"Authors, Publishers and Readers of Independent Literature" March 22-31, 2012The seeds of APRIL can be found in the 2010 Small Press Bookfest, an ambitious project of the late Pilot Books. APRIL aims to harness the spirit that made Pilot Books a community space and locus for daring and innovative writing.The goal of the festival is to connect readers with independent literature and the authors and publishers of this relevant and vitalizing work. The festival aims to celebrate independent writing and publishing and to foster community amongst the artists and appreciators who help make it thrive.With a successful Kickstarter campaign behind...
David Ishii: 1935 – 2012
A friend, colleague and longtime neighbor (our bookshops were in the same building) died yesterday at 76.Pioneer Square has never been the same since he closed his shop almost 7 years ago and now that he is gone Seattle has lost one of its treasured souls.Obit in the Seattle Times, Longtime bookseller David Ishii was quite a story himselfR.I.P.
Best Independent Bookshops in Seattle with additions
Photo by Josh Trujillo/Seattle P-IEarlier this month CBS Seattle released a list of Seattle's Best Independent Bookshops.They begin their story::A bigger book isn’t necessarily a better book — and so too a bigger bookstore isn’t necessarily a better bookstore. While Barnes & Noble, Borders and online retailers may have thousands of copies for that latest best seller, Seattle also is home to many smaller independent shops which cater to readers with finer tastes. Besides Elliott Bay, there’s also the Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Left Bank Books, Wessel & Lieberman and others putting a unique stamp on Seattle’s reading scene.Beside the shops...
Sherman Alexie at Big Think
Here is a 21 minute gem of an interview with Alexie at Big Think. From his literary influences to his place in both the current literary cannon and in the Native American Literature canon. From his thoughts on e-books and the printed book to readings and being a multi-genre writer and the role of drugs and alcohol in his life and writing.A must see for any Alexie fan or really anyone interested in writing, reading and the state of the book world.Here's the full transcript of the interview:Sherman Alexie: My name is Sherman Alexie and I’m the bantamweight champion of...
All Eyes on the Elliott Bay Book Company
Rumor has it that Seattle's venerable Elliott Bay Book Company is on the move. Paul Constant, the book editor at the Stranger and a former Elliott Bay employee, his hearing murmurs on Capitol Hill that Elliott Bay has found a new home and will be leaving Pioneer Square. Elliot Bay has been in Pioneer Square since its inception in 1973 and has been an upper-tier independent bookseller on the national level for almost as long.Though still in the rumor stage, the story broke at 4pm on Friday, the mere possibility is seismic. Pioneer Square, the City of Seattle, and the...