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May

16

2023

New Bookstore: Bishop & Wilde

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 …

Sep

9

2022

New Bookstore Alert: Loving Room in Seattle

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 …

Nov

23

2021

Welcome, Parable of Tacoma, WA!

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 …

May

21

2021

Hooray for The Next Chapter Bookstore

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! …

Apr

17

2020

Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

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 …

Aug

9

2019

Rediscovered Books' and Rediscovered Press's Owners Bruce and Laura DeLaney

A Third Store for Rediscovered 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 …

May

13

2019

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West Seattle Will Get a New Indie Bookstore: Paper Boat Booksellers

After a successful pop-up at Alair (a gift boutique) in West Seattle for Independent Bookstore Day, Paper Boat Booksellers had this great news to share: We are so happy to announce that we just signed a lease on a space for our bookstore! Paper Boat Booksellers is coming to life and we can’t wait to …

Oct

23

2018

Books Around the Corner Gresham logo

Books Around the Corner Opening
in Gresham, OR November 2

From the Books Around the Corner Newsletter 10/19/18 LATEST NEWS The sign is up and it’s [less than] two weeks until Books Around the Corner opens its doors. We have over $500 of donations through our Indiegogo Campaign and another few hundred received in donations at the Gresham Farmer’s Market. While we don’t want to …

Jun

9

2017

Dan Ullom and Tina Ullom of Brick & Mortar Books

Seattle Review of Books Interviews Brick & Mortar Books

Talking with an owner of the Seattle area’s newest bookstore, Brick and Mortar Books Published 4 days ago at the Seattle Review of Books by Paul Constant Last Tuesday, the Seattle area’s newest bookstore opened its doors. Located in Redmond Town Center, Brick & Mortar Books is a general-interest new bookstore that will carry up …

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