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Jul

8

2022

Happy Bookseller-iversary to Green Bean Books’ Earl Dizon!

Portland people (plus anyone up for a trip to the Rose City): You can party with a gem of a bookstore celebrating a gem of a bookseller on Saturday July 30th starting at 11:30 am. Here’s the invitation from Green Bean Books: Earl’s 10th Year Anniversary Celebration! It’s hard to believe it’s already been ten years since …

Feb

25

2022

Celebrating Emilly Prado’s PNBA Award at Broadway Books

Broadway Books was able to host an intimate gathering of Emilly Prado’s supporters and fans on Wednesday, February 23rd to celebrate her 2022 Pacific Northwest Book Award-winning Funeral for Flaca. It was wonderful to come together again and see people acknowledging and partaking in Emilly’s achievements. The flowers and praise she received were definitely much deserved. The festivities started off with …

May

15

2020

Celebrate 2020 PNBA Award-winning
Dylan Meconis and “Queen of the Sea” with Green Bean Books

How the world has changed since January, when the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award winners were announced and authors, bookstores, and publishers were making happy plans for celebratory events. Green Bean Books jumped at the chance to host the award presentation event for Dylan Meconis and Queen of the Sea. The original idea was to …

Apr

21

2020

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Gathers Some Delights

Last month, Seattle Independent Bookstore Day and the national celebration of Independent Bookstore Day were officially postponed. Both were originally scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2020, but are tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, August 29, 2020. Although we have to wait for the in-person festivities (and exclusive merchandise) until a safer time in public health, participating …

Nov

20

2018

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

Books Celebrating Native Americans and Native American Traditions This Thanksgiving

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, enjoy some beautiful new books that celebrate Native American culture and history. We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrell, illustrated by Frane Lessac is vibrant and beautiful book. The Cherokee community uses the word “otsaliheliga” to express gratitude. The book takes us through a year of traditions and celebrations, starting in …

Oct

9

2018

Happy 40th Birthday, Annie Bloom’s Books!

Congratulations to Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, Ore., which will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Sunday, October 28, with an afternoon party. The bookshop will serve cake, sparkling beverages, and coffee; raffle off prizes; and have a weekend sale on select titles. At 2 p.m., a toast will be made to Bobby “Annie” Tichenor, owner and co-founder of …

Feb

2

2017

Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community

Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community
by Robin Stevenson

This is a visually appealing, quick, and thorough look at Pride parades and celebrations, how they came to be, and what they celebrate. Stevenson covers large pieces of history and movements in accessible ways, often throwing in her own personal stories, which lend themselves to a conversational tone. The pages are covered in large, vibrant, …

Sep

16

2016

Rediscovered Books Bruce and and Laura Top 40

Rediscovered Books: 10 Years of Memories in 40 Books

Dear Bookstore Friends and Family, Ten years ago, we opened Rediscovered Books with great expectations, incredible naïveté and hearts full of hope.  Today the naïveté has morphed into idealism, but the great expectations and hope have remained the same. We want to take you through part of our journey over the last ten years.  As …

Jun

29

2016

Top 10 books from Phinney Books

Phinney Books Celebrates 2nd Birthday
with Year’s Top 100 Bestsellers

From Phinney Books’ store newsletter: Hey, happy birthday to us! I can’t tell if it feels like yesterday or a hundred years ago when we reopened the doors of Santoro’s as Phinney Books, but it was actually two years ago, on June 20, 2014. As I say to everyone who asks, those two years could …

May

13

2016

Martha and Abe

Queen Anne Book Company
Fêtes Martha Brockenbrough

Last night, friends and family and fans of Martha Brockenbrough gathered at Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle for the presentation of her 2016 PNBA Book Award for The Game of Love and Death. How cool is that plaque going to look on her office wall? Congratulations, Martha!      

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