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Bookseller Christine H. joins us on the blog to handsell you some of her favorite reads...with an added twist! Reading books and writing haiku are two of my favorite pastimes, so I thought it might be fun to do some virtual “hand selling” using haiku as the descriptions. For those not familiar with this particular … Continue reading Summer Reads: Havens’s Handselling Haiku
Cinema is besotted with particular breeds of writers - the scoundrels, the neurotics, and the frenzied. The Authors & Auteurs Book & Cinema Club just celebrated these fictional wordsmiths with Michael Chabon’s Wonder Boys, along with Curtis Hanson’s big screen adaptation. Following this, we’re taking a look at a few other (and maybe worse) cases … Continue reading The Authors & Auteurs Book & Cinema Club Presents Further Viewings for The Wonder Boys
Authors and Auteurs concluded our first six months in existence with Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and one of our largest gatherings to date. The group is still in many ways carving out its identity, so come join us as we continue toiling and stumbling our way towards greatness. The next six months will … Continue reading Authors & Auteurs Book Club Watches The Wheels Go Round With Michael Chabon’s WONDER BOYS
Did you make a New Year's resolution to up your reading game in 2016? What better way to kickstart your reading life - and meet friendly new faces - than coming to one of our free book club meetings? We have a dozen bookseller-run, totally not at all intimidating, super-friendly groups that meet once a month … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: AUTHORS & AUTEURS
When an author opens an event with erotic fiction about Mr. Rogers, you know you're headed for something special. We've been following Roxane Gay online for quite some time now and were so happy to discover she's as charming, witty and ready to talk about Beyoncé in person as she is on twitter. Hearing about … Continue reading Reading Recommendations from Roxane Gay
Telegraph Avenueby Michael Chabon Reviewed by Spencer Maybe it’s the hard-hitting, fierce prose that draws the reader along Telegraph Avenue, or possibly the seemingly endless fount of vinyl knowledge –sure to titillate any aficionado of records- that keeps the reader hooked well into the ante meridian hours; or could it be the names of the … Continue reading BookPeople Review: TELEGRAPH AVENUE by Michael Chabon
One of my favorite things about working at BookPeople is getting to meet authors and have them sign my books. As a book collector (hoarder?), I collect first editions and especially signed first editions. Right now we have a LOT of signed books in stock, for you fellow collectors out there. These not only make … Continue reading Signed Books
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