Jack and Sandy, the founders of Grass Roots, are retiring. As of Monday, February 2nd, the ownership has changed to employees of the store: Jay and Brandon Enghauser. We are so honored to take on the legacy of Grass Roots, and hope to earn the love and support that you all have shown Jack and Sandy over the …
Happy news from Book Larder in Seattle, WA: Hello everyone, I’m Vivian Irving, and I’m writing today with deep gratitude and excitement to introduce myself as the new owner of Book Larder. Like many of you, the first time I walked into the store, I remember thinking, “Wow, a cookbook store… what a dream!” What I …
From Shelf Awareness Pro 12/8/22: Mae Cannon has purchased Griffin Bay Bookstore in Friday Harbor, Wash., from previous owner Laura Norris and officially took over this week. Norris ran the 43-year-old independent bookstore on San Juan Island for 16 years and was its third owner. In a statement announcing the change, Norris explained that …
Posted on The Outlook October 6, 2022 by Christopher Keizur: A new space, community rooms, gifts and a holiday market, readings and author visits, and, of course, lots of new books — Gresham readers of all ages rejoice as a popular bookstore is expanding to the other side of downtown. Maggie Mae’s Kids Bookshop will …
From Shelf Awareness 9/7/22: Loving Room: Diaspora Books + Salon, an 800-square-foot bookstore, reading room and community space with a focus on Black authors and stories, opened on Labor Day in Seattle, Wash., the Seattle Times reported. Located at 1400 20th Avenue in Seattle’s Central District, the bookstore sells fiction and nonfiction for children, teens and adults. The reading …
Congratulations to Seattle’s “Poem Emporium,” Open Books, on their gorgeous new space in Pioneer Square in Seattle. The store’s physical reinvention is accompanied by a fantastic new website for online shopping. Click browsing categories like New & Noteworthy; Black Poets on Justice, Abolition & Black History; and Poetry for the Planet to discover treasures from …
“Edmonds Bookshop is thrilled to mark fifty years of continuous service to our local community, and to be part of the thriving downtown Edmonds scene,” said Michelle Bear, owner. Edmonds Bookshop weathered many changes in the retail book business during the last half century and continues as a successful Edmonds business today thanks to thousands …
Congratulations to Michelle Bear, assistant manager and soon-to-be owner of Edmonds Bookshop in Edmonds, WA! Congratulations, too, to Mary Kay Sneeringer and David Brewster, who owned the store for twenty years. The good news broke in the Seattle Times August 18, 2021. As the Edmonds Bookshop team relates in a piece in My Edmonds News, …
University Book Store is celebrating its 120th anniversary this week on Friday Jan. 10. That day kicks off a year’s worth of events linked to the store’s founding. In 1895, when Washington had only officially been a state for six years, the “Territorial University” moved north of Portage Bay and became the University of Washington. …
Today, Liberty Bay Books’ Suzanne Droppert and author Suzanne Selfors made a very exciting announcement: Suzanne Selfors will be the new owner of Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, WA as of February 1, 2020, and Suzanne Droppert will stay at the helm of the Bremerton Liberty Bay Books, but will rename it Ballast Book Company. …
