Phinney Books welcomes you to the 14th annual Holiday Bookfest featuring dozens of authors signing their books. Along with the author signings, a selection of authors will be reading from their books, and Greenwood’s Bureau of Fearless Ideas tutoring center will create an interactive Bookmakers Space, where new or seasoned writers can put together a …
Erica is a master of linked stories, and this is one of her finest. It is also a celebration of books and the power they have in affecting readers’– and authors’– lives. By telling the stories of the author and nine very different readers. she illustrates how no two persons ever read the same book. …
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. Each regional bestseller list has 15 titles on it, but we noticed that you can count to …
Last Friday afternoon, as part of the week’s virtual regional trade show, booksellers from around the Pacific Northwest watched members of the PNBA Book Awards Committee present a selection of books they are excited about for the 2021 Book Awards. This post is the second part of the list of books mentioned during that session. …
This week, 600 booksellers gathered in Denver for the 11th annual Winter Institute, a 3-day educational conference for people who own or work in independent bookstores, hosted by the American Booksellers Association (ABA). The ABA started a new tradition on the opening night: a backlist book swap. “Backlist” titlesare books that have been around (the opposite of …
Saturday, November 21st, 2015 from 3-5 pm Phinney Neighborhood Center (6532 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, 98103) Think about holiday shopping. Imagine malls. Parking. Crowds. Now imagine a Saturday afternoon in November, walking up the deliciously worn wooden steps of the Phinney Neighborhood Center to find a boutique bookstore, created especially by local indie bookstore Secret …
Seattle’s Queen Anne Book Company opens today in the 1811 Queen Anne Avenue storefront vacated by the similarly named Queen Anne Books last October. That’s a lot of Queen Annes! The grand opening celebration will run from Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3, 9 am to 9 pm every day with a non-stop parade of …
“I was the first of our staff to read The School of Essential Ingredients and have been anxiously waiting for a new book by Bauermeister. It was worth the wait. Bauermeister is able to weave a story around women who shared many stages of their lives. As we learn more about each woman—one’s cancer diagnosis …
Tacoma’s Garfield Book Company and King’s Books have joined the Seattle 7 Writers as sponsors of the Tacoma Art Museum‘s literacy month series, “Inspired by the Northwest.” Members and friends of the Seattle 7 Writers collective are appearing at the museum on Sundays throughout the month of March to talk about how the Northwest has …
