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What are you doing tomorrow night? Want to be our date? American Short Fiction is launching their Spring issue at The Highball tomorrow night. The launch party will feature poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi, actor and writer Elena Pasarello, and writer Neal Pollack. Tunes will be provided by local band Hello Caller. The party starts at 7p. … Continue reading Your Hot Date this Saturday Night
Hands down the biggest piece of news this week is Amazon's decision to pull thousands of e-Book titles distributed by IPG (Independent Publishers Group) from its online store as a result of a break down in contract renewal negotiations. In an email that's made the rounds of industry blogs and newsletters this week (not to … Continue reading As the Book World Turns….
Here is a book you must get your hands on: Welcome to Utopia by Karen Valby. This compelling look at a very small Texas town is one of the bestselling, and most beloved, books on our shelves. Clint, who made it his pick in our 2010 Winter Catalog, says it best: "Local author Karen Valby … Continue reading Highly Recommended Reading: ‘Welcome to Utopia’
Our Same Page Teen Book Club meets this Saturday, and it's going to be full of books, free food and drinks, and teens discussing vampire books. That's right books. You see now, the teen book club reads one primary book every month, but we also discuss other books that are "On the Same Page" as … Continue reading Same Page Teen Book Club
We received some mighty fine news today. Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, will be here Wednesday, April 25, 7p! She'll be speaking and signing her new book, Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir), in which, according to the jacket copy, she discusses, "...a bizarrely loveable family, as well as infertility, anxiety disorder, … Continue reading Just Booked: JENNY LAWSON!!!
Finalists for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction were announced yesterday. Congratulations to these wonderful writers. Have you read any of the nominated work? Who would you choose to win? Russell Banks for Lost Memory of Skin Don DeLillo for The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories Anita Desai for The Artist of Disappearance Steven Millhauser for … Continue reading 2012 PEN/Faulkner Finalists
I work many of the author events here at the store, and while standing on the sidelines listening to the author speak, I inevitably stumble upon a book I had no idea we carried (which is definitely the best part about working in a bookstore, finding books you didn't even know were out there to … Continue reading Found Book
New books! For you to read! Descriptions provided by the books' publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION The Darlings by Cristina Alger Now that he's married to Merrill Darling, daughter of billionaire financier Carter Darling, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to New York society and all of its luxuries. When Paul loses his job, Carter offers him … Continue reading New Releases
Michael Ian Black talks to himself, Michael Ian Black, about writing a book about being Michael Ian Black. One of these Michael Ian Blacks will be here at BookPeople Monday, March 5th, 7p to speak & sign his new memoir, You're Not Doing It Right. Which Michael Ian Black will it be? You'll have to … Continue reading Reason #105 Why We Love Michael Ian Black
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