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~ WIL Cress by Marissa Meyer “The story I’ve been waiting for in The Lunar Chronicles, Rapunzel on the moon! I’ve been reading the advance reader, and Cress is already delivering. It looks like there’s going to be this big dust up between the Lunars at the ‘Earthens.’ This series is really taking off and … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
HARDCOVER FICTION By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan From the author of the best sellers The Last Werewolf and Talulla Rising, comes the hair-raising conclusion to the saga that has galvanized readers' imaginations and one last incisive--brilliantly ironic--look at what it means to be, or to not be, human. Glen Duncan will be at … Continue reading New Releases – 2/4
HARDCOVER FICTION Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon "With occasional excursions into the DeepWeb and out to Long Island, Thomas Pynchon, channeling his inner Jewish mother, brings us a historical romance of New York in the early days of the internet, not that distant in calendar time but galactically remote from where we've journeyed to since." … Continue reading New Releases 9/17
We have a whole lot of magic on deck for you this fall. Here a few events we're particularly excited about (read: we've already made the fancy graphics for them). Books (& tickets, when applicable) for all of these events are currently available via bookpeople.com. If you can't make it to an event, you can … Continue reading Fall Event Preview
~Posted by Julie Once upon a time, long before I realized my book selling destiny, I prepared food for a living. While I'm glad for the career shift (books don't quite pack the pounds the way all of that "taste-testing" did), I do still love to cook. My specialty these days (or what every dish … Continue reading We’re All Casserole Queens On the Inside
By BookPerson Joel Nihlean Bob Mould is coming to BookPeople on Sunday, and I am pretty damn excited. I’ve met my fair share of rock stars, artists, authors and the like between working here at BookPeople and gigging and touring with my own band, but Bob Mould definitely stands out. He has risen to critical … Continue reading Bob Mould at BookPeople 7/24/11 7PM
It's time for another MysteryPeople event, folks, so you know what that means - Happy Hour! Join us on Saturday, July 9, 5p for Happy Hour with Duane Swierczysnki. Duane is the author of several fast-paced thrillers that are digging a niche with readers who like sharp dialogue, plenty of action, and a wry look … Continue reading Happy Hour with Duane Swierczynski
On Tuesday, July 12, 7pm we have the great pleasure of welcoming novelist and Texas native Stefan Merrill Block to the BookPeople podium. We loved his first novel, The Story of Forgetting (and so did plenty of other people - the Austin Chronicle named it best book of the year 2008, it was chosen as … Continue reading Q&A with Novelist Stefan Merrill Block
Take a look at the man himself greeting the crowd before signing over 600 (!!) books! PLUS, see what some of the fans here had to say about Simon.
We are instituting a new, exciting addition to the BookPeople Blog. Every Thursday from now until the world ends (you know, 12/21/12) or at least until we decide differently, the BP blog is going to be taken over by the teen section. I'm going to be sneaking over here from the BookKids Blog to tell … Continue reading Teen Thursday!
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