Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

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

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

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2019: Who Belongs?

Authors explore what it means to be an American outsider

"...When glancing over the list of this year’s Texas Book Festival authors, a jarring and piercingly relevant theme..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Saskia Henn

Texas Book Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling: A Conversation With Journalist Scott Pelley

Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age

"...to poison the information," Scott Pelley said at the Texas Book Festival on Sunday. "When others call journalists enemies..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas Book Festival 2019

"...The 24th Annual Texas Book Festival..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Photo Gallery

Texas Book Festival 2019: Dave Campbell's Favorite Texas College Football Stories

The longtime sportswriter still recalls all those great games

"...John David Crow playing both offense and defense for Texas A&M and future College Football Hall of Fame member..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas Book Festival 2019:
All by Myself: Loneliness in Fiction

Kristen Arnett & Kevin Huizenga weigh in on frustration and isolation

"...just published graphic novel stars Glenn Ganges, a comic book hero who has popped up elsewhere in the artist’s..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Texas Book Festival 2019:
Modern Royalty in Romance

Casey McQuiston and Jasmine Guillory reign over rom-coms

"...Little surprise, then, that a pre-noon start time, limited..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Texas Book Festival 2019:
They’re Playing My Song

Andrea Lawlor and Karen Tongson on music's doorway to self-discovery

"...Tongson opened the gathering by reading from her 2019 book Why Karen Carpenter Matters, a combination biography of..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

Texas Book Festival 2019:
On the Topic of Mothers

Saeed Jones, Michele Filgate, & Angie Cruz grapple with a mother’s love

"...to be accepted in general, while growing up in Texas as a gay black man...."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Texas Book Festival 2019:
My Story Is More Than the Struggle

Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz get under the skin of memoir

"...termed typical, shared challenges right out of “the post-colonial playbook,” I was intrigued to learn about the joy they..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

Texas Book Festival 2019:
Embracing the Journey

Anika Fajardo and Tembi Locke travel far to find what’s near

"...within yourself. But their panel showed the two women's books to be as similar as they are different...."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Texas Book Festival 2019:
Finding Their Power

Two authors mine the past for tales of queer sisterhood

"...But the number one takeaway from Saturday’s Finding Their..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Texas Book Festival 2019: On Second Look: Writing About Home From New Perspectives

Oscar Cásares and De'Shawn Charles Winslow keep it all in the family

"...in unexpected ways that can define who we are. Texas writer Oscar Cásares (Where We Come From) and debut..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

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..."

May 17, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...and one of the city’s premier fall fests, the Texas Book Festival...."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

"...one of the first authors to attend this fall's Texas Book Festival, taking place Nov. 11-12 in the Texas..."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Book Festival's Read Warriors

Book lovers charge the Texas State Capitol this weekend

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

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Michael King

Texas Book Festival 2017: The First Dozen

Lisa Ko, Claire Messud lead off first look at fest lineup

"...On Monday, the Texas Book Festival announced the first dozen authors for the..."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chris Ware and Seth at the Texas Book Festival

Two titans of sequential art, gabbing craftwise in Austin on Saturday

"...works and whimsies, as part of the 24th annual Texas Book Festival...."

Oct. 24, 2019 Arts Post

Texas Book Festival: Nicky Drayden and Chris Brown

The Austin authors explore new frontiers in science fiction

"...Brown and Drayden will appear together (along with non-Texas writer Jen Julian) on a panel at the Texas..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Texas Teen Book Festival Is Here!

Celebration of YA lit moves north to Southwestern University

"...prone to low bank statements, sunburns, and claustrophobia, the Texas Teen Book Festival offers a nice alternative...."

Oct. 9, 2019 Arts Post by Addie Costello

"What's Your Platform" at the Texas Teen Book Festival

Author panel explains how multiple mediums can feed success

"...has Twitter, Instagram, and their podcast, composing a well-written book might not be enough to earn readers' attention. This..."

Oct. 9, 2019 Arts Post by Addie Costello

Texas Teen Book Festival Author Lineup Announced

Is your favorite among this year’s stellar array of writers?

"...The Texas Teen Book Festival announced its 2019 author lineup today,..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Post

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

Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

A Texas Flood of new interviews paint an intimate portrait of late Austin guitar god

"...first-person insight that hadn't previously been given to the Texas blues icon. Like Paul's Allman Brothers chronicle One Way..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Review by Doug Freeman

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

Book Review: How We Fight for Our Lives

Saeed Jones' memoir resonates most when it digs the deepest

"...You can’t judge a book by its cover, but perhaps the title is a..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

UT's Cohen New Works Festival Brings Experimentation to the Stage

Campus hosts a weeklong celebration of working outside comfort zones

"...When curtains rise on the Cohen New Works Festival on April 15, over 30 original student creations will..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Just Mercy Will Close This Year’s Austin Film Festival

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx star in true-life legal drama

"...With the Austin Film Festival mere weeks away, it’s dropping the last pieces of..."

Oct. 9, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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