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IT'S ALMOST ANGIE THOMAS TIME!!!! BUT YOU CAN PICK UP COPIES OF ON THE COME UP NOW! On The Come Up by Angie Thomas This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one … Continue reading Teen Thursday
Stardust By Neil Gaiman: I read this book as a kid and it has been a favorite ever since—this story is pure magic! It's silly and fun and the perfect little literary escape! —Collyn Unapologetic By Charlene Carruthers: Charlene Carruthers, a black, queer, feminist and national director of BYP100, writes the struggles … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
Black Leopard, Red Wolf By Marlon James: Black Leopard, Red Wolf has taken the literary world by storm. Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a novel unlike anything that’s come before it: a saga of breathtaking adventure that’s also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and … Continue reading New Releases 2/5
Dr. Sami Schalk's recently published Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction is a remarkable study on how race, gender and ability/disability are represented in speculative fiction. Her study focuses on speculative fiction written by black women, and approaches it from both a black feminist theory and disability studies perspective - … Continue reading Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction by Sami Schalk
We've just posted a new podcast on the new BookPeople podcast. Christopher Kimball was one of our favorite authors to visit last Fall. We were drooling over all the yummy recipes in his newest book Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast. Christopher Kimball's Milk Street is located … Continue reading New Podcast: Christopher Kimball
Happy February, friends! Below, check out a round-up of our upcoming events in the Kid Lit world! We hope to see you around the store this month, whether it's for storytime, a book signing, or to decorate cookies! Don’t miss a beat: subscribe to our Kids e-newsletter and follow us on Twitter & Instagram for updates. Author Guest Storytime with Nikkolas … Continue reading BookKids: February Highlights!
NEW FROM THE GRISHAVERSE King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo Enter the Grishaverse with this new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Face your demons...or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends … Continue reading Teen Thursday
We had the pleasure of hosting YA author Kiersten White in-store Feb. 15th for the release of her new book, SLAYER. Bookseller Rachel Roepke sat down with Kiersten to chat about the Buffyverse, her writing process, comics, and more. Check out the interview below! If you missed the event, you can still order a signed … Continue reading Teen Thursday: Q&A with Kiersten White
By Christine Havens The ATXSciRead book group is off to a great start after our first meeting in September. We had 18 people come to BookPeople’s third-floor meeting room for a lively discussion of David Quammen’s The Tangled Tree, which presents a different way of looking at a model of “the tree of life,” most … Continue reading Something for Everyone: The ATXSciRead Book Group
The Birth Guy's Go-To Guide for New Dads By Brian Salmon & Kirsten Brunner: In this one-of-a-kind guide, dad, doula, and certified lactation counselor Brian Salmon and perinatal mental health and relationship expert Kirsten Brunner offer practical, modern-day survival tips for expectant dads and birth partners. Based on Salmon’s Rocking Dads childbirth course, this book … Continue reading New Releases 1/29
