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John Darnielle Comes to BookPeople!
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Alright, folks, we’re excited (and by excited, we mean some of us are having heart palpitations) to announce that Monday, October 6 at 7PM, esteemed lyricist, singer for the Mountain Goats, and debut novelist John Darnielle will be speaking and signing copies of his book, Wolf in White Van, here at BookPeople!…
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS: Prepare Your Brain to Get Drop Kicked
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The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey ~post by Sarah H. With all the post-apocalyptic fiction coming out these days, it’s hard to know which of them should make it on to your reading list this summer. The Girl With All The Gifts has so much more to offer…
POKING A DEAD FROG: More Than A Writing Manual
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Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers by Mike Sacks ~post by Steve(n) It is a paradoxical testament to the excellence and effectiveness of Mike Sachs’s captivating new writing guide Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers that it is all but impossible to read…
Graham Nash Comes to BookPeople!
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Austin, mark your calendars: Thursday, August 28 12:30pm legendary musician Graham Nash will sign copies of his book, Wild Tales, here at BookPeople! All the info is available on our website. But while you’re here, we’ll double down and mention a few things: This event is a SIGNING ONLY. Tickets are…
CONVERSATIONS: Original and Intelligent
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Conversations by César Aira translated by Katherine Silver It’s a wonderful feeling to discover a new author. Whether in a sparkling new debut, or that recommendation which you’ve put off reading, there is a particular freshness when opening the title of someone you’ve never read before. Newly released translations can act…
Loved, valued, unique? Yes. Center of the universe? No.
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Guest post by Austin author Chris Barton ___________________________________ I want my sons to feel loved. I want them to feel that they, individually, are valued and unique. But I don’t want them — or anyone else in their demographic — to get the idea that they’re at the center of the…
LANDLINE: A True Look At True Love
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Landline by Rainbow Rowell Reviewed by Consuelo I was hesitant as I started Landline. I haven’t read Attachments, and I was worried that Rainbow Rowell’s grown-up characters would not have the same grip on me that her young adult characters did when I read Eleanor & Park and Fangirl. My hesitation didn’t…
COME, SWEET DEATH! Funny, Full of Suspense
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? (This review was first posted on the MysteryPeople blog.) Come, Sweet Death! by Wolf Haas Reviewed by Andrew H. Wolf Haas has a voice to be reckoned with. His series of novels starring Detective Brenner is already wildly popular in his native Austria and in Germany, and it is only a…
New Releases – 7/8/14
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FICTION A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall by Will Chancellor “A globetrotting, witty, powerful and wildly ambitious novel that is at once a psychological journey and a terrific page-turner. Will Chancellor has an electrifying, deeply original voice, and his book is so full of depth and heart that it’s impossible to put…
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