Yesterday, the American Booksellers Association announced the launch of a fundraising and promotional campaign to raise money for indie bookstores and to increase awareness about the vital role the indies play in supporting authors, books, and ideas, and in contributing to our communities. Look for #SaveIndieBookstores on social media and SaveIndieBookstores.com online. The ABA’s CEO, …
Wednesday, March 25th at 6pm – Virtual book discussion with Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen on pandemics and misinformation Join us on Facebook Live for a discussion with conservationist and historian Betsy Gaines Quammen and her husband, science journalist David Quammen. The duo will discuss Betsy’s new book American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and …
With social distancing guidelines in place, audiobooks, ebooks, and online orders from local bookstores are a way to keep your communities as healthy as possible. Libro.fm, the Seattle audiobook company that partners with many independent bookstores, is offering a new member incentive that is a big help to local, neighborhood shops. If you haven’t tried …
This account is the true story of a wolf born a runt who rose to become an alpha male in Yellowstone National Park. The Rise of Wolf 8 is the first book in a planned three book series following the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone from the perspective of individual wolves, like Wolf 8. McIntyre writes that …
On Monday afternoon, a roomful of booksellers from around the Pacific Northwest gathered to hear a panel of their peers, members of the PNBA Book Awards Committee, present for the 2020 Book Awards Preview. Over 400 books have been nominated for the award. To be eligible, a book must have been published between October 1, …
From New York Times opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family–and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world. Check out this interview with Renkl. –Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT Look at the world in different ways after you read books like this from …
I don’t think there is a square mile of ground on this planet where Robert Macfarlane couldn’t dig up a new, wondrous story. Underland continues the tradition of profound storytelling, reflection, and, quite simply, gorgeous writing we have come to expect from him. Macfarlane’s ventures into the underworlds of our planet, both mythical and literal, …
The Country Bookseller in Bozeman, MT was very excited to welcome Pete Fromm back to the Country Bookshelf on June 11th for his new novel, A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do. Bookseller Wendy Blake loved it: Marnie and Taz have it all– they love, laugh and work together, sneak off to swim …
After nearly 40 years selling books Uptown, Jo Antonioli is still going strong by Susan Dunlop for the Montana Standard; originally posted 1/5/19 With nearly four decades spent as the owner and operator of Books & Books, the independent Butte bookstore she started in 1980, there are multiple possible sources of 87-year-old Jo Antonioli’s longevity. …
This deeply personal account of author Pam Houston’s life is centered around her beloved ranch situated at 9,000 feet above sea level in the Colorado Rockies. Reflections on wilderness and learning the meaning of home spill out of this book, interspersed with charming and often humorous anecdotes from life on the ranch. Already a bookseller …
