NWbooklovers congratulates Tina Ontiveros, bookseller and book buyer at Klindt’s Booksellers in the Dalles and President of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, on the publication of her memoir, rough house. rough house will be available at independent bookstores everywhere this month. Waucoma Books in Hood River, OR is hosting a virtual book launch event with …
Do you miss your bookstores? Be sure to follow them on social media. Many are posting videos and photos to give you a little bit of that happy bookstore feeling for when you’re mostly shopping online or over the phone with them. Here’s a quiet morning with birdsong outside Waucoma Bookstore in Hood River, OR: …
Two Pacific Northwest booksellers recently joined the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors. Jenny Cohen of Waucoma Books in Hood River, OR and Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, WA started on the board this spring. They were the point people on a bookstore bus tour for booksellers at a recent national …
Many independent bookstores organize book collections to brighten the holidays for others. Please add more stores and their giving campaigns in the comments section. Beach Books, Seaside, OR: “At Beach Books we get wish lists from the four Seaside area schools. These ‘books’ are hung on our tree and customers get a 20% discount on a book …
“Lean on Pete is an unforgettable tale about a 15-year-old boy who becomes homeless after his father dies. Left with nothing, Charley seeks refuge at a Portland horse track until his heart sends him on a journey to find an aunt who may or may not be in Wyoming. Vlautin’s straightforward, spare writing brings everything …
