We take you around Seattle and highlight interesting stories about local bookstores and libraries – complete with book recommendations from booksellers and librarians.
Libraries and bookstores were early retail and public service victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's how librarians and booksellers have been adjusting to life under...
In response to the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Open Books in Wallingford, one of few poetry-only bookstores in Washington state (or anywhere, for that matter), nimbly...
Pike Place Market is known for flying fish, beautiful bay views, shops and more. Take a page from Paul Constant and stroll through the market...
Through a little more than a year of personalized, customer-focused bookselling, Madison Books has forged an essential role in one of Seattle's oldest communities.
From Seattle's independent bookstores to its public libraries, Seattle's most-read books of 2019 tell differing stories about the city's neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Reads Like the rest of the greater Seattle area, downtown Burien has grown at a remarkable clip over the last decade. New restaurants, bank...
In an unpredictable industry, a crowdfunding campaign saved Tacoma comics shop Destiny City Comics, and on Capitol Hill, expanding into games has helped Phoenix Comics...
Once upon a time in Kingston, a little girl fell in love with reading. She grew up to open a bookshop unlike any other.
Janis Segress of Queen Anne Books shares the bookstore's history, the neighborhood's current favorite reads and a few of her favorite books.
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