Tag: Bookstore Owner

  • Paul Hanson – Bookstore Owner and Publisher – Presenter for VCAC21

    Paul Hanson – Bookstore Owner and Publisher – Presenter for VCAC21

    Paul Hanson will be joining us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference!

    We are delighted to welcome Paul Hanson to #VCAC21! He often can be found running our Book Fair almost single-handedly, Paul is a force to be reckoned with!

    Paul Hanson in a suit -- possibly at his wedding to the fabulous Kelly Evert

    Paul is one of three co-owners of Village Books in Fairhaven and Lynden. As a writer, a publisher, and former President of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, he’s been an advocate for independent bookstores and independent publishers and authors. He programs the Chuckanut Writers Workshops and Classes and has been one of the Chuckanut Writers Conference planners since 2012. Village Books’ Publishing Division has helped hundreds of local writers to publish their works.

    Author Event at Village Books
    Village Books, a corner stone of the Writing Community here in Bellingham and Lynden, Wash.

    Paul’s VCAC 21 Conference Sessions 

    WORKSHOP – Wednesday Morning at 9:10 a.m.  until 11:30 a.m. April 21, 2021   

    How to get Your Books on Independent Booksellers Shelves across North America – The WHY, WHAT, and HOW with Paul Hanson, Village Books

    If you want to register for Paul’s WORKSHOP but are not registered for VCAC 21, Click here to register 

    VCAC 21 Session on Friday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST 

    Expand Your Readership  by Expanding  Your Distribution and Selling Platforms with Chelsea Bennett, Simon-Pierre Marion, Paul Hanson,  &  Susan Faw

    To Register for VCAC 21 Click Here 

    Village Books and Paper Dreams is a community-based, independent bookstore and gift shop located in the Historic Fairhaven Village on the southside of Bellingham and in the iconic Waples Mercantile Building on Front Street in Lynden, Washington. Since 1980, we have been “building community one book at a time.” Village Books and Paper Dreams is a place to meet your friends, talk books, or just while away an hour or two among our shelves or at Evolve Chocolate + Cafe deliciously perched on the mezzanine of Village Books in Fairhaven, overlooking the Village Green. If you’re in the neighborhood come on in to explore!

    VCAC21 laurel wreath

    Click here for more information about the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference and Int’l Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.