Mountaineers Books BLOG

You might have seen our very own Fresh Pantry author Amy Pennington mentioned in the latest edition of Sunset magazine.

Amy will be the chef extraordinaire this summer at Volunteer Park Cafe for their Chef + Gardener Dinner Series which features only the fresh ingredients grown in the cafe’s urban garden. Checkout amy-pennington.com/events for more details!

Announcing a Backyard Roots author tour of the Northwest:

San Francisco-based Lori Eanes, author and photographer behind one of our newest publications, BACKYARD ROOTS: Lessons on Living Local From 35 Urban Farmers comes to the Northwest this week for a few days of celebrating urban farmers. Her beautiful book is a photo-driven tribute to inspiring backyard farmers from the Bay Area in California, north to Vancouver, BC. The events will include a slideshow, farm tour, and chats with many of the featured farmers. All events are free and open to the public:

June 14th, 6 pm, slideshow at Naomi’s Organic Farm Supply, 2615 SE Schiller St, Portland, OR http://naomisorganic.blogspot.com/
June 15th, 3-5pm, book signing with urban farmer Barbara Palermo (Salem’s “Chicken Lady”), 13th Street Nursery, 129813th St SE, Salem OR, http://livingcultureonline.blogspot.com/2013/06/backyard-roots-book-signing-at-13th.html
June 16th, 3 pm, slideshow and book signing at Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor Books with Seattle’s Jennie Grant (author of City Goats and founder of the Goat Justice League), http://www.eagleharborbooks.com/event/backyard-roots-lori-eanes
June 16th, 7 pm, slideshow and book signing at City Hostel in downtown Seattle with Lee Kindell, http://www.hostelseattle.com/
June 17th, 5 pm, slideshow, signing, with a free presentation on year-round gardening from Erica Strauss (NW Edible Life) at Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Avenue North
Shoreline, WA, http://www.skynursery.com/doc/gifts_calendar.htm
June 18th , 7 pm, slideshow and light refreshments at Seattle Farm Co-op, 1817 South Jackson St., Seattle WA, http://www.seattlefarmcoop.com/
June 19th 7:00pm slideshow with Bellingham’s own mushroom farmer Alex Winstead at Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, http://www.villagebooks.com/lori-eanes-6/19/2013

Vince Welch, author of The Last Voyageur: Amos Burg and the Rivers of the West recent sat down with Gorge News Center to talk about why Amos Burg’s adventures are so unknown to northwest residents (even though we should know Amos!), Vince’s connection to the pioneer river runners of our past, and what inspired him to tell Amos’ story.

May 1, 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Mt. Everest, the worlds highest mountain. His historic climb and all of his outdoor accomplishments have made him one of the most highly regarded mountaineers of all time.—New Day NW

Learn more about Jim at jimwhittaker.com or download the first chapter of his book for free.

..a tribute to this undertaking commensurate to the importance of what’s unfolding there. Steve Ringman’s photography completes the package, and the Mountaineers Books and the Seattle Times together published the resulting Elwha: A River Reborn. It may be 2013’s most important environmental title in Cascadia..

Read the full review of Elwha now »