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Dec

21

2021

Great Cookbook Recommendations from McMinnville’s Third Street Books

From Third Street Books in McMinnville, OR: Everyone’s Table Portland chef Gregory Gourdet’s book is filled with decadent, yet healthy recipes. An excellent gift for a foodie! Grains For Every Season Do you use and love Josh McFadden’s Six Seasons? Then you’ll love this! Gastro Obscura From the folks who brought us Atlas Obscura, this …

Oct

5

2021

Unexplained Phenomena

From Third Street Books in McMinnville, OR: UFO FEST! I’ve missed the UFO Festival, haven’t you? It is one of my favorite events in McMinnville. Have you seen our window display? Window display queen Shay received some otherworldly inspiration. This year, the festival … look[ed] a little different (no parade – sad face) but there …

Nov

27

2020

Third Street Books

Season’s [Shopping] Greetings: Seven Tips for Supporting Small Businesses

As a retail worker, I have some things to ask of all of you as we go into what should be the tail end of this year’s Holiday shopping season, but is likely just the beginning. 1. SHOP LOCAL. A****n and Target and WalMart are going to be fine, but the local small businesses that …

Aug

13

2020

A Lot of Love for Author Adriana Herrera

Have you read Adriana Herrera yet? Adriana Herrera has quickly become one of my must-read authors. The first novel in her American Dreamers quartet (American Dreamer) is the story of Dominican-American food truck owner Nesto and librarian Jude. Like all of Herrera’s books, it is full of food, family (biological and found), and flirting. It’s …

May

22

2020

KOIN.com Covers Oregon Bookstores’ COVID-19 Pivots

Next chapter: COVID-19 and Oregon’s indie bookstores How sellers adapted, and what changes they may carry forward as the state reopens by: Hannah Ray Lambert Posted: May 19, 2020 on koin.com CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — In mid-March, independent bookstores across the country closed their doors indefinitely in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Now two months later, …

Feb

6

2019

Third Street Books

Happy 15th Birthday, Third Street Books!

From Shelf Awareness January 30, 2019:   Congratulations to Third Street Books, McMinnville, Ore., which celebrated its 15th anniversary. Owner Sylla McClellan wrote to customers: “Years ago my husband told me that I was basically unemployable. I’ve been self-employed for so long that I would make a lousy employee; too independent and not great at taking …

May

14

2015

He Laughed with his Other Mouths

Out-of-this-world
Third Street Books event

On Saturday, May 16th at 11 am, Third Street Books in McMinnville, OR gets in the spirit for the annual UFO Festival. The store will host two earth-bound author/illustrators. Fly in at 11 am to do some out-of-this-world drawing of aliens with authors/illustrators Mark Fearing and Kurt Cyrus! This event is sure to be a blast. You …

Jul

28

2014

1

remark

A Dozen Reasons to Love Beverly Cleary

She spent her early years in Yamhill, Oregon, went to grammar and high school (and set loads of her stories) in Portland, got her library science degree at UW and was a librarian in Yakima. So, yeah, we claim her as our own and never tire of ruminating on the reasons we love her. In …

Jun

7

2012

Introducing Anna Keesey and
Her Feminist Western, Little Century

We’re pleased to introduce you to Anna Keesey if you haven’t met her yet. Her debut novel, Little Century, came out this week and is already getting raves from all over the country. Keesey is a graduate of Stanford University and of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her work has appeared in a number of journals and …

May

1

2012

Third Street Books Mobbed

Congrats to Third Street Books in McMinnville, OR for a successful cash mob Thursday night. At the gathering, booksellers rang in 116 transactions in just over an hour, totaling about $3,400, owner Sylla McClellan tells us. “WOW!” she wrote in the store newsletter. “All I can say is WOW! . . . This was truly a community …

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