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• Book Notes: Mix of Johnsons set to appear at Auntie’s

  May 27, 2012 in Features on Page D5 It’s a June of Johnsons at Auntie’s Bookstore. Father and son Larry and Nathan Johnson will sign copies of their book, “Montana Waterfalls: A Guide for Sighters, Hikers and Waterfall …

• Book Notes: Aunties’s offers local flavor with lineup of authors

  May 13, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Coming up at Auntie’s in the coming days: a slew of appearances by notable authors with local ties. Kate McLachlan will read from her paperback “Hearts, Dead and Alive” at …

• Book Notes: Betancourt will lecture at Gonzaga

  March 11, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Ingrid Betancourt, author and activist, will deliver Gonzaga University’s Presidential Speaker Series lecture on March 28. Betancourt was a candidate for the presidency of Colombia when she was kidnapped by … 1

• Book Notes: Auntie’s packed with author events

  February 5, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Time to mark your calendar for some author events at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. • On Saturday, local author Miles Athey signs copies of his first novel, “Crab …

• Book Notes: Novelist Egan set to read at GU

  January 22, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Time to mark your calendars for some upcoming author readings. Jennifer Egan, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011 for “A Visit from the Good Squad,” will give …

• Book Notes: Auntie’s offers answers to e-book worries

  January 8, 2012 in Features on Page D7 So you got that Kindle Fire/Nook Tablet/iPad for Christmas, and you’re still figuring out it works. If buying local is your thing, Auntie’s Bookstore can help you navigate the e-book …

• ‘Scary world’ products designed to protect us from everything

  December 22, 2011 in Features on Page C1 You are held captive in the airplane seat and so the seatback magazines beckon. Page through SkyMall, or any catalog featuring gifts, and soon you notice all the “scary world” … 1

• Book Notes: ‘Train Dreams’ makes local stop

  December 18, 2011 in Features on Page D8 Does “Train Dreams” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18), the novella by National Book Award winner Denis Johnson, have particular local interest? Well, let me put it this way. The book’s …

• Book Notes: Give the gift of reading

  December 11, 2011 in Features on Page D7 Just a reminder: Books make excellent Christmas presents. You can customize them to every taste. And you can write an inscription on the title page that your descendants might stumble …

• Book Notes: D’Aoust book looks at world of dance

  December 4, 2011 in Features on Page D8 A fascinating book on a compelling subject – the world of high-level modern dance and ballet – by Sandpoint author Renée E. D’Aoust hits bookshelves this week. It’s an artistic …

• Book Notes: Sedaris set for Auntie’s appearance

  November 27, 2011 in Features on Page D8 The David Sedaris reading-and-signing zoo comes to Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., on Thursday, 7 p.m. He’ll be reading from his latest book, “Squirrel Meets Chipmunk,” now available in …

• Book Notes: Roach packed for Spokane, will read Thursday

  October 16, 2011 in Features on Page D8 This is the big week for the city’s annual communitywide reading event, Spokane Is Reading. Best-selling author Mary Roach will be here Thursday to talk about “Packing for Mars,” her …

• Book Notes: Auntie’s hosting Sedaris visit Dec. 1

  October 9, 2011 in Features on Page D7 David Sedaris, the best-selling writer and humorist, will return to Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main, on Dec. 1. The exact time and other details are still being worked out (although …

• Guilty plea doesn’t close book on racism, says march leader

  September 8, 2011 in City on Page A8 Organizers of the annual march targeted by a racist wannabe bomber say Spokane can’t forget about what happened just because the defendant pleaded guilty. “This is one of the symptoms …

• Book Notes: Murphy set to share new children’s tale

  September 4, 2011 in Features on Page D7 Local children’s book author Claire Rudolf Murphy has just published a new picture book, “Marching With Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage” (Peachtree Publishers, $16.95). …

• Book Notes: Jance lands at Auntie’s for reading of ‘Betrayal’

  July 24, 2011 in Features on Page D7 Mark your calendar now for your J.A. Jance fix. The best-selling Seattle-based author will be at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., on Aug. 4, 7 p.m.

• Hoopfest had wins and losses on sidelines, too

  June 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 Relatively cool weather Sunday was good for just about everything at Hoopfest except water and book vendors. Despite a bargain price – two 16-ounce bottles for $1 – the “Coldest …

• Book Notes: Cowboy poet Baxter Black lands at Auntie’s

  May 29, 2011 in Features on Page D6 His deep Western drawl is familiar to millions of National Public Radio listeners and his cowboy poetry is known around the world. On Wednesday at 7 p.m., Baxter Black will …

• Book Notes: Black set to star in film version of Walter’s ‘Poets’

  May 22, 2011 in Features on Page D7 Spokane novelist Jess Walter’s latest book, “The Financial Lives of the Poets,” has been picked up as a movie vehicle for Jack Black, retitled “Bailout.” This news came out of …

• Book Notes: Barker to read from ‘Taliban Shuffle’

  May 1, 2011 in Features on Page D6 Here’s an acclaimed Afghan war memoir with a Spokane connection: “Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan,” by Kim Barker. Barker’s byline is familiar to longtime readers of The Spokesman-Review, since …

• Book Notes: Pulitzer-winning Stiles lands at Whitworth

  April 24, 2011 in Features on Page D6 A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer will discuss his acclaimed “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt,” at Whitworth University at 7 p.m. Thursday. T.J. Stiles achieved a double feat …

• Book Notes: Poets share their ‘Story’ Friday at Chase Gallery

  March 27, 2011 in Features on Page D6 Here’s an event that combines poetry and art: a reading Friday at the Chase Gallery in conjunction with “Telling the American Story, History, Memory, Place, Story, Picture, Space.” This group …

• Book Notes: GU Writers Series plays host to Moody

  February 27, 2011 in Features on Page D6 Gonzaga University’s Visiting Writers Series presents its biggest name of the year on Wednesday: Rick Moody. Moody is the author of the novels “Garden State,” “Purple America,” “The Diviners” and, …

• Bomb capable of lethal impact

    January 19, 2011 in City on Page A1 Lindsey Reiswig and her co-workers got the first indication something wasn’t right Monday morning when a Spokane police officer came by Auntie’s Bookstore and said they needed to clear the … 31

• FBI: Bomb could have caused ‘multiple casualties’

    January 18, 2011 in City The abandoned backpack found Monday along the route of Spokane’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. march contained a bomb capable of inflicting “multiple casualties,” the FBI has confirmed. 58

• Book Notes: Auntie’s makes e-books available

  January 9, 2011 in Features on Page D7 Independent bookstores, including Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., are jumping more deeply into the e-books business, in partnership with Google eBooks. Here’s how it works at Auntie’s: If you …

• Barnett puts her exercise techniques in words, motion

    January 9, 2011 in Features on Page D1 Larkin Barnett comes from a long line of Spokane physicians. Her grandfather, Edwin J. Barnett, was the chief of staff of what was then Sacred Heart Hospital in the 1930s. 1

• Some fear wage increase will mean rise in prices

  December 30, 2010 in City on Page A5 Entry-level workers will benefit from Saturday’s increase in Washington’s minimum wage, but the 12-cent boost in hourly pay could put a squeeze on business owners. “Do we like the idea … 13

• Book Notes: Aunt Kimmie to sign at Auntie’s

  December 12, 2010 in Features on Page D7 Aunt Kimmie Bebo will make a special appearance at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., today from 1 to 3 p.m. to sign her new children’s book, “Magic Sprinkles” (Dog …

• Book Notes: Poet Wrigley will read latest at Auntie’s

  December 5, 2010 in Features on Page D7 One of the nation’s top poets, Robert Wrigley, lives and works in our region – and he’ll be reading from his latest collection, “Beautiful Country” (Penguin, $18) at Auntie’s Bookstore …

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