Taliban Shuffle

Kim Barker comes to F&F Downtown on Wednesday, May 5th at 7:00 pm.

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Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Kim Barker, one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents, is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny.

When Barker arrives in … Continue reading Taliban Shuffle

The State of Bookselling

We live in interesting times. It’s an understatement to say that the world is in a state of flux. The world of publishing, bookselling and reading in general is changing so fast that sometimes we all struggle to keep up.

Many independent bookstores and some of the biggest box stores have closed. And no one … Continue reading The State of Bookselling

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New Poets of the American West

Celebrate Poetry

See the slide show from the Aug 12th event,

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NEW POETS OF THE AMERICAN WEST edited by Lowell Jaeger

This diverse anthology features 250 contemporary poets from the eleven western states. In more than 450 entries, including poems in English, Spanish, Navajo, Salish, Assiniboine, and Dakota … Continue reading New Poets of the American West

Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon

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 frantic … Continue reading Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon