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Mar

24

2020

Seattle-area Bookstores Postpone Sixth Annual Independent Bookstore Day

Out of an abundance of caution and concern for everyone, this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed. August 29, 2020, a Saturday, is the tentative new date. Visit our SIBD web page seattlebookstoreday.org. It lists all of the bookstores involved in this year’s event. Many, if not most, …

Jul

19

2017

The Sense of Wonder

The Sense of Wonder: A Celebration of Nature for Parents and Children by Rachel Carson, photos by Nick Kelsh

This is Rachel Carson at her most personal. Beyond being a book about nature and its glories, it explores Carson’s deep relationship with the natural world. It’s also a fine training manual on how to find and nurture that same devotion, not only for yourself, but more importantly, for the youngsters in your life. It …

Jul

18

2014

Waldo Shop Local

Where’s Waldo This Summer?

Communities all over the country are using Where’s Waldo to promote local businesses. Waldo-seekers pick up a passport, then go from shop to shop finding Waldo cut-outs (and a bonus of his dog, Woof in some places!) throughout the month of July. Most venues will hold a big Waldo party at the end of the …

Mar

14

2014

The Skype Solution

How are a children’s author and an independent bookstore owner using free technology to inspire kids to read and to increase book sales? Bainbridge Island author Suzanne Selfors (SS) and Poulsbo bookseller Suzanne Droppert (SD) put to print the plan they came up with to give the author national reach while supporting her local. SS: …

Dec

23

2013

A Reader’s Book of Days by Tom Nissley

“Seattle author Tom Nissley a master of minutia, having gained renown in 2010 when he appeared on Jeopardy and won eight times, the third highest winner in regular play. He brings that mastery, with a focus, to his new book, a day-by-day literary companion, a love letter to literature, a guide to the books most …

Mar

26

2013

Closer to the Ground by Dylan Tomine

“Bainbridge writer Dylan Tomine gets his hands dirty, but his mind cleared and life focused in this impassioned yet charming memoir about a year teaching his two young children to live close to the glorious riches of our delicate planet. Tomine’s family of four experience wisdom, heartache, and great joy as they plant, forage, and …

Jun

27

2012

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remark

City of Book Lights

Northwest booksellers Suzanne Droppert, of Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, and Janis Segress, of Eagle Harbor Book Co. on Bainbridge Island, are teaming up and taking the book group international. Literary Paris is the theme for a week-long expedition that includes a visit to the legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore and walking tours highlighting the historical …

Apr

3

2012

1

remark

21st Century Flashback

For many of us, the fact that Seattle features the pinnacle of Disneyland-style futurism in its downtown core has always been incredibly cool. Portland has bridges. Seattle has the the Space Needle! The 1962 World’s Fair drew 10 million visitors to the little-known Northwest corner of the country and left Seattle with an enhanced identity …

Feb

10

2012

Love at the Bookstore

When Annie Bloom’s Books‘ February newsletter arrived promoting “books that are great for Valentine’s gifts, or that help explain one of life’s most powerful feelings” (it’s love they’re talking about), we poked around to see what other bookstores were up to in support of—or at least in response to—this chocolate-powered, pollen-laden lover’s holiday.

Feb

8

2012

6

remarks

Evison Receives, and So Does One Lucky NWBL Reader

On Jan 31 Jonathan Evison had a dual celebration at his hometown bookstore, Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the paperback release of his bestselling novel West of Here and in honor of his 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award. You can read his acceptance essay, “Why We Endure,” here on NWBL. The Eagle Harbor crew …

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