BookPeople Best Books of 2014

Here they are, in no particular order. our Best Books of 2014! Top Ten Fiction and Nonfiction Books Best Picture Books of 2014 (Ages 0-6) Best Books for Young Readers (Ages 7-12) Best Young Adult Books (Ages 12 and up)

Statesman Selects in December: HOW TO BE BOTH

BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for our monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, we get together to select one book you absolutely must not miss. December's Statesman Selects pick is the novel How to be both by Ali Smith. Pick up a copy of the Statesman on Sunday, December 7 to read their review! … Continue reading Statesman Selects in December: HOW TO BE BOTH →

Help Penguin Random House #GiveaBook – 25,000 Books!

The folks at Penguin Random House have a launched a new campaign this holiday season to donate books to children here in the U. S. It's called #GiveaBook, and it's quite simple: every time someone posts a message to facebook or twitter with the hash tag #GiveaBook, PRH will donate one book to Save the … Continue reading Help Penguin Random House #GiveaBook – 25,000 Books! →

Bosco’s Favorite Book of 2014: THE LAST KIND WORDS SALOON

Every year, our marketing department works with our booksellers and book buyers to put together our Winter Catalog, a collection of our favorite books of 2014 along with recommendations for holiday gifts. Booksellers submit competing essays about their favorite books and the winners are featured in the full-color, glossy pages of the catalog. Tons of brainstorming goes into … Continue reading Bosco’s Favorite Book of 2014: THE LAST KIND WORDS SALOON →

Indies First Q&A with Mark Pryor

Last year, bestselling author Sherman Alexie issued a call to arms to authors nationwide: show your support of your local independent bookstore by volunteering to work! And thus was born Indies First, happening for the second consecutive year on Small Business Saturday, November 29. This Saturday, Austin authors Edward Carey, Mark Pryor & Meg Gardiner are … Continue reading Indies First Q&A with Mark Pryor →

BookPeople Feast: Plantain-Stuffed Peppers

This month our booksellers are cooking up a seven course feast to highlight the many new cookbooks hitting our shelves in time for the holidays. Join us as we chronicle our ambitious culinary undertakings here on the BookPeople blog. From cocktails to side dishes to dessert, we’ll share our adventures investigating a wide variety of new cookbooks, all … Continue reading BookPeople Feast: Plantain-Stuffed Peppers →

TICKET TO CHILDHOOD: Putting Adults On Trial

Ticket to Childhood by Nguyen Nhat Anh ~post by Ben How do you remember your childhood? I can remember joyfully imitating Michael Jordan in a humid basement with a Nerf foam basketball and an empty laundry basket. I remember catching fireflies in a jar at dusk. Yet, just as easily, I can remember having to … Continue reading TICKET TO CHILDHOOD: Putting Adults On Trial →

BookPeople Feast: Old Ikarian Tomato-Acorn Soup

The HORNS Experience

Horns by Joe Hill ~post by Robyn and Steven Horns by Joe Hill is a gripping revenge anthem that navigates the wicked corridors of the human spirit while artfully subverting conventional morality to deconstruct the faulty premise of good versus evil. Under the scrutiny of Joe Hill's transcendent storytelling, the straw god that would punish … Continue reading The HORNS Experience →

WRITING MOVIES FOR FUN AND PROFIT: A Guaranteed Money Factory

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too! by Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon ~post by Steve(n) Casablanca; Lawrence of Arabia; Annie Hall; The Pacifier with Vin Diesel. One of these movies doesn't belong. That's because one of these movies made oodles … Continue reading WRITING MOVIES FOR FUN AND PROFIT: A Guaranteed Money Factory →