From A Good Book in Sumner, WA: The night before Christmas, and all through the store No critter was reading, including these four: They had hung no stockings, the stove was unlit; The shelves were all packed, such a tight fit! “These books are too many. No end is in sight!” The otters wailed loudly, bemoaning …
Get on board the charcuterie board train for beautiful holiday entertaining through this piece with Lauren Thomas, author of The Modern Hippie Table. (Hint: It’s not just cured meats!) See a centerpiece of noshing that guests and host alike will enjoy, plus the New Day Northwest team makes the family-friendly mini hotdog wraps with …
William W. Johnstone is back this week. But in hardback! Dewey “Mac” Mackenzie returns in Settling His Hash, which is the latest frontier tale about the chuckwagon cook who is equally adept at filling men’s bellies with food or lead! Mac just wants to ride to Texas, where his heart lies, but he discovers that the …
Tidings of comfort and joy to booklovers and booksellers! May you have a healthy and happy holiday.
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. It looks like it might be a white Christmas, at least in Seattle, but whether or not the weather is optimally festive where you are, you can surround yourself with …
Gordon-Reed made her name, and won a Pulitzer, as a historian of Virginia, and specifically of Thomas Jefferson’s estate of Monticello, as she told the history of its black residents alongside its white ones in unprecedented detail. But she was raised in Texas, East Texas specifically, and her little handbook about Juneteenth, the local holiday …
Juneteenth, June 19, is now an official US holiday. To celebrate (and perhaps learn more about the history behind it), we recommend the following books: Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper This wonderful picture book contextualizes the struggle and the celebration and is available in hardcover, paperback, and board book versions. Although at the time …
From the Bookmarks e-newsletter from The Oregonian/ OregonLive April 17, 2021: Earth Day is Thursday, providing an ideal opportunity to read Plastic: An Autobiography by Allison Cobb. The Portland-based author grew up in Los Alamos. She works for an environmental advocacy organization. And she’s a poet — her collection After We All Died was a 2018 Oregon Book …
A group of Seattle-area independent booksellers are proud to invite to you to a special virtual event tonight, April 1, 2021 at 6:30 pm Pacific on Facebook. Beloved local authors Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain and more) and Jonathan Evison (The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving and more) are joining forces to …
