It delights us to no end to help spread the great news about Cannon Beach Books: it has new owners! Maureen Dooley-Sroufe and Deb Mersereau, two long-time employees of Cannon Beach Book Company, have taken the reins at the delightful independent bookstore on the Oregon Coast. Many were enticed by the idea of continuing Valerie …
More good news for Pacific Northwest bookstores: Village Books in Bellingham, WA is another local recipient of a grant from author James Patterson! Village Books will use its new $7,500 for kids’ programming, including the creation of a Kids Program Director position, to be filled by Claire McElroy-Chesson. Remember Village Books’ summer camp? Claire will …
We’re northwest booklovers, but that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate great news about the book industry everywhere in the country. While I was in the Philadelphia airport on the day after Christmas, I was delighted to see a story of happy bookselling news on repeat. The Strand Bookstore (or as we in the Pacific Northwest like …
