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Oct

28

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: One-Word Wonders

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We’re highlighting one-word titles. Easy to type. Maybe not-so easy to search. Easy to buy. Easy to enjoy. Bewilderment Richard Powers (#6 Hardcover fiction) Crossroads Jonathan Franzen (#8 Hardcover fiction) …

Sep

24

2021

photo by Amy Wang for The Oregonian/ Oregonlive.com

From The Oregonian: “‘Wildwood’ is going Hollywood”

By Amy Wang for The Oregonian/ Oregonlive.com September 18, 2021:  “It’s happening! It’s really happening!” That was Portland author and musician Colin Meloy‘s delighted tweet on Wednesday. “I’m super excited to see what these guys do with Wildwood,” Meloy added. That would be “Wildwood” as in the 2011 children’s fantasy novel set in Portland’s Forest Park that put …

Jan

7

2019

Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist: “The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid” by Colin Meloy

An adventure story for the ages. It’s 1961, Charlie Fisher, the son of a foreign diplomat, finds himself adrift in the city of Marseilles. After witnessing a pickpocket in the busy city center, his intrigue draws him into an underground world of adolescent pickpockets, filled with a spirited, colorful cast of characters–ranging from identical Senegalese …

Nov

9

2018

PNBA Book Awards

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, a trade association of independent booksellers, publishers, authors, and librarians, announced the 2019 Northwest Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. From more than 400 nominations, the committee chose the following 12 finalists, written or illustrated by creators from the …

Dec

5

2017

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy

Charlie, aka the Grenadine Kid, is the son of an American diplomat in France in 1961. By chance–or is it?– he witnesses a pick pocket, Amir, similar in age to himself being accosted by police, Charlie comes to his aid and by doing so strikes up a friendship. Charlie really has no friends and is …

Sep

28

2016

Stephanie Appell

Bank on Booksellers Fundraiser Features PNW Talent

Authors, illustrators, and famous booklovers from around the country have rallied to create original, one-of-a-kind piggy banks you can bid on to support booksellers in hardship. The fundraiser goes through this Friday, September 30. From the Binc Foundation and Nashville’s Parnassus Books: Parnassus Books and the Binc Foundation are dedicated to helping book people across …

Dec

27

2011

28 Authors, 28 Variations on a List: Day 27/28. Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis

Days 27 & 28. For the grand finale of 28 Authors, 28 Variations on a List, we’re pleased to present the author/illustrator and life team Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, whose collaboration Wildwood has been hailed as both beautiful to behold and to read. Wildwood has been number one on the NW Independent Bestseller List …

Nov

10

2011

What the Book Broads Do, a Conversation with the Women of Broadway Books, by Kristin Thiel

Broadway Books is a timeless Portland gem. It's revered by longtime customers, new customers and fellow booksellers alike for staying vibrant and relevant during a tumultuous time in the book industry. The Book Broads, as the co-owners call themselves on Twitter, are making moves that incorporate the wisdom of  their bookselling experience with new technologies …

May

24

2011

Live from Book Expo America: Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis

This week in NYC, thousands of booksellers, authors and publishing people have descended on the Javits Center to schmooze, mingle and talk books and bookselling (coffee, breath mint, coffee, breath mint, repeat). Our intrepid colleague Brian is on the floor there, and this morning he sent us this photo of NW indie wonder-couple Colin Meloy …

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