Growing up, I always assumed I would be just like my mother. I would travel to India… and yes, of course I would get my PhD. Why? Because my mom did. Now, at seventeen years old myself, I can only hope to follow in her footsteps. Not by getting a PhD in anthropology, or traveling …
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 …
On Saturday August 2, at 4:30 pm, Carol Cassella is having an event at Trail’s End Bookstore in the Methow Valley, only a few miles from the burning edge of the largest wildfire in Washington state history. More than 300 people have lost their homes and the fires are still raging. Sales before and during the event …
Our thoughts are with the communities affected by Washington wildfires. Big THANK YOU to all the firefighters who are working to contain the fires. Libby Mathy of Riverwalk Books in Chelan reports that there is no visible smoke in town, just a low-level smell of it. Some people staying at the local armory for shelter. The store …
“While much of this story is familiar, Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage is an engrossing account of an unusual pairing of two remarkable people. It tells a story about a political marriage that rose above politics. There are no good or bad guys in this glimpse into the intimate spousal accord that bound them …
“The Hotel Cat is about having fun and is very silly. Tom, the cat, is accepted by the group and finds a home.”—Annika, age 8, Trail’s End Bookstore, Winthrop, WA. Buy The Hotel Cat from Trail’s End.
Julie Tate-Libby and Ken Libby used to own a small café across the street from Trail’s End Bookstore in Winthrop, Washington. Julie says she loved the bookstore and went in nearly every week for books on meditation and coping with stress. When the couple, along with their daughters, Annika (8) and Mia (4), returned to Winthrop from living …
Freak music legend Danbert Nobacon has penned an anarchist fairy tale and is hitting the indie book circuit. Nobacon, who now lives in Twisp, WA, was a founding member of the anarchist punk rock band Chumbawamba (Remember Tubthumping?!). His book, 3 Dead Princes, is about a princess called Stormy who lives in a semi-detached castle …
