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Saturday night we had the great privilege (and straight up joy) of hosting Vlogbrothers John and Hank Green while they're on their nationwide Tour de Nerdfighting to promote John's new (NYT #1 bestselling!) book The Fault In Our Stars. Here's a little video we put together from the event. I'll warn you in advance to … Continue reading Am I Too Old to Be a Nerdfighter?
~Post by Brian C. You may have heard about the European expiry of the Copyright on the work of James Joyce. And if you’re anything like me, you got real excited. For too many years Stephen Joyce has held tight to a legacy that isn’t really his. Copyright Law isn’t meant to allow people to … Continue reading Joyce in Space: James Joyce’s Use of Words Beginning with ‘A’ and their Connections to PostModern NonEdible Vegetables
Ben Marcus on what writers can do to keep their readers interested: We can guarantee we won't be bored when Marcus is here tomorrow night at 7p with his new novel, The Flame Alphabet. Our friends at American Short Fiction will be here, too. It's a party. You should come.
The 2012 Newbery Medal has gone to Jack Gantos for his novel, Dead End in Norvelt. The 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal goes to Chris Raschka for A Ball for Daisy. John Corey Whaley received the Michael L. Printz Award for Where Things Come Back. PW has the long list of honored books. Why We Broke … Continue reading Newbery, Caldecott & Printz Winners Announced!
World Book Night, the organization whose goal is to distribute 1 million free books to people across the nation on April 23, is still looking for Givers to volunteer to distribute books in the Austin area on 4/23. As a distribution center, we're working with the Central Texas Chapter of World Book Night to organize … Continue reading World Book Night 2012
Last night, Topher put on his Jedi robe and joined Ernie Cline, the 501st Legion, and a theater full of Star Wars fans at the Alamo Drafthouse for a charity screening of Fanboys. The event was organized to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We're thrilled to report that the spot we donated … Continue reading In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…. Or Just Down South Lamar…
We are almost sold out of John Green tickets -- we are closing in our last hundred seats. If you want to come to the event, click over and buy your ticket right now, or you might not be able to go. In fact, after tomorrow at noon, you'll have to buy your tickets in … Continue reading Want John Green Tickets? Get Them NOW!
If you've been following along here on the blog, then you've read some of the bookseller break-up stories we've shared in the spirit of Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman's new Why We Broke Up Project. Inspired by their new novel (written by Handler, illustrated by Kalman) Why We Broke Up, the project offers a space … Continue reading Austinites, Vent Your Hearts Out
Here are a few new books that have caught our eye recently. We send out a monthly email with recommended new titles. If you dig it, you can sign up for it here. The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time now delivers his … Continue reading New & Noteworthy
Books! Brand new, hot off the presses and on the shelves today (blurbs, as usual, provided by the books' publishers): HARDCOVER FICTION The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus A terrible epidemic has struck the country and the sound of children’s speech has become lethal. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that people are going into … Continue reading New Releases
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