Madison Books hosted an event with Lynda Mapes and David B. Williams this autumn. The excerpt from their conversation with James Crossley was originally printed in the Madison Books newsletter. You can click here for more! We’ve long been fans of their acclaimed writing about the human relationship with the natural world, and we’re delighted …
From Shelf Awareness for Readers November 15, 2019 On the last page of A Pilgrimage to Eternity, journalist Timothy Egan (The Immortal Irishman) reflects on his thousand-mile journey. “The Via Francigena is a trail of ideas, and it helps to walk with eyes open–otherwise you miss the bread crumbs of epiphany along the way.” Egan’s …
Clare Meeker is a passionate researcher with a love for telling stories to children. She was the perfect local candidate to be the special guest at The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators meeting the last Sunday of September for their nonfiction craft talk. I realized that throughout my various interviews with authors, I …
The shortlist for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards has been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Association produces educational and promotional events and materials for its members and offers literacy, free …
Someone in your life needs a copy of Tein Lucasson’s Cat: Portrait of Eighty-Eight Cats & One Very Wise Zebra. It’s pictures of cats. Wearing clothes. With enigmatic cat expressions. And a zebra. You can get a copy for yourself, really. It’s okay. Mackenzie Lee has put together one of those fabulous “History of the …
From laurenchronicles.com Ten tables, ten minutes at each table. Around these tables sit my favorite people: Book lovers. But not just book lovers. Professional book lovers. Bookstore owners and staff, librarians. The people whose lives are about connecting readers with writers. On Monday I was one of those writers. It was Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s (PNBA) fall …
More titles were mentioned in the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards preview. Readers have found many treasures from Pacific Northwest authors in the last year! All the Better Part of Me was suggested by Stephanie from Books Around the Corner. The store’s all-female Fiction Addiction book club discussed it and loved it. The book comes …
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, …
Do witches exist? And if so, do their spells really work? After reading this delightfully magical memoir, I certainly hope so. Known for his wicked humor in the face of real challenges, Burroughs does not disappoint in this latest tale, in which he comes out as a witch, descended from a centuries-long lineage of powerful …
I first came across author Matti Friedman in 2016 when he spoke at a venue in Seattle, WA. At that event, I purchased a copy of The Aleppo Codex. I next came across Matti in Tucson AZ at the Tucson Festival of Books in March of 2019, where he was promoting Spies of No Country. …
