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West of Here

Aug

14

2013

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
by Jonathan Evison

“Jonathan’s earlier book, West of Here, was a favorite all across the NW. This latest work of his is quite different both in context as well as writing style, but equally engaging and thoroughly satisfying. While the characters are certainly intriguing, particularly Trev, a teenage boy with muscular dystrophy, it is the plotline I found …

Jan

9

2013

21

remarks

The Argument for Books—
‘Heavy, Smelly, Cumbersome, Perfect Bound Books’

This week we honored Jonathan Evison with a PNBA Award for his novel The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving. (It’s PNBA Award #2 for Evison, who won last year for West of Here.) Today, he kicks off six weeks of essays by our 2013 winners with a well-argued case for real books. Let’s disambiguate right off …

Aug

28

2012

3

remarks

Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Talks Loss,
Humor & Survival in
‘Revised Fundamentals’

  Jonathan Evison has become a bit of a darling in the book world, and it’s no wonder why. Indie booksellers love him because he’s an advocate for indie bookstores. His publisher, Algonquin Books, loves him because he’s charismatic and willing to get out there among booksellers and readers. And readers love him because, well, …

Feb

23

2012

3

remarks

Does a Sasquatch Read in the Woods?

Anacortes bookseller Patti Pattee informs us that her town has murals of its “famous” residents all over the place, but that local artist Christine Olsen has, “added a whole new element.” Pattee should know. One of these elements lives on the side of her bookstore, Watermark Book Co. The Bookworm Sasquatch went up in August, featuring—this …

Feb

8

2012

6

remarks

Evison Receives, and So Does One Lucky NWBL Reader

On Jan 31 Jonathan Evison had a dual celebration at his hometown bookstore, Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the paperback release of his bestselling novel West of Here and in honor of his 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award. You can read his acceptance essay, “Why We Endure,” here on NWBL. The Eagle Harbor crew …

Jan

25

2012

7

remarks

Why We Endure by 2012 PNBA Award Winner Jonathan Evison

Over a twenty year period spanning my 20s and 30s, during which I cobbled together a living variously hacking up roadkill, slinging spaghetti, checking water meters, tending bar, washing dishes, working car lots, telemarketing sunglasses, and making an ass of myself on FM radio, I wrote seven unpublished novels. It’s what I did. I wrote …

Dec

22

2011

1

remark

28 Authors, 28 Variations on a List: Day 22. Jonathan Evison

At a holiday caroling party the other night, we were all gathered around the piano in our Christmas sweaters belting out Christmas songs arranged for us in plastic binders when in walked a tall, dapper man, a friend of a friend of a friend, in what appeared to be a seersucker suit carrying a puppy. …

Nov

13

2011

West of Here by Jonathan Evison

“Evison gleefully chews up the Northwest landscape from 1890—when dreamers, drifters, entrepreneurs, scoundrels and hardworking settlers dove in with unrestrained ambition cialis online without prescription to harness the wilderness for profit and posterity—to 2006 when their descendants face the consequences of that wild enthusiasm. The Olympic Peninsula is some of the most beautiful country in …

Nov

10

2011

11

remarks

Congratulations, PNBA Shortlisters!

The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best 2011 books by Northwest authors. Out of 290 titles nominated this year, the nine booksellers chose these 12 books. PNBA encourages its member stores and booksellers to give some extra attention to these titles and to email comments in …

Apr

18

2011

Evison On Sparing Us the Grief

Jonathan Evison seems to be everywhere these days promoting his new book, West of Here. And why not? He’s having fun. At threeguysonebook Evison has a great post about why he supports independent stores specifically, and why “community” is more than just the place. To Evison it’s all about the conversation. It’s not about the money, or the …

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