From Phinney Books, the local bookstore for Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood: Saturday, on April 16 at 3 pm, we’ll be welcoming emissaries from our neighbors to the north at the Bureau of Fearless Ideas, the award-winning writing center: kid and grownups will read from their contributions to the new Encyclopedia Greenwoodia, a timeless celebration of our …
Early in the morning on March 9, a natural gas explosion destroyed three businesses at 84th and Greenwood in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, 10 blocks from Phinney Books. The bookstore is holding a silent auction and donating all proceeds from sales on Friday March 18 will be donated to the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Greenwood …
Have you heard about the wonderful way King’s Books in Tacoma, WA and its customers are helping young people in the Pierce County Juvenile Court system? Every month, there’s a new book selected for discussion by youth in detention. The titles are all chosen to be inspiring and uplifting. (Check out the past list, full …
This week, Liberty Bay Books of Poulsbo, WA, celebrated the release of The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, with a double-crayon book story hour with their fantastic kids’ buyer, Madison. But the fun (and goodness) continues: Liberty Bay Books is offering a discount on the sure-to-be-bestselling new book for a …
Congratulations to Roger and Nancy Page, owners of Island Books of Mercer Island, WA. They have been chosen as Mercer Island Citizens of the Year for 2015! The pair has been selling books on the Island since 1973, so as their store blog explained, even though they’re not official residents, “they do spend more time …
As if Saturday November 29 weren’t exciting enough in bookstores with Small Business Saturday and Indies First, many bookstores and authors also kicked off the #GiveaBook campaign. The #GiveaBook campaign is the brainchild of publisher Penguin Random House, but it can involve everyone. Like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, there’s an element of drama and …
