New online lit mag! New online lit mag! New online lit mag! Midnight Breakfast. New short fiction from Sara Novic in Guernica. From the vault: "The Dinner Party", a short story by Joshua Ferris published in The New Yorker in 2008. (Ben's about to begin Ferris's upcoming novel, To Rise Again At a Decent Hour, and wanted to warm up. Shameless plug: Ferris … Continue reading Weekend Reading
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Top Shelf: THE ENCHANTED by Rene Denfeld
Top Shelf in March: The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld Reviewed by Jessica, Gifts Inventory Manager & Book Evangelist I consider books my religion. Rene Denfeld’s The Enchanted is an awakening, a spiritual cleansing. This is a piece of work so bold, beautiful and dark that it will wrap its maw right around your heart. I … Continue reading Top Shelf: THE ENCHANTED by Rene Denfeld
Last Chance to Order Signed, Personalized Copies of SHOW YOUR WORK
Last call for signed, personalized copies of Show Your Work by Austin Kleon, bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist! We're taking orders via our website through the end of the day tomorrow, Friday, February 28th. Get your order in now! What does personalized mean? It means Kleon will sign the book to a specific name - yours, your mom's, … Continue reading Last Chance to Order Signed, Personalized Copies of SHOW YOUR WORK
Welcome Back, Cotter: An Evening with Bill & PARALLEL APARTMENTS
We had an exceedingly good time last night with Bill Cotter and The Grown Up Lady Story Company as we celebrated the release of Cotter's new novel, The Parallel Apartments. Bill was a bookseller here at BookPeople many moons ago, serving his time as a first floor Inventory Manager. So ingrained is his work ethic that he served … Continue reading Welcome Back, Cotter: An Evening with Bill & PARALLEL APARTMENTS
BookPeople Q&A with Nicholas Grider: MISADVENTURE
Nicholas Grider is an artist and writer with an MFA in both from CalArts. Misadventure is his debut collection of short stories, published by Austin small press A Strange Object. Unflinching and raw, these stories will grab you by the shoulders and sit you down until you've read every single one. Ben, of our booksellers, … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Nicholas Grider: MISADVENTURE
Read This Book: THE SPINNING HEART
Brand new on our shelves today is a gorgeous new novel from Ireland that your book club will thank you for discovering, The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan. Ryan's characters alternate chapters as they describe life in their Irish town in a time of economic downturn. This novel read like classic fiction. Fans of Faulkner will find a … Continue reading Read This Book: THE SPINNING HEART
Book Review: ON SUCH A FULL SEA by Chang Rae Lee
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee Reviewed by Consuelo If this is the kind of fiction 2014 is starting with, it’s going to be a good year. On Such a Full Sea tells the story of Fan, a sixteen year old diver from B-Mor, a labor colony in a future dystopian America. She is … Continue reading Book Review: ON SUCH A FULL SEA by Chang Rae Lee
Weekend Reading
Things to read while you're standing in line at the supermarket this weekend that will be way more interesting than just checking facebook again: Tin House Flash Fiction Friday: A Good Body by Virgie Townsend Guernica interview with Rachel Kushner, National Book Award finalist & author of The Flamethrowers. From the American Short Fiction blog: Bourbon … Continue reading Weekend Reading
BookPeople Included in James Patterson $1 Million Indie Bookstore Campaign!
Today bestselling author James Patterson announced the beneficiaries of his $1 Million Indie Bookstore Campaign and we're thrilled and honored to announce BookPeople has been included! The grant we submitted asked for funds to help BookPeople work with local authors and Austin Independent School District to create book-based curriculum enhancements. We ran a pilot program … Continue reading BookPeople Included in James Patterson $1 Million Indie Bookstore Campaign!
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Ticket Give Away!
Hey there book lovers who are also music lovers! Our friends at ACL Live are bringing Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings to town and we're giving away tickets! For over a decade, Sharon and the band have traveled the world blowing minds with their explosive live performances and their hand-crafted studio recordings. Tell us why you're a fan in … Continue reading Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Ticket Give Away!
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