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Honey Badger Don’t Care – But Randall Does
Book: Honey Badger Don't Care: Randall's Guide to Crazy, Nastyass Animals Reviewed by: Julie First of all, if you haven't watched the famous Honeybadger video, do so now: Okay, now we can talk. How do you take a viral YouTube video and turn it into a successful book? Marcel the Shell did it (with beautiful … Continue reading Honey Badger Don’t Care – But Randall Does
2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Announced!
Congratulations to Julie Otsuka! Her novel The Buddha in the Attic has received the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Here's the publisher's description of the book: "A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco … Continue reading 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Announced!
The Mayor’s Book Club Hosts National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward
The Austin Public Library Friends Foundation and the Mayor's Office are bringing National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward to Austin. Her novel Salvage the Bones is this year's Mayor's Book Club Selection. This Saturday, March 31st at 1pm Mayor Leffingwell will introduce Ward at the Faulk Central Library, where she will read from her novel, … Continue reading The Mayor’s Book Club Hosts National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward
Tournament of Books – Oy!
Way behind with reporting here, well aware, so let's get right to it and catch up with the Tournament of Books - we've made it all the way through the Quarterfinals! I'll tell you right now, for our booksellers, thing aren't looking pretty. QF Round #1 Sense of an Ending v. Lightning Rods Judged by … Continue reading Tournament of Books – Oy!
Anne Rice Event Info
We know many, many, many of you are excited to meet Anne Rice here at BookPeople tomorrow, Friday, March 23 at 6p. To make things easier for everyone, we want to explain how tomorrow's event will work and the guidelines we have in place to ensure that everyone has a positive experience. *This event is … Continue reading Anne Rice Event Info
The Robb Walsh Texas Eats Dinner Party
(Post by Chris Hoyt) Put on your ear muffs Texas 'cause your not going to like this one bit. I smoked a brisket on a natural gas grill. Now before you go raising all kinds of hell about it, hear me out. In my own defense, it was the Sunday following a certain South By … Continue reading The Robb Walsh Texas Eats Dinner Party
BookPeople Tech Guy Offers to Fly Nick Harkaway to US
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 BOOKPEOPLE TECH GUY OFFERS TO FLY NICK HARKAWAY TO US We at BookPeople have been deeply in love with Nick Harkaway's book The Gone-Away World ever since it spread through the office like a ninja-induced FOX fire. So when we heard Harkaway was bringing us a new book, … Continue reading BookPeople Tech Guy Offers to Fly Nick Harkaway to US
Help Wanted
We're currently looking for a couple of full time, entry-level booksellers to work evenings and weekends. Applications are available on our website. Completed applications should be dropped off at BookPeople (603 N. Lamar Blvd) by this Monday, March 26. Applications submitted via email or any other means will not be considered.
Read This Book: ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes’
I didn't expect to enjoy A Partial History of Lost Causes. Another debut novel by another up-and-coming young author? Sure. Right. So Gary Shteyngart blurbed it? All right, whatever, I'll take a reader home. It sat on my shelf a while. Then one morning it was almost Christmas, I was getting on a plane to … Continue reading Read This Book: ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes’
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