2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners
Five shows share top honors with four awards each
1321-1350 of 9,421 entries
Robert Faires, Nov. 6, 2019
PUSH Print! Party
This annual fundraiser features what they call “a book arts rock star”
Wayne Alan Brenner, Nov. 1, 2019
"Lone Star Wild" at Davis Gallery
In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 31, 2019
Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage
The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 31, 2019
TILT Performance Group's Pandora: Life Outside the Box
This world premiere of Allen Robertson's musical releases kindness and joy into the world
Robert Faires, Oct. 31, 2019
Bianca Del Rio Targets Austin in It’s Jester Joke
Nothing’s off-limits in her comedy tour, at Moody Theatre Nov. 7
A. Micah Mills, Oct. 30, 2019
Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling With Scott Pelley
Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age
Joe O'Connell, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: On Second Look
Oscar Cásares and De'Shawn Charles Winslow keep it all in the family
Joe O'Connell, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: Dave Campbell's Favorite Football Stories
The longtime sportswriter still recalls all those great games
Joe O'Connell, Oct. 28, 2019
LGBTQIA+ at TBF: Finding Their Power
Two authors mine the past for tales of queer sisterhood
Rosalind Faires, Oct. 28, 2019
LGBTQIA+ at TBF: My Story Is More Than the Struggle
Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz get under the skin of memoir
Laura Jones, Oct. 28, 2019
Texas Book Festival 2019
Photos by David Brendan Hall, and John Anderson
Photos, Oct. 28, 2019
LGBTQIA+ at TBF: Loneliness in Fiction
Kristen Arnett & Kevin Huizenga weigh in on frustration and isolation
Barbara Purcell, Oct. 28, 2019
LGBTQIA+ at TBF: They’re Playing My Song
Andrea Lawlor and Karen Tongson on music's doorway to self-discovery
Laura Jones, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: Embracing the Journey
Anika Fajardo and Tembi Locke travel far to find what’s near
Barbara Purcell, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: On the Topic of Mothers
Saeed Jones, Michele Filgate, & Angie Cruz grapple with a mother’s love
Barbara Purcell, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: Modern Royalty in Romance
Casey McQuiston and Jasmine Guillory reign over rom-coms
Rosalind Faires, Oct. 28, 2019
Attica Locke: Solving Crime on Hwy 59
Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues
Robert Faires, Oct. 25, 2019
It's Texas Book Festival Time
Team Faires previews the literary event of the year
Kimberley Jones, Oct. 25, 2019
Texas Book Festival 2019: Who Belongs?
Authors explore what it means to be an American outsider
Saskia Henn, Oct. 25, 2019
Book Review: The River at Night
In Kevin Huizenga's graphic novel, one man's speeding mind breaks time
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
Book Review: The Hard Tomorrow
Eleanor Davis' graphic novel centers on a woman who's trying
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
Chris Ware and Seth at the Texas Book Festival
Two titans of sequential art, gabbing craftwise in Austin on Saturday
Oct. 24, 2019
Zach Theatre's Dracula
Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 24, 2019
The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
Rosalind Faires, Oct. 24, 2019
Tapestry Dance Company's Austintatious (Too)
This revival of a 2002 production paid tribute to the spirit of the city but also showed how the troupe embodies its best qualities
Robert Faires, Oct. 24, 2019
New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism
Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music
Tim Stegall, Oct. 24, 2019
Tim O'Brien's Love Letter to His Sons
In Dad's Maybe Book, the author of Going After Cacciato is going after fatherhood
Joe O'Connell, Oct. 24, 2019
Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet
Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
The Texas Book Festival's Read Warriors
Book lovers charge the Texas State Capitol this weekend
