West Seattle’s Paper Boat Booksellers will host Kelly Brenner for an event celebrating her new book, The Naturalist at Home. Thursday, June 22, 2023 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Paper Boat Booksellers 6040 California Ave SW Ste A Seattle, WA 98136USA From Paper Boat Booksellers: Join us as we welcome local author Kelly Brenner, author of Nature …
LAURIE FRANKEL: BEING A GIRL IS HARD BUT AWESOME published on LitHub March 2, 2018 In my twenties, in graduate school, I thought a lot about my daughter. She didn’t exist yet, but when you’re studying fiction for a living, this doesn’t matter as much. I had long observed that being a girl in the …
This is a fascinating non-fiction story of paranoid psychosis brought on by prescription drugs. It explores the realms of philosophy, theology, and psychology in a voice that is both factual and humorous. Guppy is a practicing psychotherapist now, but he once lived and walked the halls of the mental ward in Seattle’s Providence Hospital. My …
Choosing just a few winning books out of a pool of nominees numbering in the hundreds sounds like an impossible task, but apparently, the PNBA awards committee manages to do it year after year. This year was my first time, and early on in the process, I was feeling overwhelmed. Then All the Light We …
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 …
Portland’s novelist Amanda Coplin, whose debut The Orchardist was also just awarded the Washington State Book Award for fiction, was named one of the National Book Awards authors’ 5 under 35 honorees. Now in its the eighth year, the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 program honors five fiction writers who are among the best …
The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best books of 2012 by Northwest authors. These 12 books and their authors are the nominees. The PNBA Awards Committee is made up of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our region. This year they considered more than 200 titles published in …
“Genuine and generous, this memoir risks much and succeeds powerfully. A striking story is being told here, but the way it's told is even more striking. The book becomes experiential, fostering an intimacy generic zithromax between the writer and reader. You will be moved.”—PNBA Awards Committee. The Chronology of Water is on the shortlist for the …
“The intricate artwork in this book weaves the beauty of Arabic calligraphy and traditional patterns into a story that feels simultaneously ancient and modern, starkly realistic and mythological. And the discovery doesn't end with the last sentence of the story. credit score The footnotes add another stunning dimension. The appeal of this book will reach …
“Honoring his cyberpunk roots while adopting the best devices of the contemporary thriller—Russian mafia, international entrepreneurs, hackers and hustlers, kidapping, shoot-outs and explosions
