Get to know and support your local libraries and the folks who own and operate our area independent bookstores. They are a great resource for local writers.
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
The Well~Read Moose2048 N. Main Street
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
(208) 215-2265
Bonner Books
7195 Main Street
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
(208) 267-2622
Contact for authors: John O'Connor
The Corner Book Store
106 Main Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 265-2886
Contact for authors: Jim Orbaugh
Vanderfords Books & Office Products
201 Cedar Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 263-2417
Contact for authors: Marsha Vanderford
Common Knowledge Bookstore & Teahouse
823 Main Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 263-0178
Contact for authors:
http://www.commonknowledgeid.com/
Books & Coffee
31911 North 5th Avenue & Hwy 41
Spirit Lake, ID 83869
(208) 946-9255
Contact for authors:
http://www.spiritlakebooks.com/
Auntie's Bookstore
402 West Main Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 838-0206
Contact for authors: Lois Hughes
http://www.auntiesbooks.com/
2nd Look Books
2829 E. 29th Avenue
Spokane, WA 99223
(509) 535-6464
Contact for authors: Betsy or Jim Ashleman
http://www.2ndlookbooks.com/
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
(208) 267-2622
Contact for authors: John O'Connor
The Corner Book Store
106 Main Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 265-2886
Contact for authors: Jim Orbaugh
Vanderfords Books & Office Products
201 Cedar Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 263-2417
Contact for authors: Marsha Vanderford
Common Knowledge Bookstore & Teahouse
823 Main Street
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 263-0178
Contact for authors:
http://www.commonknowledgeid.com/
Books & Coffee
31911 North 5th Avenue & Hwy 41
Spirit Lake, ID 83869
(208) 946-9255
Contact for authors:
http://www.spiritlakebooks.com/
Auntie's Bookstore
402 West Main Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 838-0206
Contact for authors: Lois Hughes
http://www.auntiesbooks.com/
2nd Look Books
2829 E. 29th Avenue
Spokane, WA 99223
(509) 535-6464
Contact for authors: Betsy or Jim Ashleman
http://www.2ndlookbooks.com/
REGIONAL LIBRARIES
COEUR D’ALENE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Special collections: Idaho history
http://www.cdalibrary.org/
DEARMOND CONSUMER HEALTH LIBRARY
2003 Lincoln Way, Coeur d'Alene
Medical, health and well being
OSBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY
921 East Mullan Avenue, Osburn; 208-752-9711
WALLACE PUBLIC LIBRARY
415 River St., Wallace; 208-752-4571
KELLOGG PUBLIC LIBRARY
16 W. Market Ave., Kellogg; 208-786-7231
MULLAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
117 Hunter St., Mullan; 208-744-1220
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CITY OF PEND ORIELLE LIBRARY
205 High St., Pend Orielle; 208-448-2207
mullan.lili.org
mullan.lili.org
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COMMUNITY NETWORK LIBRARY System
Athol branch
30399 Third Street, Athol; 208-683-2979
Harrison branch
111 Coeur D'Alene Avenue, Harrison; 208-689-3976
Hayden branch
8385 N. Government Way, Hayden; 208-772-5612
Pinehurst branch
197 Main Ave, Pinehurst; 208-682-3483
Rathdrum branch
16780 W. Highway 41, Rathdrum; 208-687-1029
Spirit Lake branch
32575 Fifth Ave., Spirit Lake; 280-623-5353
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EAST BONNER LIBRARY
1407 Cedar St., Sandpoint; 208-263-6930
Clark Fork branch, 110 1/5 Third St., Clark Fork
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WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY Libraries
Main library, 300 W. Hawthorne, Spokane, WA
Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library
Archives of university and special section of history of Protestantism in the Pacific Northwest in main library.
To email a librarian: jhauck@withworth.edu
Leonard B. Martin Memorial Music Library
Musical scores, recordings, Moldenhauer Archives, small collection of Spokane musical history
Science Reference Center
Housed in Eric Johnston Science Ctr.
Chemistry
Betty M. Anderson Library of Nursing
Fort Wright Dr., Main campus
Floyd David Photography collection
1,500 books on photography
Archives mainly Protestant, Pacific NW, and college historical materials
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EASTERN WASHINGTION UNIVERSITY
Riverpoint Campus Library, 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd, Spokane WA; 509-358-7930
Main collections of books and periodicals related to history and governance of Pacific NW
Email: riverlibrary@ewu.edu
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GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
502 E. Boone Ave. Spokane; 800-986-9585
Foley Ctr. Library: Mainly rare books from 1415, strong in philospophy, religion, labor history, literature, NW history, Victorian poetry;
Chastek Library: Housed inside the Gonzaga Law School
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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
Boise, Idaho
Writers archives, rare books, history of ID, ethnographic archives of intermountain west, maps, aerial photos, photographs
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IDAHO STATE LIBRARY
Boise; 800-458-3271