Austin
Historic Austin Restaurants:
Capital Cuisine Through the Generations (American Palate)
by Melanie Haupt
The History Press
$19.99 List Price
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Amazon • IndieBound • Barnes & NobleTuesday, December 10
6:00pm
Historic Austin Restaurants: Capital Cuisine through the Generations
Baby It's Cold Outside (When I Fall in Love)
by Susan May Warren
Summerside Press
$12.99 List Price
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Amazon • IndieBound • Barnes & NobleTuesday, December 10
7:00pm
The Book Club of the Church at Canyon Creek
upcoming events
Monday, February 18
1:00pm
MURDER IN THE AFTERNOON-Infamous
Sometimes you can't wait until the evening to talk about murder. With that in mind, we invite you to join us for this afternoon book club, meeting on third Monday each month at 1PM on BookPeople's third floor. Join us for discussions of some of our favorite books in the mystery genre. All meetings …
Sometimes you can't wait until the evening to talk about murder. With that in mind, we invite you to join us for this afternoon book club, meeting on third Monday each month at 1PM on BookPeople's third floor. Join us for discussions of some of our favorite books in the mystery genre. All meetings are free and open to the public!
This month we're discussing Infamous
Book club books are 10% off for those attending the meeting!MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
Monday, February 18
7:00pm
LUDICROUS SPEED BOOK CLUB-Replay
From speculative fiction, deep space adventures, and alternate histories to epic fantasy realms, all who can admit their dorkdom are welcome. Join Tommy and Tomoko the third Monday of every month at 7PM. This month we will be discussing Replay.
Tuesday, February 19
7:00pm
CHARLIE JANE ANDERS-The City in the Middle of the Night
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Thursday, February 21
7:00pm
W. K. STRATTON-The Wild Bunch
ABOUT THE WILD BUNCH For the fiftieth anniversary of the film, W.K. Stratton’s definitive history of the making of The Wild Bunch, named one of the greatest Westerns of all time by the American Film Institute. Sam Peckinpah’s film The Wild Bunch is the story of a gang of outlaws who are one big …
ABOUT THE WILD BUNCH
For the fiftieth anniversary of the film, W.K. Stratton’s definitive history of the making of The Wild Bunch, named one of the greatest Westerns of all time by the American Film Institute.
Sam Peckinpah’s film The Wild Bunch is the story of a gang of outlaws who are one big steal from retirement. When their attempted train robbery goes awry, the gang flees to Mexico and falls in with a brutal general of the Mexican Revolution, who offers them the job of a lifetime. Conceived by a stuntman, directed by a blacklisted director, and shot in the sand and heat of the Mexican desert, the movie seemed doomed. Instead, it became an instant classic with a dark, violent take on the Western movie tradition.
In The Wild Bunch, W.K. Stratton tells the fascinating history of the making of the movie and documents for the first time the extraordinary contribution of Mexican and Mexican-American actors and crew members to the movie’s success. Shaped by infamous director Sam Peckinpah, and starring such visionary actors as William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O’Brien, and Robert Ryan, the movie was also the product of an industry and a nation in transition. By 1968, when the movie was filmed, the studio system that had perpetuated the myth of the valiant cowboy in movies like The Searchers had collapsed, and America was riled by Vietnam, race riots, and assassinations. The Wild Bunch spoke to America in its moment, when war and senseless violence seemed to define both domestic and international life.MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
Thursday, February 28
7:00pm
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI - The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm at APL
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Monday, March 18
7:00pm
ANDREW RANNELLS-Too Much Is Not Enough
EVENT & TICKET GUIDELINES The speaking portion of this event is free & open to the public. Tickets are required to join the signing line. Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of Too Much Is Not Enough from BookPeople. Books & tickets are now available to pre-order. Purchasing a …
EVENT & TICKET GUIDELINES
The speaking portion of this event is free & open to the public.
Tickets are required to join the signing line.
Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of Too Much Is Not Enough from BookPeople.
Books & tickets are now available to pre-order. Purchasing a book online automatically assigns you a ticket for the signing. There is no separate "ticket" item to add to your cart.
Tickets are lettered. The line for the signing will form according to ticket letter after the author speaks.
Keep checking this page for further guidelines as the event date approaches.
ABOUT TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH
From the star of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon and HBO’s Girls, the heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age memoir of a Midwestern boy surviving bad auditions, bad relationships, and some really bad highlights as he chases his dreams in New York City
When Andrew Rannells arrived in New York City from Omaha in 1997, he, like many, saw the city as a chance to break free. To start over. To transform the fiercely ambitious but sexually confused teenager he saw in the mirror into the Broadway leading man of his dreams.
In Too Much Is Not Enough, Rannells takes us on the journey of a twentysomething hungry to experience everything: new friends, wild nights, great art, standing ovations. And at the heart of his hunger lies a powerful drive to reconcile the boy he was and the man he might have been with the man he wants to be. As Rannells reveals how he merged these Andrews into the one who made his Broadway debut at 26, he also shares stories from his path to the Great White Way, from horrible auditions and behind-the-curtain romances to the exhilaration of landing his first gig in Hairspray and the heartbreaking death of his father at the height of his ascent. Along the way, Rannells learns that you never really leave your past—or your family—behind; that the most painful, and perversely motivating, jobs are the ones you almost get; and that sometimes the most unforgettable nights are marked not by the hot clubs you danced at, but by the recap over diner food after.MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
Wednesday, March 27
7:00pm
PATTON OSWALT @CPC-I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Tickets are only available via Eventbrite. Purchase now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-presents-patton-oswalt-tickets-55928028238
This event takes place at Central Presbyterian Church at 200 E. 8th St, Austin, TX 7870
Pre-ordered books will be given to ticket holders the day of the event. They are not available for pick-up at BookPeople prior to the event.
A ticket+book admits one person to the event, and includes a paperback copy of I'll Be Gone in the Dark. It is $17.99 plus tax.
Seating is general admission; first come, first served.
Books are pre-signed. There will be no live signing.
Please note: If you purchase a ticket and cannot attend the event, we will hold a copy of I'll Be Gone in the Dark for you at BookPeople for 30 days after the date of the event. You may not pick up the book in advance of the event.
ABOUT I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called “the Golden State Killer.” Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle’s dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
ABOUT MICHELLE MCNAMARA
Michelle McNamara (1970–2016) was the author of the website True Crime Diary. She earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Minnesota, and had sold television pilots to ABC and Fox and a screenplay to Paramount. She also worked as a consultant for Dateline NBC. She lived in Los Angeles and is survived by her husband, Patton Oswalt, and their daughter, Alice.MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
Friday, April 5
6:00pm
LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON - Shout
PLEASE NOTE: This event is for mature audiences; children under the age of 13 will not be admitted.
Tickets are required for this event. Tickets are only available via Eventbrite. Purchase now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-presents-laurie-halse-anderson-tickets-54889893148
This event takes place at Central Presbyterian Church, located at 200 E 8th Street Austin, TX 78701
General Admission Tickets: $21.61 (including fees), includes admission and 1 copy of SHOUT
Student Tickets: $6.82 (including fees), admission only. Includes a $5 coupon towards the purchase of SHOUT at the event. Student tickets will only be honored with presentation of a valid student ID; these will be checked at the door.
Books will be available for pick-up the night of the event. They will not be available beforehand.
Purchase of a copy of SHOUT from BookPeople, either via a general admission ticket or at the event, is required to enter the signing line.
Seating is first come, first served.
Please note: If you purchase a ticket and cannot attend the event, we will hold a copy of SHOUT for you at BookPeople for 30 days after the date of the event. You may not pick up the book in advance of the event.
ABOUT SHOUT
Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. In 1999, her groundbreaking, award-winning novel Speak opened the door for a national dialogue about rape culture and consent. Now, twenty years later, she reveals her personal history as a rape survivor in a searing poetic memoir, SHOUT.
In free verse, Halse Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, devastating and triumphant, SHOUT is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their hearts.
★ “A captivating, powerful read about clawing your way out of trauma, reclaiming your body, and undoing lifetimes of lessons in order to use your voice as the weapon it is. Fervent and deafening.”—Booklist, starred reviewMORE ABOUT THIS EVENT