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Jun

4

2019

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Shelves of books to mail at Books to Prisoners

Queen Anne Book Company Supports Books to Prisoners

In the Spring of 2019, troubling news rapidly spread through the Washington state book community that the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) had quietly banned free, used books from being mailed to prisoners through non-profit organizations like Seattle’s Books to Prisoners. After public outcry and the investigative journalism of Joseph O’Sullivan of the Seattle …

Mar

19

2019

Multnomah County Library Volunteer Spotlight:
Bookseller Earl Dizon

Earl Dizon is a beloved bookseller at Green Bean Books in Portland. He serves on the PNBA Awards Committee and spreads the love of books off-hours as a volunteer at his local library, too. Multnomah County Library recently featured him in their Volunteer Spotlight.  “I want to get kids excited to read.” by Sarah Binns Good …

May

12

2017

Nick DiMartino of University Book Store in Seattle

Shelf Awareness: “University Book Store’s DiMartino: ‘Quietly Awesome'”

University Book Store‘s branch in the Husky Union Building at the center of the school’s Seattle campus has many things going for it, but “the reason this store is great is because of one guy: Nick DiMartino,” the Stranger reported. “I am doing everything I can to keep literature alive on campus,” DiMartino said. “That’s …

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