The 2021 hybrid festival lineup features nearly 200 authors, illustrators, poets, journalists, artists, chefs, and thought leaders across a diverse array of genres and topics including Chandler Baker, Oscar Cásares, Sandra Cisneros, Ann Cleeves, Tamron Hall, Nathan Harris, Louis Menand, Sam Quinones, Rumaan Alam, Mary Gaitskill, R. J. Palacio, Raj Patel, Amor Towles, Colson Whitehead, and more!

Visit the 2021 Festival Schedule to register for our virtual and in-person session!

And if you love the Festival as much as we do, become a Festival Friend today!  In appreciation for your donation of $100 or more, you will receive a Festival Friends Pass which provides you with:

• Special Festival Friends viewing access to virtual ticketed sessions
• 20% discount on one book bought during the Festival week through BookPeople
• Access to signed books through BookPeople online Festival Friends’ bookstore during Festival week
• Acknowledgment on dedicated Festival Friends donor wall on TBF website 

Donors of $150 or more will receive a commemorative 25th anniversary enamel pin, and donors of $250 or more will receive the enamel pin, a special edition TBF tote bag, and Texas Monthly one-year home delivery and subscriber-only digital access.