At the recent Washington Library Association conference in Yakima, we coordinated 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 Newbery and Pura Belpré winning author Donna Barba Higuera, Washington State Book Award winning author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, Julie Graham…
We were so proud to be involved with this episode celebrating a few of our state’s incredible authors past and present. We’d like to give endless thanks to the incredible Washington authors who took part in this episode: Frank Abe, Donna Barba Higuera, Timothy Egan, Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, Nancy Pearl, and Jess Walter.
The Washington Center for Book has selected one youth book and one adult book by Washington authors to represent the state at the 2022 National Book Festival: “The Last Cuentista” by Donna Barba Higuera and “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk” by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe. Both titles will be part of the National Center for the…