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Aug

25

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Something Fantastic

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. This week’s bestseller spotlight shines on fantasy titles (along with some …

Oct

8

2021

The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara

If you are interested in monster movies, old Hollywood, and/or the history of women in the film industry, this is the book for you! O’Meara does a spectacular job of blending stories from her own personal experience in the film industry with the incredibly well-researched history of Millicent Patrick, the woman responsible for designing the …

Oct

4

2021

El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! by Donna Barba Higuera

In El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! by Donna Barba Higuera, Ramón is too nervous for his first day of school to go to bed. His monster, El Cucuy (el ku-koo-ee), who lives in the cactus pot, can’t get to sleep either. Together, they work through their anxieties about living in a new home in a …

Sep

23

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Spooky in September

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. If October is the new December, it makes sense that readers have been shopping early for Halloween, too! When the temperatures drop and the leaves start to fall, it feels …

Mar

19

2021

Reptiles, Fairies and Gremlins, Oh My! PNW Horror Collection Virtual Launch 3/19, 7 pm

Originally published for OLY ARTS by Molly Gilmore. Jonah Barrett wouldn’t be insulted if anyone said their first book was monstrous. That’s because Barrett’s short-story collection Moss Covered Claws, dropping March 18, is all about monsters. Barrett of Olympia, a filmmaker, fantasy writer, and OLY ARTS contributor, is launching the book with an online reading and talk at …

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