2012 Texas Book Festival


The 2012 Texas Book Festival takes place Oct. 27-28 at the Texas State Capitol and surrounding venues. This year's featured authors include Junot Díaz, Robert Caro, Naomi Woolf, Cheryl Strayed, Tony Danza, Dan Rather, Emma Straub, Jami Attenberg, Jeffrey Toobin, Tim O'Brien, Austin Kleon, Jewel, and many, many more. The complete lineup can be found at www.texasbookfestival.org.


Paging Through the Texas Book Festival

Seen and heard at TBF 2012

Kimberley Jones, Mon., Oct. 29, 2012

A Son Comes Out, and a Family Comes Together

John Schwartz charts his gay son's journey in memoir ‘Oddly Normal’

Kimberley Jones, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

Michael King, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Texas Book Festival Preview

Author! Author!

The Texas Book Festival brings 250 writers to the same place

Kimberley Jones, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Culture's Last Stand

Life as we know it is gone in Justin Cronin's postapocalyptic future... except for in Texas

Melanie Haupt, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Moving on From West Memphis

Freed from death row, Damien Echols reflects on where to go next

Dan Solomon, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Into the 'Wild' and Back

Cheryl Strayed is having a hell of a year

Jessi Cape, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Cracks in the Ceiling

Jan Reid on Ann Richards' legacy

Michael King, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

A New 'Wrinkle'

So what draws graphic novelist Hope Larson to Madeleine L'Engle?

Dan Solomon, Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Recommended at Texas Book Festival

Capsule reviews

Thu., Oct. 25, 2012

Point Austin: Missing Ann Richards

New biography recalls the highwater mark of Texas liberalism

Michael King, Thu., Oct. 18, 2012

'DKR: The Royal Scrapbook'

More than just a good gift for grandpa

Russ Espinoza, Tue., Oct. 2, 2012

Spotlight on Texas Book Festival Authors

Taking a look back at the 'Chronicle's coverage so far

Kimberley Jones, Thu., Sept. 13, 2012

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

Kimberley Jones, Wed., Sept. 12, 2012

Previous Coverage


An Unlikely Reporter From the Secret Sexual Jungle

Gustavo Arellano, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America

Michael Brick, Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids, and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform

Douglas Brinkley, Cronkite

Dale Carpenter, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas

Jessica Dupuy, Uchi: The Cookbook

Jesse Griffiths, Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish

Helen Knode, Wildcat Play

Joe Lansdale, Edge of Dark Water

Turk Pipkin, Building Hope: The Story of Mahiga High School and The Nobelity Project

Andrew Porter, In Between Days

Tyler Stoddard Smith, Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession

W.K. Stratton, Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion