Did you miss the Seattle Independent Bookstore Passport Challenge that started on Independent Bookstore Day and wrapped up May 4th? There’s another sequential bookstore event coming right up in the Ballard neighborhood to encourage you to visit five local bookish haunts over a weekend. Here’s some information courtesy of Secret Garden Books: Join us for …
Visit and revisit illustrations that shift before your eyes as you gain contextual understanding of the interlocked stories in this book. This mystery-horror novel is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Truly chilling! -Lucy, Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA On Seattle Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, Secret Garden Books is hosting a …
Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is BACK! And so is our favorite glasses-wearing marmot! Join the celebration of local bookstores, local economies, local literature, and keeping your hard-earned dollars in your neighborhood. Activities and special giveaways to be announced! And, of course, Seattle-area indie bookstores are once again celebrating Indie Bookstore Day with the popular Bookstore Day …
The celebration of Independent Bookstore Day is a national thing, and in Seattle this year, it’s the kick-off to a spectacular 10-day challenge for bookstore lovers. You don’t have to do a Passport Challenge– many communities’ bookstores are doing something like having prize drawings, giveaways with purchase, author visits, or treats, and all bookstores will …
The preposterously popular Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Passport Challenge is coming back this year!… Here’s how it will work: beginning on Independent Bookstore Day (Saturday, April 30), you can pick up a Bookstore Day Passport at any of the 24 participating Seattle-area stores. And then, unlike in usual years, when you had only a single …
