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How to Make White People Laugh by Negin Farsad Negin Farsad will speak and sign at BookPeople Tuesday, June 21 at 7PM. From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims Are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy … Continue reading New Books! 5/24/16
R, our exchange intern from France, asked some of our booksellers what they're currently reading: Sarah H is reading: A Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl [coming out in June] It took her a while to get into this story about a woman and her kid on a road-trip through the United States, but the further … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett (speaking & signing at BookPeople 5/13 at 7PM) "This touching chronicle of love and pain traces half a century in a family of five, from the parents' engagement in 1963 through a father's and son's psychological torments and a final crisis....Each chapter is told by one of the family's … Continue reading New Books! Week of 5/3/16
Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker (speaking & signing this Sunday at 3PM!) To most Americans, Frank Hamer is known only as the “villain” of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Now, in Texas Ranger, historian John Boessenecker sets out to restore Hamer’s good … Continue reading New Books! 4/26/15
Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much by Faith Salie From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!” a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval, whether it’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism in the hopes … Continue reading New Books! 4/19/16
The Regional Office is Under Attack by Manuel Gonzalez "Like the best of the stories it satirizes so gently, it’s rollicking good fun on the surface, action-packed and shiny in all the right places; underneath that surface, though, it’s thoughtful and well considered. Gonzales has created a superheroic fighting force of the kind we’ve grown … Continue reading New Books! 4/12/16
Today is a special day in the world of children's literature as we're celebrating 100 years in the life of Beverly Clearly, whose work has been enjoyed by over three generations. Publishing almost fifty books before retiring, she's received the National Medal of Arts award (in the Oval Office), a Newbery Medal, and was named a Library of Congress … Continue reading Happy 100th Birthday, Beverly Cleary!
This post comes from Meike, a member of our event team. BookPeople kicked off SXSW with two author events with outstanding material on leveraging social media engagement and other management information for the small business owner. If you weren’t able to make it to the events, here’s a quick rundown. Rusty Shelton and Barbara Cave Henricks … Continue reading BookPeople Explores the Digital Media Landscape During SXSW
I came into the world of sequential art pretty late--I read Sandman just after I left college, but it took several months into Matt Fraction's run on Hawkeye to really get my engine going. In 2013, I attended HeroesCon in my hometown of Charlotte, NC, which helped--face to face conversations with comic book creators like … Continue reading #2016ComicBookRenaissance: Demi Marshall Staff Selections Spotlight
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary. From Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond comes a ground-level view … Continue reading New Books! 3/1/16
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