Our friends at Island Books of Mercer Island, WA are celebrating their 50th year in business. For their Golden Anniversary, they are posting wonderful store histories by writer and former bookseller Miriam Landis on their blog. https://www.tumblr.com/mercerislandbooks/715794400935084032/miriam-and-lola-deane-in-conversation
From family of friends of Chandler O’Leary, through her website: “Our dear friend Chandler passed away on April 2 from sudden and severe pneumonia. She was just 41 years old, and leaves behind an astonishing body of work as an author and artist[. . . ] “In her short life, she filled countless sketchbooks and …
From the family and friends of Chandler O’Leary: Our dear friend Chandler passed away on April 2 from sudden and severe pneumonia. She was just 41 years old, and leaves behind an astonishing body of work as an author and artist. In her short life, she filled countless sketchbooks and created public art and signage, …
Ibi Zoboi (The People Remember; American Street) pays radiant homage in Star Child to the woman who inspired her, taught her and shared her birthday. She deftly combines poetry, prose, quotes and photos to create what she calls the “constellation” of science fiction writer Octavia Estelle Butler: “I decided to call this biography a constellation because Octavia’s …
From the website of beloved Oregon author, Cai Emmons: Dear Readers, It is with sadness that we share the news of Cai ending her remarkable life on January 2, 2023. She had planned her death for her 72nd birthday, January 15, but ALS had other ideas. Like so much of her life up to this …
Seattle booklovers had another occasion to celebrate over Thanksgiving/ Indies First weekend: an event with author and bookseller Nick DiMartino of University Book Store. The photos are from the University Book Store Booksellers Instagram. Out to celebrate our own Nick DiMartino’s retirement from the @ubookstoreseattle after more than FIFTY YEARS with the company, friends joined us …
I met Greg Bear thirty years ago, in early 1992, when I was a clerk at Half Price Books in Seattle’s University District. I’d been a fan since high school, and when he handed me the credit card for his purchase, I froze with my heart slamming in my ears. “You’re not the science fiction …
From Amy Wang of The Oregonian/OregonLive, June 3, 2022: For Nanea Woods, books and community have always gone together, and now she’s launching her biggest effort yet to combine the two. Portland’s first Black literary festival, the Freadom Festival, is a tribute to freedom and reading that’s taking place in Portland’s Peninsula Park on Saturday, June …
Karen Maeda Allman, event coordinator and bookseller at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Company, was interviewed by Elaine Ikoma Ko and featured on The North American Post and Discover Nikkei. Below is an excerpt. Let’s talk about your literary life. Did you always have a keen appreciation for books growing up? I actually started out as …
From Literary Arts LITERARY ARTS CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 OREGON BOOK AWARDS [This week], during our first in-person ceremony since 2019, the winners of the 2022 Oregon Book Awards, selected by panels of out-of-state judges, were announced. KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION Omar El Akkad of West Linn What Strange Paradise: A Novel (Alfred A. …
