How to Write a Book

If you think you have a book in you, it's important to find out if you really do

"...The topic is "How to Write a Book," but first I had to say where I'm coming..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

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

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

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time? (Part 2)

With Tim Doyle, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Kareem Badr, and more

"...We don't mean "What's the most important book you've ever read?" – whatever that might suggest. Nor..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time?

With Michael Schaub, Kathryn Rogers, Matt Bucher, and more

"...We don't mean "What's the most important book you've ever read?" – whatever that might suggest. Nor..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey

The leaden acting, tablecloth wardrobe, and Sixties-era Star Trek set design are more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck.

"...Hercules could emote up a storm compared to The Book of Mormon Movie’s Noah Danby, who plays straight-shootin’ Mormon..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Green Book

Jim Crow road trip may be simplistic, but it's heartfelt

"...Viggo Mortensen – are the reasons to see Green Book. Their pas de deux is a master class in..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Two

"...Skyler, Erica Leerhsen, Jeffrey Donovan and Kim Director. Is Book of Shadows the best comedy of the year? Or..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Open House at the Austin Book Arts Center

The city’s epicenter of old-school book tech invites you to visit!

"...You should be warned, citizen, that the Austin Book Arts Center is a hotbed of disruptive technology...."

Sept. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Book of Eli

In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.

"...in theatres since 2001's artful clunker From Hell. The Book of Eli is one more in an increasingly dire..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Book Expo America: Where Books Go to Party

Book Expo America

"...recovering from tromping around one of the world's largest book industry gatherings, Book Expo America. Everyone says this year's..."

June 3, 2008 Books Post by Joe O'Connell

Black Book

Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.

"...is nothing like Showgirls. Just so we’re clear. Black Book (Zwartboek) resurrects themes from 1977’s Soldier of Orange, a..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Texas Book Festival 2020: Isabel Wilkerson on Caste

Festival talk highlights structural foundations of U.S. divisions

"...In 2010, just before that year’s Texas Book Festival and a panel on her book, The Warmth..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Michael King

The Image Book

Godard's final experiment is more thesis and installation than film

"...a film? That's a core question about The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard's mournful essay on the failures of the..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

First Authors Announced for Texas Book Festival

Marquee names run the gamut from Amis to Ziggy

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

July 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

The Book Thief

This print bestseller about a girl's coming of age amid the horrors of Nazi Germany is swaddled in maudlin melodrama in this film adaptation.

"...author Markus Zusak’s staggeringly popular and critically lauded The Book Thief spent four-and-a-half years on The New York Times..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book

"...in its newest rendition of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. A live-action Jungle Book is no mean feat --..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Texas Book Festival Goes Hybrid in 2021

October fest blends the virtual and a return of live events

"...The Texas Book Festival survived the pandemic in 2020 with a completely..."

May 17, 2021 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

Hannah Hart Brings Her Newest Book to Austin

The My Drunk Kitchen star wants to help you celebrate daily

"...Mix together one part cookbook, one part self-help, and a whopping serving of self-love..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Charlie Mangan

The Texas Book Festival's Read Warriors

Book lovers charge the Texas State Capitol this weekend

"...need for proof is a visit to the Texas Book Festival, where thousands of readers descend on the Texas..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

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

Tom Hanks Joins 2017 Texas Book Festival

Oscar-winning actor will promote his book Uncommon Type

"...You might say the Texas Book Festival is like a box of chocolates: You never..."

Sept. 26, 2017 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

The Book of Henry

Abandon all hope ye who purchase a ticket

"...our streaming service). What then, to make of The Book of Henry, one of the most ill-conceived films I..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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

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