BookPeople Presents: Alexa Yasemin Brahme - Good News

Sat May 30 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm UTC-05:00

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BookPeople Presents: Alexa Yasemin Brahme - Good News
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BookPeople welcomes Alexa Yasemin Brahme in conversation with Dalia Azim to celebrate the release of Good News.
About this Event

Please welcome Alexa Yasemin Brahme and Dalia Azim to celebrate Good News!

This event is free and open to the public.

  • Start time: 4:00 P.M.
  • Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
  • Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

  • To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.
  • For high volume events, post-talk signing lines can become very long. For such events, we recommend arriving and checking in to the event early as that will get you into an earlier signing group.

Guidelines:

  • Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed.
  • If you have any accessibility concerns regarding seating, please contact [email protected]
  • If you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ. If your question isn't covered in the FAQ, feel free to email us at [email protected].
  • All event guidelines are subject to change.
  • BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
  • There will not be a live stream or recording available.

About the book:

In this stylish and provocative debut novel, a young painter attempts to make a life in New York City as an artist, a good immigrant daughter, and soon (maybe) a wife—until her smooth-talking art-critic ex resurfaces, and an inevitable mess ensues. Mira Jacob (The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing) calls Good News a "punchy critique of high art, and a revealing look at what it takes to find yourself as a young artist. Women are the driving force of this richly realized story.”

About the author:

Alexa Yasemin Brahme is a writer from southern California. She received her
MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work has been nominated for a
Pushcart Prize, the Robert J. Dau PEN Award, and Best of the Net. She
currently lives in Brooklyn, where she is a bookseller at Books Are Magic. GOOD NEWS is her first novel.

About the moderator:

Dalia Azim’s writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, American Short Fiction, Aperture, Poets & Writers, Glimmer Train, and Other Voices, among other places. Her first novel, Country of Origin, was published in 2022. She is the Texas Book Festival’s COO.

By purchasing a book from BookPeople, you are not only supporting a local, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople.

Thank you for supporting Alexa Yasemin Brahme, Dalia Azim, and your local independent bookstore!

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, United States

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