I’m obsessed with Oshetsky’s fiction like Celia Dent is obsessed with finding her way to a better life, and just like her mission, I’m always pining for the next tale Oshetsky will spin. [They are] a masterful writer of literary fiction. —Chelsia Rice, Montana Book Company, Helena, MT Find your next obsessions at Montana Book …
Check out this sassy trail hat (good for sports or reading with that mesh and brim) from Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, MT. There’s more bookish merchandise where that came from, too. For the holidays and year ’round, many bookstores offer apparel, stickers, mugs, or other gifts for booklovers. Queen Anne Book Company in …
From our friends at Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT: As we can find comfort in a good book, so too can we learn strategies find comfort in the world beyond. This week, we have put together a collection of books one can read to feel centered in the space we all share and grateful to …
A staff pick from Maris at Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT: In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor—but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash …
Everyone’s favorite fermented crime fighter is back! His return is great news for humanity since nefarious veggies are on the rise and they want to lay down their roots and spread all over the planet. Jo Jo, also known as Soft Wear, is itching to be Magic Pickle’s sidekick, but only if he’ll accept her …
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati is a brutal and beautiful retelling of her story. For fans of The Song of Achilles, Circe, Stoneblind, and lots more. This is a must read if you love powerful badass women in charge. –Marrakech, Country Bookshelf, Boseman, MT Get your Greek on at Country Bookshelf and other independent bookstores. Retellings, …
Jess Kidd is an absolute magician of storytelling. Be prepared to be caught under her spell with this atmospheric and cozy new mystery. Brew yourself a cuppa and dig in! –Christina Heagney, Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT How about this for a blurb from Kidd’s publisher across the pond? ‘Nora Breen is Maria Von Trapp on …
A favorite hit our bookshelves. The Crazies by Amy Gamerman “tells the story of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation Montana rancher and the billionaires who’ve moved in next door.” You’ll love this book if you enjoy fast-paced narrative nonfiction, courtroom dramas, or stories about the politics of land …
The first 2025 Pacific Northwest Book Awards celebrations have taken place! More are planned! Amy Hevron— Log Life, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA 2/11/25 Tara Karr Roberts— Wild and Distant Seas, Book People, Moscow, ID 2/13/25 Cat Bohannon— Eve Ravenna Third Place Books, Seattle, WA, 6:00 pm 2/26/25 Chris LaTray— Becoming Little Shell, Fact …
I can say this without spoiling anything, but the epilogue to Becoming Little Shell begins with reflections from “a little green house high on a hillside that overlooks Butte, Montana.” It is mid-November of 2021 and, as I wrote, I was in that house enjoying a residency where I largely completed the first draft of …
