From Elliott Bay Book Company Instagram this week: We have a major life update for you all: we now have new owners! The transfer will happen over the course of this month and the new owners are very familiar faces, being our general manager [Tracy Taylor] and longtime shoppers and Queer/Bar owners [husband-and-husband team …
Lansing’s version of Ernest Shakleton’s 1914 expedition to Antarctica is a masterful must read for anyone who seeks adventure or just wants to dream about it. Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, became icebound, miles short of their Antarctic destination. The crew lived aboard the icebound ship for the next ten months. Eventually, the ship was crushed …
From the Madison Books newsletter I hurried past Cal Anderson Park this week in time to join a crowd gathered in front of the light rail station there. It was a joyful throng, although it was a death that had brought us all together. We were present to honor the memory of Barbara Bailey, a …
from Shelf Awareness February 23, 2018 Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, Wash., plans to open a bookstore at Sea-Tac Airport in 2019 in association with the Hudson Group. Located on the C Concourse, the store will feature “our staff recommendations, bestsellers and our beloved Northwest authors and titles as well as the latest releases you …
On Sunday, May 21, the Seattle bookstore community came together to fete the dedicated souls who completed Seattle Bookstore Day challenge (19 bookstores in one day!) on Independent Bookstore Day on April 29. Over 300 champions completed the challenge. Island Books of Mercer Island, WA (bookstore home to three-time Indie Champion and nwbooklovers contributor James …
KOMO news in Seattle shared some local bookstore excitement when they aired a story about Elliott Bay Book Company‘s work curating libraries for Holland America cruises. KOMO is running a series on a new ship, the MS Koningsdam, which will carry books selected and provided by Elliott Bay Book Company. The store is also developing …
The Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci once called the original Elliott Bay Book Company building in Seattle’s Pioneer Square “the most beautiful bookstore in the world.” Just about every Northwest book lover has a story about that old space. By accounts we’ve heard, EBBCo’s new building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, which they moved in …
