by Ethan S. Disclaimer: Check Trigger Warnings (TWs) on all books before reading. One thing I love about the wintertime is having lots of time to reflect, scrolling my Goodreads, about all the new and exciting books and authors I read this year. I especially love deep-diving into the book and what the author intends, … Continue reading 5 Books I Read This Year That WILL be Future Classics
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Review: The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
by: Holly W. If you’re a fan of mystery, whimsy, verse books, and just a pinch of suspense and romance, The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero could be your next favorite read! Every couple months I seem to find myself back in the wonderfully immersive world of verse books— whether they be fiction, … Continue reading Review: The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
“Preserving Our Voices in the Fight for Intellectual Freedom,” Save the Books Teen Op-Ed Contest Winner Essay
Save the Books is a teen-led project run by Austin Public Library and funded by the Library Foundation with the goal of increasing student discussion of intellectual freedoms. This year was their first annual Op-Ed contest, where students between 14 and 18 could submit an entry about “What the Freedom to Read Means to Me.” The winner was Azeemah Sadiq from Houston, TX. Thank you to all the Save the Books members and partners who made this possible!
5 Foreign Language Poets to Add to Your Bookshelves!
ICYMI, bookseller and poet Elijah took over our Instagram for the month of April sharing a poem every day! You can still check out his readings on our IG Highlights. Today he's here to share his expertise on 5 foreign language poets you should get to know... check 'em out! Tu Fu (712-770 C.E.) "...Tu … Continue reading 5 Foreign Language Poets to Add to Your Bookshelves!
What We’re Reading This Week
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh: Describing this book is proving to be nearly impossible, but I find books that can't be easily summarized in a few sentences are often the ones most worth reading. You could say this book is about a woman who hibernates for a year in the hope of … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Naked Girls Reading: Wandering the Woods
The first event of the season is at Austin's Salvage Vanguard Theater on May 23rd, 8pm.
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In Turpentine, Alia Volz recounts her childhood with an artist mother. It is a short, beautiful story centered around the scent of the turpentine her mother used while painting. "When the muse is gorged and satisfied, it will abandon her body like a used rubber glove, leaving her saggy and deflated, a formless, useless biohazard. My mom … Continue reading weekend reading
Book Club Meeting Round-up For Week 02/23/15
BookPeople is thrilled to host nearly staff-run a dozen book clubs every month. All but one of the clubs meets right here in the store. Following are this week's discussions. We hope you find one that fits your favorite genre! All BookPeople book club meetings are free and open to the public. Book club picks are 10% … Continue reading Book Club Meeting Round-up For Week 02/23/15
News from the Book Multiverse
Hello once again, friends an fellow intrepid explorers of the ever expanding, ever bountiful, mysterious and yet-to-be-fully-grokked-by-mere-humans book multiverse! We're back with yet another report on what's new out there among the literary nebulae and grammatically galactic goings on: A lost Sherlock Holmes short story has been discovered in the attic of historian Walter Elliot. The story … Continue reading News from the Book Multiverse
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Here are a few short stories, interviews, and reviews, most of which have absolutely nothing to do with love, to read this Valentine's Day weekend!! In We Contain Multitudes, Andrew Rose interviews trans author Thomas Page McBee (Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man) about his female to male transition and how his views … Continue reading weekend reading
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