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Last week’s Texas Library Association (TLA) conference brought more than librarians to Austin. The conference also brought over 200 hundred authors from around the country to our city, and BookPeople worked with schools, publishers, and publicists to connect them with local students. The week was incredible and the pace non-stop. Students entertained authors just as much … Continue reading 1 Week. 13 Authors. 21 School Events.
Lots of awards and finalists were announced this week. The three Story Prize Finalists were announced; NBCC announced it's 30 finalists for the best books of 2013 as well as awarded A Constellation of Vital Phenomena the first ever John Leonard Prize; Mystery Writers of America announced it's list of 2014 Edgar Awards nominees; and Sinead Morrissey … Continue reading This Week in the World of Books
Sunday morning we had ourselves a TIME with Mac Barnett and Jon Scieszka. Bunny ears, eye patches, carrot cupcakes, sword fights. It was awesome. While signing copies of their new book, Battle Bunny, (available on our shelves and via bookpeople.com), Mac recommended a few books we all must read (the younger set might want to … Continue reading Mac Barnett Recommends….
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION THE GOLDFINCH by DONNA TARTT The Goldfinch is a novel of shocking narrative energy and power. It combines unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and breathtaking suspense, while plumbing with a philosopher's calm the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art. Thursday, November 7th at 7PM Donna Tartt will be at the store … Continue reading New Releases – 10/22
~Post by Robyn It’s an odd feeling. Working, planning and creating something so intensively for a month and then all of a sudden it’s over. It’s impossible to fathom the number of times the word “yarn” has been used in BookPeople over the past few weeks. I can’t say that I miss it, yet, but … Continue reading Bookstore Yarn Bomb! SUCCESS!
~Post by Merrilee Well, it will soon be over. Tomorrow our sweater will be put on display. Whether we win or lose (lose?! How can welose? Our sweater is so MASSIVE!), I'd like to thank everyone here at BookPeople who helped out. Thanks to everyone who knitted on it, including those people who let me … Continue reading Bookstore Yarn Bomb! – A Message from Merrilee
Last week Merrilee announced that she and other BookPeople booksellers have accepted Mac Barnett's bookseller knitting challenge. Since then, our knitters have been keeping their fingers nimble stitching together a sweater for an object in our store. The contest was inspired by Barnett's delightful new picture book, Extra Yarn. Today, Robyn and Merrilee finished up the first … Continue reading Bookstore Yarn Bomb! – UPDATE
~Post by Merrilee As every knitter knows, there's no such thing as too much yarn. In Mac Barnett's new picture book, Extra Yarn, Annabelle doesn't have too much yarn, she just has extra. So after she knits sweaters for herself, her family and friends, everyone else in town and all the animals in the woods, … Continue reading Book Store Yarn Bomb!
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