We’ve never much cared for April Fools Day – it’s like a 24-hour cringe – but we might have to reverse our opinion based on the Texas Book Festival‘s upcoming April Fools Day Happy Hour, which ingeniously combines free tequila + the prankish Owen Egerton.
Fans of Austin funnyman Egerton – fiction writer, screenwriter, DadLab lad, Mister Sinuser, etc. – still have another month to wait for his debut novel The Book of Harold, the Illegitimate Son of God (Dalton Publishing), but in the meantime he will “share tidbits” from said novel at the TBF Happy Hour at El Arbol. Also on the menu: complimentary Argentinean appetizers and Republic Tequila.
The event runs 5:30-7:30pm, Thursday, April 1, at El Arbol (3411 Glenview). Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP here.
This article appears in March 26 • 2010.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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