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	View a slideshow of photos from the 2007 Festival Click here to view a slideshow of some of the highlights of this year's festival.


	Texas Book Festival Intern The Texas Book Festival is looking for a part-time intern to begin immediately. Must be detail oriented, have excellent written skills, a great attitude and be highly motivated. Research experience a plus. Please submit a resume to harper@texasbookfestival.org. This position is unpaid. Six to ten hours a week.


	Texas Book Festival Announces New Executive Director The Texas Book Festival is pleased to announce the hiring of Heidi Marquez Smith as the new Executive Director. She was hired from a national slate of candidates and will begin her tenure on March 3, 2008. To learn more about Heidi, click here.


	Reading Rock Stars Program Receives $100,000 Meadows Foundation Grant Reading Rock Stars will be expanding its reach thanks to a grant from the Dallas-based Meadows Foundation. New hire Harper Scott will act as the Children's Program Coordinator to expand Reading Rock Stars throughout the state as well as manage the program in Central Texas. The Texas Book Festival Board of Directors has also announced the addition of seven new directors, including Betsy Abell, Karen Brimble, John Spong, Marc Winkelman and Katherine Wright from Austin, Paul Coggins from Dallas, and Don Flores from El Paso.

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	Heidi Marquez Smith, Executive Dir. \| Clay Smith, Literary Dir. \| Andrea Prestridge, Ops Mgr. \| Harper Scott, Kid's Program Coord.
610 Brazos, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78701 \| Phone: (512) 477-4055 \| Fax: (512) 322-0722 \| bookfest@texasbookfestival.org