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The Required Reading Revisited Book Club is just one of the many great book clubs here at Book People. 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. Last month we discussed Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Or, … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club!
Dr. Michio Kaku is known for many things. Among them, he's the co-founder of String Field Theory, he's a professor of Theoretical Physics at City College of New York, and he's a best selling author of many of our favorite books about science. Like the late, great Carl Sagan, and the beloved Neil Degrasse Tyson, … Continue reading Dr. Michio Kaku is at The Paramount Theater Monday, Feb 23rd!
Keep Austin Weird is a familiar and apropos motto here in Austin. In BookKids, we even have a weird picture book section. Books get shelved in weird if they are just a little off beat for some reason. It could be the artwork, story, format, or the general "feel" of the book that gets it … Continue reading Keep Austin Reading Weird 2015
Keija Parssinen, award-winning author of the novel Ruins of Us, is set to launch a brand new novel next month. The Unravling of Mercy Louis is set in southeast Texas and follows the life of the town's championship high school basketball player, Mercy Louis, as she confronts the consequences of family secrets scrutinized by a small town. Maggie … Continue reading Keija Parssinen Will Sign YOUR Book!
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! Meet Author Richelle Mead this Sunday! Bestselling Young Adult author RICHELLE MEAD speaking & signing The Ruby Circle: A Bloodlines Novel on Sunday, February 22 at 2PM Mega bestselling YA … Continue reading Teen Thursday – 2/19/15
BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for our monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, we get together to select one book you absolutely must not miss. February's Statesman Selects pick is the memoir Girl In A Band by Sonic Youth founding member Kim Gordon. Pick up a copy of the Statesman on Sunday, … Continue reading Statesman Selects February 2015: GIRL IN A BAND
Tonight is the night that The Nightmare Factory Book Club dons our black robes, straps on our sacrificial knives, and gathers together in the BookPeople cafe to celebrate the unholy ritual of discussing M. John Harrison's The Course of the Heart. To prepare ourselves, The Nightmare Factory has scoured the non-euclidean corners of the internet … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory’s Missing Links for February 2015
HARDCOVER FICTION Find Me by Laura Van Der Berg From the author of two highly acclaimed story collections comes a debut novel about a sickness that sweeps the country, staring with memory loss and ending with death. One woman's immunity sends her on the road in a devastated America, where she encounters mysterious companions, cities … Continue reading New Books! 2/17/15
~post by Bethany One of my resolutions for 2015 was to be more deliberate about my reading choices. Although this includes trying to read a significant number of books by non-white authors throughout the year, it’s fun to select monthly themes, and this month I’ve been sticking to works by African-Americans---all of which (so far) … Continue reading Books I’m Reading for Black History Month
After Birth by Elisa Albert Reviewed by Katie Presley My favorite book of the year arrived in the form of Elisa Albert’s vital new novel After Birth. Vital here means two things: One, it’s crucial: A grimly hilarious, wrenching narrative about pregnancy, birth, and child-rearing that will feel to new parents as necessary and welcome … Continue reading AFTER BIRTH: A New Narrative of Parenthood
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