Customer Appreciation from Sea Wolf Books’ newsletter: Faye and Dan were in town for the square dance festival (and pie eating.) Dan has been baking bread his whole life and is using a sourdough starter that’s great, great, great granddough traces back to Yukon Alaska’s gold rush in 1897. They just celebrated their 58th wedding …
From Roundabout Books’ newsletter: [T]he 2025 longlist for The Booker Prize was announced, and since it’s one of my favorite literary lists, I thought I’d take this chance to pitch a Booker book for your late summer reading enjoyment. And yes – I said enjoyment. Officially, the Booker prize is awarded to a work of fiction written in English and published in the …
From the newsletters of Always Here Bookstore in Portland, OR: After letting our newsletter gather dust for 4 months, we’re back to announce that the pop-up at 3808 N Williams Ave that we share with Jelly Cup Collective will be closing at the end of the year […] [&] […] we found the long-term home for …
From Broadway Books’ newsletter: One last piece of news, both exciting and sad. Sally [McPherson] has decided to retire from full-time work at the bookstore at the end of 2023, after working in the store for seventeen years (sixteen as co-owner). Because it is impossible for her to let go entirely, she will continue to …
From Broadway Books in Portland, OR: Since declaring 2022 The Year of Reading Ursula K. Le Guin, we’ve amassed a grand selection of the author’s books. Le Guin wrote across many genres—science fiction, fantasy, short stories, essays, poetry, books on writing, and books for children. Curious where to start? We’ll reserve space in each newsletter to highlight …
