of tour this summer—one to promote his new novel, Bright’s Passage, which debuts this Tuesday from Dial Press. Ritter shared with us this vignette about his hometown bookstore, BookPeople of Moscow: “I remember BookPeople from when it was …
