JUST BOOKED: Anne Rice!

We are THRILLED to announce we have just confirmed legendary author Anne Rice will sign her latest novel, The Wolf Gift, here at BookPeople on Friday, March 23, 7p 6p! You can pre-order your book here on our site. In order to receive a wristband for the signing line at this event, a copy of [...]

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Collecting Donations for Leslie Cochran

As of Friday, March 2nd 9am BookPeople will accept donations for the recovery expenses of Austin icon Leslie Cochran, hospitalized this week and currently recuperating from brain surgery at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center. Soon after learning of Cochran’s hospitalization, BookPeople contacted Cochran’s friend Debbie Russell to inquire about expenses incurred by the surgery [...]

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Book Review: ‘Threats’ by Amelia Gray

Book: Threats by Amelia Gray Reviewed by: Brian C. If Joan Didion and Italo Calvino had a baby, and if that baby was best buddies with Slavenka Drakulic and Blake Butler, and if that baby wrote awesome sentences, then that baby would be Amelia Gray. If that baby probably hated forced metaphors about literary brethren, [...]

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All You Need to Know About Michael Ian Black in Austin

By now you may have heard that comedian Michael Ian Black is coming to Austin. Here’s what you need to know if you want to see him: Sunday, March 4 7p – Alamo Drafthouse Michael Ian Black will take part in a special evening of clips and conversation at the Alamo Drafthouse at South Lamar. [...]

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Bookstore Yarn Bomb! – A Message from Merrilee

~Post by Merrilee Well, it will soon be over. Tomorrow our sweater will be put on display. Whether we win or lose (lose?! How can welose? Our sweater is so MASSIVE!), I’d like to thank everyone here at BookPeople who helped out. Thanks to everyone who knitted on it, including those people who let me [...]

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New Releases

New books! Today! New! Here they are! (Blurbs courtesy of the books’ publishers). HARDCOVER FICTION Living Proof by Kira Peikoff In 2027, destroying an embryo is considered first-degree murder. Fertility clinics still exist, giving hope and new life to thousands of infertile families, but they have to pass rigorous inspections by the United States Department [...]

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Bookstore Yarn Bomb! – UPDATE

This week is it. Tomorrow the knitters gather to put the last stitches on what we are confident (or at least very, very hopeful) will catch the eyes of author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen and win their bookseller’s knitting challenge. It’s been hard work, but oh, it’s going to be so worth it [...]

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Book Review: ‘You’re Not Doing It Right’ by Michael Ian Black

Book: You’re Not Doing It Right by Michael Ian Black Reviewed by: Joe T. **Signed copies of this book are now available!** Like many people my age, I discovered Michael Ian Black during his time on the MTV sketch comedy show, The State. It’s still, to this day, one of my major touchstones for comedy [...]

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Top Shelf for March: ‘Gods Without Men’ by Hari Kunzru

March Top Shelf: Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru Reviewed by: Chris Hoyt So there I was at the local “Choke N’ Puke,” just killing time with a bit of supper, when a stranger slid up beside me at the bar. He inquired about the book in my possession, small talk really. Just wondering what [...]

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Our Picks in the 2012 Tournament of Books

Last week Chris Hoyt handed around the brackets for the 2012 Tournament of Books. If you don’t know what that is, read this. Basically, ToB (a combined effort of The Morning News, Field Notes & Powell’s Books) pits the top novels of the previous year against one another in an NBA-style tournament bracket to determine [...]

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