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Start: 1:00 pm
Josephine Russing owns 387 pairs of gloves. She’s given a new pair
every week by her father, a sullen man known best for his insistence that
the citizens in town wear gloves at all times. A world away, the children
of Gulm have been taken. No one knows where they might be, except the
mysterious and terrifying leader of the land: The Master. He rules with an
iron fist, using two grotesque creatures to enforce his terrible reign.
When a peculiar boy named Fargus shows up on Josephine’s property and then
disappears soon afterward, she follows him without a second thought and
finds herself magically transported to Gulm. After Fargus introduces her to
his tough-as-nails friend Ide, the three of them set off on an adventure
that will test everything Josephine has ever thought about the rules of the
universe, leading to a revelation about the truth of the land of Gulm, and
of Josephine’s own life back home. Join us today to welcome author Carolyn
Cohagan and get a copy of her delightful and mysterious debut novel for
kids, The Lost Children. Today at 1:00PM.
Start: 5:00 pm
Literature can teach us about places. The Voyage Out Book Club wants
to explore those places through in-depth readings and discussions of books
born from similar locales. Join Brian C. and Daniel the last Sunday of
every month at 5PM as we use some wonderful books to travel the world. The
current region is India, and this month we are reading Interpreter of
Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.
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Start: 7:00 pm
From the dark and foggy alleyways of 19th Century London to the
austere modern high-rises of Tokyo, from proper Scottish tearooms to dank
Egyptian pharaohs' tombs, criminals ply their vile trade. Come join Sharee
and Tommy the first Monday of every month at 7PM as they explore the worlds
of fiction's greatest mysteries where famous detectives pit their wits
against literature's most dastardly villains. But you must hurry - the game
is already afoot. This month's title is Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout.
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Start: 10:30 am
Hee Yaw, Y'all! Today marks the 174th year of Texas independence Day! To celebrate, we're having a storytime all about 'BIG' things. We'll be reading My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World along with other HUGe tales to honor our beloved lone star state. This morning at 10:30 AM.
Start: 7:00 pm
Hugo-winner Dan Simmons became a staff favorite with The Terror and
Drood, and he’s back with another thriller, Black Hills. The novel is at
once a historical fiction and a sci fi novel, which is not that easy to do
well, but Simmons once again delivers a novel full of suspense and
complexities that keep you reading long into the night. As General Custer
lies dying on the battlefield, his ghost enters the body of Paha Sapa, a
young Sioux warrior. Custer’s ghost speaks to Paha Sapa for the rest of his
life, and Simmons takes us through the American West with these two
diverging characters. BookPeople highly recommends this event, tonight at
7PM.
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Start: 10:30 am
Where would we be without Dr. Seuss? He put a wonderful, colorful spin on children's books and rhymes that we all know by heart. To celebrate what would be his 106th birthday, we are having a spectacularly Seusstastical storytime. This morning at 10:30 AM.
Start: 7:00 pm
You are cordially invited to join Merrilee and Sharee the first
Wednesday of every month at 7PM to explore and discuss works of historical
fiction. Because, as Oscar Wilde said, "Any fool can make history, but it
takes a genius to write it." This month's book is Churchill’s Triumph by
Michael Dobbs.
Start: 7:30 pm
BookPeople loves Dave Eggers! Not only has he written and edited
some amazing books, but he is the founder and editor of McSweeney’s
publishing house. He also started 826 Valencia, a non-profit writing and
tutoring center for kids that has been adopted across the country. Eggers
will be at BookPeople tonight to talk about and read from his latest books,
The Wild Things and Zeitoun. The Wild Things is based on Maurice Sendak’s
Where the Wild Things Are, and Eggers also wrote the screenplay for the
recent movie. Zeitoun is the true story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Kicking off the event today will be Austin
resident (and former BookPerson) Bill Cotter reading from his recently
published McSweeney’s book Fever Chart. A jam-packed event full of great
books!
Wristbands for the signing line will go out starting at 4PM. To get
a wristband, you must have a copy of Zeitoun or The Wild Things purchased
from BookPeople.
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Start: 7:00 pm
In 2004, Stephanie Saldaña traveled to Damascus, Syria, on a
Fulbright fellowship to study the Muslim Jesus. She was also fleeing a
broken heart. It was not an ideal time to be an American in the Middle East,
so she traveled to an ancient Christian monastery carved into the desert
cliffs. In that beautiful, austere setting, she confronted her wavering
faith and met Frederic, a young French novice monk. As they set out to
explore the mysteries entwining Christianity and Islam, Stephanie slowly
realized that she had found God again – and that she was in love with
Frederic. A romantic and sweeping memoir, tonight at 7PM.
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Start: 12:00 pm
BookPeople is excited to host best-selling authors John Heilemann
and Mark Halperin today with Game Change. In Game Change, John Heilemann and
Mark Halperin, two of the country’s leading political reporters, use their
unrivaled access to pull back the curtain on the Obama, Clinton, McCain, and
Palin campaigns. Based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived
the story, this is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced
novel and is an intimate portrait of some of the most powerful and
fascinating figures in American life. Today at noon.
Start: 7:00 pm
Set in the lush, Irish steampunk Hotel of the Damned, and Falling,
Fly pits the fallen angel of desire, now a vampire, against a
self-medicating neuroscientist to explore the nature of feminine desire. The
result of extensive academic research in mythology and neuroscience and
personal exploration of remote Irish locations, and Falling, Fly has been
praised as "an esoteric battle between myth and science told in floods of
evocative prose." Meet the author and sample absinthes from around the
world, tonight at 7PM.
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Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 pm
Start: 11:00 am
Don't think you're savvy enough? Scared of animation? Sick of using the same old templates? Afraid of boring kids and adults alike? then don't miss out on this presentation by author P.J. hoover. PJ (Tricia) will dispel the burdening and fearful thoughts PowerPoint may conjure. She'll explain how to build a fantastic Powerpoint presentation from the ground up, and how it can be modified and reused in the future.
Start: 11:30 am
There is nothing like the smell of a new book fresh from the store! It smells like ink and wood and the hope of discovering something new. Today we're reading books that are all brand new to BookPeople's shelves, including the adorable Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair. Come to the store this morning and hear stories you've never heard before. This morning at 11:30 AM.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
BookSpring parking lot party! Featuring authors Marie Rutoski and Jacqueline Kelly. From 1-3 PM on Saturday, March 6th.
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