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For Chinese American visual artist and photographer Margaret Albaugh, a photo is a concrete way of capturing an experience.

Jake Stevenson, one of my favorite characters of any novel I’ve read for Northwest Passages, is back as the king beekeeper in Eileen Garvin’s “Bumblebee Season.”

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Hope Rises: A Thriller" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) Last week: ...

With bees as a story-telling vehicle, Eileen Garvin’s latest novel explores something anyone can relate to: the search for human connection for those feeling out of place.

This month, if you read just one former “Arrested Development” writer’s comic novel about a woman who used to write for TV but has shifted gears, make it “Go Gentle.”

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Rites of the Starling" by Devney Perry (Red Tower) Last week: — 2. ...

With his latest novel, “The Left and the Lucky,” Willie Vlautin explores a theme rarely seen in literature: the male caregiver.

Writing is a bug Willy Vlautin caught at an early age. It’s a “sickness” even, he said.

Bill Moos, former player, coach and athletic director of some of the country’s past and present powerhouses, has seen the future of college athletics and is glad he retired to 63 acres near Spokane.

SEATTLE — George Takei was 5 years old when he heard U.S. soldiers, who carried rifles with bayonets, pounding on the door of his home in Los Angeles. In 1942, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, soldiers instructed his parents to quickly pack their belongings and vacate the house. His family could “take only what we could carry and nothing more,” Takei said, as they and other ...

With “Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories,” Canadian author Amal El-Mohtar has created a florilegium: a gathering of flowers, or in her case, the gathering of award-winning poetry and fiction she’s published between 2008 and 2023.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Judge Stone: A Novel" by Viola Davis and Patterson (Little, Brown) ...

In the last several years, there has been a steady stream of Indigenous fantasy novels on the mainstream book market. One of these is “The Raven and Eagle” trilogy by Caskey Russell, who takes readers on an epic fantasy adventure set to the backdrop of his Tlingit culture.

Spokane Public Library has been selected as one of 40 libraries in the nation to receive a grant from the Yiddish Book Center. The grant is part of the center’s public libraries program to promote education of Jewish culture through Yiddish literature.

Lynx House was a real house first. The Lynx was a painting rescued from the dump and hung on the wall. The home was shared by friends going through the University of Massachusetts’ master’s of fine arts program together.

When the Exxon Valdez dumped more than 10 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound, “Yellowfish” author John Keeble received a call from his then-Harper & Row editor Ted Solotaroff asking Keeble to cover the spill.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Correspondent: A Novel" by Virginia Evans (Crown) Last week: 2 ...

To help people prepare for crises, author Kathy Keppel-Colkitt has written guides on how to advocate effectively. She recently launched a third book, "Effective Advocacy," available Saturday at the Hive, as a guidebook that covers 10 different categories of advocacy. Key categories include medical, financial, legal and senior or military issues.