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 …
With love from our friends at Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT– Romance for Valentine’s Day and every day! Romance Recommendations from Author Jennifer Ryan Curl up with one of these dreamy romances and a steamy beverage to enjoy the season! Jennifer says: Something Old My obsession with historical romance continues with one of my favorite …
Thursday, February 7, 2019 Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT is thrilled to welcome author debut Montana author Stephanie Land, who will discuss and sign the highly anticipated Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Thursday, February 7th at 6pm. This event is not to be missed! “There are tens of millions of …
Growing up on the family ranch, Linda Finley fought hard to gain the acceptance and respect as a ranch hand that her brothers took for granted. Arlene Pile barely remembers learning to ride a horse and run machinery–she was so young. She learned to drive on an 8N Ford tractor with a buck rake. Lee …
This week, booksellers from around the country with a specific interest in children’s books gathered in New Orleans for the American Booksellers Association’s annual Children’s Institute, an annual educational conference that was hosted last year in Portland. I attended in my role as children’s book buyer for Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, but I …
Author Shann Ray of Spokane, WA interviewed Butte, MT author David Abrams about Abrams’ second novel, Brave Deeds. Shann Ray: Your work is powerful, visceral, and moves readers to consider the heart of flawed characters. In so doing we consider our own flaws, and it makes us more humble if we open that door. What’s the …
Appetites, Bourdain’s first cookbook in more than ten years, boils down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorite dishes that everyone should know how to cook. The result is a home-cooking, home-entertaining cookbook like no other, with personal favorites from his own kitchen and from his travels, translated …
What do you do at the bookstore? My job at the bookstore entails an endless list of tasks. Most imporantly, I am learning how to be a bookseller. Not only am I learning about books and authors, but also learning how to best serve bookstore customers. What do you do outside of the bookstore? When …
Little Bird learned a new word! He loves it so much that he’s bursting to share it with all of his friends. BLARK! BLARK! BLARK! The only problem is, this isn’t a very nice word. Little Bird doesn’t realize it, but this word might even hurt someone’s feelings. With the help of Papa Bird, maybe …
