Announcing Our New Partnership: Texas Book Festival + BookPeople

BookPeople to Serve as the Official Bookseller for The Texas Book Festival Weekend and Year-Round Events   We’re pleased to announce that BookPeople, Texas’s leading independent bookstore, will serve as the official and main bookseller for the Texas Book Festival. BookPeople will partner with TBF year-round as the bookseller for literary events, including the 2017 […]

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2017 TBF Confirmed Appearances

The Festival Weekend (November 4-5) will be here before we know it, and we’ll announce our full author and presenter lineup in September! Here’s a running list of the authors and illustrators we have already announced will be appearing at the 2017 Texas Book Festival (check back for updates):   Jami Attenberg – All Grown Up Mark […]

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TBF Team Summer Reads: the pets edition

One thing we all have in common here at Texas Book Festival is, of course, our love of books. Despite how much we read and talk about books on a daily basis, we never quite get tired of it. Whether we’re eagerly cracking open a brand-new title or diving back into a long-time favorite, we love […]

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Update From the Lit Director Desk: Summer Begins the Countdown

Reading in the wild.   Here we are, in the thick of it. The fireworks have popped and sizzled. The vacation days are marked on the calendar. The warm weather reading lists pile on top of each other in our Twitter feeds (and in our beach bags). It is summer, big summer, heavy summer. In […]

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Reading Our State: A Literary Tour of Texas

—written by TBF intern Emily Vernon Place serves as a powerful connector in literature; whether it allows you to identify with the characters or teaches you about a new city or culture, it’s undeniable that setting contributes greatly to the reader’s experience. At the very least, it’s exciting to read about a place you’re familiar […]

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July Book Club

Presidents, war, the Alaskan frontier, financial crises, and the American dream: our July Book Club picks run the gamut on “patriotism” and celebrating our country. Whether you’re looking for a meaty biography on Ulysses S. Grant, or a humorous novel about an American family amid the financial crisis, your July is sure to be chock-full […]

Just Announced: JEFFREY EUGENIDES at the Texas Book Festival!

  Saturday, November 4 Jeffrey Eugenides + Claire Messud In Conversation at the 2017 Texas Book Festival   We’re thrilled to announce Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides will join us at this year’s Texas Book Festival with his first collection of short fiction, Fresh Complaint. Eugenides will appear in conversation with Claire Messud on Saturday, November 4th. Messud […]

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2017 Texas Book Festival Author Lineup: Sneak Peek

We’re thrilled to announce thirteen of the authors and illustrators who will participate in this year’s Texas Book Festival, happening November 4 and 5 in and around the State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. Our full 2017 lineup will be announced in early September. For now, mark your calendars and join us here in the […]

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Special Event: Author + Geneticist Spencer Wells at Hotel Ella

Who: Spencer Wells What: The Human Journey: A Genetic Odyssey Where: Hotel Ella, Goodall’s Kitchen When: Wednesday, June 28 at 6:00pm Free and open to the public. RSVP required.   UPDATE: This event is now full. Attendance is free, but to ensure guests have an intimate opportunity to engage with the author, attendance is limited […]

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The 11th Annual Austin’s African American Book Festival

  Our annual Festival Weekend isn’t until November, but there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate literature here in Austin this summer. First up on the not-to-miss list: the Austin African American Book Festival at the Carver Museum and Library on June 22 and 24.   This vital community event, which was founded in 2007 by Rosalind Oliphant […]

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Apply to be a Volunteer Committee Chair!

The Texas Book Festival is seeking passionate and energetic Volunteer Committee Chairs for its 2017 Festival season! Volunteer Committee Chairs (VCCs) are an integral part of what makes the Texas Book Festival run smoothly. We have two VCCs at each Festival venue in and around the Texas State Capitol. The main responsibilities include: – Managing volunteers who sign up […]

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June Book Club

We’re focusing on NOVELS for our June Book Club! Is there anything more satisfying than getting lost in a fictional world while sitting out in the sun on a beautiful day, or escaping the heat with a book and a tall glass of lemonade? These picks will transport you to places both vastly different and […]

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Announcing the 2017 Texas Book Festival Poster and Featured Artist

    With much fanfare and excitement, we are thrilled to unveil the official 2017 Texas Book Festival poster! Each year, our committee gathers to consider the work of Texas artists and discuss the artistic vision for the annual Festival. We’re happy to announce this year’s poster artist is Joel Salcido, Austin-based photographer and author of the new […]

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Bring Your Books! Help US Support Manor ISD’s Summer Library Project

Manor was once characterized as a sleepy town east of Austin, famed for its racetrack that once hosted a Grateful Dead concert. Now the city, just like Austin,  is booming: in 2000 there were just 1,204 residents, but the projections forecast more than 10,300 people will live there by 2020.   Manor ISD is growing […]

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2017 Texas Teen Book Festival Keynotes

The Texas Teen Book Festival has announced its 2017 keynote authors! “TTBF 2017 is shaping up to be amazing!” says Festival Director Shawn Mauser. “I could hardly keep the keynote news to myself. Connecting teens with authors they love is the core of what we do. We’re thrilled to give Texas teens the opportunity to […]

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Announcing Our 2017 Texas Book Festival Library Grant Recipients

  Promoting literacy and strengthening Texas libraries have been primary components of the Texas Book Festival’s mission since our founding in 1995. As of this year, we’ve funded 1,077 collection enhancement grants for more than 600 Texas libraries, for a total of $3 million in awarded grants. This year, we’re proud to award $100,000 in Texas Library Grants to libraries across […]

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The New Face of the Texas Book Festival

Sound the trumpets! Unfurl the flags! We’re very excited to unveil our brand new Texas Book Festival brand identity and family of logos! We’ve been working closely with the Austin office of Pentagram, one of the world’s largest independent design consultancies, to create an identity that captures everything the Texas Book Festival is and does. Piece of […]

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Announcing 2017 TBF Library Grants at the annual TLA conference

It’s nearly time for the Texas Library Association conference in San Antonio next month! We’re looking forward to the conference and especially to revealing the recipients of our 2017 Texas Book Festival Library Grants! Promoting literacy and supporting Texas libraries has been a big part of the Texas Book Festival mission since our founding in […]

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Welcome New Board Members!

The Texas Book Festival is thrilled to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors play a crucial role in advancing the TBF’s strategic vision and mission, overseeing our financial resources, and ensuring the sustainability and vitality of our programs. We are proud to have exceptionally hands-on board members. From […]

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2017 Internship Opportunities!

Join the Texas Book Festival Team as an Intern! The Texas Book Festival and the Texas Teen Book Festival offer ongoing unpaid internships designed to expose qualified applicants to editorial, marketing and publicity, and development work, and other aspects of publishing, nonprofit organizations, and event planning. We’re now accepting applications for 2017 internships! Take a look […]

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March Book Club

Our book club theme for March is “against all odds.” This selection of books features incredible stories of just how far people will go to be with the ones they love, as well as sheer determination of spirit. Between established literary powerhouses and debut novelists, there’s sure to be a book to please everyone. Fiction! […]

The 2017 Texas Teen Book Festival!

The Texas Teen Book Festival has announced its 2017 date! Mark your calendars now for another awesome celebration of YA authors, books, reading, writing, and the wonderful YA community we have here in Texas. Head to the #TTBF website for full details of when and where to be. Be sure to sign up for the #TTBF enewsletter while you’re there to […]

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From the Lit Director Desk: What I’m Reading

I’ve been to some very cold places this year in the name of books.    The beginning of February saw me return from one book conference in time to promptly turn around and fly out to another book conference. I had just enough time to empty my suitcase of one load of books and make […]

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Texas Institute of Letters Elects 15 New Texas Writers

The Texas Book Festival congratulates the fifteen new writers (including some previous Texas Book Festival authors) recently elected to the Texas Institute of Letters! The Texas Institute of Letters is a distinguished honor society founded in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement. These  2017 honorees are: Celeste Bedford Walker, David Bowles, […]

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2017 Book Submissions Now Open!

Sound the trumpets and send us your books! Submissions are now open for the 2017 Texas Book Festival, which will take place November 4-5 in and around the State Capitol grounds in downtown Austin. Before you start packing your manuscripts in bubble wrap and heading to the post office, be sure to check out all […]

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