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"He's so short," whispered the woman standing next to me, eyeing the much-celebrated humorist David Sedaris during last week's reading at BookPeople
"...5 o'clock in the afternoon on Thursday, June 17, BookPeople began to rumble with voices. An hour before humorist..."

June 25, 2004 Books Feature by Lauren Hilgers

Food-o-File
Osteria Amerigo's on hold, while 7's expanding
"...Wednesday, June 23, at 7pm: BookPeople hosts Houston Press restaurant reviewer Robb Walsh for a..."

June 18, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

News/Print
Choose your own adventure
"...Bryce (Cronies; see excerpt and interview on p.30) at BookPeople on Tuesday, June 22, 7pm...."

June 18, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Where to Find Wi-Fi
A partial list of hot spots affiliated with the Wireless City Project in the Austin area
"...BookPeople (603 N. Lamar)..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature

Naked City
Breaking stories from Austin and beyond
"...the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity, at BookPeople (Sixth and Lamar) at 7pm Monday, April 26...."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Downtown Dominoes
The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be
"...Creek (across from GSD&M) and for the existing Whole Foods/BookPeople complex. Across Lamar, Phoenix Properties, developers of the new..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

News/Print
Moving images and archbishops on death row
"...denied Spencer interview access to Tracey Tarlton, the former BookPeople employee who pleaded guilty to the murder of Steven..."

April 2, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
Armchair travelers have rarely had it so good as they do with Texas native Griest's memoir, which reads like one part informative history lesson on the People's Revolutionary struggle and one part Hope 'n' Crosby road movie.
"...Texas Monthly BookGroup on Wednesday, March 31, 7pm, at BookPeople; will give a lecture on Communist and corporate media..."

March 26, 2004 Books Review by Marc Savlov

News/Print
Half Price Books looks around for a new home; Roddy Doyle, gloves off, comes to Austin
"...my softball game. For more information, see www.en.utexas. edu/interests/creativewriting... BookPeople's British Invasion week begins on Monday, March 1, 7pm,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Luv Doc Recommends: Spike Gillespie's Free Sex In Public
BookPeople, Saturday, February 14, 2004

Feb. 13, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

News Top Tens
"...Borders -- right across the street from local stalwarts BookPeople and Waterloo Records -- opened up debate about what..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature

Articulations
Austin Shakespeare perseveres, Ballet Austin gets a grant for a Shrew, Zach hunts for a fundraiser, Mexic-Arte's Museum Store hits USA Today's Top 10, and the Funniest Person in Austin goes global.
"...so fundraising will continue, with a bake sale at BookPeople on Jan. 10, a donor party on Jan. 13,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Blue-Sky 'Silver' Plan for Austin Energy
Austin Energy and a former city employee team up to publish an idealized, clean-energy vision of the future.
"...month. (You can get a copy, for free, at BookPeople or at AE headquarters on Barton Springs Road.)..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

News/Print
Authors are not authors in prison; Jessa Crispin should go to prison; Denis Johnson is ACES.

Nov. 28, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Austin @ Large: Austin Unchained
"...Economics -- working with Liveable City, the AIBA, and BookPeople and Waterloo Records -- concluded late last year that..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Column

Doubt and Caution at All Times
An interview DBC Pierre and Dan Rhodes on tour, together
"...the Netherlands, and includes a Nov. 3 stop at BookPeople...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

How to Breathe Underwater: Stories
Debut author Julie Orringer, who is 30, belies the old bromide that young people can't write about youth convincingly, and she'll be at BookPeople on Friday, Oct. 24.
"...Julie Orringer will be at BookPeople on Friday, Oct. 24, 7pm, with Vendela Vida, author..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Review by Michael Schaub

Food-o-File
I hope you saved your appetite for all of the news Virginia B. Wood is plating up.
"...You Really Going to Eat That? (Counterpoint, $25) at BookPeople on Friday, Oct. 3, 7pm...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two
It's been two years since 9 / 11, and we're under attack.
"...Wal-Mart on Friday at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown or BookPeople, but bear in mind that where the rubber meets..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column by Nick Barbaro

Hightower Takes on the Bushites in His Underwear
Jim Hightower's latest assault on the plutocracy hits the bestseller list.
"...At 7pm, he'll be signing books at BookPeople...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond
"...(Hightower will also appear that evening at 7pm at BookPeople.) For more on Hightower's book, see p.24...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Geek Confidential: Echoes From the 21st Century
A stellar tour of cultural ephemera from Rick Klaw
"...gig (he has worked at legendary Austin indie outlets BookPeople, Adventures in Crime and Space, and currently shelves hellbooks..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Books Review by Marc Savlov

News/Print
Good morning!
"...Sarah Vowell, and Anne Garrels will be coming to BookPeople during the fall. Look here: Look here for later..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Fill Me Up
"...the randomly organized. Our favorite selections were found at BookPeople (pictured above) and the Paper Place...."

Aug. 8, 2003 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City
Happenings
"...Austin author/activist Rahul Mahajan will speak at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, on his latest book, Full Spectrum..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

News/Print
Column body.
"...Monthly Book Group on Thursday, July 31, both at BookPeople; also on Thursday, 9pm, at the Austin Yoga School..."

July 25, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Naked City
Headlines

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Austin Stories
"...Trading Co., Sweetish Hill Bakery owner Patricia Bauer-Slate, and BookPeople owner Steve Bercu subtly requested the council to reconsider..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

News/Print
"...there was not. "The bookstores [Barnes & Noble and BookPeople] have done their thing, libraries have done their thing,..."

May 30, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Naked City
Happenings
"...On Friday, May 16, representatives of BookPeople, Waterloo Records, and other local businesses will join author/columnist/radio..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

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