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. This week, let’s enjoy birds on bestsellers. The #1 books on the Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, and …
Over the weekend, folks gathered at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, OR to celebrate the life of Brad Smith, the owner of the bookstore, who passed away May 20, 2018. Recently, Brad was also remembered in the newsletter for the natural food co-op in Bellingham where Brad had worked. Lee Ann Giles, who served with …
NWBL’s legal guardian, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, hosts an annual indie bookselling convention for member booksellers every fall. The three-day event features dozens of publishers and 100 authors, so you can imagine the tens of thousands of books that make their way to the host facility for displays, autographing and giveaways. The last show was …
We love this DIY trailer from Seattle author Laurie Frankel, and especially the cameos by Virginia Woolf, Eleanor Roosevelt and Edvard Munch’s The Scream. Frankel’s next novel, Goodbye for Now, comes out August 7. Her 2011 debut, The Atlas of Love, was shortlisted for an award from the indie bookstore members of the Pacific NW …
