This piece was originally published on the Island Books blog. Growing up, I loved getting lost in books: It didn’t matter to me if the book was adventurous, dramatic, suspenseful, or fantastical; as long as it transported me somewhere else, I was happy. I’d be so immersed in my book that I’d barely hear my …
“Dear America, is this what you really want? Do you even know what is happening in your name?” Most of us don’t know what is happening in our name. This gorgeously written memoir is an important baby step towards Americans learning about our current deeply broken immigration system and the effects it has on our …
Seattle7Writers, the nonprofit collective of Pacific Northwest authors, partners with independent bookstores this summer to introduce readers to favorite authors and raise money for literacy nonprofits. In July, Island Books hosted the Seattle7Writers cookout to benefit Team Read, a nonprofit organization that pairs struggling young readers with trained teen reading coaches for one-on-one tutoring after school and …
As bookstores and communities around the country take part in the Where’s Waldo? local business campaign, bookseller Hanna Fischer of Rediscovered Books in Boise, ID, took it to a whole new level. Folks from the store took part in the Boise Green Bike Celebrity Race at the Twilight Criterion on Saturday, July 14, and bookseller …
A huge thanks to all the readers who came out on Saturday to support our fundraiser. On behalf of our customers, we are sending $7,488.00 to @RAICESTEXAS ! If you want to contribute directly, you can do so here : https://t.co/DddGnETNvM pic.twitter.com/wf8Az8ivZg — Third Place Books (@ThirdPlaceBooks) June 27, 2018 Third Place Books in Lake …
After a crazy fall, we decided not to host a Christmas Day friends-who-stayed-in-town dinner for the first time in several years. In thinking how we could do something with our time and freedom other than lay among the wads of wrapping paper, eat, watch football (me), my wife Megan came up with a brilliant idea. …
Thanksgiving should be a time of gratitude and coming together, and your friendly neighborhood Island Books staff is getting into the spirit. As we planned our pie recipes and anticipated one of our favorite holidays of the year, we felt moved to infuse some extra community love into the atmosphere. There were two recent pieces of …
Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Company, author Eric Liu, and Citizen University welcome everyone to Civic Saturday, a new community meeting for inspiration, this Saturday, November 12, from 10:30 to noon. Join us for our first Civic Saturday – a low-key gathering that’s a civic analogue to church. Our founder Eric Liu will offer a sermon, …
From Phinney Books, the local bookstore for Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood: Saturday, on April 16 at 3 pm, we’ll be welcoming emissaries from our neighbors to the north at the Bureau of Fearless Ideas, the award-winning writing center: kid and grownups will read from their contributions to the new Encyclopedia Greenwoodia, a timeless celebration of our …
On Wednesday, March 16, after reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, the 7th graders at Naches Valley Middle School were introduced to a man who lived the book. Abraham Abei, originally from Sudan (later South Sudan) was one of the “Lost Boys” from the Dinka tribe who traveled with Salva Dut. For years he lived without …
