Browsers Bookshop

Browsers Bookshop Olympia's Independent Bookstore since 1935.
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Updates from Your Local Independent Bookstore ☀️ -
05/07/2026

Updates from Your Local Independent Bookstore ☀️ -

Dear readers, Today is our Spring Cookbook Club, and after I write this newsletter, I'm headed on a few errands to get ready for the evening. We're cooking out of an interesting new cookbook this season, A Feather and a Fork: 125 Intertribal Dishes from an Indigenous Food Warrior. I'm deciding betw...

Independent Bookstore Day, Arts Walk and Spring Cookbook Club 🎉 -
04/23/2026

Independent Bookstore Day, Arts Walk and Spring Cookbook Club 🎉 -

Dear readers, Independent Bookstore Day is on Saturday, which always coincides with Olympia's Spring Arts Walk. At Browsers, we smile every year when our IBD celebrants think that downtown Olympia is always this busy, and when the Arts Walk revelers think the bookstore is always this festive. There...

Celebrate Arts Walk & Independent Bookstore Day 🥳 -
04/16/2026

Celebrate Arts Walk & Independent Bookstore Day 🥳 -

Dear readers, I have spent the first part of the week in Edmonds at the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association's Spring Pop-up. We visited the Edmonds Bookshop and talked with fellow booksellers, authors, and reps. It was a good few days! Corinna Luyken was there talking about her new picture book...

Read for an Entire Weekend at the First Browsers Reading Retreat 🌊📚 -
03/26/2026

Read for an Entire Weekend at the First Browsers Reading Retreat 🌊📚 -

Dear readers, It's a beautiful, sunny morning in Olympia. I've been up early, getting everything ready to announce our first Reading Retreat at Tokeland Hotel on May 1-3. If you're a little hazy on what a reading retreat entails, the premise is simple. We're gathering thirteen readers, including me,...

Stay in & Read: Sign up for our Spring Book Study! ☔ -
03/12/2026

Stay in & Read: Sign up for our Spring Book Study! ☔ -

Dear readers, This has been a wild week of weather in Olympia. We've had a cold snap, a windstorm last night, and relentless rain. After I finish the newsletter, I'm hoping to take my dog Annie for a quick walk before it begins to rain again. The cold snap caused the water main on our block to burst...

Emily Winfield Martin and Nikki McClure at Browsers This Weekend! 🥳 -
02/26/2026

Emily Winfield Martin and Nikki McClure at Browsers This Weekend! 🥳 -

Dear readers, Tonight is our Winter Cookbook Club, and after I finish the newsletter, I'm looking forward to spending most of the day on errands and activities to get ready for tonight's dinner party. We're cooking out of Hetty Lui McKinnon's new vegetarian/vegan-friendly cookbook, Linger, which pro...

Sending Love to All Our Readers 💕 -
02/13/2026

Sending Love to All Our Readers 💕 -

Dear readers, We're looking forward to packing up and taking boxes of Renée Watson's books to Lacey Loves to Read tonight. The event is open to the public and starts at 6:00 PM. Renée has spent the week at North Thurston and Olympia schools, and I'm hearing so many glowing reports from educators...

Winter Cookbook Club & An Award-Winning Olympia Writer 💙 -
01/29/2026

Winter Cookbook Club & An Award-Winning Olympia Writer 💙 -

Dear readers, In the midst of tragedy and despair this week, may I offer a piece of news that feels deeply important and appropriate? The American Library Association announced its annual youth media awards on Monday, and one of our dear ones, Olympia writer Vanessa Torres, won the Pura Belpré Y...

First Newsletter of 2026: You're Invited 💙 -
01/15/2026

First Newsletter of 2026: You're Invited 💙 -

Dear readers, It's a new year, and our first newsletter of 2026. After an absolutely wild holiday season, we took a few days off last week to rest and reset the store, finishing inventory and scanning every book in Browsers. We're getting ourselves more organized and settled every day. It's been so....

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