In Memoriam: Jan Reid

Remembering the legendary author and Texas Monthly writer

"...writer with a one-two punch. From the left came nonfiction – much of it for magazines with many of..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...On the nonfiction front, Brockovich is getting the country to wake up..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Book Club Says: "Read Local"

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

"...pandemic. The three dozen-plus titles cover adult fiction and nonfiction, YA fiction, middle-grade chapter books, children's books and picture..."

July 2, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sheridan Reed Appears on Bachelor Spinoff Listen to Your Heart

Local singer unpacks love triangle & makes picks for tonight’s finale

"...process the state of the world – reading educational nonfiction, learning to paint, tending to my plethora of plants,..."

May 18, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Drinking, Writing, Staying Sober

You can’t do all three at once, no, but check this out

"...up via Kristi Coulter’s wise and even refreshingly humorous nonfiction account of achieving sobriety: Nothing Good Can Come From..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...live action footage, 'Mizuko' defies expectations of what a nonfiction film can be and do, while offering up material..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What'cha Watchin'?

Proofreader Lina Fisher gets real with interviews and the hottest of hot wings

"...Longform is an in-depth interview podcast that spotlights nonfiction writers of all kinds, be they journalists, filmmakers, or..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Screens Column by Lina Fisher

Matthew Patin Named Texas Book Festival Literary Director

Local writer/editor will book authors for fest's 25th year

"...with, or advised nearly 200 authors – fiction and nonfiction, some of them award winners and bestsellers – over..."

Jan. 29, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Opera Sets Audiences Atop the World's Tallest Mountain

Joby Talbot's adventurous new opera scales Everest

"...in a feature for Outside magazine, then in the nonfiction bestseller Into Thin Air. The tragedy inspired six other..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Vision 2020: Austin Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year

Some local writers' books due out in 2020 we're eager to read

"...Think Lawrence Wright and books, and you think nonfiction – works such as Going Clear, Thirteen Days in..."

Jan. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman

From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune

"...mention the dozens of detective novels and collections of nonfiction he's published over the past 30 years. Others want..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Janine Barchas’ The Lost Books of Jane Austen

In this nonfiction book, the local scholar provides fresh insight into the ways that Jane Austen became Jane Austen, literary superstar

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair Has Something for Reader on Your Gift List

Twenty-three Lone Star literary lights will be at Humanities Texas' annual shopping event

"...Rio Grande, will be chock-full of enticing fiction and nonfiction selections for bibliophiles of all ages, with the bonus..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tim O'Brien's Love Letter to His Sons

In Dad's Maybe Book, the author of Going After Cacciato is going after fatherhood

"...His new nonfiction Dad's Maybe Book wasn't supposed to be a book..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Vegan Magazine Founder Summer Burton Talks Reason and Queso

Former Buzzfeed exec and Texas native is obsessed with animals

"...had names, and when I started reading, it was nonfiction books by zookeepers and people that trained Seeing Eye..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Official Secrets

True story of a whistleblower who saw the lies behind the Iraq War

"...Based on a 2008 nonfiction British bestseller, the screenplay (co-written by the husband-and-wife team..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

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

"...HOME William Lopez SEPARATED Bojan Louis SHAPES OF NATIVE NONFICTION Aimee Lucido EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE Kyle..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Casey Cep solves the mystery of the true crime book that Harper Lee never wrote

"...to be a true whodunit – especially if it's nonfiction, reported after the facts have been paraded around in..."

July 19, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

July Is Crime Month

"...the unlawful with reviews of recent crime fiction and nonfiction, interviews with authors in the field, plugs for upcoming..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

À Bientôt, Agnès Varda

Looking back on the Belgian-French cinema great, who died today

"...documentaries and my tastes generally favor narrative fiction over nonfiction, nor are they sentimental choices that privilege the work..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neil Gaiman and Cast Tease Amazon Prime’s Good Omens

Fantasy legend talks collaboration & adaptation, and brings the stars

"...one, about the tricky nature of writing fiction vs. nonfiction: “Fiction has to be convincing. Reality has no obligation..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Won't You Be My Neighbor? A banner year for nonfiction filmmakers. Acting Kudos (Male)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair 2018

Humanities Texas has the one-stop shop for all the lit lovers on your gift list with 26 authors on hand to sign your purchases

"...have for sale a range of terrific fiction and nonfiction books for readers of all ages, but it'll also..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Real Story of Lolita

Sarah Weinman on the true crime story behind Nabokov’s novel

"...inquired about what led Weinman to write her latest nonfiction book. Weinman described a precocious youth – reading her..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Review: Berlin

At last complete, Jason Lutes' graphic novel is a masterpiece

"...trade it for a dozen books – fiction or nonfiction – from the current best-sellers list...."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Music on the Page at the Texas Book Festival

Music books strut their feminism, hip-hop, and emo

"...science from an artistic perspective. She fell for creative nonfiction, which she calls "beautiful bar stories," during college. Alongside..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Fest Interview: Japanese Breakfast

Shoegaze-infused indie rockers find inspiration in food and memory

"...in 2016 debut Psychopomp, she hopes recent forays into nonfiction can free up space for fresh musical motifs...."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...will have his reporter's hat on for his new nonfiction book Beautiful Country Burn Again, a look back at..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

The pope, in his own words, through the lens of Wim Wenders

"...an extensive body of work in both narrative and nonfiction modes, here answers the Vatican’s call to helm a..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Oh, the places you’ll go! The people you’ll see!

"...to say about his new book Trip – a nonfiction tome that goes deep into the potent possibilities and..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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