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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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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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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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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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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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Monday, May 27 at 7p Star of Animal Planet's My Cat From Hell Jackson Galaxy Speaking and Signing Cat daddy (This event has been rescheduled from its previous date of May 7.) This event is co-sponsored by Austin Pets Alive. Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet's hit television show My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy is here tonight with his latest book, now out in paperback, Cat daddy. Galaxy gives singular advice for living with, caring for, and loving the feline in your home. PLEASE READ: The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public. Tickets are only required for the signing portion of the event. Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of the paperback edition of Cat daddy from BookPeople. Order your book via our website now and we will automatically assign you a ticket for the signing line. There is no separate "ticket" item to add to your cart - just order the book and we will automatically reserve a ticket for you with your book. Books and tickets are available in-store and online. The first 15 people to show us their ticket the night of the event will recieve a Jackson Galaxy tote bag! About Cat daddy: Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet's hit television show My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, a.k.a. "Cat daddy," isn't what you might expect for a cat expert (as The New York Times noted, with his goatee and tattoos, he "looks like a Hells Angel"). Yet Galaxy's ability to connect with even the most troubled felines -- not to mention the stressed-out humans living in their wake -- is awe-inspiring. In this book, Galaxy tells the poignant story of his thirteen-year relationship with a petite gray-and-white short-haired cat named Benny, and gives singular advice for living with, caring for, and loving the feline in your home. When Benny arrived in his life, Galaxy was a down-and-out rock musician with not too much more going on than a part-time job at an animal shelter and a drug problem. Benny's previous owner brought the cat to the shelter in a cardboard box to give him up. Benny had seen better days --- his pelvis had just been shattered by the wheels of a car -- and his owner insisted he'd been "unbondable" from day one. Nothing could have been further from the truth. An inspiring account of two broken beings who fixed each other, Cat daddy is laced throughout with Galaxy's amazing "Cat Mojo" advice for understanding what cats need most from us humans in order to live happier, healthier lives. About Jackson Galaxy: Jackson Galaxy has been called everything from a cat trainer to a cat shrink. Drawing on his years of experience in animal shelters and as a consultant working one-on-one with thousands of cats in their homes, his unique "Cat Mojo" approach offers people a deeper understanding of why their cats act out in the ways they do. Galaxy maintains a private consulting practice in Los Angeles.

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What's the deal with book clubs? I mean, if reading is such a solitary endeavor, why bring other people into it at all? What kind of a devoted reader interrupts their precious "book time" to chat about a necessarily undefinable emotional response to literature? It sounds to me like they didn't want to be reading that badly in the first place! BINGO. Join Flippo and Steve(n) at BookPeople on the last Monday of every month for the STAND UP SIT DOWN Book Club, where we will discuss the mirth and mayhem of the greatest comedy memoirs yet written. This month's book is Born Standing Up by Steve Martin. Please remember to tip your waitstaff.

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We all know the benefits of Early Childhood music exposure. And it is also known that learning a second language should ideally begin as early as possible in a child's life. How about combining the two? Join us in our Canta y Habla sing-a-long using pieces from our new curriculum, Somos Amigos, developed by Ann Benson. You will learn traditional Spanish songs, as well as a few originals!

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Tuesday, May 28 at 7PM

MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author Walter Mosley speaking & signing Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Myster Little Green is the Statesman Selects Pick for May!

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The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public.

Tickets are required for the signing portion of the event.

Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of Little Green from BookPeople. Pre-order your book via our website now and we will automatically assign you a ticket for the signing line. There is no separate "ticket" item to add to your cart - just order the book and we will automatically reserve a ticket for you with your book.

This book goes on sale May 14. Pre-ordered books & tickets will be available as of May 14.

Easy Rawlins is back (almost literally from the dead after the car wreck that ended Blonde Faith, his last outing) and cruising the hippified streets of the Sunset Strip circa 1967, in search of a young black man who has gone missing—and maybe of his own rebirth.

Walter Mosley burst on the literary scene in 1990 with Devil in a Blue Dress (recently named one of the L.A. Times's best novels about L.A.), the first Easy Rawlins mystery, a combustible and irresistible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright that future president Bill Clinton picked up on, as did hundreds of thousands of other readers. Eleven books later, Easy Rawlins is one of the small handful of private eyes in contemporary crime fiction who can be called immortal. So it is great news on every front that this major figure's new mystery features the return of his signature and most resonant character.

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Tough stories with hard hombres and dangerous dames, where survival trumps virtue, no matter what side of the law you are on; this is what you’ll find in the Hard Word Book Club. Scott and Chris will guide you along the last Wednesday of every month at 7PM. This month’s book is Wicked City by Ace Atkins.

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Moooo! Oink! Nay! Squeak! Down on the farm, real outdoor adventures tend to include swatting bugs, mowing hay, milking cows, and drinking plenty of lemonade to cool off. But these stories about farm life make everything seem like a lot more fun and a lot less work. So today we'll be reading Lazy Daisy, Cranky Frannie along with other haybailin' tales for you to enjoy! This morning at 10:30am.

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Wednesday, May 29 at 7PM

Founder of the National Freelancers Union Sara Horowitz speaking & signing The Freelancer's Bible

Freelancing is the new normal. The nation’s 42 million freelancers are self-employed, independent, and they juggle multiple titles and roles. They’ve gone mainstream, and they’re here to stay. Written by the authority on America’s new gig economy, Sara Horowitz, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and founder of the national Freelancers Union and Freelancers Insurance Company, The Freelancer's Bible is designed to help budding entrepreneurs learn the ropes and seasoned freelancers stay ahead of the curve.

The Freelancer's Bible the one-stop, all-encompassing guide to every practical detail and challenge of being a nimble, flexible, and successful freelancer: the three essentials of getting clients and the three most important ways to keep them happy. Five fee-setting strategies. Thirteen tactics for making it through a prolonged dry spell. Setting up a home office vs. renting space. The one-hour contract. A dozen negotiating dos and don’ts. Building and maintaining your reputation. Dealing with deadbeats. Health Insurance 101. Record-keeping and taxes. Productivity, including a quiz: “What Is Your Ideal Day?” Building a community. Subcontracting and other strategies for taking your freelancing career to the next level. Retirement plans, plans for saving for education and how to achieve financial freedom.

Sara Horowitz founded the organization that became the Freelancers Union in 1995 and then launched the Freelancers Insurance Company in 2008. She is a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, one of Forbes’ Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs (2011), and a writer whose work appears in the Huffington Post and The Atlantic online. She is Cornell-, Columbia-, Harvard-, and SUNY-educated, and comes from a long line of labor lawyers. Ms. Horowitz lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Thursday, May 30 at 5PM

Comedian and Chelsea Lately Regular ROSS MATHEWS speaking & signing Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence Please note: The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public. Wristbands are required for the signing portion of the event and are only available with the purchase of a copy of Man Up! from BookPeople. Wristbands will be distributed beginning at 9AM the morning of the event. In his first book, Ross Matthews tells readers what it means to "man up" -- to realize, no matter how hard you may hope against hope, you are what you are. The sooner you stop being embarrassed about what makes you unique and start embracing and celebrating what makes you special, the closer you get to living the life of your dreams. Admittedly still a work-in-progress, Ross recounts how he's benefitted from this frame of mind his whole life. From growing up as an atypical kid in a small Northwestern farm town to living as an atypical adult in Los Angeles, to eventually being his loud, proud, unapologetically genuine self on national television.

ROSS MATHEWS was a correspondent, for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, for which he was known as "Ross the Intern". Mathews has since gone on to numerous subsequent TV appearances, including "Celebrity Fit Club", "The Insider" and as a weekly regular panelist on Chelsea Lately.

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