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With the summer in the rearview mirror, we're looking forward to all of the treasures the Fall season has in store for us. Check out some of the books we've been buzzing about in-store and look out for those we'll be hosting events for. This Fall's going to be jam-packed with literary goodness! The Secrets … Continue reading The First Wave of Fall Releases! (aka, NEW TITLE TUESDAY!)
Literary-themed events happening in (and around) ATX for September 2019
Hello, BookFriends! We've got a special treat for you this week on the BookPeople Podcast: we've just made our recording of the Téa Obreht event LIVE! The acclaimed author of The Tiger's Wife stopped by the store this week to read and sign from her latest, Inland. She spoke to us at length about the inspiration behind her most recent … Continue reading New Podcast Episode featuring Téa Obreht
Meghan G. talks about some recent favorites that celebrate those wonderful people in our lives: grandparents! Check them out below.... This piece was originally published in Publisher's Weekly. In many stories, grandparents fall into categories of benevolent cookie dispensers, terrifying rule enforcers, or wise but enigmatic relics of a lost age. To be sure, not … Continue reading BookKids: In Celebration of Wrinkles
We're waving the summer goodbye here at BookPeople, but the new releases won't stop coming and for that, we're thankful! Here's some exciting new titles, a few of which we'll be having events for later this month and the next. The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz The sixth installment of the Millenium Series is … Continue reading So Long Summer, Hello New Books!
This week on The BookPeople Podcast we have a very special episode with debut author Kimberly King Parsons! A Texas native, the stories featured in Parsons's collection center mostly on life in the oft-neglected Panhandle, they are imbued with that strange, scrappy Lone Star attitude and erupt off the page. Black Light is also a bookseller favorite. Our … Continue reading New Podcast Episode featuring a Texas Native
Teen Press Corps member Ivy is a HUGE Adventure Zone fan, and he got to interview Griffin McElroy at his last BookPeople event! We thought we'd bring this back for a little #ThrowbackThursday in honor of the BUNCH of signed copies we have of the second Adventure Zone book, Murder on the Rockport, which you … Continue reading Teen Thursday: Interview with Griffin McElroy
Triple digit heat isn't bothering us one bit here at BookPeople, these new releases are keeping us cool through the week! The Warehouse by Rob Hart In The Warehouse, Rob Hart presents a terrifyingly plausible, darkly satirical near-future thriller where an America ravaged by violence and unemployment finds solace in The Cloud, a mega-corporation that looks … Continue reading Beat The Summer Heat with These Brand New Reads *heart-eyes emoji*
This week's installment of the BookPeople podcast is a punk-rockin' hoot. Earlier this month we hosted John Doe of Los Angeles-based punk band X presenting More Fun in the New World with filmmaker and contributor to the book, Bill Morgan. Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 … Continue reading New Podcast featuring: John Doe of X!
Don't miss these amazing family-friendly events in August & September! Kids Book Club with Austin Allies! - Sat, Aug. 17th @ 12:30 PM We're thrilled to welcome special guest Samantha M. Clark to Kids book club! We'll be discussing her book, The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast and asking her all of our burning … Continue reading BookKids: Events & Highlights!
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