2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Saturday, Nov. 1610:30-11:15am House Chamber Bookend Award Ceremony Honoring Bud Shrake & Bill Wittliff, including..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

What's past is present: earlier coverage on attending authors

"...A glance at the Texas Book Festival's list of attending authors reveals that the..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

2010 Texas Book Festival

The epic friendship of two writers, dog-lovers, and ex-drunks

"...Knapp, who died of lung cancer at 42 in 2002. Caldwell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic, wrote a homage..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Books Feature by Marion Winik

2010 Texas Book Festival

Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle

"...In February 2002, the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Widower's Tale: A Novel

A funny and subtle portrait of a family negotiating continuing crises from National Book Award-winner Julia Glass

"...Glass, a National Book Award winner for her 2002 debut, Three Junes, forms..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2002 Book Reviews

Debut novelist and SWT grad Diana López "captures a Tejano culture in flux" in her Sofía's Saints, writes Sarah Hepola.

"...that isn't hers. Written by first-time novelist and Southwest Texas grad Diana López, this is the story of how..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Texas Book Festival 2002 Book Reviews

Accept the premise that no work of historical fiction dealing with Native Americans can match Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and you're on your way to appreciating David Marion Wilkinson's Oblivion's Altar for what it is," writes James McWilliams. "An entertaining, imaginative, and historically informed story about the ruthless displacement of the Cherokee Nation from its Georgia homeland."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Austin Author Elizabeth Crook Honored With Texas Writer Award

The Which Way Tree novelist heads to the Texas Book Festival

"...has been named as the recipient of this year's Texas Writer Award. She will receive the award at this..."

July 18, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history,..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Book Review

"...The 1947 Texas City, Texas, explosion "claimed more lives on American soil..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

SPOT Festival

Making connections at Denmark's SPOT Festival

"...Århus, Denmark, bears a passing spiritual resemblance to Austin, Texas. It's a vibrant waterfront town with a lengthy history..."

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Capitol Letters

What we've done here, in addition to our previous features on attendees Edward Swift and Josephine Sacabo, is provide a couple brief interviews and a few reviews regarding Texas Book Festival authors. It's a preview, a head start.

"...find a clear thematic point of entry for each Texas Book Festival. For instance, there's more to the Texas..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...and Jimmy Santiago Baca on Saturday morning at the Texas Book Festival, but his was hardly the only storm..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...than the fluid, in this picture. But as legendary Texas writer John Graves pronounces it, you can envision 75..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...than the fluid, in this picture. But as legendary Texas writer John Graves pronounces it, you can envision 75..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...former curator of the Southwestern Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University and Chronicle contributor..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...collection of stories that should see stores in early 2002. She's also at work on a new novel about..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Shannon McCormick

News/Print

Whatever you're looking for is right here.

"...publication in early 2003, though their fruit basket and chapbook will still read "2002." Just kidding: There is no..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Going Deep at the Drive-In

Joe Bob Briggs gives good commentary.

"...Bob says check it out." Now, Briggs returns to Texas with two Texas Book Festival/Alamo Drafthouse Downtown events: On..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Jason Henderson

News/Print

Baby, please don't go …

"...sources die, of course. For more details, check out www.hrc.utexas.edu/home.html... The Texas Book Festival has awarded state libraries $81,556.32..."

April 11, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...and try some international food, dance at a music festival, attend your first rodeo, or just explore Texas...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...the UT campus... The Jewish Community Association of Austin's Book Fair will be taking place from Nov. 5-19; authors..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Beef Sumo Needs Your Help!

Austin children’s book author Keith Graves re-animates

"...next month in a cover story on local children’s book author Keith Graves. At that juncture, his first title,..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

On the Way to Anywhere

Sarah Hepola talks to the three panelists of one of the Texas Book Festival's most eagerly anticipated panels, "At the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature."

"...she is in the home stretch of a monster book tour for her latest novel, Caramelo (Knopf), a big-hearted..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dancing About Architecture

Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.

"...it to the alternate drop point at the Borders Books & Music north location, or check www.essentialaustin.com for the..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Texas Hill Country: A Food and Wine Lover's Paradise

A little bit of everything from Hill Country artisans

"...The Texas Hill Country: A Food and Wine Lover's Paradiseby Terry..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Steven Saylor's The Throne of Caesar

Caesar's murder gets a fresh coat of paint in this mystery of ancient Rome

"...clearly in sight, one might suppose that Throne, a book that starts ominously on March 10, would be without..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Paradise, Loss

The year in reading, 2005

"...Mayer) Bodyguard of Lies is not actually our favorite book of the year. But Doherty né Mayer shouldn't feel..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Bedside Manner: Guitar & Pen

Homework vs. live music ascension

"...crack were my contributions to the Chronicle’s semi-annual music books sections...."

June 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Master of the Improbable

When someone says something can't be done, trust Turk Pipkin to say 'Wanna bet?'

"...glance up at them," he reports in his new book The Old Man and the Tee, "I can see..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

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