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We're thrilled to announce we've confirmed an in-store event with Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, on Monday, May 12 at 7pm. Keillor will be here to speak about and sign The Keillor Reader, a career-spanning collection of his work that includes monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from The New Yorker and The Atlantic, excerpts … Continue reading Garrison Keillor Comes to BookPeople!
Donna Tartt! Donna Tartt! The winners of this year's Pulitzer Prizes have been announced and we're thrilled to see Donna Tartt's wonderful novel The Goldfinch recognized with a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Check out all the winners here. Congratulations to Tartt and all the fine folks at Little Brown & Company who brought The Goldfinch into the … Continue reading Donna Tartt’s THE GOLDFINCH Wins Pulitzer Prize
Earlier this week Topher, our Kid's Outreach Director, took one of our favorite middle school authors, Brandon Mull, to visit local schools to talk about his new book, Sky Raiders. Brandon is the author of the bestselling, must-read-if-you-love-adventure-and-fairies series, Fablehaven, AND the awesome Beyonders series. (See all of Brandon's books right over here.) Here are a few … Continue reading A Day with Brandon Mull
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corp! _______________________________________________________________________ WHAT WE'RE READING RIGHT THIS MINUTE E M I L Y BZRK by Michael Grant “This is one of the best science fiction books I’ve read in a while. I fell in love with the whole … Continue reading Teen Thursday
We were a little busy on Tuesday hosting former President Jimmy Carter, so, a couple of days late, here are a few of our greatest hits from the new release pile this week. Enjoy! HARDCOVER FICTION Astonish Me: A Novel by Maggie Shipstead From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of … Continue reading New Releases This Week
Yesterday we had the honor of hosting President Jimmy Carter for a signing of his new book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. President Carter is in town for the Civil Rights Summit being held at the LBJ Library. He met approximately 600 supporters here at BookPeople and signed many hundreds of copies … Continue reading President Jimmy Carter At BookPeople: PHOTOS
JESSICA The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon "It's been a long time since I've been terrified by a book. Jennifer McMahon's new novel is an exceptional fright fest! With plenty of brilliantly disturbing images that have been burned permanently into my brain (skinning of humans, little girls with strange appetites, a heavily boarded up … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks and Canaan White Reviewed by Shappy World War Z meets World War I! The newest offering from Max Brooks (bestselling author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide) is a graphic novel that tells the story of the Harlem Hellfighters, a black American regiment that fought in the trenches alongside … Continue reading THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS: World War Z Meets World War I!
"Good science fiction holds a mirror up to humanity and speculates on our evolution. Good science fiction, like good fiction, reveals who we are and who we can become." Each month, Jan, one of our intrepid booksellers, picks a different topic and tells us about her must-read books in that genre. This month she’s vloggin’ … Continue reading Book Vloggin’ with Jan: Women of Science Fiction
Tickets for tomorrow afternoon’s event with President Jimmy Carter will be available via our website until 1pm today. After that, they’ll be available in-store only. For tickets and complete event guidelines, visit our website or give us a call: 512-472-5050. We’re very excited (and very busy today preparing) to welcome President Carter with a powerful, … Continue reading President Jimmy Carter Event Update
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