From Shelf Awareness June 20, 2017 Matthew Sullivan‘s short stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore (out now from Scribner) is his debut mystery novel. He teaches writing, literature and film at Big Bend Community College in the high desert of Washington State. I became an English major in college …
René Kirkpatrick got her bookselling start at the University of Oregon Bookstore in 1978. At first she worked part-time while getting her degree in elementary education, and then she went full-time, becoming the children’s book buyer in 1985. In 1992, she and her husband moved to Seattle, where she worked with Chauni Haslet as manager and …
I’ve been thinking about the whole concept of America being “great,” and wondering what it is, exactly, for which Americans are nostalgic, and what it is about the present that is so frightening for so many people. We know that economic uncertainty creates a backlash against those we perceive as threatening to our well-being. But …
From Broadway Books’ store newsletter: Fall has truly arrived, and it is as lovely as ever. We traveled to Tacoma last weekend to attend the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association meeting, and along the way we marveled at the changing colors of the leaves– so gorgeous! The highlight of this meeting each year is meeting so …
Running an independent bookstore is a bit like getting up everyday and heading off to fight your own personal Goliath. Except unlike David I know that each time I will get my ass kicked. I know that every single day my faith in the power of literature will be tested. These things never change. Today, …
“I think that the independent bookstore experience offers something that Amazon can’t possibly replicate. I really do.” — Jenn Risko, co-founder and publisher of Shelf Awareness We agree. Read more from Jenn Risko’s interview with GeekWire’s Todd Bishop.
