Happy Thursday to all (but especially to you YA lovers). This is the second week in our countdown to the Austin Teen Book Festival. BookPeople is a proud sponsor of the ATBF and we can't wait for it to come. The Austin Teen Book Festival is Saturday, September 29th from 9:30am to 5pm. There will … Continue reading Teen Thursday – Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads →

Raul: A Man of Misconceptions by John Glassie "Athanasius Kircher was the premier 17th century philosopher on quite literally everything. He was famous across Europe, and even worked for the Pope deciphering hieroglyphics- which he knew absolutely nothing about. That didn't stop him from writing thousands of pages on their meaning. A Man of Misconceptions follows Kircher's … Continue reading What We’re Reading →

Tuesday, sweet Tuesday. This week is a light on for adults but boy do we have some gems for the kiddies. As always the blurbs are provided by the book's publisher. HARDCOVER FICTION The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison Benjamin Benjamin has lost virtually everything--his wife, his family, his home, his livelihood. With … Continue reading New Releases →

The first book in the 7 part Infinity Ring series went on sale today. Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles and the Heroes of Olympus, announced the series in the New York Times last week. "Infinity Ring is planned as a seven-book series with six different authors, … Continue reading Infinity Ring: Mutiny In Time On Sale TODAY →

~post by Matthew Knowing that Terry Brooks is a favorite of my father's, I used an advanced copy of his new book Wards of Faerie (out now) as leverage to persuade him to buy Kate and I dinner recently. The food was great, but he maintains I got the short end of the deal. After … Continue reading Nerding Out with Matthew’s Dad, Granny, and Terry Brooks →

Heads up, Middle-Earthlings - this September marks the most auspicious 75th anniversary of the release of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. September 21 at 7pm we play host to an in-store Tolkien pub-style trivia contest for all Elves, Hobbits, Orcs and rangers. Read up on your LOTR trivia because this won't be an easy … Continue reading Announcing Hobbit Trivia Night! →

Happy Friday book lovers! This one's for you. _______________________________________________________________ Gore Vidal, "the novelist, essayist, screenwriter and all-around man of letters" was honored yesterday at "at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan, where Mr. Vidal’s 1960 play “The Best Man,” about a presidential campaign, is currently being revived." The New York Times … Continue reading As the Book World Turns… →

Thursday is here again and you know what that means. Teen Thursday! But this week we have something very special. We are beginning our count down to the Austin Teen Book Festival and we couldn't be more excited! The Austin Teen Book Festival is Saturday, September 29th from 9:30am to 5pm. There will be book … Continue reading Teen Thursday – We’re Not in Kansas Anymore →

~post by Matthew Being the “computer guy” at BookPeople, it's common knowledge around these parts that I'm a dork. I all too often walk out of my office wrapped in a seemingly endless supply of ethernet cable and if you're ever at the friendly information desk when I'm trying to diagnose our AIX connection, you're … Continue reading Nerding Out With Matthew and Terry Brooks →