How Staple! Is Turning the Page Toward a New Future

Austin’s indie media expo returns and it’s all because of one email

"...his passion project – wrangling spreadsheets, organizing vendors, and booking guests. Now the worry was simple: Would anyone show..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Off Beat: KB Brookins’ Poetry Book-Turned-Art Exhibit

“Freedom House: An Exhibition” heads to Prizer Arts and Letters

"...a queer, Black, trans Texan, Brookins first conceptualized the book by reflecting on the ways in which art contributes..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...been 20 years since Akron, Ohio’s greatest schlockmeister J.R. Bookwalter stepped behind the camera, now he’s back with Side..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Matthew Vaughn and the Mystery of the Real Author of Argylle

Director discusses "surreal" TikTok conspiracies

"...Elly Conway, the writer of the smash hit Argylle books who finds herself with the double trouble of being..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...paramount. Artists must be business-minded, understanding the intricacies of publishing, royalties, trademarks, and collaborations. I owe my business acumen..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

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

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Writer ire’ne lara silva Plans Her Year as Texas State Poet Laureate

Looking at the legacy of the honor

"...collection, the light of your body, while her fifth book of poems, the eaters of flowers, will be published..."

July 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Genevieve Wood

Keshara Moore Wants You to Join The Obsidian Society

Austin author’s debut pits Black and queer characters against the apocalypse

"...that representation, it gets branded as 'that's a Black book' or 'that's a gay book.' ... But there is..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Joelle DiPaolo

We Have an Issue: Read Before Burning

Welcome to the Books Issue

"...Welcome to the Books Issue. It's a far-ranging thing: We've got stories on..."

June 30, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Ernest Cline Is Taking The Bridge to Bat City

Ready Player One author making kid lit debut

"...The book, to be published April 2024 by Little, Brown Books,..."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Comic Creator Spotlight on Sean McKeever: "I Went Off and Found My Voice"

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...Essential bibliography: The Waiting Place (SLG Publishing); Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (Marvel); Teen Titans (DC); Outpost..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gabrielle Zevin Talks About Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Author discusses gaming and the secret meanings of green at BookPeople

"...(a fellow author and Zevin’s foreign rights editor) at BookPeople on Monday, April 3, Zevin discussed her 2022 novel,..."

April 4, 2023 Arts Post by Joelle DiPaolo

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday

Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley

"...and she had been an avid reader – a book or two a day – all her life. Both..."

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Weekend Wine: News About Texas

Texas is now fourth place in American wineries

"...When I wrote my first book on Texas wine, The Wine Roads of Texas (Maverick..."

Feb. 13, 2023 Food Post by Wes Marshall

The Writer, The Editor, and the Filmmaker: The Story of Turn Every Page

Lizzie Gottlieb on her father and LBJ biographer Robert Caro

"...career was heading after the success of his first book, 1974's The Power Broker. His epic examination of the..."

Jan. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Brings the Cosmos to Austin

Keynote brings unseen images from the James Webb telescope

"...Crest Trail) talks about the adaptation of her bestselling book Tiny Beautiful Things with Creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner..."

Jan. 10, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Gifts of Literary Delight for You or Anyone Lucky Enough to Be Your Friends or Family

Sentence yourself to a long stretch of reading pleasure

"...You want to read books that enrich your life? That make you think, make..."

Nov. 28, 2022 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Announces First 2023 Speakers

Olympian and entrepreneur Allyson Felix, Cecile Richards, more

"...Beacraft • Wall Street Journal bestselling author of upcoming book The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and..."

Aug. 30, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Water You Up to, Jason June?

Austin-based YA author dives into new ocean romantic comedy

"...authors that are making sure teens today have the books that we didn’t have when we were 18,” Jason..."

July 15, 2022 Qmmunity Post by Valeria Valdez

Indoor Queers Club

Stay home and cool off with Qmmunity’s movie, book, and TV recs

"...Austin Public Library | BookPeople..."

July 13, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

“Queer and Then Nerd Convention” Haven Con Returns

Local queer fandom convention is all rainbow, all geek, & all set to go

"...they most look forward to a panel on fanfiction bookbinding that has a workshop to match on building a..."

April 19, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

We Have an Issue: Hitting the Right Three Chords to Chronicle Punk Rock

In this week's issue, Tim Stegall recounts a pivotal Sex Pistols concert that inspired Austin's punk scene

"...the history of Austin punk. Tim started writing that book in 2019 – nearly 30 years after he started..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 17-23

"...19): Capricorn author E. M. Forster wrote, "The only books that influence us are those for which we are..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Until the End of the World

Writing is not what I live for, it’s how I live

"...Wronsky and writer Katharine Haake and published by What Books Press. They received this essay the 6th of February,..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael Ventura

Half-Price Pizza, SXSE Laotian Party, Boozy Miracle on Fifth Street, the Embiggening of Micklethwait's, Hex Kitchen Sorcery, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Micklethwait Craft Meats – recently featured among the top..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns

Life’s a beach, and then you scry

"...And because, hey, here she is with a major publishing house now, good for her, let’s see what this..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Music Sucks

Michael Corcoran's infamous 1986 music column

"...interviewing you, don't forget to tell them about the book which inspired you most, the Jerry Van Dyke autobiography..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Corcoran

CBD Recipe: Grilled Smokey Eggplant Dip

From Tracey Medeiros’ new cookbook, The Art of Cooking with Cannabis

"...From Skyhorse Publishing, The Art of Cooking with Cannabis: CBD and THC-Infused..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Jessi Cape

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

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...year without the safe haven of area Half Price Books, Waterloo Records, Antone's Records, Astro Record Store in Bastrop,..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

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