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Powells

  1. Enjoy your weekend, folks! Here's to having fun and reading good books. Got an epic weekend pick? Tell us about it!
  2. Save 30% on the Man Booker Prize Shortlist titles (including one from local author Patrick deWitt): powells.us/ql7LVH
  3. @rickerje Yay you! Congratulations... Hope you find just the right thing!
  4. .@furch1 Middle-grade is 8-12 years old, but by no means restricted to that age group. Also, by no means ruling out Middle Earth.
  5. Check out our interview with Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis about Wildwood, their new middle-grade novel: powells.us/mRe42r
  6. We love her (& her raccoon, Scout) RT @harperperennial: yannick murphy, author of THE CALL, is guest-blogging @Powells! bit.ly/piJto2
  7. Save 30% on our Writers to Watch picks! Tomorrow's award winners today: powells.us/nUX9Za
  8. The Dose is going XTREME! During Sept, leave a comment for Daily Dose and be entered to win mega prizes: powells.us/pN6NQe
  9. @riverwhyfilm Thanks for letting us know! Can't wait to see this movie -- the event sounds amazing.
  10. @helmeola The books will be signed tonight at the event (after hours) -- don't be too sad, but they will likely ship tomorrow.
  11. Interesting. What do you think about David Bowie's song "Space Oddity" being made into a children's book? powells.us/qk1te3
  12. RT @penguinpbks: Check it out: @drewmagary, author of THE POSTMORTAL, is blogging at @Powells all this week | bit.ly/qH2qak | #scifi
  13. You can still get tickets to see Colin Meloy at the Bagdad, Aug 30 with his book WILDWOOD! No, we're not kidding. powells.us/qPpYR3
  14. Tonight at 7:30, Lev Grossman reads from his new novel, THE MAGICIAN KING: powells.us/reBgwy
  15. Agreed! RT @aaknopf: Julie Otsuka, killin' it with the blogging RT @poeticappetite: Love this, from @Powells tiny.cc/xx0ng
  16. Aw! RT @portlandpulp: We would officially like to thank @Powells for bringing joy to our lives -- powells.us/nDNMrN
  17. @dragondazd Oops! Thanks for pointing that out -- new link up!
  18. We're pretty excited about the new, posthumous Shel Silverstein book out soon (9/20): powells.us/pfL1bS
  19. @Binkertje: Nope! It is not true. We're staying happily put in PDX.
  20. A couple of our favorite Oregonians, Matt Love & Kim Cooper Findling, read at Hawthorne tonight: powells.us/pihtiZ