EPISODE · May 17, 2021 · 1H 4M
Charley Rejsek, General Manager Book People, Austin, Texas, and Jo Ivester, Author, Advocate, Speaker
from The Bookshop Podcast
Send us Fan MailToday I’m in Austin, Texas, speaking with Charley Rejsek, general manager at BookPeople. Charley and I chat about the future of indie bookshops, and what a day in her life as an indie bookshop general manager looks like, and about the phrase Keep Austin Weird. My guest author is Jo Ivester, who focuses on LGBTQ and civil rights advocacy. Her books include the memoir The Outskirts of Hope and her family memoir Once a Girl, Always a Boy.Links from this episode:BookPeopleAustin Independent Business AllianceJo IvesterOnce a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey, Jo IvesterThe Outskirts of Hope, Jo IvesterNational Center for Transgender Equality Freedom For All Americans She Writes Press One Life, Mean Rapinoe Handsome, Holly Lorka This is How it Always is, Laurie Frankel Being Jazz, Jazz Jennings Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links
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Send us Fan Mail Today I’m in Austin, Texas, speaking with Charley Rejsek, general manager at BookPeople. Charley and I chat about the future of indie bookshops, and what a day in her life as an indie bookshop general manager looks like, and about the phrase Keep Austin Weird. My guest author is Jo Ivester, who focuses on LGBTQ and civil rights advocacy. Her books include the memoir The Outskirts of Hope and her family memoir Once a Girl, Always a Boy. Links from this episode: BookPeopl...
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