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The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, is the sequel to the 2010 Newbery Honor-winning book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Austin-area author Jacqueline Kelly. Calpurnia Tate is one of those characters that lives on well after the reader has finished the book, and it is a delight to be treated to another wonderful story … Continue reading Chris Barton talks with Jacqueline Kelly
New in Hardcover Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola (In our store this Friday, 6/26! 7PM) "It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your … Continue reading New Books! 6/23/15
We're honored to announce that BookPeople will once again welcome President Jimmy Carter to our store, this time to sign his new book, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety. President Carter will be here Saturday, August 1 at 2:30pm. Tickets now available via bookpeople.com. EVENT GUIDELINES This event is a SIGNING only. Tickets are required to join … Continue reading President Jimmy Carter Returns to BookPeople!
I’m an August baby born into a family of Lit majors—Summer is my favorite season and you can’t tear a book out of my hands. Favorite summer activities include: reading, eating popsicles, soaking up the sun, and swimming anywhere and everywhere. When I was a kid I had to read 25 books each summer for … Continue reading Althea’s Summer Reads
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring 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! Texas Teen Book Fest 2015 News! It's that time of year again - … Continue reading Teen Thursday 6/18/15
Demi is the BookKids Marketing and Merchandising Manager. She likes to go to conventions like HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC and dress up like Jennifer Walters. SHE-HULK SMASH! San Diego Comic Con starts July 9th, and although I can’t go myself, here’s a run-down of who you should see and what you should read before you … Continue reading It’s Con Time!: Summer Reading for the Comic Convention Season
The post comes from Rachel S. Meyer, assistant director of the South Asia Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. She has facilitated a pen pal program between students at Zilker Elementary and a primary school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. We're honored to have provided books for the program to help students from each country learn more … Continue reading From Austin to Pakistan, Pen Pals Exchange Both Letters and Books
Hardcover New Releases Paradise Sky by Joe Lansdale Young Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening. When Loving dies, Willie re-christens himself Nat … Continue reading New Books! 6/16/15
Melanie is a prodigy with a genius-level IQ. Her spatial reasoning and grasp of complex social and behavioral structures are off the charts. In a doomed world, she may be humanity's last hope. She is ten years old, and today she is scheduled for dissection. The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Opens The Pandora’s Box That Is The Girl With All the Gifts
***///***///***///Welcome, Polity Citizen***///***///*** Please enter runcible facility and select your destination; Thank you for your patience. -Choros, planetary AI warden of Marques III ***///***///***//***///***///***///*** The Worlds of Polity (or why Neal Asher books rock) Part the First Reviewed by Raul M. Chapa The best escape I can think of is to get lost in a … Continue reading The Worlds of Polity (or why Neal Asher books rock) Part the First
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