Pacific Northwest Booksellers recognized Idaho author Emily Ruskovich’s talent with a 2018 PNBA Award for her debut novel, Idaho, and the world is catching on. Ruskovich won the Dublin Literary Award, the largest literary prize (€100,000) for a single novel published in English. Idaho won out over 140 other books nominated by public librarians around …
100 of your favorite authors/illustrators/celebrities have come together to support booksellers and their families. These talented individuals have turned humble ceramic piggy banks into works of art to raise funds to support the Binc Foundation. Binc (The Book Industry Charitable Foundation) is the only non-profit that provides financial assistance to bookstore employees who have a …
The Library of Congress National Book Festival is an annual literary event that brings together best-selling authors and thousands of book fans for author talks, panel discussions, book signings and other activities. Over its long history, the National Book Festival has become one of the pre-eminent literary events in the United States. Attendees can interact …
Boise’s independent bookstore makes its publishing debut with A Kid’s Guide to Boise Rediscovered Publishing, a new division of downtown Boise’s Rediscovered Books, will be releasing A Kid’s Guide to Boise by Rick Just on May 29, 2018. The book is a complete guide for what to do, where to go, what to eat all around …
I am really honored to have been selected as a winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award. In reading the moving essays by the other winners about what it is like to be a writer in the Pacific Northwest, I cannot help but return—as I always return, so many times in a day that it …
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association is a non-profit trade association that supports independent bookselling, literacy, and free speech in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Each year since 1965, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards have celebrated exceptional books written by Northwest authors. PNBA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Pacific Northwest Book Awards. …
The 2018 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist has been announced! A panel of nine booksellers from the region selected these twelve titles from over 420 nominated books. Up to six winners will be announced in early January 2018. For some history on the awards, click here. Here is the shortlist: All’s Faire in Middle School …
At the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show, the PNBA Awards Committee presented an overview of some nominated titles by northwest authors and illustrators that have captured their hearts this year. Committee chair Kim Hooyboer of Third Place Books (Seward Park, Seattle, WA) explained that this year a record-breaking 421 titles were nominated. She …
Dr. John Herrington, explorer, adventurer, and the world’s first Indigenous astronaut, read and signed his children’s book, Mission to Space, at BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID on September 9. In the book, Herrington shares his passion for space travel and his Chickasaw heritage as he gives children a glimpse into his astronaut training at NASA and his …
This Memorial Day Weekend has been particularly emotionally intense for our region. Every year at this time, our nation honors those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. This weekend, waves of mourning have rippled out from the Pacific Northwest after two brave men were killed on the MAX in Portland. Our community and …
