Books

Emma Pattee's first novel, "Tilt," tells the story of a pregnant Portland woman who is shopping for a crib at IKEA when the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits.

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.

Libraries across Oregon are seeing growing demand for digital books. We'll hear from two librarians to share what demand looks like for them.

Dove Makes found an audience making highly-researched videos exploring the cultural geography of the Hunger Games series, and thinks the dystopian series has lessons for our present moment.

Tom Robbins, the literary prankster-philosopher who charmed, enlightened and addled millions of readers with such adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died.

“Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids” is a new short story collection from Spokane author Leyna Krow. Set in the Pacific Northwest, her characters wrestle with the real threats of climate change in the region, through a lens of magical realism, humor and heart.

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

Bikram Vaidya grew up in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and ran a pub there for years before coming to the U.S. to get a culinary arts degree at Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu in Portland, Oregon. Vaidya later went on to teach at Le Cordon Bleu and was a founding member and lead instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute. For the last 15 years he has been dedicated to cataloguing the cuisines of his homeland. Vaidya has trekked across Nepal and spent time staying with families to learn their recipes and the cultural traditions behind their ingredients. Viadya’s new cookbook, “The Mystic Kitchens of Nepal,” came out a few months ago.

Many of the most-borrowed books in 2024, including 'romantasy' titles and memoirs, also appeared on public library lists in 2023.

Traci Thomas, host of "The Stacks" podcast, shares her top 10 reads released this year.