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Happy Wednesday everyone! It's definitely been an eventful week, but our booksellers know the perfect way to unwind: a great new book to read! Check out the page below to see which pages they've been turning this week. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders I've read almost every short story and … Continue reading What We’re Reading 1/20
Beginning this month we'll be sharing a weekly dose of virtual event replays of days past right here on the BookPeople blog! They're perfect for readers to get a second helping of events they loved or who happened to miss out the first time around! We'll be kicking this series off with this month's presentation … Continue reading Virtual Event Replay: Alexi Pappas
Book-wise, 2021 is treating us so well and this week is a big one for non-fiction! Writing guides, essays, and history texts are breaking ground, showing us new ways to view the world. And on the fiction side, we've got two new reads from perennial favorites Nnedi Okorafor and Ladee Hubbard! Read more about 'em … Continue reading New Books That Have Us Feeling *100 Emoji*
Bestselling author Kevin Wilson (Nothing to See Here, Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine) joins Scott Semegran of Austin Liti Limits for a riveting interview on writing, parenthood, and spontaneous combustion. You can watch the pair's full interview below: And keep following this page for a virtual reading from Wilson coming soon. About the Author: Kevin Wilson is … Continue reading Austin Liti Limits: Kevin Wilson
Anyone else make a New Years resolution to read more in 2021? If so, our booksellers have got you covered! Check out the page below to see which books they're starting off this new year with. This is for Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani This manga follows the story of Tasuku Kaname, a … Continue reading What We’re Reading 1/12
Booksellers Erik and Uriel—known colloquially as The Book Boys around BookPeople—want to challenge you to take the dive and get lost in a long book (or two) in 2021. They're joining us on the blog today to discuss some of their favorite 500+ page tomes and a few they're excited to tackle soon. There's no … Continue reading Reading List: Big Books to Tackle in the New Year!
A host of good reads hit our shelves this week! Master storytellers George Saunders and Kevin Barry return in celebration of the short story, while new titles in the history section revisit 1960s-era tensions and look back even further to a 16th-century Arctic exploration. And taking the top spot in our highlights is Alexi Pappas' … Continue reading Turn the Page: New Releases for the Week of 1/12
Austin Liti Limits returns this week for an interview with author and professor Ran Walker. Semegram met with Walker virtually to discuss Walker's prolific quarantine experience, the varieties of microfiction, and the pair's shared love of hip-hop. Watch the full interview below! And catch Part 2 for a reading from The World Is Yours: Microfictions performed … Continue reading Austin Liti Limits: Ran Walker
If you, like us, have seen the entirety of Bridgerton on Netflix all the way through and are asking yourself what's next?, we have just the cure. Bookseller Olivia O. has compiled a delectable list of historical romance series to savor and swoooon over while we eagerly await Season 2 The Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn This is … Continue reading Reading List: For Fans of ‘Bridgerton’
Woohoo! It's the first Wednesday of a brand new year, and our booksellers are back to help you pick out the perfect book to kick off 2021! Read on to see which titles they've had their noses buried since January arrived. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov I love reading the old … Continue reading What We’re Reading 1/6
