The Texas Accent

Texas Writers Month in Its Fifth Year

"...Above is this year's Texas Writer's Month poster: all previous posters appear throughout this..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...Where: North side of Texas State Capitol (indoors and outdoors)..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

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

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

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Texas Book Festival Unveils Its List of Participating Authors

In-person and virtual panels and discussions abound

"...The Texas Book Festival, one of the largest literary festivals in..."

Sept. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

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

"...napkin before feasting on the newly announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...and Jimmy Santiago Baca on Saturday morning at the Texas Book Festival, but his was hardly the only storm..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Matthew Patin Named Texas Book Festival Literary Director

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

"...Just in time for its milestone 25th anniversary, the Texas Book Festival has named its new literary director. He's..."

Jan. 29, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Teen Book Festival: The 2015 Lineup

Sesame Street and Star Wars collide in the 2015 TTBF

"...about her life pre-PBS when she headlines the 2015 Texas Teen Book Festival. Sonia Manzano, who had generations of..."

Aug. 17, 2015 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..."

July 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

A World of Texas

Profiles of seven writers attending this year's Texas Book Festival

"...Of all the good that comes from the Texas Book Festival (since 1996, the first year of the..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival Announces First Confirmed Authors for October Fest

Acclaimed An American Marriage novelist leads pack of 15

"...We’re six months away from October’s Texas Book Festival, and two months shy of the traditional..."

June 19, 2018 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...And you thought this year's Texas Book Festival was already tantalizing, what with a legend..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2021: First Authors Announced

Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth McCracken, Amor Towles lead the list

"...October may feel like a lifetime away. But the Texas Book Festival has just helped shorten that time span..."

July 21, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

Texas Book Festival Goes Virtual!

Annual literary event stretches from Halloween to Nov. 15

"...Have you ever wished the Texas Book Festival lasted more than one weekend? Well, this..."

June 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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 2019: The Full Lineup

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

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

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

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

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

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

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Writers Month Events

"...For three of the past four years, Texas Writers Month organizers have orchestrated one large gathering of..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature

Texas Book Festival 2020: Mychal Denzel Smith and Isaac J. Bailey in Conversation

The two authors discuss Black Americans and life post-America

"...the first day of adult programming for the 2020 Texas Book Festival. I didn’t have to walk further than..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Arts Post by Evan Rodriguez

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...cowgal astride a Hereford-sized horny toad in the 2020 Texas Book Festival's official poster – a hand tinted creation..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz get under the skin of memoir

"...I value hearing a person’s actual lived experience. Two authors, Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz, shared their memoirs in..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

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

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 Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

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

"...comes gloriously back to life in this all-out biography. Co-authors Alan Paul and Andy Aledort conducted over 100 interviews..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas Book Festival 2017:
Jeffrey Eugenides and Claire Messud

For both award-winning authors, adolescence was important

"...filled early and completely for a conversation between lauded authors Jeffrey Eugenides and Claire Messud. Austin author Amanda Eyre..."

Nov. 6, 2017 Arts Post by Melany Jean

The Texas Spring Book Festival Blooms This Weekend

Texas Association of Authors promotes local authors

"...So it's fitting, then, that the Texas Spring Book Festival comes right as the bluebonnets have..."

April 19, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Texas Book Festival Announces Omar Epps for 2022 Lineup

First author list includes Angie Cruz, Sandra Brown, more

"...The Texas Book Festival has just announced the first 15 authors..."

July 13, 2022 Arts Post by Kaushiki Roy

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