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It's no secret. Frank Warren, creator and master blogger behind the PostSecret project, will be at BookPeople this Saturday, December 12th at 3 PM. Warren will be dishing the dirt on his new book, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God, the newest installment of anonymous confessions sent to Frank and Co.
Ree Drummond, the 'Pioneer Woman', as she is affectionately known on the internet, will be bringing her down-home homemaking tips to BookPeople this Thursday, December 3rd at 7 PM.
The Welch kids had a traumatic childhood, to say the least. After losing their father in a tragic car accident, their mother to uterine cancer three years later, and the family property to bankruptcy, the four siblings were seperated. Amanda, the oldest, headed to New York City where she became engrossed in the drug scene of the mid-80's.
Mary Karr, best-selling author of Liar's Club and Cherry will be in-store tonight (Nov. 12th) at 7 PM to discuss and sign copies of her new memoir Lit.
ohn Krasinski (better known as Jim Halpert on THE OFFICE) will be in Austin this weekend to promote his new movie and directorial debut, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The movie is based on the book of short stories by influential and recently deceased author David Foster Wallace.
Alton Brown, host of the Food Network's Good Eats and Iron Chef America, will be on the upper deck of Whole Foods this Sunday, October 18th at 1 PM. Alton will be there to sign copies of his new book, Good Eats: The Early Years, a collection of stories and recipes from the first few years of his award winning TV show.
Dr. Ronald Chevalier, the Cluster award winning sci-fi author and "visitation portraitist", will be appearing at BookPeople on Friday, September 25 at 4 PM. Chevalier will read from his new novel, Brutus & Balzaak.
Anthony Rapp, in Austin for performances of the smash musical RENT, is making a special appearance at BookPeople to talk about and sign copies of his memoir, Without You. The event will be from 12:30-2PM on Wednesday, May 13. This event was just added, so sorry about the late notice if you're die-hard RENT fans! … Continue reading RENT star at BookPeople this Wednesday!
I'm always excited to feature writers with an Austin connection, and even more excited to feature writers with a Michener Center connection. The Michener Center pulls together some amazing authors, and Austin is lucky to be home for these writers, at least for a little while. But even better that an Austin author from the … Continue reading American Rust
Before he died, my grandfather, a former minister, gave me a copy of Lamb by Christopher Moore and told me that the humor was right up my alley, comparing Moore to Monty Python. Not only was he completely right, I get to tell everyone that my Dr. Reverend Grandfather loved a book that has been … Continue reading Allison L. recommends…
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