From Phinney Books, the local bookstore for Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood: Saturday, on April 16 at 3 pm, we’ll be welcoming emissaries from our neighbors to the north at the Bureau of Fearless Ideas, the award-winning writing center: kid and grownups will read from their contributions to the new Encyclopedia Greenwoodia, a timeless celebration of our …
Early in the morning on March 9, a natural gas explosion destroyed three businesses at 84th and Greenwood in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, 10 blocks from Phinney Books. The bookstore is holding a silent auction and donating all proceeds from sales on Friday March 18 will be donated to the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Greenwood …
Annie Carl, owner of The Neverending Bookshop, a used book store in Bothell, WA, wanted to help brighten the holidays for kids at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She thought to collect books at her store to donate, but the hospital can only accept new books, not used. So Annie reached out. Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park …
Saturday, November 21st, 2015 from 3-5 pm Phinney Neighborhood Center (6532 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, 98103) Think about holiday shopping. Imagine malls. Parking. Crowds. Now imagine a Saturday afternoon in November, walking up the deliciously worn wooden steps of the Phinney Neighborhood Center to find a boutique bookstore, created especially by local indie bookstore Secret …
You love books. You love independent bookstores. Now you can be a bookstore superhero philanthropist by crowdsourcing Herringbone Books in Redmond, Oregon. Earlier this year, Brad Smith, owner of Paulina Springs Books in Sisters and Redmond, announced that he was putting the Redmond store up for sale. In the store’s email newsletter and website, now Paulina …
Congratulations to Roger and Nancy Page, owners of Island Books of Mercer Island, WA. They have been chosen as Mercer Island Citizens of the Year for 2015! The pair has been selling books on the Island since 1973, so as their store blog explained, even though they’re not official residents, “they do spend more time …
As if Saturday November 29 weren’t exciting enough in bookstores with Small Business Saturday and Indies First, many bookstores and authors also kicked off the #GiveaBook campaign. The #GiveaBook campaign is the brainchild of publisher Penguin Random House, but it can involve everyone. Like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, there’s an element of drama and …
