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Join Us!Red Wheelbarrow Writers Group Happy Hour - Usually the first Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. Please check the Re...
09/01/2024

Join Us!
Red Wheelbarrow Writers Group Happy Hour - Usually the first Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. Please check the Red Wheelbarrow website for details on their next meeting!

"A good book is an event in my life." - Stendhal
08/30/2024

"A good book is an event in my life." - Stendhal

🌞📚 Summer Reading! If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!
08/28/2024

🌞📚 Summer Reading!
If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!

Join Us for Open Mic with Sean DwyerLast Monday of every month.Kids' Open Mic 5pmRegular Open Mic 6-8pm. ...
08/26/2024

Join Us for Open Mic with Sean Dwyer
Last Monday of every month.
Kids' Open Mic 5pm
Regular Open Mic 6-8pm.

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges
08/25/2024

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges

08/23/2024

📢JOIN US!
👉Saturday, September 28th, 2-3 pm (Pacific)
Author Event: Al Clover presents The Comicbook Detective.

⚡It always starts with a dame. The dame's uncle left her a big pile of comicbook treasure. With his fedora and a Mountain Dew in hand Alex Carter, Seattle comicbook store owner, along with his two best friends begins a perilous journey in the world of comicbooks.

⚡Growing up in the days of the 1960s, Al Clover witnessed many historical happenings including a President being assassinated, and a man landing on the moon. Finding the grocery store spin rack filled with comics was a fortuitous escape and fueled his imagination. Born in the Midwest, Al now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest. The Comicbook Detective is Al's first book.

"Books are uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King🌞📚 Summer Reading! If you're looking for your next read, visit the st...
08/21/2024

"Books are uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King

🌞📚 Summer Reading!
If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!

Join us for the launch of STRUCK by Nancy Canyon at Village Books in Bellingham, WA.Friday, September 20th at 6:00 PM.➡D...
08/20/2024

Join us for the launch of STRUCK by Nancy Canyon at Village Books in Bellingham, WA.
Friday, September 20th at 6:00 PM.

➡During the heyday of drugs, s*x, and rock ‘n’ roll, the country awash in war protests and women’s rights demonstrations, Nancy Nelson and her young husband, Jack, take a job as fire lookout attendants on a 6,000-foot mountain located in the Clearwater National Forest. As Nancy Keeps fire watch, she wrestles with leftover trauma from growing up with s*xual abuse, as well as the disappointment of a recent miscarriage. Every emotion she feels is exacerbated by solitude, frightening lightning storms, wildfires, and her demanding young husband. Struck: A Season on a Fire Lookout is a story of isolation, extreme weather, and emotional challenges, all of which change how Nancy sees herself as she courageously moves forward and gains confidence in life.

To purchase a book and reserve your seat for the launch, contact villagebooks.com.

🌞📚 Summer Reading! If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!
08/19/2024

🌞📚 Summer Reading!
If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!

"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." - Mary Schmich
08/17/2024

"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." - Mary Schmich

📢Join Silent Sidekick and Sidekick Press this December in Oaxaca, Mexico!Wayfaring Writers (a Sidekick/Narrative Project...
08/16/2024

📢Join Silent Sidekick and Sidekick Press this December in Oaxaca, Mexico!
Wayfaring Writers (a Sidekick/Narrative Project collaboration) is ready to enroll for our next adventure. This December we (Lisa and Cami) are going back to one of our favorite places: Oaxaca, Mexico.

Check out the details of the trip here: https://wayfaringwriters.com/

We're having an informational meeting about the trip this Sunday, August 18 at 5:00 p.m.

Join us for our info meeting by registering at this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeGupz8pHNB767DY4uRzSOhSo69UQa3_

We'll answer all your questions and give you a shot of inspiration while we're at it. Be sure to register even if you can't make it and we'll send you a recording!

See you there.
Lisa and Cami

"Reading is an escape, an education, a delight, a comfort, a joy, a way of thinking, a way of being. How lucky we are to...
08/15/2024

"Reading is an escape, an education, a delight, a comfort, a joy, a way of thinking, a way of being. How lucky we are to have books." - Emma Walton Hamilton

"Now we stand on the catwalk watching heat rise off the forest. The eerie high-pitched cry of a red-tailed hawk sends a ...
08/13/2024

"Now we stand on the catwalk watching heat rise off the forest. The eerie high-pitched cry of a red-tailed hawk sends a shiver down my spine. There’s something a little frightening about heat. It just keeps going and going, melting pavement, scorching skin, damaging paint jobs, and crisping the forest…."
➡STRUCK- Coming SOON!!! 👀

Nancy Canyon, MFA, creates in a studio overlooking Bellingham Bay. Her paintings, poetry, and prose are widely published: Adventures NW, Sue C. Boynton, True Stories II-IV, Raven Chronicles, Floating Bridge Review, Cirque, & For the Love of Orcas Anthology, to name a few. Nancy coaches for The Narrative Project and teaches writing for Chuckanut Writers.
Her memoir manuscript “Struck: A Memoir,” details Nancy’s work as a lookout attendant in the Clearwater National Forest in the 70s. Celia’s Heaven (novel) & Saltwater (poetry) are available at Village Books.

"There is no friend as loyal as a book." - Ernest Hemingway🐈 Happy International Cat Day!
08/08/2024

"There is no friend as loyal as a book." - Ernest Hemingway
🐈 Happy International Cat Day!

👓"One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." - Jeannette Walls 📚
08/06/2024

👓"One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." - Jeannette Walls 📚

🌞"August is like the Sunday of summer." - UnknownWhat are you reading in August?
08/01/2024

🌞"August is like the Sunday of summer." - Unknown
What are you reading in August?

🌞📚 Summer Reading! If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!
07/31/2024

🌞📚 Summer Reading!
If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!

🎤📚 Open Mic with Sean Dwyer - Last Monday of every month at 7 p.m., except holidays (check the Village Books schedule). ...
07/29/2024

🎤📚 Open Mic with Sean Dwyer - Last Monday of every month at 7 p.m., except holidays (check the Village Books schedule). In person and on Zoom. Info on events page at Village Books. (Spanish Open Mic at 6, same day)

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss...
07/24/2024

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss

"Now we stand on the catwalk watching heat rise off the forest. The eerie high-pitched cry of a red-tailed hawk sends a ...
07/22/2024

"Now we stand on the catwalk watching heat rise off the forest. The eerie high-pitched cry of a red-tailed hawk sends a shiver down my spine. There’s something a little frightening about heat. It just keeps going and going, melting pavement, scorching skin, damaging paint jobs, and crisping the forest…."
➡STRUCK- Coming SOON!!! 👀

Nancy Canyon, MFA, creates in a studio overlooking Bellingham Bay. Her paintings, poetry, and prose are widely published: Adventures NW, Sue C. Boynton, True Stories II-IV, Raven Chronicles, Floating Bridge Review, Cirque, & For the Love of Orcas Anthology, to name a few. Nancy coaches for The Narrative Project and teaches writing for Chuckanut Writers. Her memoir manuscript “Struck: A Memoir,” details Nancy’s work as a lookout attendant in the Clearwater National Forest in the 70s. Celia’s Heaven (novel) & Saltwater (poetry) are available at Village Books.

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." — Neil Gaiman
07/20/2024

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." — Neil Gaiman

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." — Margaret Fuller
07/18/2024

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." — Margaret Fuller

"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are." — Mason Cooley
07/16/2024

"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are." — Mason Cooley

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." — Neil Gaiman🌞📚 Summer Reading! If you're looking for your next read, vi...
07/12/2024

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." — Neil Gaiman

🌞📚 Summer Reading!
If you're looking for your next read, visit the store !!

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📢JOIN US! 👉Saturday, September 28th, 2-3 pm (Pacific) Author Event: Al Clover presents The Comicbook Detective. ⚡It always starts with a dame. The dame's uncle left her a big pile of comicbook treasure. With his fedora and a Mountain Dew in hand Alex Carter, Seattle comicbook store owner, along with his two best friends begins a perilous journey in the world of comicbooks. ⚡Growing up in the days of the 1960s, Al Clover witnessed many historical happenings including a President being assassinated, and a man landing on the moon. Finding the grocery store spin rack filled with comics was a fortuitous escape and fueled his imagination. Born in the Midwest, Al now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest. The Comicbook Detective is Al's first book. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #writingcommunity #story #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #gay#queerauthors#lgbtq

📢JOIN US! 👉Saturday, September 28th, 2-3 pm (Pacific) Author Event: Al Clover presents The Comicbook Detective. ⚡It always starts with a dame. The dame's uncle left her a big pile of comicbook treasure. With his fedora and a Mountain Dew in hand Alex Carter, Seattle comicbook store owner, along with his two best friends begins a perilous journey in the world of comicbooks. ⚡Growing up in the days of the 1960s, Al Clover witnessed many historical happenings including a President being assassinated, and a man landing on the moon. Finding the grocery store spin rack filled with comics was a fortuitous escape and fueled his imagination. Born in the Midwest, Al now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest. The Comicbook Detective is Al's first book. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #writingcommunity #story #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #gay#queerauthors#lgbtq

"Jake Harper is a newly minted engineering professor at George Washington University. Intensely fixated on the weirding climate, he focuses on re-engineering North American grids. Abbey London is an infectious disease specialist, who confronts the spread of tropical diseases due to climate change. Together they operate her parents' Dragonfly. Jake stumbles upon evidence someone may be plotting an attack on nearby electrical infrastructure. Abbey faces the personal and professional threat of a novel virus infecting injection drug uses in our nation's capital. Set in the near future, with the first three chapters of Climate Dragon kicking off the three intertwining narrative threads." ➡Join us at Village Books in Fairhaven for the launch of Climate Dragon by SW Lawrence, MD. 6-7 PM Register at https://www.villagebooks.com/ for the event. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #hybridpublishers

📢JOIN US! 👉Friday, May 31 · 6 - 7pm (Pacific) Author Event: Al Clover presents The Comicbook Detective. ⚡It always starts with a dame. The dame's uncle left her a big pile of comicbook treasure. With his fedora and a Mountain Dew in hand Alex Carter, Seattle comicbook store owner, along with his two best friends begins a perilous journey in the world of comicbooks. ⚡Growing up in the days of the 1960s, Al Clover witnessed many historical happenings including a President being assassinated, and a man landing on the moon. Finding the grocery store spin rack filled with comics was a fortuitous escape and fueled his imagination. Born in the Midwest, Al now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest. The Comicbook Detective is Al's first book. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #hybridpublishers

📢JOIN US! 👉Friday, May 31 · 6 - 7pm (Pacific) Author Event: Al Clover presents The Comicbook Detective. ⚡It always starts with a dame. The dame's uncle left her a big pile of comicbook treasure. With his fedora and a Mountain Dew in hand Alex Carter, Seattle comicbook store owner, along with his two best friends begins a perilous journey in the world of comicbooks. ⚡Growing up in the days of the 1960s, Al Clover witnessed many historical happenings including a President being assassinated, and a man landing on the moon. Finding the grocery store spin rack filled with comics was a fortuitous escape and fueled his imagination. Born in the Midwest, Al now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest. The Comicbook Detective is Al's first book. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #hybridpublishers

📅MARK YOUR CALENDAR! 📢Book Launch for The Comicbook Detective coming to Village Books, Bellingham, WA, Friday, May 31st, 2024 at 6pm. See you there! 📢THE COMICBOOK DETECTIVE by Al Clover Now available on eBook! Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Comicbook-Detective-Al-Clover-ebook/dp/B0CNMQSVKX The story always starts with a dame. Or so it does in Alex Carter's imaginary noir-world. When Naomi Price walks into Alex's Comics Clubhouse one day asking for help cataloging thousands of rare, inherited comicbooks, Alex is sure he's hit the comics jackpot. Along with his two best friends and a ready supply of Mountain Dew, Alex embarks on a search for the elusive Action Comics #1, potentially worth millions. But when Alex meets Richard, Naomi's overbearing fiancé, he knows something's amiss. As he slips back and forth between personas-affable retailer by day, hardboiled detective by night-Alex has trouble keeping his conspiracy theories in check. Torn between the reality of completing the job and the fantasy of rescuing the damsel in distress, Alex finds himself in trouble with everyone. With his fedora perched askance, cold Mountain Dew in hand, Alex presses on. He sets out to be the hero of his own story-even if it means losing the dame. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks

📢TONIGHT! Friday, April 5, 6 p.m. (PDT), Village Books Fairhaven Author Event: Marian Exall presents Daughters of Riga. As World War II sweeps over Europe, nine-year-old Danielle Loesseps escapes from Latvia under the protection of the Dutch consul. Her Jewish mother, the consul's secretary, is tragically left behind at the end of a momentous year which sees a heroic scheme to save refugees from the Nazis, the blossoming of a secret love, and an unhappy woman's revenge. The consul's young daughter Berta Vandercam also grows up in the shadow of the war and strives to understand why her father never speaks about their time in Riga. Memories of the Riga consulate and questions about what happened there haunt the survivors as they remake their lives in the postwar world. To Register, Visit: https://www.villagebooks.com/ #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #hybridpublishers

True Stories: Volume VI is a wonderful collection of works produced by the graduates of The Narrative Project, an organization that supports writers in getting their books done. Cami Ostman-author, teacher, and director of The Narrative Project-and her team of story warriors walk writers through a journey from the inception of a book idea to the writing of a complete manuscript. These stories represent a sampling from the 2022 cohort, and evidence that support and accountability are key to ushering stories into the world. Now through February 14, take 20% off your copy of True Stories VI. Use the QR code. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #ingramsparkbooks

True Stories: Volume VI is a wonderful collection of works produced by the graduates of The Narrative Project, an organization that supports writers in getting their books done. Cami Ostman-author, teacher, and director of The Narrative Project-and her team of story warriors walk writers through a journey from the inception of a book idea to the writing of a complete manuscript. These stories represent a sampling from the 2022 cohort, and evidence that support and accountability are key to ushering stories into the world. Now through February 14, take 20% off your copy of True Stories VI. Use the QR code. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #ingramsparkbooks

True Stories: Volume VI is a wonderful collection of works produced by the graduates of The Narrative Project, an organization that supports writers in getting their books done. Cami Ostman-author, teacher, and director of The Narrative Project-and her team of story warriors walk writers through a journey from the inception of a book idea to the writing of a complete manuscript. These stories represent a sampling from the 2022 cohort, and evidence that support and accountability are key to ushering stories into the world. Now through February 14, take 20% off your copy of True Stories VI. Use the QR code. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #ingramsparkbooks

📢THE COMICBOOK DETECTIVE by Al Clover Now available on eBook! Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Comicbook-Detective-Al-Clover-ebook/dp/B0CNMQSVKX The story always starts with a dame. Or so it does in Alex Carter's imaginary noir-world. When Naomi Price walks into Alex's Comics Clubhouse one day asking for help cataloging thousands of rare, inherited comicbooks, Alex is sure he's hit the comics jackpot. Along with his two best friends and a ready supply of Mountain Dew, Alex embarks on a search for the elusive Action Comics #1, potentially worth millions. But when Alex meets Richard, Naomi's overbearing fiancé, he knows something's amiss. As he slips back and forth between personas-affable retailer by day, hardboiled detective by night-Alex has trouble keeping his conspiracy theories in check. Torn between the reality of completing the job and the fantasy of rescuing the damsel in distress, Alex finds himself in trouble with everyone. With his fedora perched askance, cold Mountain Dew in hand, Alex presses on. He sets out to be the hero of his own story-even if it means losing the dame. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks

True Stories: Volume VI is a wonderful collection of works produced by the graduates of The Narrative Project, an organization that supports writers in getting their books done. Cami Ostman-author, teacher, and director of The Narrative Project-and her team of story warriors walk writers through a journey from the inception of a book idea to the writing of a complete manuscript. These stories represent a sampling from the 2022 cohort, and evidence that support and accountability are key to ushering stories into the world. Now through February 14, take 20% off your copy of True Stories VI. Use the QR code. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #ingramsparkbooks

Don't miss the True Stories Volume VI Book Launch January 21st at 3:00pm online! Join: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84155750259&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2OpTm3XaLmPYfpppEysTqR True Stories: Volume VI is a wonderful collection of works produced by the graduates of The Narrative Project, an organization that supports writers in getting their books done. Cami Ostman-author, teacher, and director of The Narrative Project-and her team of story warriors walk writers through a journey from the inception of a book idea to the writing of a complete manuscript. These stories represent a sampling from the 2022 cohort, and evidence that support and accountability are key to ushering stories into the world. #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #hybridpublishers

Book Launch January 21st at 3:00pm on line! True Stories: Volume VI is a wonderful collection of works produced by the graduates of The Narrative Project, an organization that supports writers in getting their books done. Cami Ostman-author, teacher, and director of The Narrative Project-and her team of story warriors walk writers through a journey from the inception of a book idea to the writing of a complete manuscript. These stories represent a sampling from the 2022 cohort, and evidence that support and accountability are key to ushering stories into the world. Join: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84155750259&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2OpTm3XaLmPYfpppEysTqR #the_narrative_project #SidekickPress #amwriting #memoir #fiction #writingconference #publishordie #writingcommunity #story #LGBTQIA #cookbooks #anthology #poetry #independentpublisher #indieauthors #indiebookstores #villagebooks #hybridpublishers

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How Travel Can Ignite Your Writing Life with Lisa Dailey
How Travel Can Ignite Your Writing Life with Lisa Dailey

How Travel Can Ignite Your Writing Life with Lisa Dailey

The Business of Writing with Alexa Bigwarfe
The Business of Writing with Alexa Bigwarfe

The Business of Writing with Alexa Bigwarfe

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Taking the Long Way Around

My journey into publishing started more than twenty years ago when I was a technical writer for database report writing software. My company blossomed during the dot com boom from four to more than fifty employees. We had teams translators who converted our words into French, German, Portuguese, and Japanese.

When it came to printing, however, Japanese took the longest time as each word had to be manually typeset. Digital files were simply too large due to the complexity of Japanese characters. But through trial and error, I found a way to compress the files and reduce the printing time by four months and print Japanese directly from digital files—something that had never been done before. I flew from Bellingham to Toronto to oversee the production where I fell even more in love with process of creating a book.

Though I’ve been a lifelong writer and reader, I always knew that someday I’d write books. When that opportunity arrived, I was astounded at the myriad of choices authors have when it comes to publishing. I also noticed that many authors struggled to find representation and were turning to independent publishing, which presented a whole new learning curve—which not all authors want to do.

I worked for an independent publisher for several months learning about best practices for helping authors reach their publishing dreams before taking over the company in 2020. And I’m happy to report, I love the return to being a part of the publishing process.

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