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In honor of Julia Child's 100th birthday, PBS made this remix tribute. Just one more reason to love and support your local public radio station. Happy Birthday, Julia! __________________________________________________________________ Keep on cooking with Julia: Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volumes I and II The French Chef Cookbook Baking with Julia: Sift, Knead, Flour, and … Continue reading Happy Birthday Julia Child! Here’s Your Remix
This fall, we are honored to welcome legendary author Lois Lowry to BookPeople to speak about and sign the final book in The Giver quartet, Son. Mark your calendars: Monday, October 15 at 6p. The Giver earned a Newbery Medal in 1994, is a staple on school reading lists across the country, and is absolutely one of our most beloved classic … Continue reading Lois Lowry is Coming to BookPeople!
Book: Some Remarks by Neal Stephenson Reviewed by: Joe T. One of the things I love most about reading a new Neal Stephenson novel is the detailed digressions that he often makes. Whether it’s having Eliza from The Baroque Cycle explain how money works or, in Reamde, describing how an MMO game (such as Warcraft) … Continue reading BookPeople Review: SOME REMARKS
Here's a little look at those books we're reading, craving and getting excited about for the Fall 2012 season. The list is by no means comprehensive. We read so much, we read everything, a never ending river of books. Here's what we have for you today, this warm (so warm) day in early August. More … Continue reading BookPeople Fall 2012 Preview
~Post by Joe T. To coincide with the visit of Mr. Neal Stephenson to our little shop, BookPeople, on Saturday, August 11th, we were given the opportunity to email him a handful of questions for him to answer. So, I gathered my little think tank of Stephenson fans and came up with a mess of … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Neal Stephenson
~Post by Kester & Harrison A long time favorite of mine, and Harrison’s number two pick from our summer selections, is Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. While we both read each of the books from this list, Treasure Island was the only book that we read aloud together, and it certainly enhanced the experience and … Continue reading Kester & Harrison’s Summer Reading: TREASURE ISLAND
We had a blast Saturday at our Wonderful Waldo Wrap-Up Party, celebrating our month-long Find Waldo Local scavenger hunt across Austin! Thanks so much to all of the families of intrepid Waldo seekers who joined us for the party. Virtually everyone had spotted Waldo in every single Austin spot he was hiding - good work! … Continue reading We Found Him!
Book: Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins Reviewed by: Nolan Picking up a copy and looking at the back of Battleborn, it's hard not to be interested. How does a debut novel by a young writer have promotional quotes from Joy Williams, Donald Ray Pollock, and Pulitzer Prize winning author Paul Harding? Impressive to say the … Continue reading BookPeople Review: BATTLEBORN
Book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock by Jesse Jarnow Reviewed by: Steven Like everyone else, I have a couple Yo La Tengo albums lying around that I'll throw on from time to time when I'm craving an extended fuzz rock guitar freakout. I'm not obsessed with them, and … Continue reading Book Review: BIG DAY COMING: YO LA TENGO & THE RISE OF INDIE ROCK
In August, we have not one, not two, not three but FOUR author events for the Sci Fi/Fantasy-minded. Just set up a cot and move in for the month. The cafe has great tacos, you'll like it. Can't make it and think you might die? Here's a salve: order a signed copy of the event … Continue reading Our Summer of Speculation
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