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This is Your Life Harriet Chance!

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 …

Nov

24

2015

The 2016 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist: The Musical

Obviously, this is not actually a musical, but it got your attention, didn’t it? First, I would like to thank the other eight members of this year’s PNBA Book Awards Committee of booksellers: Michael Coy, Madison (Butler) Duckworth, Tim Hunter, Dianah Hughley, Tina Ontiveros, Carol Spurling, Casey Stryer, and Claudia Wohlfeil. This was my third (and …

Nov

20

2015

1

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2016 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist has been announced! A panel of nine booksellers from the region  whittled the list to twelve from nearly 300 nominations. Five previous shortlisted authors (indicated with a *), including one two-time winner (with a +), made the cut. Up to six winners will be announced in early January. Here …

Oct

20

2015

This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
by Jonathan Evison

“Meet Harriet Chance. She is seventy-eight and embarking on a journey of discovery. Her husband Bernard has recently passed away and she is surprised to find out that before he died he purchased tickets for an Alaskan cruise. Despite her children’s protests, she is determined to take the trip. But she gets a little more …

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