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G. Willow Wilson

Feb

26

2019

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

Mark Your Calendars and Preorder at Your Favorite Bookstore: Upcoming Title Highlights from Phinney Books

Phinney Books in Seattle shared excitement about some spring titles in a recent newsletter.  February 26 The Border by Don Winslow The arrival of this final volume is making it clear that Winslow’s epic trilogy about the drug wars on the US-Mexico border is one of the central fictional dramas of our time, closing in a storm …

Jun

16

2017

It IS Reading

It happens at least once a week. A well-meaning adult will come to the store looking for a gift for a kid– sometimes with the kid in tow, sometimes not. The adult will be wandering lost, clueless, picking up and dismissing book after book after book.  If they’ve come in with a kid, the kid …

Feb

19

2016

Author Spotting: PNW Writers
on Bookshelves Around the World

Whenever I travel, I can’t resist bookstores, and of course, while I’m browsing, I’m always looking for books I know and love. Above, I visited Book Passage in San Francisco, right in the Ferry Building. The store is managed by my friend and former Pacific Northwest bookseller, Cheryl McKeon. On the store’s staff picks, I found …

Aug

22

2014

Amanda MacNaughton

Bookseller’s Busman’s Holiday

Earlier this month, I went up  to visit my sister in Renton, WA. Every time I visit her, I ask to go to an independent bookstore. I love visiting other indie bookstores, seeing how they do things, and seeing books I may not have encountered. Sometimes it isn’t convenient to get to a bookstore during …

Jun

11

2013

Amanda MacNaughton

The Dreaded Question, or an Unacknowledged Truth

“What are you reading right now?” This is the time of year when I dread this question. Imagine my typical customer, a nice, middle-aged, middle-class, well-dressed woman who loves to read, standing in front of me, asking this question with an expectant, hopeful look on her face. She needs a new book, perhaps a read …

Feb

14

2013

2

remarks

Honoring Sherman Alexie and G. Willow Wilson: an Evening’s Scrapbook by Kristianne Huntsberger

The crowd was packed tightly into the reading room at Elliott Bay Book Company Monday night to celebrate PNBA Book Award winners Sherman Alexie and G. Willow Wilson. The authors read from their award-winning books, Wilson from her novel Alif the Unseen and Alexie from Blasphemy, his collection of new and favorite stories. They finished the evening …

Feb

10

2013

Myth, Magic, and Texting

We're starting to wonder if Island Books might actually be a front for a writers colony. From the bossman, to a couple of regular NWBL contributors, on down to the teenager on the staff, this crew can compose. This lit crit piece revolving around Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and Alif the Unseen is from Emma Page, the …

Jan

16

2013

Khomeini on the Rain Coast

Last week we honored G. Willow Wilson with a 2013 PNBA Award for her novel Alif the Unseen. Thanks to Wilson for sharing this essay with us in celebration of the award (See Jonathan Evison’s post from last week and look for essays from the other four winners in the coming weeks). Join Wilson and Sherman Alexie …

Jan

7

2013

2

remarks

Pacific Northwest Book Awards 2015

2013 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Announced

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, the indie bookstore booster behind this blog, announced the winners of their annual book awards today. Congratulations are in order for Sherman Alexie (Seattle, WA) for Blasphemy; Jonathan Evison (Bainbridge Island, WA) for The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving; Eowyn Ivey (Palmer, AK) for The Snow Child; Lucia Perillo (Olympia, WA) for …

Nov

14

2012

PNBA’s 2013 Shortlist Announced

The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best books of 2012 by Northwest authors. These 12 books and their authors are the nominees. The PNBA Awards Committee is made up of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our region. This year they considered more than 200 titles published in …

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