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BIG NEWS! Grace Helbig, bestselling author and YouTube star, has announced her book tour and we're on it! Catch Grace here at BookPeople (603 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin) Monday, February 8 at 7pm signing copies of her new book, Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It. Tickets are required and are now available in-store … Continue reading GRACE HELBIG Comes to BookPeople!
Did you make a New Year's resolution to up your reading game in 2016? What better way to kickstart your reading life - and meet friendly new faces - than coming to one of our free book club meetings? We have a dozen bookseller-run, totally not at all intimidating, super-friendly groups that meet once a month … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: Murder in the Afternoon
We love to celebrate our independence here at BookPeople. We also love to celebrate INDIE FICTION, books that have been published by small and independent presses. We have not one but two great indie fiction events happening soon: Clancy Martin and Brandon Caro on Sunday, January 10, and Carly Hallman on Monday, January 11. To celebrate, … Continue reading Indie Bookstores + Indie Fiction: 3 Books (and Publishers!) You Should Know
This post comes from our bookseller Mona. Last fall, I reported on seeing Mary Karr at our store when she came to talk to us about her latest book, The Art of Memoir. Karr’s book had me thinking deeply about the memoir form, particularly those books written by women. In 2014, I audited a course on … Continue reading Mona on Memoir
New in Hardcover Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo In this highly anticipated follow-up to the #1 New York Times best-selling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (3M sold worldwide), sought-after Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo presents a detailed, illustrated manual to her … Continue reading New Books! 1/5/16
Hey Austin! One of our favorite songwriters / authors / people, JOSH RITTER, is coming to ACL Live at the Moody Theater on January 14th! If you've never seen him perform, we implore you not to miss this show. A few years back, we had the pleasure of hosting Josh here at BookPeople while he was on … Continue reading Josh Ritter @ ACL – Ticket Give Away!
Each month I'll be investigating events around town that might pique the interest of the book nerds, the literature obsessed, and those who enjoy stimulating entertainment and/or socializing. Not surprisingly, Austin has a number of things going on every month the Book People community would enjoy. 2016 is upon us, and Austin has some really amazing events coming … Continue reading Austin Events For The Literati – January 2016
This Saturday, January 9, 2016, Poets & Writers magazine will present a celebration of creativity at the Blanton Museum of Art. The magazine's editors will be joined by authors (many of them local) for a series of lectures, workshops and multimedia presentations "exploring the literary imagination, innovation on the page, writing in multiple genres, and uncommon … Continue reading This weekend: Poets & Writers LIVE at the Blanton Museum
Katherine Catmull is one of our favorite Austin writers. Her first middle grade novel, Summer and Bird, was a huge staff favorite and one of our bestsellers. Consuelo, one of our managers and an early fan of Summer and Bird, described it as, “The story of two sisters each trying to find her own way … Continue reading Top Shelf in January: THE RADIANT ROAD by Katherine Catmull
We're gearing up to welcome a ton of great authors to BookPeople in 2016. We attempted to put them all into one blog post, but there's a lot headed our way, y'all. Here are some of the highlights, with plenty more to come! For a full listing of upcoming events, check out our website, bookpeople.com. If … Continue reading BookPeople 2016 Author Event Preview
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