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The 2017 Texas Book Festival took place Nov. 4 & 5 on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol and on the streets and in buildings around the area. In addition to the authors who appear to speak about and sign their books, one of the big draws are tents full of books for purchase. -
Book lovers on the hunt for literary treasures at the 2017 Texas Book Festival -
Book lovers on the hunt for literary treasures at the 2017 Texas Book Festival -
Book lovers on the hunt for literary treasures at the 2017 Texas Book Festival -
Evan Smith and Dan Rather at the national launch of Rather’s What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism -
Evan Smith and Dan Rather at the national launch of Rather’s What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism -
Jeffrey Eugenides (Fresh Complaint) and Claire Messud (The Burning Girl) in conversation at Central Presbyterian Church -
Austin author Amanda Eyre Ward (The Nearness of You) (l) moderates the session with Jeffrey Eugenides and Claire Messud. -
The “Good Old Sound of Austin” panel with Jesse Sublett and Eddie Wilson (co-authors of Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir), moderator Cari Clark, and author Donna Marie Miller (The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk) -
Author/actor/director Tom Hanks discusses his short fiction collection Uncommon Type: Some Stories with Lawrence Wright, New Yorker staff writer and author (The Terror Years) -
Tom Hanks -
Tom Hanks -
Tom Hanks drew a full house of 1,200 at the First Baptist Church. -
Eileen Myles (Afterglow: a dog memoir) and Jess Arndt (Large Animals: Stories) in the session “Bonding” -
Eileen Myles (Afterglow: a dog memoir) and Jess Arndt (Large Animals: Stories) in the session “Bonding” -
The “Connecting… Connecting…” panel with moderator Maris Finn, Alissa Nutting, and Lindsay Hunter -
The “Flights of Fantasy” panel with Natasha Pulley (The Bedlam Stacks), K Arsenault Rivera (The Tiger’s Daughter), and moderator Jason Neulander -
The “Flights of Fantasy” panel with Natasha Pulley (The Bedlam Stacks), K Arsenault Rivera (The Tiger’s Daughter), and moderator Jason Neulander -
The “Badass Historical Ladies” panel with authors Melissa Lenhardt (Sawbones) and Sherry Thomas (A Study in Scarlet Women) and moderator Tiffany Yates Martin -
The “Violated: Baylor University and Sexual Assault” panel with Violated co-authors Mark Schlabach and Paula Lavigne and moderator Jessica Luther -
Jennifer Egan (Manhattan Beach) being interviewed by Elizabeth McCracken in the House Chamber -
The “Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution” panel with the book’s editors, Kate Harding and Samhita Mukhopadhyay, and contributor Samantha Irby -
The “What We Talk About When We Talk About Everything” panel with moderator Hannah Oliver Depp and authors Scaachi Koul (One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter) and Samantha Irby (We Are Never Meeting in Real Life)
Texas Book Festival 2017
