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Feb

6

2026

WA Bookstores featured on PBS’s “American stories: A Reading Road Trip”

Washington | American Stories: A Reading Road Trip Episode 108 Congratulations to Auntie’s Bookstore of Spokane and Elliott Bay Book Company of Seattle for being part of PBS’s Reading Road Trip! Big thanks to Sara Peté of the Washington State Library for sending us the news.

Jun

14

2023

Washington State Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo 2023

Washington State Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo 2023 is here! https://www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2023-summer-book-bingo-for-adults-bookbingonw2023/   Libraries and bookstores of Washington can feel free to download, print, and distribute these Book Bingo forms to community members.   This year’s beautiful artwork was created by Monyee Chau.   These cards were adapted from The Seattle Public Library’s and Seattle Arts …

Sep

14

2021

Congratulations to the WA State Book
Award Winners and Finalists!

Fiction Winner: The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (HarperCollins) Fiction Finalists: The Second Star by Alma Alexander (Crossroad Press) Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories by Donna Miscolta (Jaded Ibis Press) Vera Violet by Melissa Anne Peterson (Counterpoint Press) The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (Avon Impulse) Biography and Memoir Winner: The Magical Language of Others by E.J. …

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