Northshire Bookstore is delighted to celebrate one of our own — former bookseller and award-winning poet Devon Walker-Figueroa, upon the publication of her debut collection Philomath. She will be joined for this event by fellow poets Stephanie Burt, Taylor Johnson, Shane McRae and Mark Wunderlich. Register here!
We are in the heart of gift-giving season. Summer is turning over to fall and the holidays are approaching. This is one of our favorite times of the year, and many of us on staff are mapping out the gifts we’ll give to our friends, family members, partners, and creative collaborators in the coming months. Books are our favorite gifts to give; they inspire, motivate, instill wonder, challenge, and change the way we see the world.
This year, you may have heard that the book industry is tangled up in global supply chain challenges. We are joining the chorus…
Join Portland Book Festival for a virtual program on “Love & Loss,” featuring Devon Walker-Figueroa, Jasmine Guillory, and Danielle Henderson. More details here!
Dear Mother,
I have so many questions. What city were you born in? What was your American birthday? Your Chinese birthday? What did your mother do? What did your grandmother do? Who was your father, grandfather? It’s too late now. But I would like to know.
I would like to know why your mother followed Chiang Kai-shek, taking you and your six (or seven?) siblings across China to Taiwan. I would like to know what was said in the planning meeting. I would like to know who was…
Join poets Michael Bazzett and Ryan Vine for a reading and conversation at Next Chapter Booksellers. Details here!
Tune in to the virtual 2021 Ohioana Awards! Free and open to the public. Program includes winners’ remarks and a post-awards roundtable. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is this year’s nonfiction winner for World of Wonders. Register here!
Join Éireann Lorsung for a multivocal performance of her poem “An archaeology” from The Century, alongside new work by Andrea Blancas Beltran, Wah-Ming Chang, Laressa Dickey, Arlene Kim, and Nina MacLaughlin. Free and open to the public. Register via Zoom here!
Join Brian Laidlaw at the Twin Cities Book Festival! The Adaptation Station is a magical switchyard where poems turn into songs. Bring an old favorite poem (or better yet, a new favorite poem from a book you just bought at the TCBF!) and poet-songwriter Brian Laidlaw will songify the text and set it to music on the fly. More details here!
Join Kazim Ali at the Twin Cities Book Festival for a discussion of his new books The Citadel of Whispers and Northern Light. More details here!
