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Though it is the shortest month of the year, February was full of exciting bookish news, reviews, and celebrations. Award nominations, Black History Month, book blogger extravaganzas and more dominated our news feed this month. Here are some of the best articles, blog posts, and announcements that were on our radar.
Between Seattle and the Canadian border, is a small town called Bellingham, a town which wears more than one hat: home of Western Washington University, fishing boats, tourists, and a deep community. In that town is a an old bookstore with rambling aisles and passionate booksellers. Village Books.
By all accounts, 2016 is off to a great start. This month has been chock-full of interesting articles, exciting news, and passionate advice. Here are some of our favorite essays, blog posts, and lists since the first of the year.
We’ve curated a list of some of the best, most interesting, and weirdest book-related news circulating the Internet this month!
Anthony Doerr recently gave a talk, which he titled “Some Thoughts on Artistic Failure in 6 Parts”. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See had some great insights.
When the last independent bookstore in Nashville closed, Ann Patchett and a friend opened Parnassus Books. As she says, she didn’t want to live in a city without a bookstore. Who can blame her?
Take a dark and thrilling trip down The Amazon river in Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder, our October Book of the Month!
We sat down with veteran bookseller Erin Ball, assistant manager at Third Place Books to discuss bookselling, the philosophy behind Third Place Books, and what’s on her to-be-read list.
The IndieNext bestseller list is one of the best places to find out what’s hot at independent bookstores around the United States. Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores, here’s a sampling of some of the best nonfiction books right now.
This month we turn to Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C. for advice on what to read. They recommend a hilarious coming-of-age novel, a book that explains financial jargon, a collection of short stories by a beloved author, and more.
This month’s Indie picks include a magical tale read by a full cast of actors, an ode to economics guaranteed to make you more interesting at dinner parties, and an inspiring memoir. There’s a little something for everyone in these fantastic recommendations from McLean & Eakin, an independent bookstore on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan.