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Hey look! The Paris Review visits Maira Kalman's studio and chats with her. "My work is all narrative, and it’s always word base...

Every year we get excited about our participation in the Northwest Flower and Garden Show . It is a week surrounded by green: book covers ...

It has been quite some time since we've updated you about our Espresso Book Machine . Despite our silence, you can rest easy knowing th...

Still gathering your last minute thanksgiving recipes? Looking for something traditional, but just a bit different this year? Not to worry, ...

This year we are participating in a brand-new series called Bilocal , the first presentation of Essential Arts , a new arts organization fo...

  A classic came into our store the other day. No, it wasn't published by Penguin and it wasn't an beloved used copy of Great Expec...

So, you heard that W.S. Merwin was named the U.S. poet laureate , right? I'm pretty excited about this because it is so very well deserv...

A little while ago I posted about the question of what books booksellers buy. More specifically, what books our staff can't help but ow...

Hello fiction lovers! Here's a little media for your mid-afternoon break. Right now I'm reading Chimamanda Mgozi Adichie's The ...

...for Vegetable Gardening! I've got my gloves and trowel out of the old bucket in the garage. The soil is tilled, the seeds are sprouti...

I have to admit, a big reason I love books so much is for their aesthetic appeal. Even before I worked in a bookstore, I was obsessed with t...

Images from our smashing event last night, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of 84 Charing Cross Rd . Days before, Pam and Brad took some ti...

Yesterday Les Gamins de Paris, a French immersion pre-school, stopped by our main branch to listen to Caitlin read the best in Kids picture...

Yesterday a coworker set a New York Times Magazine article on my desk about the famed photographer Roman Vishniac and the impact he made wi...

This summer we have a growing series of events and chef demos in partnership with the Neighborhood Farmer’s Market Alliance . Last Saturday ...