From Shelf Awareness Pro 12/8/22: Mae Cannon has purchased Griffin Bay Bookstore in Friday Harbor, Wash., from previous owner Laura Norris and officially took over this week. Norris ran the 43-year-old independent bookstore on San Juan Island for 16 years and was its third owner. In a statement announcing the change, Norris explained that …
Washington State Ferries has launched–literally–its first writer-in-residence program. Starting last month and over the next year, Iris Graville, a Lopez Island author and bookseller at Lopez Bookshop, is riding and writing aboard the M/V Tillikum as it sails between Lopez, Shaw, Orcas and San Juan islands. Graville is working on a book of personal essays for which …
reprinted from Shelf Awareness Pro, February 25, 2016 Seattle City of Literature has appointed Stesha Brandon as its interim executive director. Her role will be to strengthen the organization, lead the upcoming bid to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, and initiate a comprehensive search for a permanent executive director. Seattle has been invited to …
