Growing up, I always assumed I would be just like my mother. I would travel to India… and yes, of course I would get my PhD. Why? Because my mom did. Now, at seventeen years old myself, I can only hope to follow in her footsteps. Not by getting a PhD in anthropology, or traveling …
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 …
Authors, illustrators, and famous booklovers from around the country have rallied to create original, one-of-a-kind piggy banks you can bid on to support booksellers in hardship. The fundraiser goes through this Friday, September 30. From the Binc Foundation and Nashville’s Parnassus Books: Parnassus Books and the Binc Foundation are dedicated to helping book people across …
Three PNW booksellers all recommended the same book in a booksellers’ Father’s Day recommendations post by Restless Books: “God is Round is perfect for Father’s Day because it examines the culture, connection, and joy surrounding the sport that so many people love. Also: because soccer.” —Justus Joseph, The Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA) “You don’t need to be …
My copy of The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam is filled with notations I’ve scrawled in the margins during repeated readings, and one of my favorite lines is the opening sentence of Chapter Eight: “The essence of good foreign policy is constant re-examination.” In fact, this concept holds true at all levels of …
The bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon affected the Pacific Northwest bookloving community; authors, booksellers, and readers were there. Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a dance teacher in Boston, and her husband Adam Davis were victims of the second bomb. Adrianne lost her left foot and part of her leg. Adam was injured with shrapnel. Here in the …
If I had to say what I do for a living, I’d say I buy and sell books–though it’s calendars mostly at the moment. Anyway, I’m proud to have the word “bookseller” after my name on various forms and documents. Mine’s an honorable occupation, and I’m part of a long and largely respectable tradition. It’s …
