Our Evening with Meg Gardiner

On Friday we had a wonderful evening with bestselling thriller writer Meg Gardiner. A great crowd showed up to hear Meg talk about her latest book, The Nightmare Thief (including another bestselling thriller writer, Austin’s own Jeff Abbott.) For those of you who couldn’t make it, we caught some of Meg’s talk on video: In [...]

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Man Booker Prize Long List Announced

The long list of finalists for the prestigious Man Booker Prize were announced earlier today. Congrats to all of the authors (and their publishers) in the Man Booker Dozen: Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending (Random House) Sebastian Barry On Canaan’s Side (Faber) Carol Birch Jamrach’s Menagerie (Canongate Books) Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers [...]

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New Releases

Here’s what’s brand new on the shelves as of today. Blurbs provided by the books’ publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward – Amanda Eyre Ward’s latest novel is a dark mystery partially inspired by real events. For most of her life, Lauren Mahdian has been certain of two things: that her [...]

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