Last week, Green Bean Books’ bookseller and all-around independent bookstore champion Earl Dizon visited Portland’s BOLD Coffee & Books during their soft opening. He shared his photos and enthusiasm on Instagram. Enjoy a peek at BOLD through Earl’s lens. Photos by Earl Dizon. Thank you, Earl, for sharing your photos and first impressions of this …
BOLD Coffee & Books has a Kickstarter campaign going through September 30, 2024, to raise funds to let them open the bookstore and cafe on a strong financial footing. Here’s more about their campaign, from their fundraising page: The BOLD Vision: To create a welcoming and safe space for coffee and book lovers—both those who decide …
Ridgecrest Books, a family run, new and used bookstore in the Ridgecrest neighborhood of Shoreline, WA, had its grand opening March 9th and 10th. We love celebrating neighborhood bookstores! Photos are from Ridgecrest Books’ Instagram. Congratulations, Ridgecrest Books! RIDGECREST BOOKS 512 NORTHEAST 165TH STREET SHORELINE, WASHINGTON 98155 Tuesday- Sunday 11-7
What an exciting autumn in the Pacific Northwest! Seattle welcomes two amazing new bookstores. Mam’s Books, owned by Sokah Danh, is the first independent Asian American bookstore in the Seattle. Since the store’s grand opening September 23, 2023, it has been filled with a steady stream of literary luminaries and community leaders like Karen Maeda …
A new bookstore opening is always worth celebrating so please welcome Portland, Oregon’s Bishop & Wilde to the mix. Sharing a space with Tin House, on the main floor of the publisher’s Northwest’s headquarters, former booksellers Melissa L. Amstutz and Tyler Dolan welcomed readers to their collaborative venture on Saturday, April 29th, during Independent Bookstore Day. Regular store …
From Shelf Awareness 9/7/22: Loving Room: Diaspora Books + Salon, an 800-square-foot bookstore, reading room and community space with a focus on Black authors and stories, opened on Labor Day in Seattle, Wash., the Seattle Times reported. Located at 1400 20th Avenue in Seattle’s Central District, the bookstore sells fiction and nonfiction for children, teens and adults. The reading …
From the Tacoma Ledger article “Books, Plants, Records and More: Parable Tacoma” by Rosie Mendoza Bautista Sept. 2021: Parable is a new bookstore within the Tacoma community. It sells new and used books alongside plants, records, clothing/accessories and local artisan goods. It is family-owned, community-owned, LGBTQ+, black-owned and woman-owned. Co-owner, LaKecia Farmer spoke to the …
Congratulations to new bookstore, The Next Chapter in Hermiston, OR! From the owners of the store: Our story The Next Chapter Bookstore is the passion project of bookish mother-daughter team, Angela Pursel and Alexis McCarthy. As avid readers, we have always had a vision of owning a bookstore; opening one together is the ultimate dream! …
Shaun Bythell’s follow-up to Diary of a Bookseller is out this week. Confessions of a Bookseller picks up where Diary left off. Yes, Wigtown is still out in the ruralest of rural places in Scotland. Yes, people still don’t understand how used book stores work. Yes, Shaun still wrestles with his staff understanding where books …
This week, the world got the happy news that Laura and Bruce DeLaney, the co-0wners of Rediscovered Books, are opening a third bookstore! The DeLaneys started with Rediscovered Books on North 8th Street in Boise, which expanded in 2015. Then in 2018, they bought Rainbow Books, a used book store on State Street in Boise …
