Daniel Johnston Book Release Celebrated in NYC

Special signing tonight of new photobook

"...late musician and artist will also be celebrated in New York...."

April 20, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...they're thinking about the past. The seminal rap trio's new scrapbook/autobiography, October's Beastie Boys Book, released six years after..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Transcribing the Oral History of Dazed and Confused in New Book Alright, Alright, Alright

Melissa Maerz wrangles a class reunion

"...Maerz hold a virtual signing and Q&A for her book, courtesy of Austin Film Society and BookPeople. Before then,..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

KRAKATHOOOOM!! Free Comic Book Day Is Soon Upon Us Once Again!

Annual giveaway of popular sequential art stirs area interest, desire

"...players (and many of the minor ones) in the comic-book industry flood the shelves with special issues for Free..."

May 3, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

First Authors Announced for Texas Book Festival

Marquee names run the gamut from Amis to Ziggy

"...On Wednesday, the Texas Book Festival announced the first slate of marquee authors for..."

July 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

2018 Texas Teen Book Festival Lineup

Tenth fest brings YA stars Marissa Meyer, Patrick Ness, & more

"...The Texas Teen Book Festival turns 10 in 2018, and this annual celebration..."

July 25, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...John Hodgman will all be at the 2019 Texas Book Festival, along with over 300 other authors, all of..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tom Hanks Joins 2017 Texas Book Festival

Oscar-winning actor will promote his book Uncommon Type

"...You might say the Texas Book Festival is like a box of chocolates: You never..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...Leonard Pitts, Robert Christgau and Jessica Hopper? The Texas Book Festival, natch. And for its 20th edition, the annual..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo

"...A few years back Disney made a live-action Jungle Book starring Jason Scott Lee. This new version is also..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Image Book

Godard's final experiment is more thesis and installation than film

"...a film? That's a core question about The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard's mournful essay on the failures of the..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Jungle Book 2

"...Disney’s longtime exploitation of animal labor. In The Jungle Book 2, the Disney animators yank out from retirement the..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Jungle Book

"Forget about your worries and your strife …"

"...Godfather’s dialogue is near genius.) And yet, The Jungle Book frequently shields its young viewers from the consequences of..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...home. "I'm quittin' my job, just to get a new job," sings Maxwell softly, dealing yet another existential anecdote...."

June 4, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival Announces Omar Epps for 2022 Lineup

First author list includes Angie Cruz, Sandra Brown, more

"...The Texas Book Festival has just announced the first 15 authors for..."

July 13, 2022 Arts Post by Kaushiki Roy

Matthew Patin Named Texas Book Festival Literary Director

Local writer/editor will book authors for fest's 25th year

"...in time for its milestone 25th anniversary, the Texas Book Festival has named its new literary director. He's Matthew..."

Jan. 29, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Coffee Lids Book at BookPeople Tonight

Architect Scott Specht presents his elegant collection of java caps

"...with a cup of take-out coffee,” goes the press release, “you may have marveled at the ubiquitous plastic coffee..."

May 7, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Teen Book Festival

James Dashner, Oliver headline 2014 YA hullabaloo

"...drop, that is). Case in point: the Texas Teen Book Festival, which let fly a full 29 authors who..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Don’t Book ’em, Danno: DPS Backs Off on Pot Busts

State troopers take cite-and-release stance amid continued hemp-law fallout

"...The directive to cite and release came via a July 10 internal DPS memo recently..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Book Reviews

"...event in the writing life of Larry McMurtry, another book, Crazy Horse, a biography of the famous Sioux warrior,..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Books Review

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...in the early Seventies just as Funkadelic sought a new graphic direction. Assigned the band's 1973 opus, Cosmic Slop,..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Book Reviews

"...of outsider, Lewis -- who contributes regularly to The New York Times Magazine and The New Republic -- follows..."

July 4, 1997 Books Feature

First Look: Robert Rodriguez Opens The Book of Boba Fett in New Trailer

Check out footage from the new Star Wars series

"...next best thing with the first trailer for the new Star Wars series for Disney+, The Book of Boba..."

Nov. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The New Mechanic's Guide

Phil Waldorf's tips to landing on Misra Records.

"...1999 (Austin Chronicle, Nov. 14, 2003). He did, however, release Toomey's Antidote in 2001, taking a page or two..."

May 12, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Help Shape the New Downtown Library

Public input meetings start tonight

"...to public input meetings on the design of the new central library for Downtown. Lake | Flato Architects and..."

Oct. 27, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

New in Graphic Novels

The Chronicle Comics & Manga Team hunts down some inky delights

"...This week's print issue features reviews of four new graphic novels, which was really only the tip of..."

May 7, 2009 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Harry Potter Prompts BookPeople to Revive the Magic of Release Parties Past

J.K. Rowling's latest brings the gang back together for one last hurrah

"...their respective children off to Hogwarts) officially closed the book on the Potter saga. But the 2011 emergence and..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"...those toy sticky hands. For proof, hear from four bookers who fuel, select, and develop the fountain of youth..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...Austin alongside his girlfriend and dog – and a new album, Field Recordings, Vol. 1. The digital release offers..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Think Outside the Book

Eric Schlosser on Richard Linklater's adaptation of his Fast Food Nation

"...Monthly about marijuana, which was the basis for my book Reefer Madness, was made into a documentary. That's the..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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