Preorder Poet Amanda Gorman’s Upcoming Books with Your Favorite Indie
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman wowed at the Inauguration. You can preorder her upcoming books with your local independent bookstore now!
Viewers Love “Lovecraft Country”
Sunday night marked the debut of “Lovecraft Country,” an HBO series based on Seattle author Matt Ruff‘s novel of the same title. The series is produced by a stellar team that includes Misha Green (who wrote the first episode) and Jordan Peele. Here’s the summary of the show: Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the …
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
If Jane Austen and Octavia Butler got trapped in a decrepit mansion in México at the edge of a hurricane with a savvy 1950s Mazatec socialite and they all wrote a book by candle light as the mansion creaked and moaned, this would be that novel. Instantly hooking, this horror-thriller kept me up way after …
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins! by the McElroy Family and Carey Pietsch
The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure! The setup: three brothers and their father set out to play Dungeons and Dragons together, without knowing anything about Dungeons and Dragons. It goes exactly as you’d expect. This is the first of several graphic novels based off the magnificent accident-of-a-podcast …
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Every ten years a cold and fearsome wizard known only as the Dragon takes a young woman from Agnieszka’s village; it’s a sacrifice they must endure to keep their village safe from the corrupted, malevolent Wood. No one knows what the women must endure in the Dragon’s castle, but they always return changed. When Agnieszka …
Seeking First to Understand: “Eden Mine,”
a fierce new novel from S.M. Hulse
S.M. Hulse has carved out a unique place in the psyche of the American West. In her timely and powerful novels she reveals what glimmers beneath the surface of our collective ills: an uncommon but vital desire to understand chaos, to unite with each other when possible, and to face trauma with grace, quiet confidence, …
Kristi Wientge shares the Buzz about “Honeybees and Frenemies”
An interview by Seattle author Mark Holtzen, originally posted to The Winged Pen blog Welcome to my fellow Winged Pen Critique Partner, Kristi Wientge! I’m going to dive right in with questions about your upcoming middle grade release on June 4th, 2019, entitled Honeybees and Frenemies from Simon and Schuster. When did the seed of …
On Writing Poetry
From the Island Books newsletter April 17, 2019 I’ve been writing poetry, or something resembling that, consistently since I was eleven years old. I’ve always liked words, the energy, the power, and the meanings that all vary. Unlike prose writing, poetry offers up a canvas of possibility in its negative space. I found I was …
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 …
Mark Your Calendars and Preorder at Your Favorite Bookstore: Upcoming Title Highlights from Phinney Books
Phinney Books in Seattle shared excitement about some spring titles in a recent newsletter. February 26 The Border by Don Winslow The arrival of this final volume is making it clear that Winslow’s epic trilogy about the drug wars on the US-Mexico border is one of the central fictional dramas of our time, closing in a storm …
