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The Shortlist for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize has been revealed! The winner will be announced on December 9th. Learn more over at The Center for Fiction and we congratulate the authors on their success. And without further delay, the shortlist: The Enchanted by Rene Denfield Jessica says: "I have never come across a … Continue reading Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Shortlist Revealed!
This is the final month in a series of author guest posts about diversity in children’s literature and the BookPeople Modern First Library initiative. We’ve enjoyed many posts by local Austin authors and now look forward to sharing guest posts written by national authors. For more about BookPeople’s Modern First Library initiative, and for more recommendations of wonderful … Continue reading Elizabeth Bluemle – Curiosity, Open Minds, Lively Interest
~post by Scott B. Originally published at Blogcritics Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World by Monte Beauchamp is impressive and fascinating. Rather than just short biographies of the 16 cartoonists featured, it instead has other cartoonists draw the images accompanying the biographies in each cartoonist’s unique style. So, for example, the biography of R. Crumb looks … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Monte Beauchamp on His Collection “Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World”
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay ~post by Katie P. One of Roxane Gay’s most pronounced strengths, as a writer, critic, and speaker, is her ability to traverse the space between colloquialism and profound insight. She uses both casual language and complex theory to make profound statements, and wields both confidently. Her new collection of essays, … Continue reading BAD FEMINIST: Colloquial and Profound
Welcome to our Book Club Corner, where each month we highlight books new to paperback we think would make perfect picks for your next book club discussion. If you’re looking to join a book club, we host a wide variety of free, bookseller-run book clubs right here at BookPeople. Join us! We love to talk books. Featured … Continue reading Book Club Corner Picks: September Recommendations
Acceptance, The final book in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy is on shelves for the first time today. We lined 'em all up in our Science Fiction section. Joe and Raul have been highly anticipating the conclusion to this story. Joe: Jeff VanderMeer is a towering figure in contemporary speculative fiction. Whether it's editing … Continue reading Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy Concludes
Over the weekend, our Internet surfing (between bouts of reading, of course) yielded something cooler than a cat jumping into cardboard boxes! A new, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED, chapter from Roald Dahl's beloved classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Misbehaving ticket winners always get what's coming to them, this time in the Vanilla Fudge Room... Check out … Continue reading New Chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
HARDCOVER FICTION Ben and Raul's New Release Pick of the Day: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE (Note to collectors: They are signed tip ins.) Raul says: “Mitchell has a marvelous way of describing characters who are willing to risk everything for friendship and love. His writing will grab your attention for … Continue reading New Releases – 9/2/14
Fans of Mr. Murakami are getting spoiled this season. Not only have we been busy reading his most recent release, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, but The New York Times reported yesterday that Knopf will be releasing the author's next title, The Strange Library, this coming December. Considerably shorter than some of … Continue reading New Murakami this December!
BookPeople is honored to welcome Texas State Senator Wendy Davis to BookPeople to sign her new memoir, Forgetting To Be Afraid: A Memoir, on Thursday, September 11 at 12:30pm. Davis became an overnight political sensation and a hero to women’s rights supporters across the country when she single-handedly filibustered Governor Rick Perry’s sweeping bill that … Continue reading Wendy Davis Comes to BookPeople!
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