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It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! But wait--it's also July, and Austin has really turned up the heat. We've been working hard here at BookPeople to compile a list of some truly amazing YA summer reads for any and every possible situation! Come on and check them out! This week, we'll be looking at … Continue reading Teen Thursday Special: Summer Reads!
This post comes from our booksellers Jason and Griffin. The LdRc is a new BookPeople book club that will meet every month at Doc's Motorworks on 38th Street. Lexicon: the vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject devil: it is all in the details Readers: books, made to be … Continue reading Introducing the LEXICON devil READERS club
John Doe will be here on Sunday, July 17th, at 2pm to talk about and sign his book Under the Big Black Sun. John is probably best known as the bass player, songwriter and singer for the legendary Los Angeles Punk Rock Band X. John, along with his fellow partners in crime, singer Exene Cervenka, guitarist Billy … Continue reading Joe Doe & X: A Punk Rock Legacy
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! But wait--it's also July, and Austin has really turned up the heat. We've been working hard here at BookPeople to compile a list of some truly amazing YA summer reads for any and every possible situation! Come on and check them out! This week, we'll be looking at … Continue reading Teen Thursday Special: Summer Reads!
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village. Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis- Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and … Continue reading New Books! 7/5/16
We are looking for some part time event staff to help facilitate the author events we do at schools around Austin during the fall 2016 season. Ideal candidates are book enthusiasts with some knowledge of children's literature and an interest in meeting some of kid lit's most talented stars. You will be BookPeople's ambassador to these authors, … Continue reading We’re Hiring!
Coming Sunday, July 17th at 2PM: JOHN DOE of the legendary L.A. punk band X!! He'll be speaking about and signing Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk. EVENT DETAILS. "The true story of the Los Angeles punk scene. A set of vivid personal essays. The most artist-centered look yet at a … Continue reading Just Booked! JOHN DOE of the L.A. Punk Band X
MOLLY What We Become by Arturo Perez-Reverte "Perez-Reverte is expert at capturing the elegance, hypocrisy and tragedy of European high society before the Second World War. His latest, What We Become, explores the complex paths of a thief and an aristocrat in three time periods - before the Spanish Civil War, during the war, and years afterwards. The handsome thief, masquerading as a ballroom … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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