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New in Hardcover Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Spoiler Alert: This is one of our Top Shelf picks for June.) According to Joe:"Uprooted: Imagine Frozen crossed with Evil Dead and animated in the style of the Rankin/Bass Last Unicorn film and you’ve got Uprooted in a nutshell. Inspired by Polish faerie and folk tales, Novik (author … Continue reading New Books! 5/19/15
In 1986, Clive Barker got his hooks into the fabric of our reality and ripped our fragile, human world to ribbons, revealing a gruesome order of otherworldly, psychosexual monks known simply as the Cenobites. Since their initial appearance in The Hellbound Heart, their scarified and ecstatic visages have haunted the world's nightmares through the Hellraiser … Continue reading Steve(n) W. Has Studied The Scarlet Gospels, Soul Is Lost (A Review)
Welcome to Day Three of our investigation of all things Nick Offerman. As we approach the day (Wednesday, June 3 at 7pm) when Offerman is here at BookPeople, live and in person (with his new book, Gumption), we’re digging up all of the information we can find (and that Wikipedia provides) on the Renaissance man known as … Continue reading Nick Offerman: More Than A Mustache
Walking through the store the other day, a stack of books piled high in one arm and ready for reshelving, a bookseller's eye was drawn to the cover of a book that was faced out on a shelf. She set down her stack and pulled the book off the shelf and investigated. It's a story … Continue reading Around the Shop, On the Shelf 5/15/15
Welcome to Day Two of our exploration into all things Nick Offerman. As we approach the day (Wednesday, June 3 at 7pm) when Offerman is here at BookPeople, live and in person (with his new book, Gumption), we're digging up all of the information we can find (and that Wikipedia provides) on the Renaissance man … Continue reading Nick Offerman: More Than A Mustache
KAITLYN Sewing Basics: All You Need to Know About Machine and Hand Sewing by Sandra Bardwell "Not so fast, said the craft gods when I bought my first sewing machine thinking I'd have a designer knockoff finished in less than a month. I soon realized that sewing has its own, very particular ways and I was … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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 Festival 2015! It's that time of year again - time … Continue reading Teen Thursday 5/14/15
Bike to Work Day happens here in Austin TOMORROW, May 15. We're excited to be neighbors to REI, one of the many fueling stations you'll find around town to celebrate the day. After hydrating and snacking, swing by BookPeople and check out our big, beautiful display of bicycling books. Thanks to Austin's many active cyclists, we have … Continue reading Bike to Work Day: Books for Bicyclists
With comedian, bestselling author and Parks and Rec star Nick Offerman set to visit our bookstore on Wednesday, June 3 at 7pm with his new book, Gumption, we've been doing a bit of googling to get to know the man behind the book jacket. Boy howdy, have we learned a few things. From acting to boat building to … Continue reading Nick Offerman: More Than A Mustache
We continue with Part 2 of my wish list of books I want to see adapted to the screen. As of this writing, a few of these titles have been optioned, but no production information exists beyond that (except in the case of the last in the list, but again, this project is on hold … Continue reading Book To Screen Wishlist (Part 2)
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