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Watermark Book Company

Nov

8

2024

Happy 35th, Watermark Book Company!

Congratulations to Watermark Book Company of Anacortes, WA. Everyone is invited to celebrate! From the bookstore: Watermark Book Company is celebrating its 35th anniversary! We are celebrating all week 11/11- 11/17:  All week long raffle basket special – When you spend $100+, you can enter to win the raffle basket of your choice. We have …

Jul

19

2022

Summer Fun Travel Suggestions from Watermark Book Company

My Vacation Scrapbook from Lonely Planet Kids Our A-maze-ing National Parks Curious Kids Nature Guide by Fiona Cohen Backpack Explorer: Beach Walk These are some recommendations from Watermark Books in Anacortes, WA. Do you have some favorites yet this summer?

Jul

5

2022

Cool Event Report: A Walk in the Forest with Jane Billinghurst and Watermark Book Company

In June, Watermark Book Company of Anacortes, WA partnered with Skagit Land Trust on a forest walk event with Jane Billinghurst, longtime translator for, editor of, and now co-author with Peter Wohlleben. From Watermark’s newsletter: What a cool author event! We had so much fun selling books at Jane Billinghurst’s forest walk. We have SIGNED …

Apr

4

2022

Explore Anacortes with “The Wild Next Door” by Robert Jepperson

From Watermark Book Company in Anacortes, WA: Here is local author and avid hiker Robert Jepperson with his newest book, Wild World Next Door. With stunning photography and informative text, he highlights the flora and fauna one might see on the trails in Anacortes. We have lots of signed copies here in-store for you or …

Jan

4

2022

Watermark Book Company Book Club Recommends: Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

From Watermark Book Company in Anacortes, WA: Watermark Book Club is on Zoom! It is a closed book club, and you can let us know if you would like to be added to the waitlist. In the meantime, feel free to read along with us! This month we are discussing The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn …

Dec

24

2018

Being Upright

Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts by Reb Anderson

An insight into more than just the precepts of Bodhisattva, it’s also an inquiry into the life lived by a master. Those experiences and anecdotes that Anderson makes beg the question of what if…He begs you to imagine scenarios where you might initially think you would make one decision, and then turns it on its …

Apr

24

2018

Watermark Books

Happy News from Watermark Book Company

I have big news at Watermark. I have found new owners, Brandy and Ben Bowen. They are locals who feel as strongly as I do that we should have an independent bookstore in town. I am confident that they are the right people to take on the responsibility–and the challenge–of keeping Watermark at the heart …

Nov

22

2017

Kurt Vonnegut Complete Stories

Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories by Kurt Vonnegut with foreword by Dave Eggers 

Here is an indulgent gift (for yourself or those Vonnegut fans you know) that you may not be able to pass up. Organized by subject, a concept unique to most short story collections, Vonnegut’s prodigious writing (this title is 900 pages!) is organized by such topics as War, Women, Science, Romance, Behavior, and more. –Watermark …

Jul

26

2017

Ivory Vikings

Ivory Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown

Focusing on the Lewis Chessmen, Nancy Marie Brown explores a famous female chiseler and the history of her chess pieces. Interestingly, their histories are based on Viking sagas, histories, architectural digs, and forceful involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in Sweden, Norway, and Greenland. The book brings forward the talented 12th century artist who carved …

May

4

2017

Watermark Book Co. of Anacortes for Sale

Have you dreamed of owning a bookstore? Would you love to work with books and become a vital part of the stimulating and supportive community of Anacortes?  Are you the next owner of Watermark Book Company? After 35 years of bookselling, I have decided it’s time to retire and pursue other passions. My husband Norman …

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