HPB McKinney

Join us at your Flagship HPB for a special Banned Books panel on Wednesday, September 23, at 7 p.m. Presented by Half Price Books, the panel will feature a discussion about how literary censorship and book ban attempts impact the community at large. Speakers include HPB President Kathy Doyle Thomas, Laney Hawes of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, Brinda Shah of Authors Against Book Bans, and Sheria Smith, federal education lawyer and former 5th grade teacher. RSVP here.

Join us as we welcome bestselling author Rick Riordan and acclaimed author Annabelle Oh to Texas Hall at The University of Texas at Arlington on Monday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. In this lively, fan-focused conversation, Rick and Annabelle will take readers behind the scenes of their newest adventure, The Wild Zone: Camp Half-Blood Book 1, where five newbie demigods dare to enter Camp Half-Blood’s forbidden Wild Zone. Purchase tickets, which include a signed copy of the book, at UTAtickets.comhttps://utatickets.com.

Meet author E.L. Westbury at your McKinney HPB on Saturday, October 17, at 3 p.m. E.L. will join us to discuss and sign her latest book, Drowning in Paper Flowers, a twisty psychological thriller that asks the question: What happens when you can no longer separate the truth from the lie? Purchase tickets, which include a copy of the book, on Eventbrite.

Half Price Books has been named “Best Used Bookstore” by the editors of D Magazine! Now that the word is out, stop by to see what all the fuss is about. Our friendly bibliomaniacs are more than happy to help you find new and used items to fill your shelves.

Join us at your McKinney HPB every Sunday at 1 and 1:30pm. We will be reading books for multiple ages with different themes each week. Come back each week for a chance to win prizes. See you there!