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Jun

24

2022

NPR Features Rediscovered Books’ Literacy Activism on “All Things Considered”

“An Idaho school board banned 23 books. So a local bookstore gave out copies for free” –npr’s James Dawson on “All Things Considered” NPR’s “All Things Considered” broadcast this story about how Boise’s Rediscovered Books is working to ensure access to books. The store gathered donations to provide free books to the community. They have …

Apr

9

2018

BirdNote book

BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show, edited by Ellen Blackstone

This charming book is a collection of the essays from the popular NPR radio show/podcast BirdNote. The inestimable Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology has had a vital role in this series from its inception. The “chapters” are short species accounts ranging from the general to the esoteric to the more scientific, each a different aspect about a bird …

Aug

17

2017

American Eclipse

American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon & Win the Glory of the World by David Baron

A fascinating look into the total solar eclipse of 1878 and the lives of three scientists who traveled to witness the rare event. Baron paints this moment in American history in full color, complete with train robberies, rival astronomers, and Thomas Edison and his newest invention, the tasimeter.  –Mary Jo S., Powells.com Are you planning …

Jul

14

2017

Octavia Butler photo by Patti Perret

Octavia Butler Featured in “The Week’s Best Stories from NPR Books”

On July 10, 2017, NPR aired “Octavia Butler: Writing Herself Into The Story” by Karen Grigsby Bates about Octavia Butler, beloved scifi author who lived in Seattle from 1999 until her death in 2006.  Octavia Butler used to say she remembers exactly when she decided to become a science fiction writer. She was 9 years …

Dec

9

2016

Maria Semple

Maria Semple on NPR and onstage at King’s Books

I love when a local author I admire is everywhere I look. This week, it’s been that way with Maria Semple. She kept popping up in my twitter and facebook feeds because she’s been so dang busy! She was on NPR. She was at King’s Books. Somehow she worked some Hermione time-turner-type magic and had …

Aug

24

2015

Fun Home

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel, author of the comic “Dykes to Watch Out For,” strikes a chord with a look back on her family life. This memoir told in graphic novel form  is easy to devour in one sitting. The drawings and short dialogue actually slow you down in a good way and help you focus on the …

Feb

5

2015

1

remark

To Kill a Mockingbird

New Novel from Harper Lee Causes Big Buzz

On Tuesday February 3, it was announced that Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, will publish Go Set a Watchman, a 304-page novel featuring characters from Harper’s debut– and thus far, famously only– novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, set 20 years later in the same fictional Southern town. Although as of the writing of this post …

Dec

10

2014

Mexico: The Cookbook
by Margarita Carrillo Arronte

I was in the kitchen cooking up some breakfast sausage (not chorizo, unfortunately) when this Morning Edition segment aired on NPR Radio, the perfect plug for this gorgeous and robust new volume. It’s being called a “bible” or “encyclopedia” of Mexican cooking, as it contains 600 recipes! But read on and listen on, and you’ll find …

Aug

30

2013

Rosie takes a holiday

Labor Day Weekend Link-a-thon

While you make your plans to enjoy the holiday weekend, here are some links for you: Staff picks from Village Books in Bellingham Staff picks from Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle Staff favorites from Annie Bloom’s in Portland Top 10 bookstores in America according to Travel + Leisure Summer reading recommendations from Publishers Weekly Real …

Sep

12

2012

Coplin Well Received
on ‘Well Read’

Terry Tazioli has a great interview with Amanda Coplin on his cable TV program Well Read. Coplin’s debut, The Orchardist, is getting both acclaim—called “a stunning accomplishment” on NPR—and lots of readers (It was number five on the Pacific NW indie bestseller list this week). After the interview, Mary Ann Gwinn, the book editor for …

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