Book Club

Life, love, laughter, and literature for a classic quartet of actresses

"...Book Club isn’t a movie for me. It’s probably not..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Mayor's Book Club Befriends Lincoln

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

"...well be called a politic choice for the Mayor's Book Club, Hizzoner Steve Adler has made the annual tradition's..."

May 2, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Book Club Says: "Read Local"

The 2020 choice? Three dozen books, all by Austin authors

"...ways of doing things. So why should the Mayor's Book Club be any different?..."

July 2, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Book Club Titles Announced

Citywide reading campaign honors two National Book Award finalists

"...The key to a successful book club – we've heard – is the perfect balance..."

March 1, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

The Jane Austen Book Club

Though it’s as estrogenic as dong quai, this amiable film about six friends and their book club is thoughtfully rendered with a certain universality of spirit.

"...Joy Fowler’s eponymous bestseller about six friends and their book club is thoughtfully rendered with a certain universality of..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Queer Book Club for Comic Lovers

Austin Books & Comics makes space for queer fans and queer lit

"...The comic book world has long been a safe haven for outsiders..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Mohsin Hamid Speaks to Mayor's Book Club

Author fills Central Library for talk about his Exit West

"...much-praised novel, arrived as a guest of the Mayor's Book Club...."

April 16, 2018 Arts Post by Sumaiya Malik

Leffingwell Announces Book Club Picks

Two books explore war at home and abroad

"...Military wives and Vietnam vets steer the Mayor's Book Club's dual selections...."

Feb. 11, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Mayor's Book Club: 'Salvage the Bones'

Award-winning Katrina novel by Jesmyn Ward picked

"...Public Library Friends Foundation announced today its 2012 Mayor’s Book Club pick, Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones...."

Feb. 23, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Different Stages' The Book Club Play

This production captures both the cringeworthy humor and drama of its characters in a mockumentary for the stage

"...As its title suggests, The Book Club Play chronicles the experiences of people who meet..."

March 29, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Austin Chronicle Book Club: 'The Long Goodbye'

Share your thoughts about Raymond Chandler with other Chronicle readers in a Twitter chat about The Long Goodbye

"...Austin Chronicle Book Club: 'The Long Goodbye'..."

July 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer Fun: Join the (Book) Club

Summer reading programs for Austinites young and old

"...I just want three months with a stack of books and no interruptions...."

May 15, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Dagoberto and the Downtown Book Club

"...For its inaugural Downtown Book Club at the Faulk Central Library, the Austin Public..."

May 28, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

'Austin Chronicle' Book Club

Readers toasted 'The Long Goodbye,' eager to move into 'The Hundred-Year House'

"..."Chandlerisms" shared by participants in the first-ever Austin Chronicle Book Club, held on Twitter Monday, July 28. In discussing..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

APL's Book Club Reboot

Austin Public Library gets hip with their Downtown Book Clubs

"...You don't need to tell us that talking about books is a hip way to pass the time, but..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Teen Book Festival

James Dashner, Oliver headline 2014 YA hullabaloo

"...drop, that is). Case in point: the Texas Teen Book Festival, which let fly a full 29 authors who..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...Turns out it's six books big. Which may not sound like a lot, but..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big hitters..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Texas Book Festival No. 25 – aka Virtual Texas Book Festival..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray Is Totally Worthy of Its Subject

Everyone will always believe this

"...he just kind of stepped behind the bar at Club DeVille, and later at Shangri-la, and started serving up..."

Aug. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Book 'em Dan-o!

The Club Runners Call 'Em

"...this time from the critics that really count: the club owners and booking agents who put local bands into..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...John Hodgman will all be at the 2019 Texas Book Festival, along with over 300 other authors, all of..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Book Tour Confidential

"...illustration by Nathan Jensen..."

May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of authors for..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas Book Festival has announced the full menu of authors on..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...newly announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival: Monsterator Keith Graves

Now your budding doctor-to-be can piece together their own...

"...up colleges. “Both draw well,” he says. His Texas Book Festival entry Saturday, The Monsterator, goes one step beyond...."

Oct. 23, 2014 Books Post by Raoul Hernandez

It's Free Comic Book Day

The where, what and how of comic collectors' favorite Saturday

"...in May on their calendar, because it's Free Comic Book Day. No, really. Today is the day that comic..."

May 5, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...Leonard Pitts, Robert Christgau and Jessica Hopper? The Texas Book Festival, natch. And for its 20th edition, the annual..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival: First Authors

Margaret Atwood leads the list of 20 authors for the 20th fest

"...On Thursday, the Texas Book Festival announced the first slate of marquee authors for..."

July 17, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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