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~Post by Kate, BookPeople Intern My name is Kate. I am the newest BookPerson and first-ever BookPeople intern. I guess that makes me a BookBaby. I go to St. Andrew’s, where in order to graduate seniors must fulfill a “Senior Project” requirement, in which seniors spend three weeks doing anything from community service to book … Continue reading Diary of an Intern
Are you a young-ish person? Do you read Young Adult books? Then here are Five Things You Should Know About This Week 1. Insurgent, the new book by Veronica Roth, hit shelves. Divergent was a HUGE DEAL. Huge. Insurgent promises to be, "another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, … Continue reading Teen Thursday!
BookPeople is launching a brand-new summer reading program this year for readers entering grades K-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8. The premise: Complete our six book reading challenge and come back at the end of the summer to claim your just reward and add your name to our wall of Summer Reading Stars! The program officially … Continue reading Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!
Book: Taco USA! by Gustavo Arellano Reviewed by: Joe T. In a widely circulated but little understood news story from around 1991, salsa and other “hot sauces” overtook ketchup as the number one condiment in America. Heralded as the threshold moment when “Mexican food” became “American food,” that time is both the culmination and jumping-on … Continue reading Review: TACO USA by Gustavo Arellano
Here are a few of our favorite shots from last night's event with Jenny Lawson. After meeting a few hundred of her biggest fans, Jenny signed many, many copies her memoir Let's Pretend This Never Happened. If you'd like one, you can get your hands on a copy via our website or by calling 512-472-5050. … Continue reading She Came, She Saw, She Signed Some Chickens
Top Shelf for May: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Reviewed by: Liz W. Close your eyes and imagine, for a moment, that you are a member of the family Fang. Your mother and father are performance artists—they dress up and pull stunts that “subvert normality.” Usually these stunts take place in the mall, too, … Continue reading Top Shelf for May: THE FAMILY FANG by Kevin Wilson
The Austin Food & Wine Festival is fast approaching, and as one of the very lucky booksellers who will be on hand in the cookbook tent this weekend helping folks find books and get them signed by their favorite chef, I thought I ought to get to know one of those cookbooks a little bit … Continue reading Pulling Up a Chair to the ‘New American Table’
~Post by David Duhr of WriteByNight, Austin’s center for writers. Poet Marianne Moore once said, “A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds.” Setting aside the lack of gender neutrality in Moore’s era, what she’s saying is that if it sounds like writing, then it’s writing. I.e., if you … Continue reading The Art of the Sentence
Sara Pennypacker, author of the Clementine series (one of our favorites for young readers) has a brand new book on the shelves, Summer of the Gypsy Moths (ages 9+). We're very excited to welcome Sara here to share this new story on Sunday, May 6, 1p. A new book by one of our favorite authors … Continue reading Summer of the Gypsy Moths is here!
America's first World Book Night has come and gone, and from the look of things here in Austin, it was a huge success! It was a lot of fun yesterday to see everyone's pictures and to hear various stories of giving. Our favorite came from this blog post by author Chris Cander, who described giving … Continue reading World Book Night SUCCESS!
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