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Aug

26

2022

2022 Washington State Book Awards Finalists Announced

From the Seattle Public Library’s Shelf Talk blog August 23, 2022. Title links go to SPL page; book cover links go to Bookshop.org. Your local independent bookstore is happy to help you find these books! Congratulations to 39 finalists in eight categories for the 2022 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) for outstanding books published by …

Aug

24

2022

Small World by Jonathan Evison

From the Gold Rush with Chinese, Irish, and Native Americans among the protagonists, Evison alternates time — work on the rails to Amtrak; gold panning to modern West Coast life — tying generations together in a splendid sleight of hand. —Pat Rutledge, A Book For All Seasons, Leavenworth, WA Grab epic end-of-summer reads from A …

Sep

28

2021

6

remarks

The Would-be Banning of Lawn Boy,  and Why I’m Not Booking any Flights to Texas in the Near-Future

The first week of September, at a school board meeting in Texas, a woman lobbied fiercely to get my one of my novels, Lawn Boy (2017), banned from libraries for content relating to my gay protagonist, and his gay life experiences. My protagonist, Mike, has a sexual experience at a youth group meeting at the age of …

May

3

2018

1

remark

Johnny Evison and Lawn Boy

Jonathan Evison at Island Books 5/3 with “Lawn Boy”

Jonathan Evison, the author of soon-to-be classic Northwest novels such as The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving and West of Here, will be at Island Books on Mercer Island, WA on Thursday, Thursday May 3rd at 6:30pm, with his new novel, Lawn Boy. The store writes, “Anyone who was present for his last visit won’t soon …

Dec

8

2015

This is Your Life(saver)

Jonathan Evison & Kurtis Lowe’s
Whirlwind Bookstore Tour

To ring in the holidays and celebrate This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! being selected for Pacific Northwest Book Award shortlist, author Jonathan Evison and his regional Algonquin sales rep, Kurtis Lowe of Book Travelers West, made the rounds of Seattle-area bookstores on December 1. Kurtis prepped the stores and planned the itinerary; Johnny signed …

Nov

24

2015

The 2016 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist: The Musical

Obviously, this is not actually a musical, but it got your attention, didn’t it? First, I would like to thank the other eight members of this year’s PNBA Book Awards Committee of booksellers: Michael Coy, Madison (Butler) Duckworth, Tim Hunter, Dianah Hughley, Tina Ontiveros, Carol Spurling, Casey Stryer, and Claudia Wohlfeil. This was my third (and …

Nov

20

2015

1

remark

2016 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist has been announced! A panel of nine booksellers from the region  whittled the list to twelve from nearly 300 nominations. Five previous shortlisted authors (indicated with a *), including one two-time winner (with a +), made the cut. Up to six winners will be announced in early January. Here …

Oct

20

2015

This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
by Jonathan Evison

“Meet Harriet Chance. She is seventy-eight and embarking on a journey of discovery. Her husband Bernard has recently passed away and she is surprised to find out that before he died he purchased tickets for an Alaskan cruise. Despite her children’s protests, she is determined to take the trip. But she gets a little more …

Oct

15

2014

Seattle Gets Ready for Lit Crawl
October 23

From the awesome organizers of Lit Crawl Seattle… Lit Crawl Seattle is back! Our third annual romp through Capitol and First Hills happens Thursday, October 23rd from 6pm until the squirrels go home. This year’s lineup features more than 65 authors in 21 readings, all presenting their work free to the public, with many venues …

Aug

14

2013

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
by Jonathan Evison

“Jonathan’s earlier book, West of Here, was a favorite all across the NW. This latest work of his is quite different both in context as well as writing style, but equally engaging and thoroughly satisfying. While the characters are certainly intriguing, particularly Trev, a teenage boy with muscular dystrophy, it is the plotline I found …

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