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Jan

12

2021

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards

The winners for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards have been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Since 1965, the annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, …

Apr

23

2020

The Nest written by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen

The summer after Steve finishes 6th grade three things happen: His baby brother is born, though he is sickly and must return to the hospital for numerous tests. Steve learns that he might never, walk, talk, or feed himself. If he survives. Angels visit Steve in a dream. Wasps start building a nest in the …

Apr

8

2020

The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan

If you loved Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire, get ready for another wild ride. In her newest book, The Great Pretender, Susannah discovers a doctor in the ’70s who convinced eight healthy people to commit themselves into mental hospitals. Little did they know they’d need to prove their sanity before being let out. This book …

Mar

27

2020

If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane

Now, a couple of months ago, this book would have seemed like a charming romantic comedy, but these days? Well, it has this . . .  fantastic tone to it now. See, Laurie is a hot young lawyer who is having a relationship with another hot young lawyer. In fact, they both work at the same …

Mar

10

2020

Face Out Extravaganza: The Royal Abduls
by Ramiza Shamoun Koya

Ramiza Shamoun Koya has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Columbia Review, Lumina, Washington Square Review, and Mutha Magazine. She has been a fellow at both MacDowell Colony and Blue Mountain Center. Her father was born in Fiji, her mother in Texas, and she was …

Mar

3

2020

From The Seattle Times: Madison Books,
a Neighborhood Gem

by Paul Constant for The Seattle Times (originally posted Jan. 21, 2020) Nourishing “long roots”: In a year, Madison Books has forged an essential role in one of Seattle’s oldest communities Decades before Seattle Center was built, Madison Park was where Seattle came to have fun. Early settlers in Pioneer Square would escape the hustle …

Jan

8

2020

PNBA Book Awards

Congratulations to the Winners of the
2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards

The winners for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards have been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Association produces educational and promotional events and materials for its members and offers literacy, free …

Nov

8

2019

2

remarks

PNBA Book Awards

2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Awards has been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Association produces educational and promotional events and materials for its members and offers literacy, free …

Oct

22

2019

Author Lauren Kessler: All Hail the Indies

From laurenchronicles.com Ten tables, ten minutes at each table. Around these tables sit my favorite people: Book lovers. But not just book lovers. Professional book lovers. Bookstore owners and staff, librarians. The people whose lives are about connecting readers with writers. On Monday I was one of those writers. It was Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s (PNBA) fall …

Apr

4

2019

Michelle Ruiz Keil

Recipe for Fun: One Room Full of Authors, Booksellers, Publishers, and Books– Add Sunshine and Mix Well

On Monday, April 1, booksellers from around the region gathered in Portland with authors and publishers following a booksellers’ education session from the American Booksellers Association. The Authors on the Map book signing and a happy hour hosted by Forest Avenue Press, Counterpoint Press, and Tin House Books were an opportunity for booksellers to meet …

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