Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Many bookstores across the region are featuring titles from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association “Give Books” holiday …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, women authors wrote the majority of our hardcover nonfiction bestsellers: ten out of 15! Nobody’s …
I can say this without spoiling anything, but the epilogue to Becoming Little Shell begins with reflections from “a little green house high on a hillside that overlooks Butte, Montana.” It is mid-November of 2021 and, as I wrote, I was in that house enjoying a residency where I largely completed the first draft of …
BY HILLEL ITALIE for the AP, June 10, 2024 Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Or at least how it seemed from the outside. “She was very present and accessible as a parent,” he says. “She …
From Broadway Books in Portland, OR: Since declaring 2022 The Year of Reading Ursula K. Le Guin, we’ve amassed a grand selection of the author’s books. Le Guin wrote across many genres—science fiction, fantasy, short stories, essays, poetry, books on writing, and books for children. Curious where to start? We’ll reserve space in each newsletter to highlight …
From Forest Avenue Press publisher, Laura Stanfill: We’re nearing the end of Dispatches from Anarres panels and conversations. Thanks to all our amazing authors and editor Susan DeFreitas. I have learned so much from each event–and we have two more coming up! […]Friday, March 4, on OPB’s Think Out Loud, tune in to hear Susan, …
Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin is a marvelous collection of short fiction imbued with the fiery independence and far-reaching vision of Le Guin. It’s lovely to see such passion persisting in Pacific Northwest storytelling. –A Good Book, Sumner, WA Explore literary legacies with books from A Good Book and …
From Oregonlive.com July 31, 2021: The Ursula K. Le Guin stamp, the 33rd in the U.S. Postal Service’s Literary Arts series, was released Tuesday in a ceremony at the Portland Art Museum. Among those who spoke at the event was Portland arts critic Martha Ullman West, a longtime friend of Le Guin’s; Oregon Arts Watch published her remarks. Other …
Even as a diehard Le Guin fan, I was stunned by how much I loved this work of speculative fiction. As the main character visits fifteen alternate universes in order to entertain herself during an airport layover, Le Guin’s ability to breeze through an alternate “plane” or universe provides the magic of Changing Planes. The …
Le Guin can do more with a novella than most people can do with a full-length book. She writes with complexity about justice, cruelty, home, and grief just as deftly as she moves between science fiction, fantasy, and realism, and each of these stories is populated by characters so real you can almost feel their …
