It was a @mariasemple weekend for her old Seattle friends: watching her on stage @townhall_seattle trading zingers with @whoiskenjennings on Saturday night and hosting a book-signing visit at the store and doing some visiting with friends on Sunday. Her new novel, Go Gentle, is a heartful hoot, the kind of book for which the adjective “madcap” was invented—we’ve been trading our …
Seattle’s KING5 filmed their March 31, 2026 episode of Evening news magazine at Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle. Come for the virtual visit to Queen Anne Book Company, stay for donut breakfast sandwiches, pinball, book recommendations, local music, and more! Queen Anne Book Company has an opening interview as well as spring book recommendations …
The Seattle Seahawks won the LX Super Bowl, so the region is celebrating! Some stores, like Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, had some fun getting ready for the big game. The sign says: “SUPER BOWL or SUPERB OWL… we have books for both!” The display features books with football themes, Llama Llama Red Pajama …
Susan Orlean has a lifetime of stories to tell. Her writing credentials include The New Yorker (22 years as staff writer), Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire and numerous nonfiction books. Shaped by a relentless curiosity and uncanny ability to dive deeply into any topic, Orlean now brings her immense writing talents to her own memoir, Joyride: …
Check out this sassy trail hat (good for sports or reading with that mesh and brim) from Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, MT. There’s more bookish merchandise where that came from, too. For the holidays and year ’round, many bookstores offer apparel, stickers, mugs, or other gifts for booklovers. Queen Anne Book Company in …
Some books come along and are such perfect gems that you want to tell everyone. This is my book to tell everyone to read. A beautifully written book about love, art, and family. —Kelly E., Village Books, Bellingham, WA When Mona experiences temporary blindness, therapy is recommended. Her grandfather, Henry volunteers to take her, but …
Stirringly atmospheric and unsettling, full of grief and love and darkness but also hope, this is completely compelling! The blessed yet cursed town of Mistaken, the vivid cast of townspeople, and the mysterious threats of the world beyond their Warding Stones all captured my imagination. Greer is a character who will stick with you long …
I haven’t felt this enraptured and immersed since The Shadow of the Wind! The richly layered world and atmosphere hit me just right. Oriana and her twin brother Oriano live in an Italian village steeped in religion and superstition. Their father is a blacksmith, and their family may have entered into a dark contract that will …
I’m kind of surprised I liked this because it kind of grated at me at first… and then. Backstory: It’s the quadrennial Tournament of Dragon-Slayers, where the greatest knights (lacking dragons to slay, having slayed them all) compete for the hand of a Fair Princess… and her dowry. Isobelle is the princess, with her ladies …
Engaging the entire way through. This is a literary mystery that has wonderful woodsy atmosphere that will have you lost in the eerie beauty of forests. Liz Moore balances many tangled roots of plot and character and manages to pull off a well-earned and rewarding ending. –Torrin, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA Liz Moore …
