Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is BACK! And so is our favorite glasses-wearing marmot! Join the celebration of local bookstores, local economies, local literature, and keeping your hard-earned dollars in your neighborhood. Activities and special giveaways to be announced! And, of course, Seattle-area indie bookstores are once again celebrating Indie Bookstore Day with the popular Bookstore Day …
Booklovers from all over joined Beach Books in Seaside, OR to celebrate their 20th Anniversary November 1, 2025. “It was so much better than we even hoped. Music was great, the food and drinks were terrific, and the lines at the checkout were long. We had a grand time.” —Karen Emmerling, owner of Beach Books, …
Brian Juenemann, the Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (as well as 950+ booksellers around the country, including many from our region!) went to Cincinnati for the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute, an annual bookseller and publishing education conference hosted at different cities around the country. Before he headed to the airport (across …
Join the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Celebration! Register for the online Zoom event now, then follow the link you’ll get in your email to Zoom on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 6:00 pm PST. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors, edited by Annie Carl, Forest Avenue Press, was selected by attendees as the winning title in the BuzzBooks contest at the 2023 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow, held last week, in Portland, OR. Punch cards were handed out to booksellers and librarians who then visited supporting exhibitors for quick-pitches …
On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Look at all the animals in titles this week! It’s a veritable menagerie. Demon …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Several books this week have family relationships in their titles. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford (#2 Hardcover Fiction) The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Silvia Moreno-Garcia (#12 Hardcover …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Sometimes the themes come from the covers, sometimes the titles. How fitting that during the …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We think these bestsellers with covers that have a lot of gold and black on them would make a stunning (and eclectic) display– and look great stacked up by your …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. This week, as he was sending out the list, PNBA Executive Director Brian Juenemann noted a design trend: “big white text over swirly kaleidescope backgrounds,” all within the top …
