Illuminating Austin Authors

Dagoberto Gilb, Gregory Curtis among Illumine honorees

"...Nov. 18's inaugural Illumine Awards, handed out by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation for excellence in literary achievement..."

Nov. 9, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Talkin' Austin Teen Book Festival

Uglies author, Nick and Norah, and more

"...Austin is teeming with both authors and enthusiasts of the..."

Sept. 15, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Classical Guitar Narratives Series

"...Austin Classical Guitar gets into summer reading in a big..."

July 8, 2016 Arts Feature

Austin @ Large: Reading the Riot Act

I want a new central library, and I want it now

"...no "official" role to play in the world of Austin or Texas libraries. (I went from the State Library,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Balancing the Books

The big hole we need libraries to fill

"...It's been a few months since my last library screed, so while we still have a minute before..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

InfoWars Crashes Drag Storytime in Austin

Alt-right rags want to end LGBTQ-inclusive children's events

"...drag storytimes across the country finally landed at the Austin Public Library when an InfoWars representative crashed and filmed..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...Thursday 25, Austin History Center..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Public Notice

"...* Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Austin will have an information meeting to help shorten the..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group Cooly Girls. Alongside taking over Manners' longtime..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice

Happy Trails to Us

"...on the Earth you once freely roamed. Autumn in Austin is prime trail time. And politically, trail systems make..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...Part 1 These next two issues feature the annual "Public Notice Holiday Wish Lists," the two yearly installments of..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Living on the Air in Austin

Live Music Flourishes in the Studio

"...KVRX is just one of a handful of Austin radio stations that have made a significant investment in..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Illumine Honorees Announced

Douglas Brinkley, Sarah Bird, Joe Ely to be awarded

"...The Austin Public Library Friends Foundation shines a light on Texas’..."

Aug. 19, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Absolutely Confabulous

Austin Public Library's New Fiction Confab focuses on buzz over brawn

"...the first Confab brought five emerging authors to the Austin Public Library in 2010, The New Yorker announced its..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

A Way Back to Tenderness

Writing workshops serve Austin's aging and their caregivers

"...they moved to Houston, then Boston, then finally to Austin, where they got married and have lived ever since...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Young at Heart

The Austin Teen Book Festival is coming of age

"...Only, thanks to the Austin Teen Book Festival, it's not quite as lonely as..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Mayor's Book Club Titles Announced

Citywide reading campaign honors two National Book Award finalists

"...If the sum total of Austin's residents doesn't embody that description, we don't know who..."

March 1, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Mayor's Book Club: 'Salvage the Bones'

Award-winning Katrina novel by Jesmyn Ward picked

"...In its annual effort to get Austinites on the same page, the Austin Public Library Friends..."

Feb. 23, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Bookworms Blossoming

The fourth annual Austin Teen Book Festival

"...of massive sales in the Young Adult section, the Austin Teen Book Festival (www.austinteenbookfestival.com) has grown rapidly, parallel to..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Books Feature by Jessi Cape

Culture Unbound Book Series

HRC archive authors highlighted

"...hugely impressive, and a new related discussion series at Austin's public libraries highlights just that...."

Feb. 16, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

In the 'Pale'

HRC & David Foster Wallace, plus the New Fiction Confab

"...King, went on sale today nationally, but lucky you, Austin reader peoples, you get to celebrate the release with..."

April 15, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...local independent bookstores like Domy and BookWoman struggling, and Austin's flagship literary journal, American Short Fiction, on hold due..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Changes in the Local Lit Landscape

Clay Smith departs Texas Book Festival, APLFF adopts Badgerdog

"...for Kirkus on Monday. (Smith will stay based in Austin, with regular trips to New York.) The job marks..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...discussions by early- and mid-career authors held at the Austin Public Library every April. This year the Confab will..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Festival Flood

A brief guide to the 13 – count 'em, 13 – arts fests coming your way in April and May

"...by is about as big as festivals get in Austin (or most places, for that matter). But it's precisely..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hip Lit

The New Fiction Confab

"...The free event, presented by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, starts Saturday, April 17, 1pm,..."

April 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Mayor's Book Club Befriends Lincoln

Our 2016 read is Stephen Harrigan's A Friend of Mr. Lincoln

"...local author, and Harrigan has long been one of Austin's most respected and admired writers...."

May 2, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

War and Pieces

Mayor's Book Club takes on Kevin Powers' 'The Yellow Birds'

"...community members about the book at 11:30am at the Austin History Center...."

April 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

How To Say 'Suck It' To the Censors

Celebrate your right to read at Thursday's Banned Books Bash

"...tomorrow night (10/4), 6-8pm, at Scholz Garten. Sponsored by Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, the Banned Books Bash will..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

So Fab

New Fiction Confab snags Ben Marcus, Heidi Julavits, and more

"...Sponsored by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, the annual event combines readings,..."

March 28, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

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