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Scott's been telling anyone who will listen about RJ Ellory, a bestselling British crime thriller writer who is making his way here to the states to tour his latest book available this side of the pond, A Quiet Vendetta. Here Scott gives a little background on Ellory and the new book: If his style seems … Continue reading The British Are Coming! Or One of Them, at Least.
THIS JUST IN: Monday, March 5th, 7p Michael Ian Black will be here at BookPeople to speak & sign his forthcoming collection of essays, You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations. Further details to come. Make it your beeswax to be there, Austin.
Joe Marty Feldman: The Biography of a Comedy Legend by Robert Ross Marty Feldman is the funniest man who ever walked the earth. As a wee lad watching Young Frankenstein and his other movies, I wanted to be Marty Feldman when I grew up. Everything I am today is based on him. When I saw … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Saturday night we had the great privilege (and straight up joy) of hosting Vlogbrothers John and Hank Green while they're on their nationwide Tour de Nerdfighting to promote John's new (NYT #1 bestselling!) book The Fault In Our Stars. Here's a little video we put together from the event. I'll warn you in advance to … Continue reading Am I Too Old to Be a Nerdfighter?
~Post by Brian C. You may have heard about the European expiry of the Copyright on the work of James Joyce. And if you’re anything like me, you got real excited. For too many years Stephen Joyce has held tight to a legacy that isn’t really his. Copyright Law isn’t meant to allow people to … Continue reading Joyce in Space: James Joyce’s Use of Words Beginning with ‘A’ and their Connections to PostModern NonEdible Vegetables
Ben Marcus on what writers can do to keep their readers interested: We can guarantee we won't be bored when Marcus is here tomorrow night at 7p with his new novel, The Flame Alphabet. Our friends at American Short Fiction will be here, too. It's a party. You should come.
The 2012 Newbery Medal has gone to Jack Gantos for his novel, Dead End in Norvelt. The 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal goes to Chris Raschka for A Ball for Daisy. John Corey Whaley received the Michael L. Printz Award for Where Things Come Back. PW has the long list of honored books. Why We Broke … Continue reading Newbery, Caldecott & Printz Winners Announced!
World Book Night, the organization whose goal is to distribute 1 million free books to people across the nation on April 23, is still looking for Givers to volunteer to distribute books in the Austin area on 4/23. As a distribution center, we're working with the Central Texas Chapter of World Book Night to organize … Continue reading World Book Night 2012
Last night, Topher put on his Jedi robe and joined Ernie Cline, the 501st Legion, and a theater full of Star Wars fans at the Alamo Drafthouse for a charity screening of Fanboys. The event was organized to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We're thrilled to report that the spot we donated … Continue reading In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…. Or Just Down South Lamar…
If you've been following along here on the blog, then you've read some of the bookseller break-up stories we've shared in the spirit of Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman's new Why We Broke Up Project. Inspired by their new novel (written by Handler, illustrated by Kalman) Why We Broke Up, the project offers a space … Continue reading Austinites, Vent Your Hearts Out
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