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Y'all, we are incredibly excited about the astounding array of authors who are coming to the store in the Fall! Get out your calendar, check this list, and don't miss any of these events. We are overwhelmed and pleased that so many great authors are coming to BookPeople. We have the pleasure of putting on these … Continue reading First Look At Fall 2014 Author Events
Guest Post by Author Phil Bildner This is the second 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 … Continue reading Phil Bildner: Firsts
HARDCOVER FICTIONWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas Chad Harbach, bestselling author of THE ART OF FIELDING, calls this epic novel about an Irish family in Queens, "...a powerfully moving book, and the figure of Eileen Leary--mother, wife, daughter, lover, nurse, caretaker, whiskey drinker, upwardly mobile dreamer, retrenched protector of values--is a real addition to … Continue reading New Releases – 8/19/14
As the daylight leaves the sky, and we unlucky fiends are illuminated only by the color out of space; as a dark shadow falls over a rainy, New England fishing community; as fear lurks and dream-quests are assigned to the unknown; as angles come together all wrong, we answer a terrible call, and the Nightmare … Continue reading TONIGHT AT 8pm: Nightmare Factory Book Club discusses Lovecraft’s Monsters
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher reviewed by Andrew H. A novel full of letters of recommendation? I did not really know what to expect from Julie Schumacher's Dear Committee Members, but I'm glad I picked it up on a whim. The writer of these letters, Jay Fitger, is a hopeless, self-righteous narcissist whose life … Continue reading Review: Dear Committee Members
Guest Post by Author LeUyen Pham This is the second 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 … Continue reading LeUyen Pham: My Kids See Themselves in Every Book They Read
Last week, BookPeople had the pleasure of welcoming Amy Bloom to Austin to share her latest novel, Lucky Us . Lucky us, we asked her what books she would recommend to our customers, and she responded generously with the following: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields ("Carol Shields is the most underrated writer of the last 100 … Continue reading Amy Bloom Recommends
Our friends at Austin Bat Cave are offering the Austin general writing public the opportunity to learn about the craft of fiction with acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston. Johnston, a fiction writer with strong Texas roots (his latest novel, Remember Me Like This, takes place in our favorite state, and his story collection is called Corpus … Continue reading Austin Bat Cave presents a workshop with Bret Anthony Johnston
A huge thank you to everyone who came down to the store on Saturday to celebrate our first ever National Bookstore Day for the BookPeople Nation! (Only at BookPeople.) We had an absolute blast. High spirits and joviality abounded. Y'all rocked the literary trivia. We gave away so many prizes! This week we'll be sharing … Continue reading Thank You, BookPeople Nation, For a Smashing & Fun National Bookstore Day!
Wonderland by Stacey D'ErasmoReviewed by Katie P.Stacey D’Erasmo’s latest novel, Wonderland, is about a rock star, but it’s not about rock and roll. Or, it is about rock and roll, in that it’s actually about family, and memory, and love, and sex, and death. This is a novel about what motivates a musician to walk … Continue reading WONDERLAND: A Novel About a Rock Star, But Not About Rock ‘n Roll
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