By Donald W. Meyers for yakimaherald.com. Be sure to click through to the original article to see the great photo! For 18 years, Yakima Valley bibliophiles have been able to satisfy their cravings at Inklings Bookshop. Owner Susan Richmond didn’t want to be a business owner, but she liked books, and being with people who …
Saturday, April 28, 2018, is Independent Bookstore Day. Local, independent bookstores around the country and their fans will celebrate. Click here to find participating bookstores near you. (Please note: Even more stores than are listed on the map may be doing something special. They just might have missed the deadline to sign up for inclusion …
King’s Books in Tacoma welcomes four talented authors of Young Adult fiction to celebrate their latest books May 20 at 7:00 pm. Kristin Halbrook (Every Last Promise), A.R. Kahler (Shades of Darkness: Ravenborn #1), Mindi Scott (The Way Back to You), and Carly Ann West (The Murmurings) will talk about their work and the publishing process, and …
On Wednesday, March 16, after reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, the 7th graders at Naches Valley Middle School were introduced to a man who lived the book. Abraham Abei, originally from Sudan (later South Sudan) was one of the “Lost Boys” from the Dinka tribe who traveled with Salva Dut. For years he lived without …
Inklings Bookshop, the Yakima community, and friends of Inklings bookseller Mimi Applebaum are pulling together to raise funds to support Mimi as she pursues a heart transplant. Mimi has worked at Inklings since 2004. In 2000, she was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer, which also caused heart complications. She has undergone surgeries, but a …
Here’s a poem by G.K. Chesterton, one of the Oxford Inklings: Gold Leaves Lo! I am come to autumn, When all the leaves are gold; Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out The year and I are old. In youth I sought the prince of men, Captain in cosmic wars, Our Titan, even the weeds …
Well, it’s been a soggy week at Inklings. Thursday [before last], we experienced a big rainstorm that was probably the worst I’ve ever driven in. The iPhone was blaring a warning of flash floods and I was eyeing the bridges I’d need to cross to get home. Made it safely and sat in the darkening …
“A very fine dystopian novel of the most delicious kind, where reality is shrouded in mysticism but within a few pages you find yourself embedded in that world, and as the pages turn you find yourself doubting less and believing more.” –Susan Richmond, Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA Start believing with a copy from Inklings or …
Tommy reminds me of myself as a child. The irresistible urge to move and make noise compel him to continually pop, hurdle, and bounce. His family take turns tiring Tommy out. No one succeeds! They try softball and swim club but Tommy doesn’t tire even then. Eventually his mother drags him to tap class. All of his …
“On March 12th, my favorite author, Terry Pratchett, departed this world, hopefully accompanied by the Death whom he wrote about with humor and eloquence. It seems like the right time to face out Small Gods, my favorite book in his Discworld series. With the combination of piercing satire and and joyful, unbridled silliness that was …
