“Benjamin Parzybok has now woven two novels into the network known as my brain. Couch, the story of three slackers who literally cannot get rid of a charmed/cursed sofa that hurtles them on an incredible physical and metaphysical journey has regularly sparked my system since I read it 2008. Where as Couch sends its heroes from …
“When murder follows a stranger to Dickens Junction and threatens to destroy Christmas and maybe everything the town stands for, bookstore owner and town patriarch Simon Alastair must venture out of the stacks and into the story. And this one’s a tough for him to summarize, as nobody seems to know just how it started …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4CR6Hj31-k Terry Tazioli has a great interview with Amanda Coplin on his cable TV program Well Read. Coplin’s debut, The Orchardist, is getting both acclaim—called “a stunning accomplishment” on NPR—and lots of readers (It was number five on the Pacific NW indie bestseller list this week). After the interview, Mary Ann Gwinn, the book editor …
Out of more than 100 authors proposed to appear at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association's fall trade conference, booksellers voted San Juan Island biologist Thor Hanson a top-five choice. His Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle is an indie bookseller favorite that's catching on with customers (it recently climbed onto our regional bestseller list). …
Booksellers love to talk about the Next Big Thing—especially if they can be the first to get there. Because booksellers are, at heart, discoverers, always on the lookout for something new (or old) to unveil to their colleagues and customers. Book Expo America is where they go to plunder new territory. Our colleague on the …
