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After a woefully inadequate first shipment, we finally have plenty of R. Crumb's new book, an illustrated version of the The Book of Genesis. In his unmistakable style, Crumb delves into the first book of the bible with a humanistic grit and a startlingly sharp attention to detail. The text is taken directly from the King James Version and Robert Alter's translation of The Five Books of Moses.
It's no secret. Frank Warren, creator and master blogger behind the PostSecret project, will be at BookPeople this Saturday, December 12th at 3 PM. Warren will be dishing the dirt on his new book, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God, the newest installment of anonymous confessions sent to Frank and Co.
Attention all hopeful Hemingways, could-be Carvers and wanna-be Weltys: the annual Austin Chronicle short story contest's deadline is approaching quickly. Stories must be post marked by December 15th in order to be eligible.
Ree Drummond, the 'Pioneer Woman', as she is affectionately known on the internet, will be bringing her down-home homemaking tips to BookPeople this Thursday, December 3rd at 7 PM.
The Welch kids had a traumatic childhood, to say the least. After losing their father in a tragic car accident, their mother to uterine cancer three years later, and the family property to bankruptcy, the four siblings were seperated. Amanda, the oldest, headed to New York City where she became engrossed in the drug scene of the mid-80's.
Mary Karr, best-selling author of Liar's Club and Cherry will be in-store tonight (Nov. 12th) at 7 PM to discuss and sign copies of her new memoir Lit.
ohn Krasinski (better known as Jim Halpert on THE OFFICE) will be in Austin this weekend to promote his new movie and directorial debut, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The movie is based on the book of short stories by influential and recently deceased author David Foster Wallace.
It's never too early to start hating the holiday season: crowds at the mall, un-knotting massive tangles of Christmas lights, eggnog hangovers and waking up next to a naked, old, french Santa. Wait, that last one hasn't happened to you? Apparently that last memory is a gift solely reserved for author Augusten Burroughs who writes … Continue reading Augusten Burroughs at BookPeople this Monday @ 7 PM
The always reliable lit critics at NPR have unveiled a new feature, What We're Reading, which reviews new fiction and non-fiction that they find particularly interesting or notable.
Madeleine Albright has had an exceptional career in public office, serving as an ambassador to the UN and as the first female Secretary of State, at the time making her the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. The former Secretary has published a new book called Read My Pins, detailing the unique political significance of her brooches and the stories around them. More than 200 of her pins are currently being displayed at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
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