This morning, we had the pleasure of bringing Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney to Hill Elementary School to share with students her book, The Red Pencil. Told in verse and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Shane W. Evans, this powerful novel tells the story of Amira, a twelve year old girl forced … Continue reading Andrea Davis Pinkney Visits Austin Students with THE RED PENCIL
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SEAMUS MCGRAW – Betting the Farm on a Drought
~post by Kaitlyn I come from three generations of farming families in Southwest Texas, and if there’s one thing I've learned about farmers, it’s that their mood is dependent upon the weather. You can imagine the crankiness I've endured over the last several years as our state has struggled through an extreme drought, inching closer … Continue reading SEAMUS MCGRAW – Betting the Farm on a Drought
NICK OFFERMAN Comes to BookPeople!
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!
ATTENTION READERS: You Have a New Home Online
This week was a big week in the literary world. There's been a magnificent convergence of the web’s rich, yet scattered literary content. In short, book lovers have a new and much needed virtual home that proves literary culture is alive online. It’s called Literary Hub, and in the ambitious site’s own words, “Literary Hub is … Continue reading ATTENTION READERS: You Have a New Home Online
Statesman Selects April 2015: DELICIOUS FOODS
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. The Statesman Selects pick for April is James Hannaham’s new novel, Delicious Foods. Check out the Statesman’s review of the novel and join us here at BookPeople … Continue reading Statesman Selects April 2015: DELICIOUS FOODS
Demi Reads The West
Demi is the BookKids Marketing & Merchandising Manager, which is a lot of M’s. She just got a puppy named Beatrice, who has chewed the corners of all Demi’s books to cement her place in a reading family. I moved to Austin (and started work at BookPeople) about eight months ago, at the end of … Continue reading Demi Reads The West
New Books! 4/07/15
HARDCOVER FICTION I Refuse by Per Petterson Per Petterson's hotly anticipated new novel, I Refuse, is the work of an internationally acclaimed novelist at the height of his powers. In Norway the book has been a huge bestseller, and rights have already been sold into sixteen countries. In his signature spare style, Petterson … Continue reading New Books! 4/07/15
Book Review: THE FOLDED CLOCK by Heidi Julavits
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
Book Review: Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes: Stories
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes: Stories by Per Petterson ~post by Ben I came to Per Petterson’s Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes not long after having read Nguyen Nhat Anh’s Ticket to Childhood (which I recommend strongly). Both approach childhood and, due to the temporal proximity with which … Continue reading Book Review: Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes: Stories
weekend reading
In Turpentine, Alia Volz recounts her childhood with an artist mother. It is a short, beautiful story centered around the scent of the turpentine her mother used while painting. "When the muse is gorged and satisfied, it will abandon her body like a used rubber glove, leaving her saggy and deflated, a formless, useless biohazard. My mom … Continue reading weekend reading
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