Third Place Books’ Robert Sindelar shared some of the store’s favorite books of 2025 on New Day Northwest with Kelly. The Wayfinder Sky Daddy Automatic Noodle Is a River Alive? One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This They also mention What We Can Know My Friends (a Kelly’s Book Club pick) As TV …
The magic of the beautifully heartfelt epistolary novel is not merely that it perfectly captures the early 1990s and how so many of us struggled to make sense of what we were learning about the war in Sarajevo at the time, nor that it also deftly illustrates and evokes the sometimes painful journey of finding …
This Saturday, November 30, is Small Business Saturday, a day that independent bookstores celebrate as Indies First– a day that reminds us to prioritize independent bookstores for holiday shopping and year-round. Shopping locally and independently strengthens communities, reduces carbon footprints, and helps keep our neighborhoods unique and thriving. When the bomb cyclone hit the Pacific …
Absolutely incredible! […] It’s a wild, disorienting, non-stop journey that is as thrilling and comical as it is thoughtful and hypnotic. –Robert Sindelar, Third Place Books, Seattle, WA Holy cow. Home run. Outta the park. A novel clear in its ambitions, absorbed in the moment of its plot(s) in a way that is uniquely entertaining. …
As reported in Shelf Awareness Wednesday, June 1, 2022: In honor of Michael Coy’s 48-year career in bookselling, his contributions to the greater Seattle book community and his lasting impact as the manager at Third Place Books, Ravenna, Wash., Third Place Books has named its entrance to its Ravenna location “Michael Coy Way.” A street sign bearing …
Be sure to read the full list, with recommendations from booksellers around the country, but why not start here, with favorites from Portland and Seattle booksellers? John Rember, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World (University of New Mexico Press) Jeremy Garber, Powell’s, Portland: John Rember’s A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World collects …
From The Stranger, May 1, 2020 by by Christopher Frizzelle Indie bookstores in Seattle like Elliott Bay Book Company, University Book Store, Third Place Books, Queen Anne Book Company, and others have sold books through their websites for years. But these stores are so deeply embedded into the character of their neighborhoods, and so deeply associated with in-store events and in-person relationships …
by Shann Ray Published in the Inlander March 21, 2020 Have you ever heard the voice of a loved one speaking over you with unexpected kindness? In times of stress, that voice can be almost unbearably rare. I’ve been thinking about how the 24-hour news cycle is often far from gentle, not at all concerned with …
A huge thanks to all the readers who came out on Saturday to support our fundraiser. On behalf of our customers, we are sending $7,488.00 to @RAICESTEXAS ! If you want to contribute directly, you can do so here : https://t.co/DddGnETNvM pic.twitter.com/wf8Az8ivZg — Third Place Books (@ThirdPlaceBooks) June 27, 2018 Third Place Books in Lake …
From Shelf Awareness Congratulations and many thanks to Third Place Books, Seattle, Wash., which has donated 20% of all sales last weekend at its three bookstores to benefit hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. Third Place sent a check for $6,585 to the UNIDOS Disaster Relief & Recovery Fund, sponsored by the Hispanic Federation. The effort was proposed …
