Mary Karr at BookPeople Today at 7 PM

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

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.

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Alton Brown at Whole Foods on Sunday, October 18th

Alton Brown, host of the Food Network’s Good Eats and Iron Chef America, will be on the upper deck of Whole Foods this Sunday, October 18th at 1 PM. Alton will be there to sign copies of his new book, Good Eats: The Early Years, a collection of stories and recipes from the first few years of his award winning TV show.

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Dr. Ronald Chevalier at BookPeople! Friday @ 4PM

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.

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RENT star at BookPeople this Wednesday!

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

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 [...]

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Allison L. recommends…

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 [...]

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Mexican Enough

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 [...]

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Get ready for Fall!

I always get a little nostalgic during this time of year. I think it’s because I see new backpacks, boxes of crayons and other back-to-school necessities, and I have no need for them. The end of August and beginning of Fall was always a time of excitement for me, because I loved school. [...]

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