How I spent my vacation…

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 the opportunity … Continue reading How I spent my vacation…

New Yorker Ad

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 read … Continue reading New Yorker Ad

Mary Oliver

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 the … Continue reading Mary Oliver

MATTERHORN ON SALE MARCH 23

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 from … Continue reading MATTERHORN on sale March 23

2009 Montana Book Award

HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET WINS

The 2009 Montana Book Award winner is Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, published by Ballantine Books. This annual award recognizes literary and/or artistic excellence in a book written or illustrated by someone who lives in Montana, is set … Continue reading 2009 Montana Book Award