Sean Penn to Promote First Novel in Austin

Oscar winner-turned-author will make a stop here in April

"...Central Presbyterian Church on April 3 to promote his first book, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. Penn will..."

Feb. 12, 2018 Arts Post by Mae Hamilton

If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...born, If or When I Call titles the debut novel from Austin singer-songwriter and painter Will Johnson, creative force..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

Texas Book Festival: First Authors

Margaret Atwood leads the list of 20 authors for the 20th fest

"...On Thursday, the Texas Book Festival announced the first slate of marquee authors for the 2015 edition, and..."

July 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 for the 2014 edition, and..."

July 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

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 2017 edition, taking place Nov...."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Turning Lipstick Traces Into a Graphic Novel

Lana Lesley adapts the Rude Mechs' punk spectacle to the printed page

"...exploration Lipstick Traces back in 1999, it wasn’t their first show...."

May 29, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'86 Plots,' One Graphic Novel

Local comic creators need a Kickstart

"...creators are trying to finance their upcoming horror graphic novel through the online donation system...."

Sept. 11, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Footnotes and First Novels

Local Author Roger Boylan

"...used this approach with intelligence and wit in his novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Now, local writer Roger Boylan..."

May 23, 1997 Books Feature

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng

This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death

"...That's the worldview embraced at first by Lea Kirino, a "lifer" and the protagonist of..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

Texas Book Festival 2021: First Authors Announced

Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth McCracken, Amor Towles lead the list

"...just helped shorten that time span by revealing the first authors for 2021, a stellar group that includes Colson..."

July 21, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Enter the Dollyverse: Dolly Parton to Make First-Ever SXSW Appearance

Country queen wrangles NFTs, James Patterson and Connie Britton

"...by Southwest to promote both NFTs and a print novel...."

March 1, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Last and First Men

Overlooked SF novel becomes a mournful but hopeful meditation

"...from the cosmos. Beginning life as a 1930 sci-fi novel by influential author and philosopher William Olaf Stapledon, Last..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Lilah Sturges Releases Lumberjanes Graphic Novel

Latest in the series insists emotional vulnerability is cool now

"...Sometimes we just want a cute, queer graphic novel where no one dies tragically, and now we’re in..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Ray Emerson

Memories of My Father Watching TV: A Novel

"...force-of-nature man, lets us in on some inside information: "First you gotta have hair all over your body. You..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Books Review

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...the weirdest corners of cinema, has just dropped its first wave of films, with peculiar children, a deep trip..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to Night Vale The Novel

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor move the strange little desert town of their wildly popular podcast to the printed page

"...to Night Vale is also a book, a full-fledged novel that tells a complete story in about 400 pages...."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Austin Author Chandler Baker Talks About Creating a Novel for the #MeToo Movement

Writer of Whisper Network offers a healthy dose of righteous indignation

"...Enter Whisper Network, the first adult novel by Austin resident, corporate attorney, and YA..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Good as Gone: A Novel of Suspense

Amy Gentry's page-turning thriller is set apart by its realistic and empathetic portrayal of abuse victims and their families

"...Like Jennifer Dubois, who based her successful 2014 novel Cartwheel not so loosely on the Amanda Knox story,..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Hadrian's Walls: A Novel

"...Hawthorne wrote somewhere that all utopias were doomed to..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature

Journey Toward a Novel

"...nothing." Two years overdue at the publisher's, finally this novel, my fourth, is done. (It concerns a Marilyn Monroe..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

'Forgive Me: A Novel'

An excerpt

"...Nadine met Maxim on her first day in the Nutthall Road house. After she dropped..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.

"...she was a toddler – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire is a rough-hewn entity with unlikely..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington With This New Graphic Novel

John Lewis pens civil rights history in new graphic novel

"...the youngest keynote speaker at the march, co-authored graphic novel March (Book One) with Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate..."

Aug. 28, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

First Cow

Kelly Reichardt's latest historical amble finds literal sweetness in the mire

"...to the most delicate of stimuli. Reichardt’s latest film, First Cow, pings the senses with its authentic evocation of..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Image of a First Lady

Based on her physical appearance alone, Jean Stapleton is a natural to portray Eleanor. But it turns out that the accomplished actress' resemblance to the first lady doesn't end there. It extends to her idealism, her feminism, and even her awakening to activism.

"...she has done in the 1982 CBS movie Eleanor: First Lady of the World, and is doing currently in..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...in Bitcoin Billionaires (Flatiron Books). • Hafsah Faizal. The first-time Dallas-based novelist kicks off “Sands of Arawiya,” a YA..."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...Kyle Chandler. The film is based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Price of Salt. Can an English actor do..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

New Graphic Novel The Divine from Asaf & Tomer Hanuka

Note: Never fuck with spooky child-soldiers in Southeast Asia

"...the pages between the covers of this new graphic novel from First Second Books...."

July 15, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

An April First Shot of Egerton

A Texas Book Festival happy hour puts Owen Egerton and free tequila on the menu

"...still have another month to wait for his debut novel The Book of Harold, the Illegitimate Son of God..."

March 29, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Jetlag: Five Graphic Novellas

"...Jetlag: Five Graphic Novellas..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

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