Bookstores and libraries are raising awareness about book bans and the importance of the freedom to read with Banned Books Week (September 18-24, 2022). From Brick and Mortar Books in Redmond, WA: WARNING: THESE BOOKS MAY CHALLENGE YOUR WORLDVIEW ⚠ Banned Books Week starts today (9/18) and runs through 9/24, celebrating the freedom to read …
I ran across this book when it was described as “a himbo meets an archivist,” so of course, I had to pick it up. Two men are unwittingly caught up in trying to break a deadly curse that, if left unattended, may come to spell out disastrous consequences for all the magicians in Britain. A …
What: an in-person party honoring Newbery Award winner Donna Barba Higuera and outgoing winner Tae Keller Where: Brick & Mortar Books, 7430 164th Ave NE, Redmond, and streaming LIVE at Seattle Public Library’s Facebook Page When: Friday, March 4, from 6-8 PM, Pacific This will be an extraordinary night for book lovers! Brick & Mortar Books, Levine Querido, and Seattle Public Library will host this …
Whenever your local librarian highly recommends a book that TJ Klune (author of The House in the Cerulean Sea) calls a transformative marvel, you should probably read that book. I immediately did, and as someone who has access to whatever she wants to read, this will be a book I come back to over and …
Katrina is on the run to find a better life when she is discovered by famed violin teacher Shizuka– who happens to be searching for one more soul to finish her deal with Hell. As she trains Katrina, Shizuka also meets Lan, former starship captain turned donut shop owner. I was entranced by this story …
A group of Seattle-area independent booksellers are proud to invite to you to a special virtual event tonight, April 1, 2021 at 6:30 pm Pacific on Facebook. Beloved local authors Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain and more) and Jonathan Evison (The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving and more) are joining forces to …
Ted Chiang, the author of Exhalation, a collection of short fiction that won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and was named a New York Times Best Book of 2019, responded to questions from members of the 2020 PNBA Awards committee. Exhalation is your second heralded collection. What draws you to the short story form? I …
More titles were mentioned in the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards preview. Readers have found many treasures from Pacific Northwest authors in the last year! All the Better Part of Me was suggested by Stephanie from Books Around the Corner. The store’s all-female Fiction Addiction book club discussed it and loved it. The book comes …
Redmond, WA’s Redmond Reporter’s opinion writer Samantha Pak recently published a great piece about romance books. She spoke with Brick & Mortar Books, an independent bookstore, about the genre. Below is an excerpt. At Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond Town Center, the romance section sells just as well as any other section, according to …
Talking with an owner of the Seattle area’s newest bookstore, Brick and Mortar Books Published 4 days ago at the Seattle Review of Books by Paul Constant Last Tuesday, the Seattle area’s newest bookstore opened its doors. Located in Redmond Town Center, Brick & Mortar Books is a general-interest new bookstore that will carry up …
