Tonight at 7:00 at University Bookstore, one of our favorite Christmas traditions takes place: the annual reading by Brad Craft of “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote. Craft (above, reading some Ogden Nash holiday poetry), a bookseller, poetry-lover, author, artist, and modern Renaissance man, will warm your heart. The free cookie and cider will help …
We love this documentary about booksellers! We love that it shows the diversity and delight of independent booksellers. Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Executive Director Thom Chamblis commented, “These ‘Visit a Store’ videos are the kind of things that we would like to do for our booksellers.” Among the national sampling of independent bookstores, the video …
Check out Bellingham’s Village Books’ video love for the Kobo over the kindle… Some ereaders give you choice! And have a magically-appearing, smiling staff of helpful, real people who know about books AND ebooks behind them.
Montana writer and four-time Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner Pete Fromm just pointed us to the trailer for the forthcoming movie version of his 2004 winner, As Cool As I Am.
http://vimeo.com/59549742 Suzanne Droppert of Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, WA sent us this teaser trailer for the pilot of a series called “Harbor Island.” It was filmed in and around Poulsbo. The ferries, the atmospheric piers, and the lovely marina are all very evocative of our region.
http://youtu.be/o6pdfjgwgaM
The Village Literates, as we’ve just christened this troupe, make it known that the “no indies” option of the Kindle is no option at all. Love your local? Go Kobo.
Zombie fan? Nick Hoult fan (About a Boy, the British television series Skins, The Weather Man, the forthcoming Jack the Giant Slayer)? Well, Nick Hoult as a zombie with a regenerating conscience and growing heart (think The Grinch with a little love medicine) sells a couple of tickets in this family.
World-renowned Seattle photographer and animal rescue advocate Robin Layton has recently released her first book, A Letter to My Dog: Notes to Our Best Friends. Her own rescue pup, Monkey, not only landed the cover gig for the book, but the starring role in this entertaining and endearing video too. Look at his jammies!
