Seattle: Get ready for the first free Seattle Children’s Book Festival, coming September 28, 2019 from 11:00- 3:00 at Greenwood Elementary! Asia Citro, publisher at The Innovation Press and author of the Zoey and Sassafras series, announced this labor of love yesterday. Check out the details: Come join us at the first ever FREE Seattle …
I think it’s fairly safe to say that we all have several reading personalities, depending on mood and circumstance. Sometimes, you might be in the mood for the literary equivalent of a summer blockbuster, with explosions and car chases and clearly defined bad guys. Other times you might want a stately costume drama or something …
The finalists for the 2017 Washington State Book Awards were announced on August 7. 2017 WSBA FINALISTS: BOOKS FOR ADULTS CATEGORIES Fiction The Solace of Monsters by Laurie Blauner, of Seattle (Leapfrog Press) Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, of Bellevue (Vintage Books; reissued 2016; original publication date 2002) Barkskins by Annie …
I suspect that there’s almost no such thing as a book that isn’t personal to the author. I say that because I’d just been about to open this piece with something along the lines of this throwaway line: “The Honest Truth, my debut novel, is very personal to me.” Of course it is. I wrote …
The American Bookseller’s Association recently announced 10 adult titles and 10 children’s/YA titles that have been chosen by panels of booksellers from around the country to be featured as Indies Introduce Debut Authors and New Voices. Barbara Theroux of Fact & Fiction in Missoula, Montana represented our region on the adult panel, and Tegan Tigani …
