Authors Who Need Authors

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

"...couples young and old lounging in the grass and authors young and old biting each other in the ass..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Texas' Attack on Planned Parenthood Leaves Women's Health in Its Wake

Article by UT researchers paints grim picture

"...also resulted in closed clinics and a reduction in women's access to care, according to a report published today..."

Sept. 26, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas Book Festival 2021: First Authors Announced

Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth McCracken, Amor Towles lead the list

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

July 21, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Children’s Authors Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey on Finding Hope While Taking Things Slow

Wondering how to talk to kids? Try pictures.

"...city's art scene is a wealth of picture book authors, including brothers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Arts Feature by Selome Hailu

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

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

"...has partnered with Vins de Bordeaux for their Strong Women of Bordeaux campaign, showcasing the collective talent of the..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...It seems as though Austin is well populated with women who have never committed a felony and yet think..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

African-American Book Festival Spotlights Women Writers

Pulitzer Prize-winner Annette Gordon-Reed headlines this year's fest at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center

"...the history of scholarship about the pair – how authors have historically ignored, denied, and denigrated evidence of a..."

June 25, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Kissing in America

Rabb's second YA novel features more than one love story, and they're all worth telling

"...Rabb presents an empathetic, rounded portrait of so many women and girls who are influential in her life. There's..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

Illuminating Austin Authors

Dagoberto Gilb, Gregory Curtis among Illumine honorees

"...Gilb (Before the End, After the Beginning, Woodcuts of Women)
Presented by: David Garza 
..."

Nov. 9, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

No Room at the Health Care Inn

State policies endangering women's lives in the Valley

"...of 32 health clinics providing services to low-income, uninsured women in the Rio Grande Valley shuttered operations and the..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...full lineup has been announced, with more than 150 authors joining the Lone Star literary jamboree through some screen..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Texas Book Festival has announced the full menu of authors on tap for the 2017 event, and it's massive:..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: On the Campaign Trail With Beto O'Rourke

Plus: More TribFest picks, and our favorite movies made by women

"...we contemplate Beto, the blue wave, and our favorite women film directors...."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

"...not only pictures of some of the most beautiful women in the world, but also the written work of..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...New Fiction Confab is bringing a quintet of contemporary authors to town whose recent works include all of the..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Cheri

Another dangerous liaison, this one based on the Colette novella, reunites director Stephen Frears and star Michelle Pfeiffer.

"...Liaisons – there’s fixedness and control. They don’t make women, sexy but regal, like Pfeiffer much anymore, and Cheri..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Celebrity

"...series of tableaux in which supermodels, film stars, best-selling authors, television personalities, and other “who's who” are offered up..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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

The two authors discuss Black Americans and life post-America

"...or fight crowds to hear from this year's guest authors. And the authors didn't have to come to Austin..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Arts Post by Evan Rodriguez

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Texas Book Festival has released the full list of authors for its 2018 event, and you can look forward..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...And not just by chance: Both are Harper Voyager authors...."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postscripts

Authors at SXSW Multimedia

"...* FRI, MAR 7: Sally and Andy Wasowski, authors of Native Texas Gardens, will host a slide presentation..."

March 7, 1997 Books Column

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Fall is full of fairs and fests

"...Fall colors and women’s undergarments are showing as the temperatures become ideal for..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Study Estimates 64,500 Pregnancies After Rape in States Where Abortion Is Banned

Plus, more than half a million rapes total

"...Approximately 64,500 women have had rape related pregnancies in the 14 states..."

Jan. 30, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Texas Book Festival Announces Omar Epps for 2022 Lineup

First author list includes Angie Cruz, Sandra Brown, more

"...Texas Book Festival has just announced the first 15 authors for its 2022 festival this fall, Nov. 5-6, in..."

July 13, 2022 Arts Post by Kaushiki Roy

Oh, the Humanities

Author mingling at Humanities TX annual Holiday Book Fair

"...you in handshake range of some of Austin's finest authors with this weekend's Holiday Book Fair...."

Dec. 7, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Fighting a Rising Tide

The 78th Lege chipped away at abortion rights

"...currently under court challenge, will impose additional barriers to women seeking family-planning services or abortion services. (See "Picture This:..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"...The history of women in filmmaking has long been a history of outsider..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

When the Truth Doesn't Match Your Narrative

Fallout continues from a study showing negative effects of cutting Planned Parenthood from the Women's Health Program

"...professionals cautioned that the move would severely jeopardize low-income women's ability to access basic reproductive health care...."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Local Nonagenarian Author Speaks at BookPeople Sunday

Babette Hughes hosts an event for her Kate Brady mystery trilogy

"...The Hat, winner of 2011-2012 Texas Association of Authors' Historical Fiction Award, kicks off this murder mystery trilogy..."

July 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

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