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The Romance Bookshelves—Austin Writers are HOT, HOT, HOT! By Cathy Maxwell Last month, Romance Writers of America, a professional organization of ten thousand writers, gathered in Orlando to hand out their prestigious RITA awards for the best in romance fiction. One of the winners named was Austin’s own Cheryl Etchison for Best First Book with … Continue reading Guest Blog Post: Austin Writers are HOT, HOT, HOT!
We're hiring for a couple of part time positions in the store -- take a look below for descriptions. School Outreach Program Staff We are looking for some part time staff to help us facilitate our school outreach program for the 2017-2018 school year. Responsibilities will include helping facilitate the logistics of our school bookfair … Continue reading We’re hiring for multiple positions!
By Cathy Maxwell Here in Texas, we are SUNbound, when the best thing to do on a hot afternoon is stake out a spot on a beach or in an air-conditioned space and enjoy pleasure reading. With that in mind, let me introduce two books I could not put down: The Hating Game: Smart, sexy, … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves—Great July Recommendations and Book Group is a GO!
We're all really enjoying Anne Helen Petersen's collection of essays, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, and can't wait to have her here in just a week on July 19th at 7pm. Check out our reviews and come join us! I've enjoyed Anne Helen Petersen's essays on Buzzfeed, so it was great to read this interesting … Continue reading Booksellers recommend: Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud
DiverseCity Book Club's next meeting is tomorrow, 7/13, at 6:30pm on our third floor. We hope you'll join them! Here's a note from their leader, Charlotte Moore: While I argue technology is killing humanity, I also marvel at how it connects us. Here’s what I mean. The current selection for Austin’s DiverseCity Book Club is … Continue reading DiverseCity Book Club talks WAKING UP WHITE
Tropic of Kansas Christopher Brown The first full-length novel from Austin author Christopher Brown, Tropic of Kansas is the story of an America broken into warring territories by greed and exploitation and walled off as a danger zone. Brother and sister traverse a wasteland where capture means death, searching for each other and a way … Continue reading New Books: 7/11!
Happy book birthday to Gabe Hudson and Gork, the Teenage Dragon! Hudson will be here Tuesday, July 25th at 7pm to talk about his new book. After a meeting where booksellers are pitched books coming out in the upcoming months, my fellow booksellers and I shuffled through boxes filled with books to choose from. The colorful … Continue reading Bookseller Review: GORK, THE TEENAGE DRAGON
UNSUB Meg Gardiner Meg Gardiner's latest is a riveting psychological inspired by the never-caught Zodiac killer, all about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier: an UNSUB (unknown subject) nicknamed The Prophet. The Prophet left a trail of twisted mind games and … Continue reading New Books 6/27
Spoonbenders is a new novel from Daryl Gregory, author of Afterparty, The Devil's Alphabet, and more. Spoonbenders is already becoming a bookseller favorite here at the store. Check out some of our booksellers' reviews below and make sure to come see Daryl Gregory here on July 10th at 7pm! A fantastic and utterly hilarious look at family and what it … Continue reading Spoonbenders: new from Daryl Gregory!
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud Anne Helen Petersen Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud is an examination of the "unruly" woman--the embodiment of one of the most provocative and powerful forms of womanhood in pop culture today. Our booksellers are already buzzing about this new book that our buyer Claire is calling "EXCELLENT". From … Continue reading New Books 6/20
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