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Things Happening Sunday, October 14th at 2 PM Author DON ZOLIDIS speaking & signing The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig Seven heartbreaks. Seven joys. Told non-sequentially, acclaimed playwright Don Zolidis's debut novel is a brutally funny, bittersweet taste of the utterly unique and utterly universal experience of first love. Tuesday, October … Continue reading Teen Thursday
The Incendiaries by R.O Kwon Frustrating, chill-raising, and oh so good, The Incendiaries is just what the title implies—an explosive attack of raw emotion, psychological exploration, and examination of humanity's darkest impulses. Written from multiple perspectives, the novel follows the disjointed love story of Will and Phoebe, two college students refusing to acknowledge their painful … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Voyage Out Book Group has been meeting for a decade now, and it has been a blast. We choose books in three-month chunks. Three months of novels from Japan. Three months of novels from the American South. Three months of novels from the Balkans. The reason for these chunks? We wanted to find a … Continue reading Voyage Out Book Club: Reading Is Social
The Baltimore Book of the Dead By Marion Winik: The Baltimore Book of the Dead—sequel to the beloved The Glen Rock Book of the Dead—is another collection of portraits of the dead, their compressed narratives weaving a unusual, richly populated memoir. Approaching mourning and memory with intimacy, humor, and an eye for the idiosyncratic, the … Continue reading New Releases 10/9
Few writers captivate readers quite like Haruki Murakami. The international superstar and perennial Nobel Prize favorite is in a class of his own, having amassed an insatiable readership the whole world ‘round. When his latest novel was first released in his native Japan, an initial run of 1.3 million first edition copies flew off the … Continue reading October Topshelf: Killing Commendatore
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be hearing from different community voices about what a Modern First Library means to them! Today, Faith Weaver of the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center tells us about her niece (and passionate reader) Sophie. Explore more from the series here. My niece Sophie reads really well. We … Continue reading Modern First Library: Sophie’s Library by Faith Weaver
TONIGHT AT 7 PM TILLIE WALDEN speaking & signing On a Sunbeam We are hosting a zine-making workshop with Tillie before the book signing at 6 PM! REGISTER HERE. ABOUT ON A SUNBEAM: Two timelines. Second chances. One love. A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to … Continue reading Teen Thursday
Each month I'll be investigating events around town that might pique the interest of book nerds, the literature obsessed, and those who enjoy stimulating entertainment and socializing. Not surprisingly, Austin has a number of things going on every month the BookPeople community would enjoy. October is my favorite month, and it's not just the weather... It's … Continue reading Austin Events for the Literati – October
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo It took me ages to pick up a copy of Six of Crows, even after all the good things i'd heard about it! I'm so glad I got to it this week. This book has an incredible cast of characters, and the action never disappoints. Don't wait on this … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Hollow of Fear By Sherry Thomas: From USA Today bestselling author of A Conspiracy in Belgravia and A Study in Scarlet Women, an NPR Best Book of 2016, comes the newest adventure of Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, in the Victorian-set mystery series. Under the cover of “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective,” Charlotte Holmes puts her … Continue reading New Releases 10/2
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