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The skies over Austin are awash with phantasmagoria on the third Tuesday of every month. Like clockwork on some planet where clocks keep track only of the passage of Tuesdays, enigmatic shadows with burning, red eyes are seen floating in a most peculiar way before descending through the treetops to land at the entrance to … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Book Club Met The Mothman And Lived To Tell About It!
This post come from Meike Alana. Dr. Michael Greger will speak and sign How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease Friday, February 19 at 7PM. At the beginning of the year, book stores are overwhelmed by new releases promoting weight loss. For most people, “losing weight” tops their … Continue reading Meike Reviews HOW NOT TO DIE by Michael Greger
JUST BOOKED! We're thrilled to announce bestselling author CASSANDRA CLARE will speak & sign LADY MIDNIGHT (The Dark Artifices Book 1) in the Mabee Ballroom at St. Edward's University Wednesday, March 16th at 7PM! Tickets are now available and include a copy of the book! If you can’t make the event, we are taking orders for signed copies of the book. We … Continue reading JUST ANNOUNCED! Cassandra Clare at St. Edward’s University!
We're getting ready to celebrate Valentine's Day with the one and only Pierce Brown! He'll speak and sign the finale of his Red Rising trilogy, Morning Star, in our store Sunday, 2/14 at 3PM. Books and tickets are now available. When and how did the original idea for Red Rising first pop into your head? … Continue reading An Interview with Pierce Brown
Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson (Top Shelf in February!) “Shylock Is My Name, Howard Jacobson’s reimagining of The Merchant of Venice for the 21st century, is the second installment of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which many of today’s greatest writers will put their own spin on Shakespeare’s plays. The series launched last fall, with … Continue reading New Books! 2/9/16
BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for their monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, BookPeople will highlight the Statesman’s top recommended read for Austin. February's pick is Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century by Daniel Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer will join us here at BookPeople Friday, February … Continue reading Statesman Selects in February: EXIT RIGHT by Daniel Oppenheimer
JUST BOOKED! We're thrilled to announce bestselling author BRANDON SANDERSON will speak & sign CALAMITY (The Reckoners Book Three) here at BookPeople Thursday, February 25th at 7pm! Books and tickets are now available for pre-order! The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required for this signing and … Continue reading JUST ANNOUNCED! Brandon Sanderson comes to BookPeople!
BIG NEWS! We're thrilled to announce former guitarist for The Runaways LITA FORD will speak & sign her new memoir, Living Like a Runaway, right here at BookPeople Saturday, February 27 at 6PM! Tickets for the signing are now available and include a copy of the book. If you can’t make the event, we are taking … Continue reading LITA FORD Comes to BookPeople!
Did you make a New Year's resolution to up your reading game in 2016? What better way to kickstart your reading life - and meet friendly new faces - than coming to one of our free book club meetings? We have a dozen bookseller-run, totally not at all intimidating, super-friendly groups that meet once a month … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY
We spoke with writer and historian Lydia Pyne about her new book, Bookshelf, an installment of Object Lessons, an essay and book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things, a project of The Atlantic and Bloomsbury Publishing. She'll speak and sign the book in our store 2/18. Why a book about bookshelves? What inspired your research? … Continue reading The Meaning of a Bookshelf: An Interview with Lydia Pyne
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