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Writing prizes are great news for the recipients, but they're even more spectacular for the community: You get a whole new set of rising stars to watch make their impressive trajectory. Check out the latest on these recent winners. Read More | Comment »

News/Print 12:58PM Thu. May. 16, Monica Riese

Summer Fun: Join the (Book) Club

I take my summer reading resolutions more seriously than New Year's ones. You guys can have your fitness goals, your cheerful outlooks, your money-saving date nights; I just want three months with a stack of books and no interruptions. Read More | Comment »

Readings 11:00AM Wed. May. 15, Monica Riese

Gatsby Cocktails: Classic Cocktails from The Jazz Age

“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” —The Great Gatsby Read More | Comment »

Nonfiction 12:30PM Sat. May. 11, Gracie Salem

Drawn and Quarterly? Fantagraphics? A Few Recent Releases?

Lot of amazing comic books and graphic novels and compilations of sequential art – or whatever label you wanna tag the stuff with – coming out lately. Read More | Comment »

Graphic Novels 3:34PM Fri. May. 10, Wayne Alan Brenner, Shannon McCormick and Erika May McNichol

Nothing's Obscure: Five Local Art Treasures You May Have Overlooked

Some of these things are current and fleeting. Read More | Comment »

Local Literati 3:00PM Thu. May. 9, Wayne Alan Brenner

'Chronicle' Adult Spelling Bee Takes Place Tonight

Yes, the weather forecast is a little ominous, but why base your plans on a “chance” of something when you can be 100% certain that staggering feats of orthographer prowess will rain down on the audience tonight at the The Austin Chronicle’s Adult Spelling Bee at Threadgill’s World Headquarters? Read More | Comment »

News/Print 10:24AM Thu. May. 9, Kimberley Jones

Texas Cookbook Authors Out of the Kitchen, Into the Bookstore

Texas cookbook authors have been especially prolific this year. BookPeople (603 N. Lamar) provides recognition for two books from authors with local ties by hosting former Austin Chronicle food editor Robb Walsh as well as cookbook collaborators representing the Austin Food Blogger Alliance. Read More | Comment »

Readings 12:00PM Wed. May. 8, Virginia B. Wood

Austin Teen Book Fest Snags Rob Thomas

We announced just last week that Holly Black was joining opener Maggie Stiefvater as the Austin Teen Book Festival's closing speaker. This morning, two more big names were dropped: Rob Thomas and Sarah Dessen. Read More | Comment »

News/Print 9:30AM Wed. May. 8, Monica Riese

Free Comic Book Day: Local Stores, Local Artists

So we're counting down the seconds until Free Comic Book Day begins: The annual opportunity to immerse yourself, free and gratis, in the best that graphic story telling has to offer. Now you're asking, where can I get my hands on some free issues, and how can I support local artists? Read More | Comment »

Graphic Novels 7:00AM Sat. May. 4, Richard Whittaker

News/Print

Two events tonight, plus two poetry contests and two awards for Texas Monthly. Man, we thought good things all came in threes …. Read More | Comment »

News/Print 12:02PM Fri. May. 3, Monica Riese

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

If you've read this week's issue, you'll know that May 4 marks the 11th annual Free Comic Book Day, the yearly celebration of graphic story telling when publishers and stores hand out special new stories, anthologies and issues, totally free and gratis. But with 52 different titles up for grabs this year, what should you put on your pull list? Read More | Comment »

Graphic Novels 8:00AM Fri. May. 3, Richard Whittaker

The Write Way

Kids, get to work! Read More | Comment »

Fiction 2:12PM Thu. May. 2, Monica Riese

Soderbergh and IBM's Sense of Scale

There are plenty of curious pairings we've forced by juxtaposition on this blog. Read More | Comment »

News/Print 12:35PM Thu. May. 2, Monica Riese

Texas Is 'Big, Hot, Cheap and Right'

"One of the fundamental truths about Texas is that, although the state is genuinely sui generis, and self-consciously different from the other states, it is, in many ways, the most American of all." – Erica Grieder, Big, Hot, Cheap and Right Read More | Comment »

Readings 1:45PM Wed. May. 1, Monica Riese

Revisiting Poetry in Motion

Not quite a year ago, we wrote about Poetry With Wheels, the partnership between Capital Metro and the Austin Poetry Society that brings local poetry to placards in unused ad space. Read More | Comment »

News/Print 11:30AM Wed. May. 1, Monica Riese

Pub Date Announced for Doug Dorst + J.J. Abrams Collaboration

Yes, yes, we’re all very excited about J.J. Abrams’ newest project – that would be Star Trek Into Darkness, opening May 17 – but his next project should prick your ears, too, especially as it involves a collaboration with Austin writer Doug Dorst. Read More | Comment »

Fiction 5:17PM Tue. Apr. 30, Kimberley Jones

War and Pieces

Kevin Powers’ debut novel, The Yellow Birds, looks like a war novel, but it is really a novel about pieces, about the massive rents in identity caused by war, and the difficult work of repairing them. Read More | Comment »

Fiction 9:00AM Tue. Apr. 30, Amy Gentry

'Arguing for Our Lives' at BookPeople

"Opinions are like noses," the old adage goes. "Everyone has one." Indeed, and the process of changing it – either one's opinion or one's nose – is apparently rather invasive and painful. Read More | Comment »

Readings 12:57PM Mon. Apr. 29, Monica Riese

An Evening of Poetry

Surely you've realized by now that we're celebrating National Poetry Month, yes? Read More | Comment »

Local Literati 12:40PM Thu. Apr. 25, Monica Riese

Revised Fundamentals of Book Tours

Jonathan Evison's The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving captivated many when it hit shelves last year. And now, it's swooping back into town. Read More | Comment »

Readings 11:30AM Thu. Apr. 25, Monica Riese

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