Bloomsbury Books

In this follow-up to Count the Ways, Maynard continues the story of 54-year-old matriarch Eleanor and her family. Following the death of her former husband, Cam, fifty-four-year-old Eleanor has moved back to the New Hampshire farm where they raised three children to care for their brain-injured son, Toby, now an adult. Toby’s older brother, Al, […]

Jill Holden, award winning Los Angeles actress and acting coach, and Ray Richmond, formerly of Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, will read from John Pratt’s hysterically funny, deeply moving memoir, Show Me The Way, an account of growing up as a gay man in the sixties and seventies. Tossed out of the house by his […]

For those who, like Deborah Costella, read cookbooks as if they were the best fiction ever written, this book is for you. Deborah’s book: One 4-Ounce Serving: A Collection of Food Stories and Recipes, is a collection of short stories based on the supper club gatherings Deborah and her Friends Amid Food, as the group […]

Rachel Barton is a poet, writing coach, and founding editor of Willawaw Journal. She also serves as an associate editor for Cloudbank Books. Her collection, This is the Lightness, was published by The Poetry Box in 2022. Her chapbook, Happiness Comes, was published by dancing girl press in 2018. Barton’s recent publications include Across the […]

Are you needing a dose of inspiration? Does a part of you feel forgotten, or are you wondering if trauma has gotten the best of you? Author Cathy Marie Morton will inspire you with stories of how she has found freedom, real joy, and energy to share. Her journey to retrieve the lost fragments of […]

Award-winning indie author Julie Mathison came to independent publishing after years of pursuing the traditional dream, securing a top agent, making the rounds to the “Big Five” of New York publishing houses ~ and ultimately relinquishing that dream for the path less traveled. In an age that increasingly celebrates minority voices, she has become passionate […]

Join us at Bloomsbury Books for an in depth conversation about the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Coriolanus! This production—in partnership with Play On Shakespeare and upstart crow collective—delivers a fierce and sophisticated modern verse translation by Sean San José. Coriolanus addresses current issues, including the complexity of leadership, particularly during an election year. At […]

Join Life Coach, Retreat Leader and Author Jenny Gwinn McGlothern in our store, as she shares highlights from her book, Mama Needs a Refill: Finding Light in the Midst of Madness. This book is designed for those who don’t have a lot of time to read but are seeking practical, accessible tools to put themselves […]

Ollie, Ollie, Oxen Free is a Coming of Age story as well as a Romance. The central figure, Matt Turner, uncertain of himself, seeks standing and success by pursuing ordination to the Catholic priesthood, only to discover that he is in error and that no role assures one of self fulfillment unless we are where […]

The Dark Room weaves a complex family tapestry, the author’s personal experience growing up in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s as one of eight children of parents who fled Nazi Germany separately, met and married quickly, then re-started their lives as Americans in Seattle. Her mother juggled raising her eight children with her career as […]