Well, it’s begun. The first of the nominees for the 2016 PNBA Book Awards has arrived in my mailbox. Which means I am now in my last few weeks of being able to read books for any other reason. Which gets me all in a panic because I don’t know what to read first and …
The UO Duck Store threw a party for UO alum William Ritter. He was recognized as 2015 PNBA Book Award Winner for his novel published by Algonquin Young Readers, Jackaby. The event featured a reading and signing as well as the award plaque presentation. photos by Laura White of the UO Duck Store
On Friday, March 6, Broadway Books in Portland hosted the PNBA Award presentation for Molly Gloss for her novel, Falling from Horses. Sally shared these photos from the event. She wrote, “A lovely small group of ardent admirers. Cake and wine. A few short speeches. Of the cake photo one might say ‘everyone loved Molly’s …
Wednesday night a delighted crowd gathered at Book Larder in Seattle to celebrate Renee Erikson and the incredible team behind the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) Book Award-winning cookbook, A Boat, a Whale, & a Walrus. The bookstore’s Culinary Director, Kyle Wisner, served up delicious nibbles from the book including pâté and crostini. Lara Hamilton, …
One of the greatest privileges I’ve had as a bookseller is serving on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards Committee. The Shortlist of finalists was announced November 18. I didn’t know what to expect when I volunteered, but when the hundreds of nominated books began arriving at my house by the boxful I quickly …
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association PNBA Award Committee announced a shortlist of 15 titles for the 2015 PNBA Award. Up to six of the shortlisted books will be selected as 2015 PNBA Award Winners; the winners will be announced in January 2015. Award Committee members will share reflections on the shortlisted titles on this site …
Seattle writer Laurie Frankel won the fifteenth Endeavour Award for her novel Goodbye For Now. The Award was announced Friday evening at Oregon’s major science fiction convention, OryCon. The Endeavour Award honors a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book, either a novel or a single-author collection, created by a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. …
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky was a favorite this year of many independent booksellers, including some members on the committee for the Pacific Northwest Book Awards. The committee’s booksellers were disappointed to learn that author Heidi Durrow had moved from Portland to Los Angeles and New York (Hint to Heidi: Next time use Mom’s …
We offer a major thanks to Portland blogger Amy Baskin for turning us onto Seattle author, Holly Cupala (pictured), who’s new YA novel, Tell Me a Secret, was released by HarperTeen in June. The book has been getting rave reviews, including a really nice blurb from Deb Caletti, who won an Award from Northwest booksellers …
