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!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Celebrate 20 Years of Great Ideas from Broadway Books
Broadway Books is having a party this Sunday, May 6 to celebrate its 20th birthday. Co-owners Sally McPherson and Roberta Dyer have a lively celebration planned, for the day and for the next year, to thank their customers for “helping us to ride the waves that have carried us up and down over the years.” …
Shelving Books? A Few NW Booksellers Weigh In About the Future of Indie Bookselling, an Article by Miranda Roethler
Miranda Roethler reported and wrote a comprehensive, insightful article about ebooks and the future of bookselling for one of her classes at Oregon Episcopal School, where she’s a junior. We’re publishing a condensed version of it here. Roethler is a native Portlander. She says she spends her free time swimming, hanging out with friends, watching old …
