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H New and Noteworthy What’s Happening in BookKids? The Surrendered A Red Herring Without BookKids Book of the Month: Chang-rae Lee Mustard: The best-selling and award-winning author of A Flavia de Luce Novel BEYONDERS: A World Without Heroes Native Speaker returns with his most ambitious novel Alan Bradley yet. June Han was orphaned as a girl by the Korean Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with by Brandon Mull War. Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled another beguiling novel starring the insidiously the tragedies of his small town to serve his country. clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia Here at BookKids, we are big fans of Brandon Mull, the New York When the war ended, their lives collided at a Korean de Luce. The precocious chemist with a passion for orphanage, where they vied for the attention of a poisons uncovers a fresh slew of misdeeds in the Times best-selling author of the Fablehaven series—the last of which, beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary. hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey—mysteries involving a Keys to the Demon Prison, just came out in paperback. And his new missing tot, a fortune-teller, and a corpse in Flavia’s series, BEYONDERS, promises even more magical adventure and own backyard. epic heroism than his first. Beginning with a bizarre plunge down a hippo’s gullet that lands 13-year-old Jason in the magical land of Lyrian (rather than the aforementioned hippo’s stomach), Mull’s story takes us on a journey through a strange and imperiled land where tyranny and fear prevail, and heroes are sadly lacking. But together Mr. Funny Pants Blood, Bones & Butter: The Wise Man’s Fear with Rachel, another traveler from the Beyond, Jason The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef Michael Showalter Patrick Rothfuss ends up on a quest to get home that just might save Gabrielle Hamilton My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses Michael Showalter’s brainy, hysterical first book the land of Lyrian along the way. The first book in Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down combines funny anecdotes, stories, jokes, humor journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with this exciting new series comes out on March 15, and pieces, observations, lists, graphic elements, and inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I personal memoir into a remarkably cohesive Brandon Mull will be at the store signing copies on her childhood; the kitchens of France, Greece, was expelled from the University at a younger age narrative. The end result is a new sort of comic Monday, March 28 at 3 PM. Stop by the store to get and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by memoir, with the ultimate goal to entertain and, strangers; the soulless catering factories that moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. your copy signed, or call the store today and pre-order a on a deeper level, to tell Showalter’s story: his helped pay the rent; Hamilton’s own kitchen at I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written BRANDON MULL obsessions - creative and otherwise - his successes copy to be signed for you. her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune; and the songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have and his many failings. 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In Join the Club, Margaux Fragoso One summer day, Margaux Fragoso meets Peter twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up she spent trying to get pregnant. For better or for Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service she identifies a brewing social revolution that is on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the changing the way people live, based on harnessing Curran at the neighborhood swimming pool. She New For Kids worse, music is the language of memory. It is also is seven; he is fifty-one. When Peter invites her Lost and Found Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and the language of love. This new novel by best-selling island’s endangered native creatures from invasive the positive force of peer pressure. Inspiring, it and her mother to his house, the little girl finds wedding, the pair set sail for Paris. Though deeply author Jodi Picoult does not disappoint. BookPeople species like rats and feral pigs, which, in her view, explains how we can better our world through Shaun Tan a child’s paradise. In time, he insidiously takes on Recommended for ages 8+ in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the will be hosting Jodi at The Alamo Drafthouse Lake must be eliminated. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, humanity’s most powerful and abundant resource: the role of Margaux’s playmate, father, and lover, Shaun Tan’s breathtakingly inventive and hard-drinking and fast-living life of Jazz Age Paris. Creek on March 19; tickets available at bookpeople.com. is a dreadlocked local businessman who is fiercely our connections with one another. A heartbreaking portrayal of love, The Paris Wife is opposed to the killing of any species whatsoever burrowing into every aspect of Margaux’s life. This remarkably odd flights of fancy mesmerize us like all the more poignant because we know that, in the Angelology and will go to any lengths to subvert the plans of extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse no other’s. His most recent titles, The Arrival and The Illumination into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and have been two of our end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have Danielle Trussoni Alma and her colleagues. Tales from Outer Suburbia died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley. Kevin Brockmeier conveys to readers just how completely a pedophile favorite books of the last few years. But it was three When Sister Evangeline of the St. Rose Convent What if our pain was the most beautiful thing about enchants his victim and binds her to him. distinctive picture books – The Red Tree, The Lost stumbles across a mysterious correspondence with us? At 8:17 on a Friday night, the Illumination Thing, and The Rabbits – that first attracted us to Abigail Rockefeller in the archive, it reveals that commences. Every wound begins to shine, every Tan’s darkly sophisticated style. And now those angels once walked among us...and might still. bruise to glow and shimmer. From best-selling and books are back in print in one stunning volume that Evangeline becomes the catalyst in a race to hunt award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier comes we simply can’t stop looking at. down powerful and ancient artifacts that can be a new novel of stunning artistry and imagination used to enslave humankind. about the wounds we bear and the light that House of Prayer No. 2: radiates from us all. A Writer’s Journey Home Mark Richard Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Called a “special child,” Southern social code for mentally—and physically—challenged children, Joshua Foer Richard was crippled by deformed hips and was On average, people squander forty days annually The Trouble With Chickens Across the Universe told he would spend his adult life in a wheelchair. compensating for things they’ve forgotten. Joshua Doreen Cronin Beth Revis As a young man, defying both his doctors and Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year Recommended for ages 7-10 Recommended for ages 13+ parents, Richard set out to experience as much of of memory training, he found himself in the finals Kids who enjoy sniffing out a good mystery will The last thing Amy remembers is getting into her the world as he could, before his hips failed him. of the U.S. Memory Championship. Immersing love this tongue-in-cheek tale starring a retired cryo chamber. Then, 300 years later, she awakens While digging irrigation ditches in east Texas, himself obsessively in a quirky subculture of search-and-rescue dog named J.J. Tully. J.J.’s well- on a starship gone mad. No one knows who she is he discovered that a teacher had sent a story of competitive memorizers, Foer learns to apply honed detective skills are legendary, but even he’s or why she’s there. In fact, no one seems to know his to the Atlantic, where it was named a winner, techniques that call on imagination as much as in for a challenge this time. The job is to rescue anything resembling the truth about anything. launching a career much in the mold of Jack determination-showing that memorization can be two helpless young chicks from the notoriously To the sinister tyrant in charge, she represents the London and Mark Twain. anything but rote. devious Vince “The Funnel.” That’s hard enough danger of dissent, but to his teenage heir, Elder, on it’s own. But with the hostages’ annoyingly she’s the key to uncovering what’s really going Check out our blogs for more info on new books, events and more! BookPeople – bookpeopleblog.wordpress.com BookKids – bookkids.wordpress.com perky siblings tagging along, our crusty canine P.I. on. Thrilling and suspenseful, this gripping sci-fi definitely has his work cut out for him this time. mystery holds onto its dark secrets to the very end. BookPeople Events Mr a ch 2011 M ore information about all these events is available online at www.bookpeople.com. And, of course, you can always call us at 472-5050. Tuesday 1 *10:30 AM Wednesday 9 *7 PM Saturday 19 *3:30 PM Brand New! Matthew Inman (aka The Oatmeal) Jodi Picoult at The Alamo MrB Ca ch Ook LUBS There is nothing like the smell of a new book fresh from the store! It smells like ink and wood 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth Drafthouse Lake Creek and the hope of discovering something new. Today, we’re reading books that are all brand I n Matthew Inman’s 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Jodi Picoult is the best-selling author of seventeen novels. new to BookPeople’s shelves, including the adorable My Farm Friends. This will be a lovely Wednesday 2 *7 PM Useful Guides), samurai sword-wielding kittens and hamsters that love .50-caliber Her latest book is Sing You Home, and she’ll be appearing morning for you all to come to the store and hear stories that you’ve never heard before! machine guns commingle with a cracked out Tyrannosaur that is extremely hard to live at The Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek for a multimedia Rewritten History Book Club potty train. Inman creates these quirky scenes experience, brought to you by BookPeople! Jodi will be doing Discussing Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin Tuesday 1 *7 PM for theoatmeal.com, which launched in July a reading and Q&A, PLUS she’ll have Ellen Wilber here Y ou are cordially invited to join Merrilee and Sharee the first Wednesday of every month to explore 2009 and already has more than 82 million playing live music inspired by Sing You Home. Jodi’s events are always a lot of fun, as she and discuss works of historical fiction. This month’s book isAlice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin. Theology on Tap - Conversation page views. Now, 60 of Inman’s comic illustrations and life-bending guides are loves interacting with her fans. Not only will you have a chance to hear your favorite author with Greg Garrett, author of The Other Jesus presented in full-color. This event is free to attend, but if you would like to have talk in-depth about her latest book, but come with questions to ask her about the writing process and any of her To celebrate the publication of Greg Garrett’s new book The Other Jesus, join us for a conversation a book signed, it must be purchased from BookPeople. Wristbands for the signing amazing novels. Tickets for this event can be purchased from bookpeople.com. Thursday 3 *8 PM line will go out at 5 PM the day of the event. More information at bookpeople.com. on 21st Century Christianity. This Theology on Tap event will feature Gideon Tsang (Austin’s Vox Statesman Words and Pictures Book Club Veniae), Beka Falk (University Baptist Church), Greg, and some cold ones from our friends at Sunday 20 *3 PM Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Discussing Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross Thursday 10 *6:30 PM As Harvey Pekar said, “Comics are words and pictures, You can do anything with words and Chef Tyson Cole and Jessica Dupuy Ian Rankin - The Complaints pictures.” The Statesman Words and Pictures Book Club explores the world of graphic novels, hosted by Austin American-Statesman books and culture reporter Joe Gross. This month’s title W ednesday 2 *10:30 AM Uchi: The Cookbook The celebrated Scottish author Ian Rankin introduces us to Malcolm Fox, a detective in Edinbrough’s version of Internal Affairs. British critics have said Fox is a worthy is Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross. The Cat in the Hat then exclaimed, “Dr. Seuss is 107!” Co-pn s o sorED by Edible Austin successor to Rankin’s much loved Rebus, and this is a rare chance to meet the mystery author Where would we all be without Dr. Seuss? He put a wonderful, colorful spin on children’s books Join BookPeople and Edible Austin as we celebrate the release many consider to be one of the best in the world. and gave us rhymes that we all know by heart! To celebrate what would be his 107th birthday of Uchi: The Cookbook! Enjoy a sampling of bites prepared Monday 7 *7 PM tomorrow, we are having a Seusstastical storytime. We will read the doctor’s books until we turn straight from the book’s recipes from 6:30-7 PM, followed by a panel discussion with Chefs into Wockets in Pockets! So please don your party hat and join us for this whimsical celebration Tyson Cole and Paul Qui and Uchi: The Cookbook co-author Jessica Dupuy. The event will be moderated by food writer M.M. 7% Solution Book Club of the beloved children’s book author and illustrator! Pack and Edible Austin publisher, Marla Camp. Buy a book, enjoy a bite, and engage in the banter as sushi master Tyson Monday 21 *7 PM Discussing Snow Angels by James Thompson Cole is put in the hot seat ready to discuss all the ingredients it takes to make a cookbook! John Willingham - The Edge of Freedom Come join Sharee and Tommy the first Monday of every month at 7 PM as they explore the worlds of fiction’s greatest mysteries. But you must hurry the game is already afoot. This month’s title The Edge of Freedom, A Fact-Based Novel of the Texas Revolution, is based on the events of is Snow Angels by James Thompson. Wednesday 2 *7 PM the Goliad campaign in the Texas Revolution. The Goliad executions occurred on Palm Sunday, Jonathan Evison - West of Here Friday 11 March 27, 1836. The Alamo fell three weeks earlier, and in April of that year Sam Houston Set in the fictional town of Port Bonita, on Washington State’s rugged Bookmark Contest Deadline! led Texian forces to a surprise victory over the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto, his men Sunday 13 *1 PM Pacific coast,West of Here is propelled by a story that both re-creates Make sure to get your bookmarks to us by the end of the day today! screaming “Remember the Alamo!” and “Remember Goliad!” Multiple films and books are and celebrates the American experience. With one segment of the based on the Alamo story, but it has become as mythical as it is historical. The Goliad story is Required Reading Revisited Book Club narrative focused on the town’s founders circa 1890 and another showing the lives too often forgotten because it reveals the complexities of life and of history that the emphasis on the Alamo often obscures. Discussing Brave New World by Aldous Huxley of their descendants in 2006, the novel develops as a kind of conversation between Friday 11 *7 PM Remember those books you were required to read? Required Reading Revisited is a chance to two epochs. Garnering praise from critics and readers alike, we are very excited to be take a second (or first) look at some of the books you were made to read in school. Meeting the bringing you this extremely talented novelist. Tuesday 22 *10:30AM second Sunday of every month at 1 PM, this month’s title is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Jasper Fforde Heartsong Music Presents Friday 4 *7 PM One of Our Thursdays is Missing H eartsong Music is naming the month of March “Sing With Your Child Jasper Fforde brings back his much loved BookWorld series Sherry Matthews - We Were Not Orphans Month”. Childhood music development is a natural process, just like language Monday 14 *7 PM with literary detective Thursday Next, tracking down her actual self. It might sound development, and the model of a music-making parent/caregiver is essential to the child’s musical growth not only “We were not orphans. Our parents were living; they just couldn’t take care of us.” This confusing now, but when you read the book, it makes sense as well as gives plenty of into confident music-makers but also healthy citizens of the world. JoinH eartsong Music at BookPeople this morning IACT Spirituality Book Club poignant remark captures the heartbreaking reality faced by thousands of Texas laughs. Get ready for a very fun night, as Fforde is known as one of the best speakers in for a demonstration and to celebrate ‘Sing With Your Child Month’. Discussing No God But God by Reza Aslan children from the 1920s through the 1970s. Now for the first time, oral histories and our own book world. The event is free to attend, but if you wish to have One of Our Thursdays is Missing signed, it must The Interfaith Action of Austin Book Club meets the second Monday of every month at 7 PM newly unearthed documents reveal what went on behind the gates of the Waco State be purchased from BookPeople. Wristbands for the signing line will go out at 5 PM. Visit bookpeople.com for more info. Home. We Were Not Orphans shows how much can go wrong when a government-run on BookPeople’s third floor. This month they are discussing No God But God by Reza Aslan. institution operates without adequate public oversight. W ednesday 23 *10:30 AM Members of any and every faith are welcome to attend. We Love Dogs, Do You? S aturday 12 *11:30AM Dogs are Great! They are our loyal companions and steadfast protectors. They might Saturday 5 *11 AM YogaKids Storytime eat your shoes and dig up your backyard, but you’ll love them anyway. Our storytime Wednesday 16 *7 PM SCBWI March Meeting featuring Come bend and stretch and waaaaaaake up! Certified yoga instructor Krista Phillips will be today is all about are lovable best friends, the dogs. We’ll read the appropriately titled Stranger Than Fiction Book Club Dogs by BookKids favorite, Emily Gravett. BARK! BARK! BARK! (That means ‘don’t be Jeanette Larson: Loving the Librarian here to not only read a story or two, but to lead our young ones in a short and lively yoga lesson. Discussing Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne Come and listen to some relaxing stories and stretch out this morning at 11:30 AM. late!’ in dog). Today at 10:30 AM. & RELEASE PARTY for Hummingbirds: Facts and Reading fiction to escape reality is a great way to unwind, but exploring reality can sometimes be even more rewarding. Meet Cindy and Megan the third Wednesday of every Folklore From the Americas month where we’ll read books about fascinating people, places, and things. This month’s Librarians can do a lot to help writers and illustrators do their work and get their Sunday 13 *5 PM Thursday 24 *7 PM book is Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne. books into the hands of readers. Learn the secrets of librarians from a “semi-retired” librarian who continues to Deborah Harkness - A Discovery of Witches work with librarians across the country to improve services to patrons and the community. Come join us as the An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance. When historian Diana Bishop opens an wonderful Jeanette Larson not only makes this presentation, but also celebrates the release of her first children’s Sara J. Henry (Learning to Swim) alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it’s an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered Sunday 20 *1 PM book, Hummingbirds: Facts and Folklore From the Americas. Librarians and hummingbirds and cookies and general life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child goodness for all, starting today at 11 AM. And Darryl Wimberley (Devil’s Slew) convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself Inspired Reads Book Club We have two authors, each with a great series novel. Sara J. Henry’s to a world she’s kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires. Discussing Pedaling Revolution by Jeff Mapes S aturday 5 *11:30 AM debut, Learning To Swim, has already earned accolades from I nspired Reads will explore books about good doing, good ideas, and good people. Join Kester esteemed authors in the genre. Darryl Wimberley comes back with Barrett Raines, a black lawman in rural Florida and Thomas the third Sunday of every month at 1 PM to get inspired. This month’s book is Do-Re-Me-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do drawn into a ring of drug smugglers, a band of sometimes humorous but always lethal ex-military red necks, and a Pedaling Revolution by Jeff Mapes. This morning we’re having a very mellifluous storytime for all of you young songbirds out wartime secret. Both are talented authors with a lot to say about what they do. Friday 25 *7 PM there. We’ll be reading the gorgeous picture book Little Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by James Crowley – Starfish HOMETOWN RELEASE PARTY! Simms Taback, along with other lyrical tales that will leave you on a high note! So whistle your way down to the store Lionel was very young when his parents died, so he can Sunday 20 *5 PM this morning for a marvelous storytime full of songs and stories and surprises! Tuesday 15 *10:30 AM barely remember the old days, before he and his sister Beatrice came to the Chalk Bluff Boarding School on the This Book Could Be Your Life Book Club Armstrong Community Music School Storytime Blackfeet Indian Reservation. His life is peaceful enough, Discussing Cash by Johnny Cash Saturday 5 *5 PM Come sing songs with Walter Tragert, one of the talented Early Childhood faculty from the Armstrong Community as long as he obeys the priests and the army officers who G et ready for some rock and roll! Dig into the history of rock and roll, its stars and styles, Music School. Mr. Walter will engage your child with music and movement, plus he’ll read some stories to you too! control the reservation. When the appearance of a frozen exploring everything from punk to pop. Bosco and Stephana will satisfy your rock and roll Kristin Armstrong - Mile Markers This session is perfect for kids up to 6 years old. Call 474-2331 for more details about this storytime session, free corpse triggers an irreversible chain of events, Lionel and obsession the third Sunday of every month at 5 PM. This month’s book is Cash by Johnny Cash. I n Mile Markers, Runner’s World contributing editor and Austinite demo classes at the school, or for information about the ACMS Early childhood program. Beatrice find themselves on a stolen horse fleeing for their Kristin Armstrong captures the timeless beauty of running. From lives. Somewhere in the mountains, beyond the territory claimed by the white men, describing running a hard-fought race with her tightly-knit lies their grandfather’s homestead--and the promise of freedom. At once thought- group of sweat sisters, to watching her children participate in the sport for the very first Monday 21 *7 PM provoking and action-packed, this incredibly original and beautifully-written novel time, Armstrong infuses her experiences with a perspective of hope that every moment is Tuesday 15 *7 PM takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the wilderness of Montana in the Ludicrous Speed Book Club - Discussing The a chance to become a stronger, wiser, more peaceful woman. TÉa Obreht - The Tiger’s Wife early 1900s. Come meet James and get a book signed at the Austin release party for Starfish. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa From speculative fiction, deep space adventures, and alternate histories to epic fantasy Obreht, the youngest of The New Yorker’s twenty best American realms, all who can admit their dorkdom are welcome. Join Joel and Tommy the third Monday Sunday 6 *3 PM fiction writers under forty, has spun a timeless novel that will S aturday 26 *11:30 AM of every month at 7 PM. This month we will be discussing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation. In a Balkan by Douglas Adams. Kim Harrison - Pale Demon country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission BookPeople’s Plank Walking Outta Sight K im Harrison is back at BookPeople with the latest in The Hollows series, of mercy at an orphanage by the sea. By the time she begins to inoculate the children Puppet Show for Yarrrr Entertainment Pale Demon. Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan there, she feels age-old superstitions and secrets gathering everywhere around her. Join us young mateys for a puppet show of epic proportions. Our glorious Thursday 24 *5:30 PM has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in But Natalia is also confronting a private, hurtful mystery of her own: the inexplicable puppeteers will be performing a hearty rendition of the great book Blackbeard: Pirate For Hire. It’s sure to be one Jolly the demonic ever-after…forever after. But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. This magnificent debut novel is a triumph, and Roger of a show! Don’t forget to wear your wee peg leg and bring your pet parrot to this mighty fine puppet show or be The Happy Hour Book Club At The Highball going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets we here at BookPeople cannot recommend this book and event more. Cyndi Hughes from the Writers’ League of Texas prepared to walk the plank! YARRR! This morning at 11:30 AM. Discussing Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fischer for assassination. The event is free to attend, but in order to get books signed a copy of Pale Demon must be purchased from will be leading a conversation with Téa about the book and writing in general, and we urge you not to miss it. What’s better than talking about a book with a group of friends? Talking about a book with BookPeople. Wristbands for the signing line will go out at 1 PM. More information at bookpeople.com. a group of friends during Happy Hour at The HighBall! Come hang out with Mandy and Joel Sunday 27 *7 PM the last Thursday of every month at 5:30 PM where we’ll discuss books over cocktails. This month’s book is Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fischer. Sunday 6 *5 PM W ednesday 16 *10:30 AM Local Author Night Tiny Tails to You Petting Zoo Storytime History of Mystery Class I f you’re a fan of chinchillas, baby rabbits, ducklings, guinea pigs, chickens, AND stories then you are Featuring Axe, Matthew Hinsley AND Roberta Grimes Austin is lucky to have a bevy of talented local authors. Tonight we are excited to host two of them. Axe will be presenting This month’s class will focus on Pinkerton-detective-turned-father-of-hard-boiled-fiction Dashiell in luck! Today our friend Chelsea Phillips from Tiny Tails to You will be here reading stories and introducing some of the cutest, Saturday 26 *2 PM his memoir Bouncing off Guardrails, Matthew Hinsley will be presenting his business book Creative to Community, and Hammett and his collection of short stories, The Continental Op. We’ll also be discussing Ace Atkins’ softest, most adorable little creatures in Austin! What a wonderful way to make new friends – this morning at 10:30 AM! Not Just Another Teen Book Club The Devil’s Garden, a fictional depiction of a real case Hammett worked. Ace will be calling in to talk Roberta Grimes will be presenting her self-improvement book The Fun of Dying. The authors will read from and discuss with us and there will be a giveaway of some Hammett titles. their books, as well as sign copies. Discussing White Cat by Holly Black N ot Just Another Teen Book Club will be reading some of the books from the last few years Wednesday 16 *7 PM that have kept us talking the most. We meet the fourth Saturday of every month at 2 PM, and Monday 7 *7 PM Taylor Stevens - The Informationist Monday 28 *7 PM we welcome all readers aged 13-18! This month we’ll be reading White Cat by Holly Black. This debut by Dallas author Taylor Stevens has been a favorite of our staff as well as attracting Andre Dubus III - Townie Julie Loar - Goddesses for Every Day national buzz. Vanessa Monroe is an expert at getting all the information a client needs by any means Throughout time, people have turned to goddesses as symbols of what they seek — from After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III (House necessary. When she’s hired by a wealthy Texan to find his missing daughter, she travels to Equatorial abundance to healing, from protection to passion. Julie Loar presents the qualities and origins of Sunday 27 *5 PM of Sand and Fog) and his three siblings grew up with their Guinea where she has to face a part of her past she has blocked out. This book has been described an international array of these deities, along with powerful suggestions for putting their attributes working mother in a Massachusetts mill town saturated with Voyage Out Book Club as “Robert Ludlum on crack”. Local author Daryl Wimberly will interview this rising star in what should be an exciting Q&A. to practical use. In a daily-reflection format, she gracefully aligns the goddesses with the cycles of drugs and crime. Andre learned to use his fists so well that he nature and the signs of the zodiac. Discussing Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon on a fast track to getting killed—or killing someone else. Nearby, Join Brian C. and Daniel the last Sunday of every month at 5 PM as we use wonderful books his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. Thursday 17 *12:30 PM to travel the world. The current region is the Balkans, and this month we are reading Nowhere The clash of worlds couldn’t have been starker—or more difficult for a son to communicate Man by Aleksandar Hemon. to a father. His memoir is a riveting, visceral, profound meditation on physical violence and the failures and triumphs of Passport to Adventure! Tuesday 29 *10:30 AM love. BookPeople highly recommends this event and book from a fantastic author. A Magic Tree House Live Reading Tour! Baby Signs Storytime “Passport to Adventure! A Magic Tree House Live Reading Tour” is a national tour, sponsored by Random House Bring your infants & toddlers to meet BeeBo™, the Baby Signs® Bear for Baby’s First Story Time. Sunday 27 *7 PM Children’s Books, that brings Jack and Annie—characters from Mary Pope Osborne’s beloved Magic Tree House Through children’s stories, songs, and lots of fun, they will show you how you can learn to communicate with your infant or toddler I Read Banned Books Book Club Tuesday 8 *10:30 AM series—LIVE and IN-PERSON to meet their fans. Events will also include cool giveaways, and an official Jack using simple signs and gestures. This special story time provides quality time for parents and their children, while encouraging and Annie “book stamping.” Come along for the adventure! Find out more at the series’ official website, www. early literacy and an interest in reading. Join us at BookPeople for Baby Signs, this morning at 10:30 AM. Discussing A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Miss Staci Storytime magictreehouse.com. This afternoon at 12:30 PM! Emily and Deblina celebrate our freedom to read the fourth Sunday of every month at 7 PM. That lovable and wacky musician, Ms. Staci, is back at BookPeople today to read some of This month’s book is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, banned in the US for undermining her favorite stories to you and sing some of your favorite songs. Put your dancing shoes on! Tuesday 29 *7 PM religious beliefs. You are going to want to dance! Come on down! Thursday 17 *7 PM Stina Leicht - Of Blood and Honey Monday 28 *7 PM Harlan Coben - Live Wire Tuesday 8 *7 PM Liam never knew who his father was. But when the war New & Noteworthy Book Club Anne Byrn - The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free between the fallen and the fey began to heat up, Liam and his H arlan Coben returns with Myron Bolitar, the sports agent with many a trouble-prone client. In his family are pulled into a conflict that they didn’t know existed. tenth book, Myron has to deal with his pregnant tennis star client, her missing rock star husband, Discussing The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Thirty million Americans are gluten-intolerant, and the food industry has bullishly taken notice. A centuries old conflict between supernatural forces seems to and his own dysfunctional family. Funny and fast paced, with just enough pathos, this is a great Perhaps more aptly named the “sometimes new/always noteworthy” book club, here is a place Gluten-free baking products, including cake mixes, and other gluten-free products are finding mirror the political divisions in 1970’s era Ireland, and Liam is introduction to one of the biggest fan favorites in series mysteries. to discover recent gems and to revisit old favorites. Come join Paul and Kester the last Monday their way onto supermarket shelves. Now comes even sweeter news: Anne Byrn shows us how to thrown headlong into both. BookPeople is so excited to host this huge St. Patrick’s Party of every month at 7 PM. This month’s book is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. transform gluten-free cake mixes into 76 impossible-to-resist desserts. She doctors mixes with for Austinite (and former BookPerson) Stina Leicht! additions like almond extract, fresh berries, cocoa powder, grated coconut, lime zest, and voilà: dessert is back on the menu. W ednesday 30 *10:30 AM Wednesday 30 *7 PM Young People’s Workshop Storytime W ednesday 9 *10:30 AM S aturday 19 *11:30 AM Learning Spanish is fun! Join us today for a special story time and workshop in Spanish Hard Word Book Club Squirrels Gone Wild! Penguin Young Readers Character of the Month: with Young Peoples Workshops. Parents and kids learn Spanish through storytelling, Discussing Pike by Benjamin Whitmer Tough stories with hard hombres and dangerous dames, where survival trumps virtue, no Austin has its fair share of creatures and we think the cutest of them all is the SQUIRREL! Very Hungry Caterpillar songs, games, finger plays and crafts. Young People will love guessing, counting, and matter what side of the law you are on; this is what you’ll find in the Hard Word Book Club. They’re excellent at climbing, jumping, gathering acorns and being adorable little Today, we’ll be reading a book that belongs on every child’s book shelf, from the brilliant mind of Eric Carle, The Very choosing in Spanish as we read FIESTA! We are not only going to learn of one of the most famous Mexican traditions, Scott and Joe will guide you along the last Wednesday of every month at 7 PM. This month’s troublemakers. Storytime today is all about them! We’ll read the new book Micawber along Hungry Caterpillar! We’ll not only read this beloved story, but we’ll also color pictures and hand out stickers this but we’re also going to make a piñata! Please come join us at 10:30 am for a fun, non-formal Spanish Workshop book is Pike by Benjamin Whitmer, who will be calling in to speak with the book club. with other silly & squirrelly tales just for you! morning, all in celebration of the hungriest caterpillar of them all! conducted by locally recognized Young Peoples Workshops. (www.YoungPeoplesWorkshops.com).

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