At its annual meeting on Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association reflected on the “anomaly” of 2020, as president Tina Ontiveras of Klindt’s Booksellers & Stationers, The Dalles, Ore., put it. With the Covid-19 pandemic, PNBA has bolstered outreach to and programming for members and non-members, contributed more money to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, and is just concluding a virtual fall conference that drew a range of interest.
Furthermore, as Ontiveras related, before the pandemic hit, the board had started working on reviewing the Pnba’s mission and final documents. the documents were supposed to be reviewed annually, but this hadn’t happened in a decade, so “it was an incredible amount of work for the board to do.” the board has a draft and should vote on it next week. The new mission and closing statements will help CEO Brian Juenemann as he crafts a strategic plan next year.
PNBA staff, board members and ABA CEO Allison Hill
Between responding to the pandemic, personally calling and e-mailing all members and working on the documents, the board has been busier than ever anticipated, and Ontiveras thanked all the board members profusely.
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juenemann said the pnba expects losses next year, but had learned from the great recession “how quickly fortunes slip” and had saved money over the years since.
In his treasurer’s report, larry west, executive assistant and bookkeeper for the association, said pnba is in a strong financial position and ready for “whatever the rest of the year brings.” you won’t know for sure until November, but “we’re going to lose a lot of money this year.”
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For five or six “good, profitable years,” West emphasized that PnBA’s board and staff had been conservative and saving money for hard times, and “2020 is it.” As a result, pnba can continue to hold “trade shows, catalogs, and member programs.”
starting with the pandemic, pnba offered membership to all booksellers and librarians in its databases, anyone who participated in pnba shows or other activities or even contacted the association for information. juenemann said “we knew how many people were craving information and connection, and our hope was to help in the now and expand awareness and appreciation of what pnba has to offer for the future.”
With the 2021 membership drive, pnba will offer a discount to new and lapsed members, and all 2020 members will have renewed memberships at no cost.
pnba will also offer a “covid response amalgamation grant” to members, providing “modest” reimbursement at the end of the year for a variety of responses to the pandemic, including reimbursement for masks, sanitizers, face shields, signage , floor decals, and online marketing plans.
Two board seats will become vacant this year when Ontiveras ends her term and Vice President Laura Delaney of Rediscovered Books, Boise, Idaho leaves. nominations for new board members will be made soon. -john mutters
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Clockwise from top left: Danielle Kartes, Garth Stein, Grace Rajendran, Rosanne Parry, Martha Brockebrough, Matthew Southworth
The first day of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s Virtual Fall Show (September 29-October 2) closed with “a family dinner” with cookbook author danielle kartes (rustic food and Cheerful: Meant for Sharing, Sourcebooks) leading a group of authors at a home cook/book talk session as they prepared their recipe for pistachio crusted chicken cutlets with a simple traditional tomato salad. The authors/chefs were Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth, author and artist of the graphic novel The Cloven: Book One (Fantagraphics); rosanne parry, a wild whale (greenwillow/harpercollins); and martha brockenbrough, this old dog (illus. by gabriel alborozo; dear levine).
grace rajendran, host of the event from the university of seattle bookstore, welcomed everyone and acknowledged the difficulties her region has faced this year, especially the pandemic and the pacific northwest wildfires. she emphasized that the evening would be “super informal” and encouraged discussion in the chat.
the screen rotated from the kitchen of karts (especially at key points in the recipe) through the kitchens of all the authors (southworth came out in the middle). When Kartes demonstrated a step that required a food processor, James Crossley of Madison Books in Seattle said in the chat box, “Wait, do I need a food processor? Too much for this mortar and pestle.” annie carl joined the show from his bookstore, endless bookstore, edmonds, washington, where she was eating leftovers. “they always taste better on the second day when they’ve spent a night or two marinating in the fridge,” carl wrote in the chat. it was a feast of books, sustenance of mind and body. -Jennifer M. brown
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