Congratulations to the winners of the 10th Annual Washington State Zine Contest! Links to digitized copies of the zines will be added when they are available. 2025 Winners Pre-4th Grade The Boy and the Heater by Ronald Han Lethcoe (University Place) Grades 4-6 Without You by Ella Reneé Galuszka (Tacoma) Grades 7-9 Because Life Has Bugs Too by Rosy Yu…
Washington State Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo 2025 is here! Libraries and bookstores of Washington, please feel free to download, print, and distribute these Book Bingo forms to your community members! We’ve seen some libraries in Washington do a drawing for prizes at the end of the summer; we’ve also heard from readers who are excited to bring back some…
At the recent Washington Library Association conference in Tacoma, we co-coordinated, along with The Seattle Public Library, our annual “WA Do I Read Next?” panel featuring library folks and authors talking about recent books by Washington authors that they have read and loved. This year’s panel included Washington State Book Award winning author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, Jennie Diaz (SPL’s West Seattle…
The Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) has selected winners in seven categories for the 2024 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2023. This is the 58th year of the program, formerly called the Governor’s Writers Awards. 2024…
The Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) has selected 39 finalists in seven categories for the 2024 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2023. This is the 58th year of the program, formerly called the Governor’s Writers Awards.…
Washington Reads Freely is an ongoing effort to celebrate the freedom to read. The effort encourages library patrons and the general public to share their stories of what reading freely means to them. The responses are being collected and shared on an ongoing basis. (Sharing anonymously is an option for participants.) Libraries of Washington, this toolkit will help you share…
Washington State Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo 2024 is here! Libraries and bookstores of Washington, please feel free to download, print, and distribute these Book Bingo forms to your community members! We’ve seen some libraries in Washington do a drawing for prizes at the end of the summer; we’ve also heard from readers who are excited to bring back…
Congratulations to the winners of the 9th Annual Washington State Zine Contest! Pre-4th Grade Tiny & Mighty by Wayland Ward (Wenatchee) Grades 4-6 Frosted Reflections by Sage Nightshade (Olympia) Grades 7-9 When the Olive Trees Grew by Aisha Mbowe (Everett) Grades 10-12 4 Manga Recommendations by Alina Diaz (Seattle) Adults Leave As You Are: A Biomythography of Aberdeen, WA by…
El Washington Center for the Book en colaboración con Seattle Escribe y Mineral School presentan: Una lectura en español por los autores que participan en el tercer retiro para escritores “Claudia Castro Luna” en Mineral School, el único retiro para escritores que escriben en español en los Estados Unidos.…
At the recent Washington Library Association conference in Spokane, we co-coordinated, along with The Seattle Public Library, our annual “WA Do I Read Next?” panel featuring library folks and authors (and sometimes both) talking about recent books by Washington authors that they have read and loved. This year’s panel included THREE incredible Washington State Book Award winning authors: Jess Walter,…