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A cherry to top your Friday: Nick Offerman, know not only for his hilarious portrayal of Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation but also his best-selling books, will be will in-store Wednesday, June 3 at 7PM. Offerman will discuss his upcoming Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Trouble Makers and will hang … Continue reading NICK OFFERMAN Comes to BookPeople!
The Folded Clock by Heidi Julavits Reviewed by Steven Julavits appears here at BookPeople Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm. The voice that Heidi Julavits cultivates in her prose is as fascinating to experience as it is fascinated by its subject. Her curiosity with the world indicates an unknown quantity hidden somewhere within the text or even … Continue reading Book Review: THE FOLDED CLOCK by Heidi Julavits
Just booked: Bethenny Frankel, bestselling author, reality TV star, natural foods chef, and creator of the incredibly successful Skinny Girl line of food and lifestyle products, is bringing her new book of relationship advice to BookPeople! Frankel will speak about and sign I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To at BookPeople on Sunday, April 12 at … Continue reading Bethenny Frankel Comes to BookPeople!
BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for our monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, we get together to select one book you absolutely must not miss. February's Statesman Selects pick is the memoir Girl In A Band by Sonic Youth founding member Kim Gordon. Pick up a copy of the Statesman on Sunday, … Continue reading Statesman Selects February 2015: GIRL IN A BAND
We're thrilled to announce that Judy Blume, bestselling author of twenty-eight books including Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, and Summer Sisters, is bringing her new novel for adults, In the Unlikely Event, to BookPeople on Saturday, June 13 at 4pm. Blume is an iconic author, one of our all time favorites, and we … Continue reading Judy Blume Comes to BookPeople in June!
NEW BOOKS! 2/10/15 HARDCOVER FICTION While The Gods Were Sleeping by Erwin Mortier This is a story not about spectacular events; rather, Mortier is concerned with writing about war, history and the past with great empathy and engagement, and with a mixture of melancholy, qualification and resignation. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne … Continue reading New Books! 2/10/15
This weekend President Obama appeared on CNN and was asked for a book recommendation. His pick? Redeployment, the National Book Award-winning collection of stories about Iraq by US Marine Corps vet Phil Klay. Thanks to Shelf Awareness for extracting this quote: "Over vacation, I read a book of short stories by Phil Klay called Redeployment. It's a quick … Continue reading President Obama Recommends REDEPLOYMENT
BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for our monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, we get together to select one book you absolutely must not miss. January's Statesman Selects pick is the debut novel Migratory Animals by Austin author Helen Specht. Pick up a copy of the Statesman on Sunday, January 18 to read their review. Join … Continue reading Statesman Selects January 2015: MIGRATORY ANIMALS
Happy Friday! We're very excited to announce an event with founding member of Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon. Gordon will appear in conversation with Terry Lickona, Executive Producer of Austin City Limits, here at BookPeople on Friday, February 27 at 7pm. They'll discuss Gordon's new memoir, Girl in a Band. The speaking portion of this event is … Continue reading KIM GORDON Comes to BookPeople!
In her new novel, The Same Sky, Austin author Amanda Eyre Ward takes on the timely and relevant subjects of immigration and American privilege. Shifting by chapter between the story of Alice, an Austin woman struggling to adopt a child with her husband, and Carla, a twelve year old girl making the trip from Tegucigalpa, Honduras … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Amanda Eyre Ward
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