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Sep

7

2018

Bank on Bookstores piggy bank logo for Binc

Bank on Booksellers Piggy Bank Auction
Starts Sept. 9, 9:00 AM, in the NW

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 …

Aug

31

2018

National Book Festival badge 2018

National Book Festival Saturday, September 1, 2018

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 …

May

15

2018

Kid's Guide to Boise

Rediscovered Books Launches New Publishing Division

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 …

Feb

16

2018

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Emily Ruskovich. photo by Sam McPhee

The Half-Wolves: An Essay by 2018 PNBA Award Winner Emily Ruskovich

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 …

Jan

9

2018

PNBA Book Awards

2018 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Winners Announced

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. …

Nov

10

2017

PNBA Book Awards

2018 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist Announced

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 …

Oct

10

2017

PNBA 2018 Book Awards Preview

Wonderful NW Books Recommended by PNBA’s Award Committee

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 …

Sep

12

2017

Dr. Herrington's astronaut headshot

Former NASA Astronaut Reading at
BookPeople of Moscow

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 …

May

29

2017

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Remembering PNW Legends
Brian Doyle and Denis Johnson

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 …

Sep

16

2016

Rediscovered Books Bruce and and Laura Top 40

Rediscovered Books: 10 Years of Memories in 40 Books

Dear Bookstore Friends and Family, Ten years ago, we opened Rediscovered Books with great expectations, incredible naïveté and hearts full of hope.  Today the naïveté has morphed into idealism, but the great expectations and hope have remained the same. We want to take you through part of our journey over the last ten years.  As …

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