Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Makuta
We love when an author visits their books in our stores! Here’s a post by Zoe Hana Makuta from her visit to Charlie’s Queer Books in Seattle. (Also: Zoe’s The Coven Tendency just came out in paperback this week!)
King County Library’s Literary Lions 2026 Gala
The Literary Lions Gala is the KCLS Foundation’s signature celebration of libraries, literacy, and community. This year, the event returns to the Bellevue Library for a rare and special after-hours experience—an evening that brings together supporters, authors, and book lovers to uplift the programs that keep curiosity and connection thriving across King County. The 2026 …
An Original Essay by 2026 PNBA
Book Award Winner Kelly Goto
I grew up in a house where creativity lived in the walls. Cartoons taped along cabinets, carved rocks on display, a small unicorn painting near the coffee cups, and a 4-foot plaster cast of illustrated ducks hung on our dining room wall. As a child, I didn’t realize how these surroundings shaped my memories. They …
Seattle Magazine features “108 Asian Cookies” author, Kat Lieu
From Seattle Magazine Dec 31, 2025 By Daniel Anderson Cookies From Home Seattle author Kat Lieu introduces a first-of-its-kind cookbook centered on Asian cookies. Kat Lieu has built a career out of baking, storytelling, and standing up for what she believes in. A former doctor of physical therapy turned bestselling cookbook author, she’s based in Seattle, …
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2026 Pacific Northwest Book Awards
The winners for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s 2026 Pacific Northwest Book Awards have been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Since 1965, the annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula …
Phinney Holiday Bookfest Saturday Nov. 22 2- 4 pm
Phinney Books‘ annual Holiday Bookfest, featuring two dozen local authors signing their books at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in Seattle, will be held Saturday, November 22, 2025 from 2:00- 4:00 pm. Follow the Holiday Bookfest on Facebook and Instagram for updates and reminders. Authors include: Lauren Appelbaum, Jessixa Bagley, Bonny Becker, Martha Brockenbrough, Kira …
Transmuting Pain into Purpose
Surrounded by towering Douglas firs and a nearby forest to visit anytime, I enjoy sharing my days with backyard bird visitors—especially hummingbirds. Gentle, calming, and grounding, life in north Seattle truly feels like home to me. For as long as I can remember, nature and animals have always brought comfort and solace to my anxious …
Daniel Tam-Claiborne on his ‘lyrical, propulsive, coming-of-age’ debut novel
In Daniel Tam-Claiborne’s Transplants, a chance encounter at a university campus in rural Qixian sets the lives of two young women on radically different trajectories: Lin, a reticent Chinese student who ends up matriculating at a community college in rural Ohio, and Liz, a grieving Chinese American ESL teacher who stays in China to learn …
Tornado Brain by Cat Patrick
A mutual friend goes missing and twin sisters Frankie, a young teen on the spectrum, and popular Tess try to solve the mystery. The loyalty of sisters, friendship, and acceptance all come into play in this well-written and engaging book. — Marlene Craig, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID Discover overlooked gems at The Well-Read …
Peter Mountford On His New Short Story Collection
More than a decade after Tin House released his second novel The Dismal Science, Seattle fiction fixture and 2012 Washington State Book Award winner Peter Mountford returns with the story collection Detonator, a darkly funny gaggle of ten works spanning his career. These tales appear in all sorts of highbrow landmarks – The Paris Review, …
