Portland journalist and author David Oliver Relin, who won a 2007 Pacific Northwest Book Award as co-author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, has died of suicide at 49. Relin wrote the book with mountain climber turned humanitarian Greg Mortenson, who would …
Earlier this week the winners of the 2012 Oregon Book Awards were announced at Portland’s Gerding Theater at the annual ceremony hosted by award sponsor Literary Arts. This year’s special presenter was Pulitzer prize and National Book Award winner Timothy Egan. Three of this year’s winners were prominently featured on NW Book Lovers in the past …
On Jan 31 Jonathan Evison had a dual celebration at his hometown bookstore, Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the paperback release of his bestselling novel West of Here and in honor of his 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award. You can read his acceptance essay, “Why We Endure,” here on NWBL. The Eagle Harbor crew …
Amazon announced yesterday that Seattle super-librarian Nancy Pearl has signed a contract with the company to launch the Book Lust Rediscoveries series. Amazon’s press release reads: “Book Lust Rediscoveries will publish approximately six books a year and will be made available for sale in print editions via Amazon.com and as audiobooks via Amazon.com and Audible.com, at bookstores, wholesalers and …
“There is no doubt that Mary Gleysteen is the best bookseller ever to walk the boards of our store, and we will miss her terribly. She retires from bookselling at the end of this month.” That’s just a touch of the sentiment shared on behalf of the staff of Bainbridge Island, Washington’s Eagle Harbor Book …
This week in Portland, a committee of hard-reading indie booksellers from nine NW stores will meet to winnow down this list of books submitted for the Pacific Northwest Book Awards. We expect them to announce a shortlist in the beginning of November and the winners in early 2012. In the meantime, check out the long …
At NWBL, our kids are either too old or too young to have drawn us into JK Rowling’s world. And, while nowadays it’s customary for adult readers to read the stories of Harry, Bella or Katniss, a decade ago, when several of us were working in bookstores, it just wasn’t the case. Some of us …
Back in January, when the awards were announced, Karl Marlantes picked Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park, WA) as his locale of choice to receive his 2011 Pacific Northwest Book Award for Matternorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War. That day finally arrived, as more than 150 fans turned out on Saturday night to hear him …
“Lots of people, Sasquatchers, lots of Nancy, lots of wine . . . ” That’s the report we received Tuesday morning following Nancy Pearl’s acceptance of her Lifetime Achievement Award presented at Elliott Bay Book Company on behalf of its indie store fraternity, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and its 2011 Book Awards. The reporter was Cindy …
When the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association named their annual Book Award winners for 2011, they asked each recipient to pick his or her favorite local indie bookstore at which to celebrate the honor. Here are some neighborhood parties with an open invitation for you. “Librarian of the Year,” and in these parts the decade, Nancy …
