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Louise Erdrich

Dec

12

2024

Bestseller Spotlight: Give Books!

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, we notice a bevy of books from the PNBA Give Books Holiday Catalog on the …

Jan

16

2024

A Love Letter to Independent Booksellers: An Original Essay by 2024 PNBA Book Award Winner Debra Magpie Earling

In the early ’80s I lived near the Frog Rock on Bainbridge Island. It was cheaper to live on the island and ride the ferry than to live in Seattle. On rare days, when I had a little money, I would treat myself to bookstore visits to Eagle Harbor Book Co. in Winslow and Elliott …

Feb

16

2023

Bestseller Spotlight: One, Two (-word Titles for You!)

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. If we ignore subtitles, there are many titles on this week’s list that are …

Oct

10

2022

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Auntie’s Bookstore (@auntiesbooks) —Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane made an Instagram reel of some favorite books by indigenous authors. Among the titles: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich White Magic by Elissa Washuta Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s by Tiffany Midge Red Paint by …

Mar

31

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Native American Women

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. It is the last day of March, Women’s History Month. We thought we would finish up with a selection of amazing, bestselling Native American woman authors– including the Pacific Northwest’s …

Mar

10

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: PNW Unique

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Sometimes the themes come from the covers, sometimes the titles, but today we’re looking at …

Jan

13

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Day and Night

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. As the days get longer, we noticed that there’s a day and night theme to some of our regional bestsellers. Which are you rooting for? The Dawn of Everything by …

Dec

16

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Worth the Wait

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. As Christmas approaches and the supply chain continues to have issues, we notice that some books that are difficult to get still appear on the bestseller list. Maybe it’s because …

Sep

30

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Basic Shapes for Not-Basic Books

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Simple shapes can represent many things* or just be abstract design choices. Is that circle a moon? An eye? An alveolus? What are those rectangles doing on the cover? Is …

Jun

24

2021

Firekeeper's Daughter (cover image is a stylized moth or butterfly illustrations containing faces and feathers and flames)

Bestseller Spotlight: Indigenous Voices

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We celebrate Native American and indigenous stories on this week’s list. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch An …

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