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Elliott Bay Book Co.

Feb

6

2017

Dead Feminists

Dead Feminists by Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring

In 2008, artists Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring made a letterpress broadside featuring a quote by suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Come, come my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles and see the world is moving.” This began a years-long project printing broadsides inspired by feminists throughout history, and donating a portion of the …

Nov

26

2014

Sherman Alexie with all the Indies First bags

Indies First:
Shop with Authors Saturday 11/29/14

Last year, Sherman Alexie came up with the idea for writers to support their local indie by volunteering to work at the store on Small Business Saturday 2013. Alexie called the appeal “Indies First,” and entreated authors to link to an indie to sell their books online. The day was a huge hit. Thousands of authors volunteered as …

Feb

5

2013

‘For Bookish Types Who Don’t Mind a Bit of Rain’

Though missing a few obvious mentions of people and places such as Garth Stein, Sasquatch Books and a slew of bookstores (it could be fun to fill up the comments with omissions), this Ploughshares magazine Literary Boroughs series tour of Seattle does make for a good pamphlet tour of the literary city. It covers most of …

Mar

3

2011

1

remark

Pearl is a Peach

“Lots of people, Sasquatchers, lots of Nancy, lots of wine . . . ” That’s the report we received Tuesday morning following Nancy Pearl’s acceptance of her Lifetime Achievement Award presented at Elliott Bay Book Company on behalf of its indie store fraternity, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and its 2011 Book Awards. The reporter was Cindy …

Feb

24

2011

Ceremonious Readings

When the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association named their annual Book Award winners for 2011, they asked each recipient to pick his or her favorite local indie bookstore at which to celebrate the honor. Here are some neighborhood parties with an open invitation for you. “Librarian of the Year,” and in these parts the decade, Nancy …

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