Each month I’ll be investigating events around town that might pique the interest of the book nerds, the literature obsessed, and those who enjoy stimulating entertainment and/or socializing. Not surprisingly, Austin has a number of things going on every month the Book People community would enjoy.
One Page Salon @ The Whip In
Tuesday, September 1st 7pm
The One Page Salon is a monthly event, created and hosted by local author (and all around funny man), Owen Egerton. Austin writers will entertain you by reading one page of a current work-in-progress. This month features Neal Pollack, Marc Savlov, Joleen Jernigan, Jason Myers and Tracey Zee! Like the One Page Salon Facebook page to find out who is featured each month!
The One Page Salon is every first Tuesday of the month at The Whip In at 7pm. Get there early to get a seat!
Frank Warren of PostSecret @ The Long Center
Thursday, September 10th 7:30pm in Dell Hall
Frank Warren, the found of The PostSecret Project, will be at The Long Center in Dell Hall sharing some extraordinary stories and secrets. The PostSecret Project is an ongoing community mail project in which people anonymously mail in their secrets on homemade post cards. A number of books have come out of this project, including: The World of PostSecret, PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, and A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book, among others.
Tickets start at $29! Get yours now!
The Color Purple @ The Alamo Drafthouse S. Lamar
Saturday, September 19th 4pm
Alice Walker’s 1982 novel, The Color Purple, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The film, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1985, was nominated for eleven Oscars (though it didn’t win any of them). Both the book and the film are beloved modern-day classics. If you haven’t seen the film, do yourself a favor and go to this screening.
Naked Girls Reading: Going Local! @ Salvage Vanguard Theater
September 26th 2015 at 8pm (doors at 7:30)
The beautiful ladies of the Austin chapter of Naked Girls Reading return with Going Local!, where they read selections of local authors they love, and want to introduce to you, while baring it all. Their last event, Wander the Woods, was a sold out event, so be sure to get your tickets early! Naked Girls Reading are Dawn Muses, Ruby Lamb, Doubledown Dixie, Zaftigg von BonBon and special guest performer, Chola Magnolia.
Tickets are $15 in advance $20 at the door!
Never heard of Naked Girls Reading? Go to their website to learn who they are, how they started, and why they do what they do! And don’t forget to like them on Facebook!
2015 Texas Teen Book Festival @ St Edwards University
Saturday, September 26th 8:30am-6:30pm
The Texas Teen Book Festival is a one-day event that celebrates the teen reading experience by inviting teens to visit with many of the most popular and critically acclaimed Young Adult authors in the country. It’s FREE and open to the public! Book People will be on hand selling books all day. Come and say HI!
This year’s panelists include authors Carrie Ryan, Margo Rabb, Pierce Brown, David Levithan, and Rick Yancey, among many notable others! This is going to be the biggest and best TTBF so far!
Weekly Open Mic Nights @ Various Places Around Town
Austin Poetry Slam Tuesdays, 8pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 480-9562.
Ruta Maya Poetry Tuesdays, 6-9pm. 1209 S. First.
Spoken & Heard Sundays, 7-10pm. Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport #725, 454-5425.
NOTE: These events are not necessarily affiliated with Book People, except that we think they are great, that you’ll like them too, and hope to see you there!
Are you hosting, or know about, a literary themed event here in Austin in the upcoming months??? If so, email sarah.h@bookpeople.com and let her know about it (hopefully with at least a few weeks advance warning)!
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