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We're thrilled to announce we'll host Lena Dunham, the creator, director and star of HBO's hit show, Girls, at Central Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 12 at 6pm. Dunham will be touring with her new collection of essays, Not That Kind of Girl. Tickets are now available in-store and via bookpeople.com. Get 'em! “If I could take what I’ve learned and make … Continue reading BookPeople Presents: LENA DUNHAM
Guest Post by Austin Author Cynthia Leitich Smith This is the second week in a series of author guest posts about diversity in children's literature and the BookPeople Modern First Library initiative. Author Chris Barton shared his thoughts last week here and here. For more about BookPeople’s Modern First Library initiative, and for more recommendations of wonderful new and … Continue reading Modern First Library Guest Post: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Guest post by Austin author Chris Barton ___________________________________ I want my sons to feel loved. I want them to feel that they, individually, are valued and unique. But I don’t want them -- or anyone else in their demographic -- to get the idea that they’re at the center of the universe just because they … Continue reading Loved, valued, unique? Yes. Center of the universe? No.
(This review was first posted on the MysteryPeople blog.) Come, Sweet Death! by Wolf Haas Reviewed by Andrew H. Wolf Haas has a voice to be reckoned with. His series of novels starring Detective Brenner is already wildly popular in his native Austria and in Germany, and it is only a matter of time until … Continue reading COME, SWEET DEATH! Funny, Full of Suspense
Each month, Jan, one of our intrepid booksellers, picks a different topic and tells us about her must-read books in that genre. This month she’s vloggin’ about books that feature her favorite fictional libraries! Books Discussed In This Blog: Lirael by Garth Nix "What I love about this Library is that I KNOW that Garth … Continue reading Book Vloggin’ With Jan: Favorite Fictional Libraries!
Landline by Rainbow Rowell Reviewed by Consuelo I was hesitant as I started Landline. I haven’t read Attachments, and I was worried that Rainbow Rowell’s grown-up characters would not have the same grip on me that her young adult characters did when I read Eleanor & Park and Fangirl. My hesitation didn’t last long as I … Continue reading LANDLINE: A True Look At True Love
Guest Post by Austin Author Chris Barton ___________________________________ I can’t promise that the titles on my list for Modern First Library will sound as fresh to parents on their twentieth reading as they do on their first one. But in putting my list together, I strove to remember how fun it was when the words … Continue reading A Modern First Library List from Chris Barton
We’re excited to be part of Stephanie Perkins’s awesome pre-order campaign for signed copies of Isla and the Happily Ever After! Not only will copies pre-ordered through BookPeople be signed by Stephanie, she’s also throwing in a FREE bundle of decals and FREE BUTTONS with every pre-order! 25 lucky pre-orders will also receive a free tote bag! To … Continue reading Special Pre-Order Offer From Stephanie Perkins!
Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age by Alex Wright Reviewed by Jan Alex Wright channels his inner James Gleick here and offers us a compelling biography, not only of an important forerunner to information science, but a brief biography of the birth of the Web and information science itself. In … Continue reading Bookseller Review: CATALOGING THE WORLD
~post by BookPeople's Children's Book Buyer, Meghan G. I am thrilled to announce the launch of BookPeople's Modern First Library initiative. Under the banner of this program, we will be featuring a broad range of books, new and old, that we think belong on the shelves of the very youngest readers. BookPeople is committed to … Continue reading Introducing BookPeople’s Modern First Library
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