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Yes, I said that. February—that month of celebrating love—also means cold temperatures and the slog of life. It is a blessing Valentine’s Day is in the middle of it because otherwise, we would all perish of boredom. It is too cold to go outside. We are too broke to go skiing. The novelty of winter … Continue reading The Romance Shelves: Because February is boring
Inspired by the new year, we've set new goals for ourselves! Reading goals, that is. Over the next few months, our booksellers will share their own personal journeys to achieve their reading goals-- whether it's to read a different genre, read in a second or third language, get to the 100 book mark, or read … Continue reading BookKids: New Year, New Reading Goals
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BOOKPEOPLE Patrick Ness January 30 at 7 pm COMING IN FEBRUARY Angie Thomas February 15 at 7 PM at First Baptist Church Kathryn Ormsbee February 27 at 7 PM Christopher Paolini February 28 at 7 PM at Central Public Library NEW TEEN FICTION The Birds, The … Continue reading Teen Thursday
Fascism A Warning By Madeleine Albright: Fascism A Warning, notes about people through out history who fear mongered and used emotion to take down government from different parts of the world. Albright, concisely explains to the reader how fascism has been practiced in the past in order to not have events reoccur. With examples like … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
The Weight of a Piano By Chris Cander: For fans of Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto, Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes, Amanda Coplin’s The Orchardist comes a tour-de-force about two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents, for better and for worse. This novel dives deep into the challenges … Continue reading New Releases 1/22
Hey folks, have you heard the news that BookPeople has launched our very own podcast?! We're proud to host about 400 events every year with authors of all kinds, and we know you can't make it to all of them. Now a select number of those events will be available in podcast form. In addition … Continue reading New Podcast with Erin Gibson
No, we're not talking about the Oscars. Kids booksellers (and favorite mother-son duo) Merrilee and Thomas share their predictions for the 2019 Caldecott and Newbery Medal winners. Who do YOU think will win? Picture books are Merrilee's thing. As much as we all try to know a little bit about everything, booksellers tend to have … Continue reading BookKids: Awards season is here!
HAPPENING AT BOOKPEOPLE M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin January 21 @ 7 PM ABOUT BRANGWAIN SPURGE Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms. Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted … Continue reading Teen Thursday
Last Woman Standing By Amy Gentry: Local Austin author Amy Gentry is one of our favorite for her thrilling writing. Good As Gone was wildly popular around the store and nationwide as evidenced by it's recognition as a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. Now, with Last Woman Standing, comes a brilliant and timely … Continue reading New Releases 1/15
Each month I'll be investigating events around town that might pique the interest of book nerds, the literature obsessed, and those who enjoy stimulating entertainment and socializing. Not surprisingly, Austin has a number of things going on every month the BookPeople community would enjoy. Zine Meet @ The Dougherty Arts Center Wednesday, January 16th 7pm - … Continue reading Austin Events for the Literati – February (and some January)
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