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BookPeople began in 1970 in the student slum district at the edge of the University of Texas, Austin as Grok Books. An outpost for the literate in what was then a rural reading wasteland, Grok flourished, expanding over time into BookPeople. In the contemporary wasteland of two-centimeter culture and chained commerce, BookPeople remains a refuge for the contemplative, a place where it's still possible to find a good book and someone irreverent with whom to discuss it. Eschewing elitism, BookPeople also sells the other books.

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    BookPeople

    603 North Lamar
    Austin, TX 78703

    Phone: (512)472-5050   |   Email   |   Official Website

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    01/23/13	Sonia Sotomayor: My Beloved World BookPeople
    10/11/12	ANTOINE WILSON: Panorama City BookPeople
    10/10/12	ELEANOR BROWN: The Weird Sisters BookPeople
    08/28/12	Bestselling Author TERRY BROOKS will speak & sign Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara. BookPeople
    08/25/12	NIKKI LOFTIN Speaking and Sigining The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy BookPeople
    08/22/12	SCOTT VON DOVIAK Speaking and Signing If You Like The Terminator BookPeople
    08/21/12	Michael Brick Speaking and Signing Saving the School BookPeople
    08/18/12	DARLA JOHNSON Speaking and Siginging The Art of Listening BookPeople
    08/18/12	Summer Reading Celebration! BookPeople
    08/17/12	John Corvino - Debating Same Sex Marriage BookPeople
    08/16/12	Noir at the Bar featuring Michael Koryta BookPeople
    08/15/12	SANFORD LEVINSON Speaking and Signing Framed: America's Fifty-One Constitutions and the Crisis Over Governance BookPeople
    08/11/12	Summer Reading Celebration! BookPeople
    08/11/12	Bestselling Author NEAL STEPHENSON will speak & sign Some Remarks: Essays BookPeople
    08/10/12	R. A. SALVATORE - Charon's Claw BookPeople
    08/09/12	Austin author Margret Ericsdottir speaking about & signing book co-written with Kate Winslet, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism BookPeople
    08/06/12	Carrie & Alton Barron - The Creativity Cure BookPeople
    08/04/12	Waldo Wrap Up Party! BookPeople
    08/04/12	Ilona & Gordon Andrews - Gunmetal Magic BookPeople
    08/03/12	DEBORAH CLARK, EMILIE SHOOP, & ETHEL MAHARG Speaking and Signing The Unstoppable Woman's Guide to Emotional Well-Being BookPeople
    08/02/12	MysteryPeople Presents MEGAN ABBOTT and SEAN DOOLITTLE BookPeople
    08/01/12	MysteryPeople Presents TIM BRYANT, REAVIS WORTHAM, BILL DURHAM, & BEN REHDER BookPeople
    07/31/12	Amazing Animal Storytime BookPeople
    07/31/12	CHRIS BOHJALIAN - The Sandcastle Girls BookPeople
    07/29/12	Voyage Out Book Club - discussing The Blind Assassin BookPeople
    07/28/12	Cowboy and Cowgirl Storytime BookPeople
    07/28/12	STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES - Growing Up Dead in Texas BookPeople
    07/27/12	Ms. Staci Storytime BookPeople
    07/27/12	MysteryPeople Presents JANICE HAMRICK - Death Makes the Cut BookPeople
    07/26/12	Happy Hour Book Club @ The Highball - discussing A Thousand Lives BookPeople
    07/26/12	VICTORIA LAURIE - Lethal Outlook BookPeople
    07/25/12	Rolling in the Dirt Storytime BookPeople
    07/25/12	MAURA THOMAS - Personal Productivity Secrets BookPeople
    07/25/12	Hard Word Book Club - discussing Black Orchid Blues w/ PERSIA WALKER calling in! BookPeople
    07/24/12	Keeping Austin Weird Storytime BookPeople
    07/24/12	MARY SCOTT NABERS - Collaboration Nation BookPeople
    07/23/12	New and Noteworthy Book Club - discussing Ready Player One BookPeople
    07/18/12	Tiny Tails to You Petting Zoo Storytime! BookPeople
    07/18/12	TYLER STODDARD SMITH speaking and signing Whore Stories: A Working History of Working Girls (and Guys) BookPeople
    07/18/12	Stranger Than Fiction Book Club - discussing Influence BookPeople
    07/17/12	Armstrong Community Music School Storytime! BookPeople
    07/17/12	Nightmare Factory Book Club - discussing Ancient Images BookPeople
    07/17/12	EOIN COLFER - Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian BookPeople
    07/17/12	Nightmare Factory Book Club - discussing Ancient Images BookPeople
    07/16/12	Columnist and NPR Regular E. J. DIONNE speaking & signing Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent. BookPeople
    07/16/12	Ludicrous Speed Bookclub - discussing Ready Player One BookPeople
    07/15/12	MysteryPeople Presents MARTIN LIMON & TIMOTHY HALLINAN BookPeople
    07/15/12	This Book Could Be Your Life Book Club - discussing Chinaberry Sidewalks BookPeople
    07/14/12	Comedian DAVE HILL speaking & signing Tasteful Nudes ...And Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation. BookPeople
    07/14/12	Austin Summer Musical for Children Storytime! BookPeople
    07/13/12	ALEXANDRA FULLER - Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness BookPeople
    07/12/12	ALYSSA HARAD speaks & signs Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride. BookPeople
    07/11/12	W.K. STRATTON speaking and signing Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible BookPeople
    07/11/12	Best Friends Rock Storytime BookPeople
    07/10/12	Pete the Cat Storytime BookPeople
    06/08/12- 06/25/12	June at BookPeople BookPeople
    05/30/12- 05/31/12	This Week at Book People BookPeople
    05/23/12	BUZZ BISSINGER BookPeople
    05/22/12	American Short Fiction and BookPeople Present: Kevin Wilson BookPeople
    05/11/12	BookPeople Presents Dan Rather BookPeople
    04/23/12	American Short Fiction and BookPeople Present: Rajesh Parameswaran BookPeople
    04/18/12	Tom Angleberger's Fake Mustache BookPeople
    04/11/12	BookPeople Reading by Randall BookPeople
    04/02/12	Book Signing, Talk & Farm-Inspired Tastes Book People BookPeople
    03/19/12	American Short Fiction and BookPeople Present: T. C. Boyle BookPeople
    02/08/12	Twentieth Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest Reception BookPeople
    01/19/12- 02/11/12	Upcoming Events at BookPeople, featuring Luis Alberto Urrea and Ben Marcus BookPeople
    12/04/11	A Synthesis of Music and Literature: Hemingway BookPeople
    10/26/11	Upcoming BookPeople Events for Kids BookPeople
    09/03/11	Oui! Oui! Viva la France! Storytime BookPeople
    09/02/11	MysteryPeople Presents: George Pelecanos--The Cut BookPeople
    09/01/11	Dr. James Pennebaker--The Secret Life of Pronouns BookPeople
    08/31/11	Squeak! Squeak!--BATS! Storytime BookPeople
    08/31/11	Hard Word Book Club--discussing The Jook BookPeople
    08/30/11	Butterflies! Storytime BookPeople
    07/15/11	Local Author Night: Michael Froehls & The Gift of Job Loss BookPeople
    06/04/11	Story Time:The Little Cornbread Girl with Funmi & Friends BookPeople
    05/19/11- 11/17/11	The Writers' League 2011 Third Thursday Series “Building a Book” BookPeople
    02/24/11	Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth Best Social Change Book 2010 – Presentation & Author Signing BookPeople
    02/04/11	Elise Ballard Book Signing & Reception BookPeople
    09/17/10- 10/03/10	Bookpeople Events for September/October BookPeople
    08/27/10	Judy Collins – Somewhere Over the Rainbow BookPeople
    08/17/10	Sarah Cortez – Indian Country Noir BookPeople
    08/15/10	Pam Ferguson – Sunshine Picklelime BookPeople
    08/14/10	Neal Pollack - Stretch BookPeople
    08/13/10	Dan Utley and Cynthia Beeman – History Ahead BookPeople
    08/12/10	Laura Griffin – Unspeakable BookPeople
    08/12/10- 08/27/10	Book People Weekly Events BookPeople
    08/11/10	Carlos Cisneros – The Name Partner BookPeople
    08/07/10	Elaine Tyler May – America and the Pill BookPeople
    08/05/10	Connie Merritt – Too Busy for Your Own Good BookPeople
    08/04/10	James Haley – Wolf BookPeople
    07/29/10	Maggie Stiefvater – Linger BookPeople
    07/28/10	Rob Sheffield – Talking to Girls About Duran Duran BookPeople
    07/27/10	David Herlihy – The Lost Cyclist BookPeople
    07/23/10	Belinda Acosta – Sisters, Strangers and Starting Over BookPeople
    07/22/10	James McGrath Morris – Pulitzer BookPeople
    07/21/10	Paula Butturini – Keeping the Feast BookPeople
    07/17/10	Joshua Long – Weird City BookPeople
    07/15/10	WLT's 3rd Thurs. Program: "Your PR Campaign: Setting You Goals and Expectations" BookPeople