Mary Karr, best-selling author of Liar’s Club and Cherry will be in-store tonight (Nov. 12th) at 7 PM to discuss and sign copies of her new memoir Lit.
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John Krasinski (Jim from THE OFFICE) in Austin this weekend
Posted in BookPeople Events, Uncategorized, tagged David Foster Wallace, events, signing on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ohn Krasinski (better known as Jim Halpert on THE OFFICE) will be in Austin this weekend to promote his new movie and directorial debut, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The movie is based on the book of short stories by influential and recently deceased author David Foster Wallace.
Dr. Ronald Chevalier at BookPeople! Friday @ 4PM
Posted in BookPeople Events, events, tagged book signing, events, Flight of the Conchords, Gentlemen Broncos, Jared Hess, Jemaine Clement on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Ronald Chevalier, the Cluster award winning sci-fi author and “visitation portraitist”, will be appearing at BookPeople on Friday, September 25 at 4 PM. Chevalier will read from his new novel, Brutus & Balzaak.
RENT star at BookPeople this Wednesday!
Posted in events, tagged alisonkn, anthony rapp, events, rent, without you on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anthony Rapp, in Austin for performances of the smash musical RENT, is making a special appearance at BookPeople to talk about and sign copies of his memoir, Without You. The event will be from 12:30-2PM on Wednesday, May 13. This event was just added, so sorry about the late notice if you’re die-hard RENT fans!
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American Rust
Posted in BookPeople Events, tagged american rust, events, philipp meyer, signing on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always excited to feature writers with an Austin connection, and even more excited to feature writers with a Michener Center connection. The Michener Center pulls together some amazing authors, and Austin is lucky to be home for these writers, at least for a little while. But even better that an Austin author from the [...]
Allison L. recommends…
Posted in events, staff reviews, tagged book signing, christopher moore, events, fool, king lear, lamb, staff reviews on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before he died, my grandfather, a former minister, gave me a copy of Lamb by Christopher Moore and told me that the humor was right up my alley, comparing Moore to Monty Python. Not only was he completely right, I get to tell everyone that my Dr. Reverend Grandfather loved a book that has been [...]
Mexican Enough
Posted in events, tagged Around the Bloc, BookPeople, events, Mexican Enough, Stephanie Elizondo Griest on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last year, Stephanie Elizondo Griest was all over Austin. Her fabulous book, Around the Bloc, was chosen as the Mayor’s Book Club book for 2007. Thousands of Austinites read this book, if her BookPeople book sales are any indication.
Around the Bloc is Stephanie’s travel memoir from her trips in communist (or formerly communist) countries. She [...]


