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You may have noticed that online subscription boxes are all the rage these days. From Dollar Shave Club to Loot Crate, this model has taken off in a big way across multiple industries. And for good reason! Every month (or every quarter), you get a surprise gift of something you really love... clothes, teas, yummy … Continue reading BookPeople Subscription Book Clubs!!!
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! We're bringing you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps Blog! Don't forget to check out the blog for new reviews, event reports, and other teen news! Finally! Summertime! It's almost summer, and that means days upon days of reading. By … Continue reading Teen Thursday! (5/26/16)
This post comes from our French intern, R. Follow them at @Libre _R. BookPeople loves the books published by New Directions, like the recent poetry book All The Poems by Stevie Smith. New Directions delivers about 30 works of great quality with a specific attention to prose per year. Its high-caliber catalogue is no wonder. … Continue reading Publisher Spotlight: NEW DIRECTIONS
Here at BookPeople, we believe that there is nothing better to do on a lazy summer day than to dig into a great book. And that’s why our summer motto is Carpe Librum! We say: Seize the summer, and seize the book! In this spirit, we're happy to once again offer a free summer reading program … Continue reading Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!
This post comes from our French intern, R. Follow them at @Libre _R. One of my missions since I’ve been here has been to improve the manga section. I was appalled at its tiny size compared to what I’ve known in bookstores back home. You have to know that France is the second country that … Continue reading Manga: A French Perspective
That's how I started my internship at BookPeople. Well. I started working the day after that, and it's a testament to how good the people are here that my situation was resolved in a few days. Here's how it all started. My name is R and I'm French. 100%. I was born in Alençon, and … Continue reading Conned and homeless on my first day in the United States.
In the Required Reading Revisited Book Club we focus on books considered “Required Reading” by most educational institutions, i.e. books you read (or were supposed to read) in school – either high school or university. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell On May 8th, a small group of us met on the third floor of BookPeople … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club – June
This is an excerpt from The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea by Kombucha Camp creators Hannah Crum and Alex Lagory. The duo will speak and sign here next Thursday, 5/26 at 7PM. Top 5 Ways Kombucha Relieves Stress The stress response is one of the body’s most valuable … Continue reading Get to Know The Big Book of Kombucha
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! We're bringing you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps Blog! Don't forget to check out the blog for new reviews, event reports, and other teen news! Nebula Winners include Naomi Novik & Nnedi Okorafor! The Nebula Awards were announced this … Continue reading Teen Thursday! (5/19/16)
In anticipation of the final book in Justin Cronin's The Passage trilogy, The City of Mirrors (May 24th), bookseller Sarah H. revisits the first two bestselling books. The Twelve is an entirely different sort of book than The Passage. The Passage is part origin story, part post-apocalypse adventure thriller. Even though it is referenced as … Continue reading The Twelve – Book 2 in The Passage Trilogy
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