About this Event
Please welcome Iliza Shlesinger to celebrate All Things Aside! This event will include a signing line, an author conversation, a Q&A, and a special screening. This event is 21+.
This event is ticketed and each ticket includes a copy of the book.
- Check-In: 6 P.M.
- Start time: 6:30 P.M.
- Run time: 3 hours.
- Location: The Highball in Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book at 6:30 P.M.
- In order to get a book signed, you must have purchased a ticket (which includes a copy of the book).
If you buy a ticket and are unable to attend:
- We will hold your book at BookPeople for 30 days after the event.
- We cannot guarantee that your book will be signed. While we do our best to try and get all event books signed, priority is given to event attendees and any extra stock is dependent on the author’s availability.
Guidelines:
- Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- There will not be a live stream or recording available.
- BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
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About the book:
All Things Aside is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eyes of the inimitable Iliza Shlesinger. From the macro to micro, Shlesinger tackles it all with her no-bullshit comedic style.
Throughout the book, Shlesinger dives from one subject into the next, making her hilarious asides the meat of her stories, much like she does in her stand-up comedy. Topics range from dissecting social expectations to the notion that products marketed specifically to women are scams, and all manner of things in between. She even dares to ask herself the all-important question that every woman is forced to consider at some point—Am I actually an annoying person? Shlesinger also shares intimate moments, including a devastating miscarriage, which she manages to navigate not only with grace but somehow with side-splitting humor.
As Margaret Cho explains in the book’s foreword, “Every woman has something to gain from the Every woman Iliza presents in her hilarious and astute worldview. . . . I’ve learned [from Iliza] that you don’t have to quit when you are in pain, that you can write your way out of the suffering. That there is beautiful truth to be unearthed from the depths of despair. That the stupid can be smart and that we put ourselves through hell for nothing.” All Things Aside offers unexpected insights, much-needed truths, and tons and tons of laughs.
About the author:
Iliza Shlesinger is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer, and author with five Netflix stand-up specials, including Elder Millennial and Unveiled. Her sixth Netflix special Hot Forever is out October 11, and can currently be seen selling out theaters around the world on her Back in Action Tour. As an actor, Iliza most recently wrote and starred in the hit Netflix rom-con movie Good on Paper. Additionally, she played opposite Mark Wahlberg in the #1 Netflix film Spenser Confidential, and appeared in the critically-acclaimed indie drama Pieces of a Woman with Vanessa Kirby. Other credits include Instant Family, starring Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, and The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, a comedy series she created and starred in for Netflix. Her podcast, AIA: Ask Iliza Anything, is a fan favorite and features Iliza giving out her barefaced life advice and answering fans’ questions. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Noah, their newborn daughter, Sierra Mae, and their Chinese rescue dog, Tian Fu.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Highball at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, United States
USD 27.00