Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. It’s Pride Month, so let’s celebrate LGBTQ+ characters and authors on our list! Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid …
[From] a new publishing press founded in Seattle, this anthology is so wonderful. There’s truly something for everything and everyone. There’s a spice level guide as well, depending on whatever your speed is. Also this cover is so beautiful. –Katherine, Grand Gesture Books, Portland, OR You can always find love at independent bookstores, but especially …
Dear Bookseller, I was 14 when I traumatically lost ~50% of my hearing. As I grappled with this loss, my Generalized Anxiety Disorder skyrocketed. For years after, my only solace was found in stories—I’d get lost in books, focusing on fiction in an act of desperate self-preservation. But the more I read, the less I …
Award-winning indigenous writer Sasha LaPointe shared part of her history with us in Red Paint. Now, she returns with a set of essays that add to the story in a new memoir that is honest, at times disturbing, but always interesting. She wants us to know what it is like to be a queer indigenous …
