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Okay, here's what we've got going on today: Abby, Chris, Andrew, Danithan & Julie are going to do a tag team reading of 'The Cheater's Guide to Love' from This Is How You Lose Her out on our deck. Matthew of Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders is going to perform. There will be adult beverages. … Continue reading Penguin Truck Tailgate Today!
We're excited to once again join our friends from Penguin Books in the Penguin booth at the Texas Book Festival! We'll be there selling books all day Saturday (10/26) and Sunday (10/27). Find Us In Booths: 303 - 304 (and) 314 - 315. Stop by and say hello! We're giving away Penguin Classic tote bags … Continue reading Join Us At The Texas Book Festival!
Like so many avid Austin readers, we're looking forward to the annual Texas Book Festival, happening this weekend October 27-28. We'll be slinging books over in the Penguin booth, stop by and say hello! Being in the center of a whirlwind of books is something we are very much accustomed to, so if you're feeling … Continue reading Join us at the Texas Book Festival!
"Ken Kesey was a central figure in the counter-culture movement of the late 1960s. While working as a night aide at a psychiatric hospital, he volunteered to take part in the now infamous CIA-financed study of psychoactive drugs. It was this experience that inspired One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, an incredible story of the power … Continue reading The Power of a Good Book
The funniest thing happened to Grace when she started reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.... Good books will do that to you. We're giving away a suite of other awesome, all new Penguin titles at our event with Junot Diaz on September 25th. Everyone who attends can enter. Good luck!
This week, something unexpected arrived in the mail. William Shatner. In case you haven't heard, William Shatner has a new book out. It's called Shatner Rules. So I guess this is him going on tour. Funny he didn't just take an airplane like everyone else. But hey, Shatner's Shatner. You don't question the methods. So … Continue reading Shatner Rules.
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