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Jan

3

2020

A display table at Secret Garden Books in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood

From The Seattle Times:
Niche picks: A handful of Seattle neighborhood bookstores name their bestselling titles of 2019

By Paul Constant Special to The Seattle Times Neighborhood Reads If you want to learn about a Seattle neighborhood, browse the shelves of its independent bookstores. Local bookstores succeed when they place the interests and aspirations of their neighbors over the fads and excesses of national bestseller lists. And every time we buy books from …

Jul

2

2019

Seattle Public Library Adult Book bingo logo 2019

Summer Book Bingo in Seattle

Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts and Lectures put together another fun summer reading challenge this year– Book Bingo for adults and teens! Again this year, one of the squares is “recommended by a librarian or independent bookseller.” Many Seattle area stores have even printed out copies of the bingo cards for customers who want …

Feb

27

2019

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

In the ’60s four young siblings visit a psychic who tells each of them the day they will die.  Would you live your life differently if you knew the date of your death?  Would you want to know?  Free will or fate?  These and other questions are surrounded by beautiful writing that keeps you turning …

Dec

7

2018

Beach Books' holiday giving tree

Booklovers Give Back

Many independent bookstores organize book collections to brighten the holidays for others. Please add more stores and their giving campaigns in the comments section. Beach Books, Seaside, OR: “At Beach Books we get wish lists from the four Seaside area schools. These ‘books’ are hung on our tree and customers get a 20% discount on a book …

Jul

3

2018

The Great American Birthday Cake Book

Happy Birthday, Bookstores!

As we get ready to celebrate Independence Day, let’s wish a happy birthday to some independent bookstores. Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle has been around for 45 glorious, book-filled years.       Meanwhile, Secret Garden Books in Seattle feted their neighbor, Phinney Books, with a photo and a sweet message for Phinney’s fourth …

Jun

22

2018

PNW in NOLA: Children’s Booksellers
Attend National Conference

This week, booksellers from around the country with a specific interest in children’s books  gathered in New Orleans for the American Booksellers Association’s annual Children’s Institute, an annual educational conference that was hosted last year in Portland. I attended in my role as children’s book buyer for Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, but I …

Apr

19

2018

Jerome by Heart

Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallec

Oh man! What a lovely huge little tiny little thought-provoking book. For everyone. Not just ones with friends like Jerome. All of us. –Suzanne Perry, Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA Find books to open your heart at Secret Garden Books and other independent bookstores. From the starred Kirkus Review: “Two little boys share an intense …

Jul

22

2016

Enzo's Very Scary Halloween

Secret Garden Bookshop to Host Halloween in July 7/26

Seattle author Garth Stein is launching his latest, Enzo’s Very Scary Halloween, at Secret Garden Bookshop in Ballard in Seattle. In keeping with the title, the shop presents Halloween in July, complete with costumes and trick-or-treats. Just think: You can pick a costume that doesn’t have to work under a rain coat! Something with wings? …

Jul

18

2016

Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds

Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds
by Jaime Temairik

This absolutely adorable picture book is written and illustrated by Jaime Temairik of Seattle. It’s about a pair of sister bears who clearly love one another (“…the girls love doing everything together, all of the time”) but have very different personalities. Alice is quiet and dependable (she’s the bear you’ll spot reading “Frosting-Nixon”); Lucy is full …

Dec

8

2015

This is Your Life(saver)

Jonathan Evison & Kurtis Lowe’s
Whirlwind Bookstore Tour

To ring in the holidays and celebrate This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! being selected for Pacific Northwest Book Award shortlist, author Jonathan Evison and his regional Algonquin sales rep, Kurtis Lowe of Book Travelers West, made the rounds of Seattle-area bookstores on December 1. Kurtis prepped the stores and planned the itinerary; Johnny signed …

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