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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 »

12:58PM Thu. May. 16, Monica Riese

'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 »

10:24AM Thu. May. 9, Kimberley Jones

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 »

9:30AM Wed. May. 8, Monica Riese

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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 »

12:02PM Fri. May. 3, 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 »

12:35PM Thu. May. 2, 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 »

11:30AM Wed. May. 1, Monica Riese

Texan Typists Unite

Pop quiz! When you see the word "type," what comes to mind? Read More | Comment »

3:01PM Thu. Apr. 18, Monica Riese

Chewbacca Wants You To Read

For a wookiee whose first language closer resembles that of a bear or a walrus, Chewbacca is certainly serious about reading. Or at least Peter Mayhew is. Read More | Comment »

2:50PM Wed. Apr. 17, Monica Riese

Poem in Your Pocket Day: April 18

We'd find it hard to believe if you said you were having a difficult time celebrating National Poetry Month. Read More | Comment »

2:22PM Wed. Apr. 17, Monica Riese

Food Bloggers Celebrate Cookbook Release

Take 150 food bloggers, mix in one up-and-coming restaurant near campus, and simmer on low for a few hours for one delicious event. Read More | Comment »

9:53AM Wed. Apr. 17, Monica Riese

Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced

There are few more sought-after prizes in the worlds of journalism, literature, and music than the Pulitzer Prize, now in its 97th year. Read More | Comment »

3:50PM Mon. Apr. 15, Monica Riese

Reading Is Fundamental Hits Town

If you've made it this far down the page, we're assuming one really basic truth. Not that you care about the Chronicle (though we hope you do), or that you even know what this headline means – hell, you might just be sick of looking at thumbnail images. But no, seriously, if you're still following along, we're assuming you can read. Read More | Comment »

4:30PM Tue. Apr. 9, Monica Riese

'Mad Men' Hits the Books

Any good Mad Men fan knows the AMC classic about an advertising agency in the Sixties is back for its sixth season this Sunday (April 7, 8pm), but the ultra-fans have been busy dressing up in Don Draper's signature suits, doing their hair like Peggy and Joan, and sipping Old Fashioneds like it's going out of style. Read More | Comment »

3:56PM Thu. Apr. 4, Monica Riese

Nobelity Project Hosts Book Drive

Books can take you places you'd only dream. But somehow the books have to get to those places too, right? The Nobelity Project – activist Turk Pipkin's pet project – is hosting a book drive and needs your help. Read More | Comment »

12:00PM Tue. Apr. 2, Monica Riese

April Is National Poetry Month

It must be a sign:
"National Poetry Month"
fits in a haiku. Read More | Comment »

12:07PM Mon. Apr. 1, Monica Riese

Feast Your Eyes Upon the Edible Book Festival

We know it's hard to take seriously any event that's happening April 1, but that's why we're telling you about it in advance: Silly edible sendups of famous books are totally serious business, and they're the order of the day at the Edible Book Festival. Read More | Comment »

11:24AM Thu. Mar. 28, Monica Riese

'What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter'

Yesterday Neil Gaiman (American Gods) sat down with sitcom writer/producer Chuck Lorre to discuss Lorre’s book What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Bitter, which Gaiman called a “slightly jaundiced, slightly bitter, always funny view of what it’s like to make television from the inside.” Read More | Comment »

5:01PM Sun. Mar. 10, Ashley Moreno

Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam

One of the city's most engaged philanthropists and energetic supporters of the arts has passed away. Mary Margaret Farabee, who was the original spark and guiding light for the Texas Book Festival, as well as an advocate for a host of other cultural and social causes, died Sunday morning after a long struggle with cancer. She was 73. Read More | Comment »

12:30PM Tue. Mar. 5, Robert Faires

Mayor's Book Club Titles Announced

The key to a successful book club – we've heard – is the perfect balance of participants. You need brainy, bookish folks who are likeminded enough to agree on selections but outspoken and confident enough to engender productive discussion. If the sum total of Austin's residents doesn't embody that description, we don't know who would. Read More | Comment »

3:03PM Fri. Mar. 1, Monica Riese

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time? (Part 2)

We don't mean "What's the most important book you've ever read?" – whatever that might suggest. Nor do we mean "Which do you think is the best-written book?" Read More | Comment »

11:50AM Mon. Jan. 14, Wayne Alan Brenner

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