Congratulations to the Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Recipients! Author and publishing phenomenon James Patterson continued his holiday tradition of generosity to booksellers by giving bonuses to independent booksellers around the country. Thank you to Mr. Patterson and to all the readers who nominated booksellers. These are the PNW booksellers who received bonuses this year: Ellis …
Vintage Books is turning 50 on February 14th 2025! The store will host an in-store celebration February 14th-16th during store hours. There will be goodies, drawings, and lots of conversation. Write about your memories at the message center and view archival materials. The store invites you! “Please come and join us if you live nearby or …
The Book Nook was featured on USA Today October 18, 2024! How Oregon’s The Book Nook creates a safe space to celebrate stories together Local independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under political attack, bookstores are a bulwark against censorship and an asset to the communities they serve. Each week we profile an …
From Annie Bloom’s Books September 7, 2024: We are incredibly sad to share that the beloved founder of Annie Bloom’s, Bobby Tichenor, passed away earlier this week. Bobby opened Annie Bloom’s nearly 46 years ago, in the fall of 1978 (while she was still in law school), and has been sharing her love of books …
Grass Roots Books of Corvallis, OR hosted a triumphant parade and celebration from the previous location at 227 SW 2nd St. to the store’s new home, 251 SW Madison Avenue on March 9, 2024. A bagpiper led the way (see the photo acknowledgements below!) and some of the community carried bookish and bookstore-loving signs. Once …
Queen Anne Book Company of Seattle, WA celebrated being named Seattle Times’ Best of the PNW/ The People’s Choice Bookstore for 2023! You can see them celebrating in front of the store (and a peek at the insert) at their Instagram.
Our friends at Island Books of Mercer Island, WA are celebrating their 50th year in business. For their Golden Anniversary, they are posting wonderful store histories by writer and former bookseller Miriam Landis on their blog. https://www.tumblr.com/mercerislandbooks/715794400935084032/miriam-and-lola-deane-in-conversation
From Marissa at Grass Roots Books & Music in Corvallis, OR, originally posted on nwbooklovers on April 11, 2018: In Zumas’s all-too-familiar dystopia set in a small Oregon coastal town, Roe v. Wade has been overturned. The narrative explores the complexity of childbearing — both the desire for and not for — and the reduction …
