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Apr

7

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: The Best and Brightest Titles

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. For this week’s theme, I picked “the best and the brightest” because I noticed titles with words that sounded like stellar report card comments and others that had …

Jul

30

2020

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

Two true stories are told side by side here– that of the lead architect of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, and that of a serial killer who uses the fair to lure victims to his hotel. Elevating, yet creepy. Yet elevating. Oooh, but creepy. –Diana, Village Books, Bellingham and Lynden, WA It’s not quite …

Oct

10

2016

Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat

2016 WA State Book Awards Winners

The 2016 Washington State Book Awards Winners were announced Saturday, October 8, 2016 at a celebration at the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library. Fiction: The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac by Sharma Shields History/ General Nonfiction: Dead Wake by Erik Larson Poetry: Reconnaissance by Carl Phillips Biography/Memoir: Road Trip by Mark Rozema Picture Book: Boats …

Oct

7

2016

WA State Book Awards October 8 at SPL Central Library

The Washington Center for the Book administers the annual Washington State Book Awards (formerly the Governor’s Writers Awards), given for outstanding books published by Washington authors the previous year. Join the Seattle Public Library for the 50th year of the Washington State Book Awards on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, 7 to 9 p.m. at the …

Jan

28

2016

Tegan Tigani with Altas of Love at Wi11

Beloved by Booksellers: PNW Authors’ Backlist

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 …

Mar

11

2015

Shelf Awareness on Erik Larson:
“Voyages of Discovery”

From the March 10, 2015 edition of Shelf Awareness from March 10, 2015: Today, Erik Larson’s new book, Dead Wake, about the sinking of the Lusitania, um, launches. (We have a lot of information about the book and Larson below.) It’s a striking accomplishment: Dead Wake is the latest of an outstanding series of nonfiction titles …

Feb

11

2015

Dead Wake

Insider Preview: Erik Larson’s Dead Wake

Erik Larsen has great talent in setting the scene, recreating a historic atmosphere long past. His books make history not only accessible to readers but tangible, bringing in details and perspectives previously unexplored. In Dead Wake he is in top form, recounting the story of the Lusitania’s final voyage in May of 1915. Alternating chapters …

May

2

2014

Seattle7Writers: Authors Gone Wild!

Seattle Public Library Tenth Anniversary Celebration

Seattle Public Library’s downtown Central Branch celebrates its 10th anniversary this May. Everyone’s invited to get in on the fun! Seattle7Writers will light up the night of Indies First Storytime day with Authors Gone Wild. Authors Gone Wild: A Celebration of Bookish Proportions 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 Seattle Central Library Living …

Apr

20

2011

Erik Larson Talks About
In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson’s latest historical narrative nonfiction book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, will hit the stores May 10. Larson is something of a pioneer and a prince of his genre—and we’re wondering how long he’ll hang out on the bestseller lists this time. The Seattle author has …

Nov

5

2010

Leo in the White City

Sorry, Tom Cruise fans. It now looks as if Leonardo DiCaprio will play notorious serial killer Dr. H.H. Holmes, as portrayed in Erik Larson’s 2003 nonfiction thriller The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America.

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