Fact & Fiction

Every year I look forward to the ABA Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon were hundreds of independent booksellers and more than 40 authors whose works they nominated to the Indie Next Lists sit together and talk about books.

This year I sat next to Masha Hamilton, author of 31 Hours, a novel about helplessness and … Continue reading Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon

Ian Frazier

Mary reads to Emily

The end of May I headed to New Jersey for a visit with my grand-daughter and her parents!  The visit was timed to coincide with Book Expo America in New York City. After years of involvement with the American Booksellers Association, I can not pass … Continue reading How I spent my vacation…

Recently subscribers to The New Yorker had an ad supplement in their issue of the magazine. A subscriber and customer called the store, raving about the piece and wrote to the Montana Office of Tourism to commend them for the ad and asked that it be placed on their website. It was fun to … Continue reading New Yorker Ad

Performance Note (hear Mary Oliver read…) Copyright 2010 by Mary Oliver from Many Miles published by Beacon Press

Mary Oliver comments on her new CD now available at F&F

All our lives, at least seasonally, the redbird sings, and the oriole and the wren, and in April the ponds are reliably loud with … Continue reading Mary Oliver

MATTERHORN by Karl Marlantes goes on sale March 23rd and from all the advance attention this appears to be the book to watch!

The beginning of February, Karl Marlantes had one of the longest lines at Winter Institute. Booksellers were wanting an advance look at this 595 page novel about Vietnam. Morgan Entrekin … Continue reading MATTERHORN on sale March 23