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Sally McPherson

May

22

2020

KOIN.com Covers Oregon Bookstores’ COVID-19 Pivots

Next chapter: COVID-19 and Oregon’s indie bookstores How sellers adapted, and what changes they may carry forward as the state reopens by: Hannah Ray Lambert Posted: May 19, 2020 on koin.com CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — In mid-March, independent bookstores across the country closed their doors indefinitely in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Now two months later, …

Nov

28

2019

Thankful for Readers

This was originally posted in the newsletter from Broadway Books in Portland, OR. The holidays are just around the corner! We invite you to join us for a variety of holiday events at Broadway Books over the next several weeks, including a celebration of Brian Doyle and a new collection of his essays on December …

Mar

10

2017

Kelly Sue DeConnick, Broadway Books' Sally McPherson, and Alexis Smith

Broadway Books’ PNBA Book Award Party

Portland’s Broadway Books hosted a fantastic award presentation party for two of the 2017 Pacific Northwest Book Awards winners, Alexis Smith and Kelly Sue DeConnick. Congratulations!

Oct

4

2016

Lidia Yuknavitch by Andrew Kovalev

Inspiration from Lidia Yuknavitch, Booklover and Author

From Broadway Books’ store newsletter: Fall has truly arrived, and it is as lovely as ever. We  traveled to Tacoma last weekend to attend the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association meeting, and along the way we marveled at the changing colors of the leaves– so gorgeous! The highlight of this meeting each year is meeting so …

Jun

17

2016

Paying It Forward: A Happy Birthday
at Broadway Books

“We had a customer come in last week and say it was his birthday, hand us a $20 bill, and [tell] us to use it to buy books for the next kid who came in the store. The photographs explain the story. We love our customers!” –Sally McPherson,  owner, Broadway Books     The kids used the …

Mar

17

2015

Molly Gloss with PNBA Award plaque for Falling from Horses

Huzzah for Molly Gloss and Falling from Horses

On Friday, March 6, Broadway Books in Portland hosted the PNBA Award presentation for Molly Gloss for her novel, Falling from Horses. Sally shared these photos from the event. She wrote, “A lovely small group of ardent admirers. Cake and wine. A few short speeches. Of the cake photo one might say ‘everyone loved Molly’s …

Oct

31

2014

Broadway Books

Big News from Broadway Books

Roberta Dyer, an owner of Broadway Books in Portland, is retiring from the partnership. Kim Bissell, who has been working at the store since early September, will be Sally McPherson’s new business partner at the store. The following is excerpted from Roberta’s email to customers.   My friends, as I prepare to hang up my …

Dec

1

2012

Day 1 of 24 Days of Books: Safari by Carol Kaufmann and Dan Kainen

Broadway Books kicked off its 24 Days of Books today, and they’re going to let us tag along! Each day until Christmas we’ll share their staff picks for great holiday gifts. Their Day 1 pick is Safari, a scanimation book (remember Gallop! and Swing!?) of eight African animals, with Carol Kaufmann’s text and Dan Kainen’s …

Sep

17

2012

Bedtime at Broadway Books

I arrived ten minutes late to the Occupy Broadway Books: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups event. Even though I knew the deal, I was still surprised—and impressed—to see about 100 adults of all ages dressed in pajamas, some holding stuffed animals and blankies as they sat cross-legged on the floor in front of the register waiting …

May

8

2012

Broadway Books: "A Story-Common . . . a Chapel Filled with Ink"

We have to pass on this essay from Brian Doyle commemorating Broadway Books’ 20th anniversary. It was made into a broadside by Letterary Press, and it’s pretty wonderful, a tribute to all indie bookstores, really. Broadway Books’ co-owner Sally McPherson tells us the store’s celebration Sunday was fabulous—that they were “mobbed all day long—sort of …

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