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Mar

10

2026

Portland’s Broadway Books features Customer of the Month

From Broadway Books in Portland, OR:  Bill Holmes is our second featured customer of the month, another Broadway Books regular we look forward to seeing often on his near-weekly visits to the store. You can check out his book picks via this link or in the store on the shelf above staff recommendations. To preview other …

Jan

23

2026

Attention: An Original Essay by 2026 PNBA Book Award Winner Omar El Akkad

In January of 2025, about a month before One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This was set to be published in North America, I received an email from my editor. He said he was worried: we’d gotten no confirmed major media at that point. By this he meant national radio, morning TV, that …

Jan

21

2026

Loved One: A Novel by Aisha Muharrar

From the writer of some of the best recent TV shows (“The Good Place,” “Parks & Rec”), comes Loved One, a debut novel just as smart, perceptive, funny, tender, and quixotic as Aisha Muharrar’s scripts. In another writer’s hands, the story of two former girlfriends of a dead rock star trying to get along could …

Jan

9

2026

An Original Essay by 2026 PNBA Book Award Winner Aron Nels Steinke

Like most writers and cartoonists I spend an excessive amount of time in my head. I’m sensitive and self-critical. I love people, but people also make me anxious. In conversation I have to choose my words very carefully, and therefore, I rarely feel like I have anything clever to say in the moment. My voice …

Jan

6

2026

Reflections on “London Sojourn” and Home

Maybe I was meant to live and write in Portland, Oregon. But first I had to get London out of my system. In 2014, I retired from the University of Hawaii and moved to London. I’ve lived in the city before, short-term, but this time, I settle in for two years. My agenda: to reinvent …

Dec

30

2025

Tilt: A Novel by Emma Pattee

Pattee takes us inside the mind of soon-to-be mother Annie in her attempt to reunite with her husband after a huge earthquake. Tilt poses imperative questions about our nature as individuals and collectively in the face of societal collapse. —Aubrey Winkler, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR Pick up new paperbacks at Powell’s Books and other independent …

Nov

25

2025

Broadway Books’ Staff Picks for 2025

Just look at the book joy from Broadway Books in Portland, OR! The staff put together holiday picks. If you need some inspiration, start here! Kim’s picks Mary’s picks Megan’s picks April’s picks Carrie’s picks Elie’s picks Elisa’s picks Lin’s picks Steph’s picks  

Nov

18

2025

Annie Bloom’s Books: A Life Recording for the Bookstore

Treat yourself to this interview with Annie Bloom’s Will and Ruby. It’s less than 18 minutes long, and it’s professionally produced by Oregon artist Leif Olsen, who also composed the music, as part of theliferecording.com. Olsen records the life stories of parents, grandparents, widows, and widowers—then sets them to original music—because no one’s story should …

Nov

12

2025

This Book Is Dangerous by Ben Clanton

THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS! It is also super cute! A Fun Interactive. –L, Powell’s on Hawthorne, Portland, OR Enjoy books by local Pacific Northwest authors and illustrators at Powell’s Books and other independent bookstores. Also: Dive into the PNBA Give Books Holiday Catalog! There are lots of great gift ideas, like this book, inside.

Nov

11

2025

Broadway Books’ Holiday Book Chat: The Hottest Ticket in Portland? 11/16/25

Holiday Book Chat November 16, 2025 4:00- 6:00 pm One of the most entertaining events of the year! Join the Broadway Books team as they share the best books of the season for giving and getting. Each $15 ticket comes with a voucher for $15 to use towards your purchases that night, snacks and beverages, …

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