Reports from across the region are that Independent Bookstore Day 2025 was a successful and joyous celebration of independent bookstores. PNBA’s executive director, Brian Juenemann, and his daughter, Charlotte, visited Daffodil Books and Gifts Romantasy Store in Eugene, OR. It looks like the store (and its neighboring donut shop) were busy! PNBA’s Tiffany and Brian …
Illustration and video by WA author and illustrator Suzanne Kaufman The text at the bottom of her illustration of kids holding “VOTE” signs says, “Vote because we can’t.” If you are registered to vote, please exercise your right! Our future depends on it.
The first week of September, at a school board meeting in Texas, a woman lobbied fiercely to get my one of my novels, Lawn Boy (2017), banned from libraries for content relating to my gay protagonist, and his gay life experiences. My protagonist, Mike, has a sexual experience at a youth group meeting at the age of …
