The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, the regional trade association for independent bookstores, just concluded its annual fall trade show this week. This means that the PNBA Board of Directors gathered, and when that happens, there’s a tradition of going around the room to introduce ourselves and something we’ve read lately. Below are the books that …
Dr. John Herrington, explorer, adventurer, and the world’s first Indigenous astronaut, read and signed his children’s book, Mission to Space, at BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID on September 9. In the book, Herrington shares his passion for space travel and his Chickasaw heritage as he gives children a glimpse into his astronaut training at NASA and his …
“From the Saturday 4/29 edition of Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The turnout was great, we were mobbed with giggling children and adults on Saturday for the kickoff of Children’s Book Week, which was also a great Independent Bookstore Day for us too.” –Carol Spurling, owner of BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID The caption reads: “Children …
You don’t have to remember the 1980s to deeply “get” this sweet memory trip back to the decade when video games, personal computers, and mixtapes were new. But if you did come of age in the 1980s, look out. All those awkward boy/girl moments, all those songs that comprised the soundtracks of your make-out sessions …
I’ve been thinking about the whole concept of America being “great,” and wondering what it is, exactly, for which Americans are nostalgic, and what it is about the present that is so frightening for so many people. We know that economic uncertainty creates a backlash against those we perceive as threatening to our well-being. But …
We love books and independent bookstores, and we particularly love when they send us updates about how they’re connecting with their communities. Here’s an email we got from Carol Spurling, owner of BookPeople of Moscow: Hello, all, last night we were honored to receive from the Mayor of Moscow one of six 2016 Orchid Awards from …
“The ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ of Mediterranean yachting, told from the chef’s point of view.” –Carol Spurling, BookPeople of Moscow, Moscow, ID Upper crust Italian locavores, gorgeous ports-of-call, elegance, and deliciousness all in one true story? Plus a forward by Mario Batali? How had we not read this before? Let’s all get our copies at BookPeople or another independent …
Choosing just a few winning books out of a pool of nominees numbering in the hundreds sounds like an impossible task, but apparently, the PNBA awards committee manages to do it year after year. This year was my first time, and early on in the process, I was feeling overwhelmed. Then All the Light We …
One of the greatest privileges I’ve had as a bookseller is serving on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards Committee. The Shortlist of finalists was announced November 18. I didn’t know what to expect when I volunteered, but when the hundreds of nominated books began arriving at my house by the boxful I quickly …
No Catherine the Great. Not even a shirtless Putin. We’re talking authors. And we’re talking Idaho. When Robert Wrigley entered the annals of Northwest literary royalty last Saturday night at his hometown store, BookPeople of Moscow, among the one-hundred-or-so attendees in the house to enjoy the presentation of his 2014 Pacific Northwest Book Award for …
