Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. I’m grateful for everything that’s green. –Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) Something from Nothing: A Cookbook Alison Roman (#14 …
A Delicious Indie Assortment: Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle Imagine a set of cartoon characters who appear to be alien beings but who experience many of the same daily joys and frustrations that we do. Then imagine that these beings are somehow naive and curious AND wise, with complex vocabularies and gentle senses of …
Winfield Martin fans will delight in another gorgeous book filled with whimsy. The Littlest Family’s Big Day hearkens picture books of another era with its sweet and simple woodland story of a “little” bear family — and fox baby — wandering through the neighborhood of their new home. Feast your eyes on the rich gouache illustrations …
The Book Awards Committee of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association (the pro-indie bookstore professional organization behind this blog) announced the six 2014 PNBA Book Award winners today! Over the next month, nwbooklovers.org will publish essays from the winning authors and local independent northwest stores will host the winners for celebrations. Committee comments for the winners (as …
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? Find out when Emily Winfield Martin, creator of the The Black Apple’s Paperdoll Prime, celebrates her beautiful new book—Oddfellow’s Orphanage—at Green Bean Books on Sunday, February 19 at 2 pm.—Green Bean Books, Portland. Buy Oddfellow’s Orphanage from Green Bean Books.
