Location: Austin, TX

Sunday, May 19 at 2PM

Young Adult Novelist Lindsey Scheibe Speaking and Signing Riptide

Grace has one summer to prove she's good enough.

For Grace Parker, surfing is all about the ride and the moment. Everything else disappears. She can forget that her best friend, Ford Watson, has a crush on her that she can't reciprocate. She can forget how badly she wants to get a surf scholarship to UC San Diego. She can forget the pressure of her parents' impossibly high expectations.

When Ford enters Grace into a surf competition-- the only way she can impress the UCSD surfing scouts--she has one summer to train and prepare. Will she gain everything she's ever wanted or lose the only things that ever mattered? Lindsey Scheibe lives life on the edge. She’s tried her hand at surfing, bouldering, and most terrifying of all… publishing. Lindsey’s YA novel, Riptide, sold to flux books and debuts in May of 2013. These days, you can find her hanging out with her family, where she’s traded her hiking boots for family dinners and theatrical bedtime stories.

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Join us for the first dual book launch in the history of Dos Gatos Press--Anne McCrady reading from her new book "Letting Myself In" and a dozen other poets reading from the new haiku anthology "Lifting the Sky." A lot of fantastic poetry in a short amount of time!

Location: Street: 5501 N Lamar Blvd Additional: #A-105 City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78751-1029 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Sunday, May 19 at 5PM

MysteryPeople Presents Mark Pryor speaking & signing The crypt thief

Join us tonight as we welcome back a terrific Austin author and a good friend of the store, Mark Pryor, with The crypt thief, the follow up to his wildly popular first novel, The bookseller. Set in Paris, The crypt thief promises the same fast paced, Jack Reacher-style adventure as The bookseller, as Hugo Marston sets out to solve the mystery of two tourists who were murdered in front of Jim Morrison's grave. Pryor is one of Austin's rising crime fiction writers and we're proud to host him. Don't miss it!

It’s summer in Paris and two tourists have been murdered in Père Lachaise cemetery in front of Jim Morrison’s grave. The cemetery is locked down and put under surveillance, but the killer returns, flitting in and out like a ghost, and breaks into the crypt of a long-dead Moulin Rouge dancer. In a bizarre twist, he disappears under the cover of night with part of her skeleton.

One of the dead tourists is an American and the other is a woman linked to a suspected terrorist; so the US ambassador sends his best man and the embassy’s head of security—Hugo Marston—to help the French police with their investigation.

When the thief breaks into another crypt at a different cemetery, stealing bones from a second famed dancer, Hugo is stumped. How does this killer operate unseen? And why is he stealing the bones of once-famous can-can girls?

Hugo cracks the secrets of the graveyards but soon realizes that old bones aren’t all this killer wants. . . .

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Monday, May 20 at 7PM

Critically Acclaimed Austin Author Drew Magary Speaking and Signing Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First Century Parenting

A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America.

No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary. The GQ correspondent and Deadspin columnist’s stories about trying to raise a family have attracted millions of readers online. And now he’s finally bringing that unique voice to a memoir. In Someone Could Get Hurt, he reflects on his own parenting experiences to explore the anxiety, rationalizations, compromises, and overpowering love that come with raising children in contemporary America.

In brutally honest and funny stories, Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a netted-in playhouse, allowing children to make little mistakes in the kitchen to keep them from making the bigger ones in life). It’s a celebration of all the surprises—joyful and otherwise—that come with being part of a real family.

Drew Magary writes for Deadspin, NBC, Maxim, and Kissing Suzy Kolber—a humor site dedicated to the NFL. He has also contributed to Rolling Stone, Comedy Central, New York Magazine, GQ, ESPN, Yahoo!, Playboy, Penthouse, and various other media outlets. The Postmortal, now out from Penguin, is his first novel.

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Monday, May 20 at 7PM Critically Acclaimed Author Drew Magary Speaking and Signing Someone Could Get Hurt

A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America

No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary. The GQ correspondent and Deadspin columnist’s stories about trying to raise a family have attracted millions of readers online. And now he’s finally bringing that unique voice to a memoir. In Someone Could Get Hurt, he reflects on his own parenting experiences to explore the anxiety, rationalizations, compromises, and overpowering love that come with raising children in contemporary America.

In brutally honest and funny stories, Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a netted-in playhouse, allowing children to make little mistakes in the kitchen to keep them from making the bigger ones in life). It’s a celebration of all the surprises—joyful and otherwise—that come with being part of a real family.

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Thank you for supporting Drew Magary and your local independent bookstore!

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Come sing songs with Walter Tragert, one of the talented Early Childhood Development faculty members from the Armstrong Community School. Mr. Walter will engage your child with music and movement, plus he'll read some stories for you too! This session is perfect for kids up to 6 years old. Call 474-2331 for more details about this storytime session, free demo classes at the school, or for information about the ACMS Early Childhood Program.

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Tuesday, May 21 at 7PM

Bestselling Novelist Peter Heller in conversation with Austin Bat Cave Director MANUEL GONZALES discussing Heller's novel The dog stars

The dog stars was one of BookPeople's Best Books of 2012. We loved this story of Hig's survival after a super-flu devastates the population. Poetic and fluid, Heller's storytelling struck a chord with us and we also featured the novel in our 2012 Winter Catalog. All of this means that we are of course thrilled to welcome him here to celebrate the paperback release of the book. Join us tonight as we shamelessly display our book nerd love for Heller and his work.

Alex, BookPeople Manager, on The dog stars: “In his first novel Heller accomplishes the amazing: his story of survival after a devastating pandemic is equally as sad (an intense and lonely, heartbreaking type of sadness that somehow grows worse with each passing hour) as it is uplifting (in the way that dyed-in-the-wool dreamers can find hope at even the bleakest moments). Hig has survived super-flu, but the accompanying fever has affected his mind, which is a bit disjointed at times even if it still works fluidly. Once you become familiar with the cadence of his thoughts you are able to see the poetry that Heller is spinning. By the end you will be forever indebted to the author for creating such a unique perspective and then allowing you in to experience it for yourself.”

The dog stars was a New York Times bestseller; and Indie Bestseller; Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2012; Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2012; an Oprah Book Club Pick of the Week; and more!

Peter Heller holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in both fiction and poetry. An award-winning adventure writer and longtime contributor to NPR, Heller is a contributing editor at Outside magazine, Men’s Journal, and National Geographic Adventure, and a regular contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including Kook, The Whale Warriors, and Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet’s Tsangpo River. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

MANUEL GONZALES, author of The Miniature Wife, is a graduate of the Columbia University graduate creative writing program. He has published fiction and nonfiction in Open City, Fence, One Story, Esquire, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, and The Believer. He is also the executive director of the Austin Bat Cave, a writing & tutoring center for kids. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and two children.

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A riveting collection of thirty-eight narratives by American soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Outside the Wire offers a powerful evocation of everyday life in a war zone. Christine Dumaine Leche--a writing instructor who left her home and family to teach at Bagram Air base and a forward operating base near the volatile Afghan-Pakistani border--encouraged these deeply personal reflections, which demonstrate the power of writing to battle the most traumatic of experiences.

The soldiers whose words fill this book often met for class with Leche under extreme circumstances and in challenging conditions, some having just returned from dangerous combat missions, others having spent the day in firefights, endured hours in the bitter cold of an open guard tower, or suffered a difficult phone conversation with a spouse back home. Some choose to record momentous events from childhood or civilian life--events that motivated them to join the military or that haunt them as adults. Others capture the immediacy of the battlefield and the emotional and psychological explosions that followed. These soldiers write through the senses and from the soul, grappling with the impact of moral complexity, fear, homesickness, boredom, and despair.

We each, writes Leche, require witnesses to the narratives of our lives. Outside the Wirecreates that opportunity for us as readers to bear witness to the men and women who carry the weight of war for us all.

"Outside the Wire is a testimony of the most important kind. If there are any truths to be learned from our long wars, they may well be found in these pages. A powerful, and powerfully necessary, collection."--Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds

"Outside the Wire gives voice to soldiers who so often go mute and who so often retreat into isolation and despair, unable or unwilling to attach language to personal experience. The narratives and anecdotes collected in this wonderful volume are as varied and as unpredictable and as idiosyncratic as humanity itself. In this collection, the reader will encounter anger, grief, laughter, loneliness, joy, terror, bitterness, redemption, hope, and cynicism. I was spellbound."--Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato

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H.P. Lovecraft said, "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Come join our crypt-keepers, Joe and Steven, every third Tuesday of the month as we help you navigate the bloody byways and diabolic depths of your fears with our horrific book club, The Nightmare Factory. This month's book is The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan.

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In addition to a fun storytime, Gymboree helpers will be here today singing songs, blowing bubbles, and playing a fun parachute game. The storytime will end with us performing 'the goodbye dance' led by Gymbo the Clown! This morning at 10:30am.

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Wednesday, May 22 at 7PM

BBQ Editor at Texas Monthly DANIEL "BBQ Snob" VAUGHN speaking & signing The Prophets of Smoked Meat: A Journey Through Texas Barbecue

Our friends over at Micklethwaite Craft Meats will be on hand tonight serving up samples of their amazing food. Wash it down with a cold beverage courtesy of Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Yeah, this is going to be a good night.

The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public. Wristbands are required for the signing portion of the event and available only with the purchase of a copy of The Prophets of Smoked Meat from BookPeople. Wristbands will be available the day of the event.

No one knows barbecue like Texas knows barbecue. And if you're Texan, then you know that there's more than one kind of "Texas Barbecue". In his new book, Daniel Vaughn, popular blogger and BBQ Editor at Texas Monthly, treks across more than 10,000 miles to sample the wood-smoking traditions of the Lone Star State's four distinct barbecue styles: East Texas, Central Texas, Hill Country and South Texas barbecue. Join us when he's here tonight along with our friends from Micklethwaite and Saint Arnold Brewing Company.

DANIEL"BBQ Snob" VAUGHN is an expert on Texas barbecue. He is the author and editor of the respected blog Full Custom Gospel BBQ and BBQ editor at Texas Monthly. A trained architect, he lives in Dallas with his wife and children.

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Thursday, May 23 at 7PM

Join us tonight as editors MATT GALLAGHER & ROY SCRANTON and contributors BRIAN VAN REET PHIL KLAY JAKE SIEGEL PERRY O'BRIEN discuss the new collection Fire and Forget: Short Stories From the Long War The stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. They are gritty, haunting, shocking—and unforgettable. Television reports, movies, newspapers, and blogs about the recent wars have offered snapshots of the fighting there. But this anthology brings us a chorus of powerful storytellers—some of the first bards from our recent wars, emerging voices and new talents—telling the kind of panoramic truth that only fiction can offer.

What makes these stories even more remarkable is that all of them are written by men and women whose lives were directly engaged in the wars—soldiers, Marines, and an army spouse. Featuring a forward by National Book Award-winner Colum McCann, this anthology spans every era of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from Baghdad to Brooklyn, from Kabul to Fort Hood. In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event. Thank you for supporting these authors and your local independent bookstore!

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Friday, May 24 at 7PM MysteryPeople Presents The Bestselling Author of The Yard Alex Grecian Speaking and Signing The Black Country

Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad returns, in the stunning new historical thriller from the author of the acclaimed national bestseller The Yard.

The British Midlands. It’s called the “Black Country” for a reason. Bad things happen there.

When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village—and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest—the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad. Fresh off the grisly 1889 murders of The Yard, Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, but they have no idea what they’re about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. Everybody bears a secret. Superstitions abound. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it.

Not even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave. . . .

Alex Grecian is the national bestselling author of The Yard and the long-running and critically acclaimed graphic novel series Proof. He lives in the Midwest with his wife and son.

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We all know that monsters are hideous and scary and love squeezing their big hairy monster bodies into the tiny crawl spaces beneather our beds. But maybe these creatures aren't as scary as we think. Come down this morning to find out more as we read I Loathe You and other (not-so-terrifying) monster tales. This morning at 11:30am.

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Saturday, May 25 at 2PM

Beloved Austin Children's Author Divya Srinivasan Speaking and Signing Octopus Alone

We absolutely fell head-over-heels in love with Divya Srinivasan's first picture book, Little Owl's Night. We cannot wait to celebrate the release of Octopus Alone! Divya is an accomplished artist who both writes and illustrates her own books. The artwork is original and endearing, much like Divya, herself. In Octopus Alone, Octopus loves living on the busy reef under the sea where, from her cozy cave, she can see clown fish, seat turles and seahorses swimming by. Once again, Divya shows children a wonderful part of the natural world in a very warm-hearted way.

More About Octopus Alone: Octopus loves living on the busy reef under the sea. From her cozy cave, she can see clown fish, and sea turtles, and little butterflies swimming by. She especially loves watching the seahorses having fun, wiggling and twirling. Sometimes she will play with them, but occasionally Octopus just wants to be alone, somewhere quiet, and not so busy. So one day, she swims far, far beyond the reef and finds another cozy cave, only here she is perfectly, wonderfully alone. It is exactly what she wanted . . . until she’s ready to go back home to be with her friends.As she did in Little Owl's Night, Divya Srinivasan shows children a wonderful part of the natural world in a very warm-hearted way.

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The Lambda Literary Foundation and BookWoman invite you to join us for the first ever 'Finalists Reading' in Texas!

Scheduled to read are J.H. Trumble author of Don’t Let Me Go; Kelly Sinclair author of In the Now; Jeanne Thornton author of The Dream Doctor of Bantam; William Jack Silby author of Sighs Too Deep For Words; Brad Boney author of The Nothingness of Ben; and R.E. Bradshaw author of Molly: House on Fire.

J.H. Trumble is a Texas native. She currently lives in The Woodlands, and she’s a graduate of Sam Houston State University. She’s a librarian, an LGBT advocate, and mom to two teenagers, including a gay daughter. Her debut DON’T LET ME GO is a finalist in the gay romance category.

Kelly Sinclair is a Lammys SF finalist for her novel, IN THE NOW, published by Blue Feather Books. Her other novels are: "Lesser Prophets," "Accidental Rebels," and "If the Wind Were a Woman.” A singer-songwriter, she is writing a rock musical. Sinclair earned her BA from UT-Permian Basin.

Jeanne Thornton lives and writes in Austin, Texas. She is a cofounder of Fiction Circus and copublisher of the alt-comics newspaper Rocksalt, as well as the creator of the comic strips "The Man Who Hates Fun" and "Bad Mother." She has an undying love for the Beach Boys and is writing her next novel about them. She maintains a website at fictioncircus.com/Jeanne. Her novel, THE DREAM OF DR. BANTAM is nominated for LGBT Debut Fiction.

William Jack Sibley's first novel ANY KIND OF LUCK was published by Kensington in 2001. It was nominated for a Lambda award, The Texas Institute of Letters John Bloom Award and the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year. Sighs Too Deep For Words has been short-listed for the 2013 Lambda Literary Awards “General Fiction,” the 2012 Foreword Reviews “Book of the Year” and the 2013 Balcones Fiction Prize.

Brad Boney was born in Ohio and went to college at NYU. He received a Master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and has lived here ever since. His debut novel, The Nothingness of Ben, was named a Lammy finalist in Gay Romance.

R. E. Bradshaw, a native North Carolinian, worked in professional theatre and taught university and high school classes before publishing her first book in 2010. Three years and twelve publications later, Bradshaw is a back-to-back Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Mystery, for Rainey Nights and Molly: House on Fire.

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Sunday, May 26 at 3PM

Ann Richards School Literary Magazine Release Party! The Ann Richards School Literary Magazine team solicits and reviews student-produced literature and art submissions and designs a literary magazine highlighting their peers' best work. At the magazine release party, you'll get to hear students read excerpts of their published work, chat with magazine editors and staff, and purchase the first annual issue of Skyline magazine filled with delightful literature and thoughtful art. The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders is a unique all-girls 6th-12th grade public school founded to educate young women and give them the confidence and skills necessary to succeed in college, in their careers, and in their communities. Come support young writers, artists, and leaders!

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Join Danithan and Brian C. the last Sunday of every month as we use wonderful books to travel the world. We are currently discussing books of Russia, and this month we are reading Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson.

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Perhaps more aptly named the "sometimes new/always noteworthy" book club, here is a place to discover recent gems and to revisit old favorites. Come join Jenn and Danithan the 4th Sunday of every month at 7PM. This month's book is Notes from no man's land by Eula Biss.

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