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Someone asked at random to name one fact about Iceland would probably be able to remember that Bjork is from there. A true devotee of international culture may recall that Iceland is also the home of The Sugarcubes – a band that Bjork was in. It may then come as a surprise that this seemingly … Continue reading The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club Has Read GNARR! And Now It Wants To Be Mayor Of Austin!
We are thrilled to host a meet and greet with YouTube personality and prankster extraordinaire JennXPenn! If you are one of her 2 million followers, come meet Jenn, take a selfie, and purchase a signed copy of her new book, Really Professional Internet Person! Jenn McAllister has been obsessed with making videos since she found … Continue reading COMING SOON: A Meet & Greet with YouTube’s JennXPenn!
BETHANY If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes This 1940s novel about a black man working in a Los Angeles shipyard during World War II is incredibly moving, powerful, and unlike anything I've read before. It closely follows the inner life of the protagonist, Bob Jones, through four emotionally turbulent (yet typical) days … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps blog! Don't forget to check out the blog for new reviews, event reports, and other teen news! Texas Teen Book Fest 2015 News! It's that time of year again - … Continue reading Teen Thursday 7/23/15
This post comes from Raul M. Chapa, a voracious reader and our first floor inventory manager. Part of the fun of working as an inventory manager in a bookstore is that you get to see every new book that hits our shelves. Sure new books by my favorite authors abound, but even better is finding new … Continue reading A Bookstore Inventory Manager’s Favorite Debuts
So, as a fully paid up member of Austin's bus riding community, I have hours of time each week to kick back and enjoy some four colored mayhem. Here is a brief selection of some of the books I've read this month as I travel to and from downtown Austin. Enjoy! - Joe T. B.P.R.D. … Continue reading #2015ComicBookRenaissance: Reading On the Bus!!!
In The Required Reading Revisited Book Club we focus on books considered “Required Reading” by most educational institutions, i.e. books you read (or were supposed to read) in school – either high school or university. On Sunday, July 12th in preparation for the release of Harper Lee's new book, Go Set a Watchman, we discussed To Kill a … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club – August
Jan is BookPeople’s second floor inventory manager. When she is not slinging books (or ravenously reading them), she buys too many beauty products, parks her eyeballs in front of an Asian cinema screen, and snuggles the stinkiest, laziest dog in Austin. Her happiness hinges on how geographically close she is at any moment to a … Continue reading Jan’s Summer Reading
The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives by Stephen Buchmann Flowers, and the fruits that follow, feed, clothe, sustain, and inspire all humanity. They have done so since before recorded history. Flowers are used to celebrate all-important occasions, to express love, and are also the basis of global industries. … Continue reading New Books! 7/21/15
Harrison Scott Key will be speaking and signing his new memoir The World's Largest Man at BookPeople Wednesday, July 22 at 7PM. The World's Largest Man: A Memoir is the riotous, tender story of a bookish Mississippi boy and his flawed, Bunyanesque father, told with the comic verve of David Sedaris and the deft satire of Mark Twain … Continue reading THE WORLD’S LARGEST MAN comes to BookPeople this Wednesday!
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