Festival Friends are donors who give $100 or more annually, whom we thank with a Festival Friends Pass. These supporters help us keep the Festival free for all, put books on library shelves across Texas, and fund literacy programming for students across the state of Texas.
Festival Friends help TBF champion authors and a vibrant Texas culture of books, reading, and writing. At the Texas Book Festival, we strive every day to share the life-changing joy of reading, accessible to all Texans. Individual donations go a long way to making this a reality. Take a look at our 2019 Annual Report to see the impact your donation makes.
2020 Festival Friends Passes will be valid through the 2020 Virtual Texas Book Festival, October 31 – November 15, 2020.
Festival Friends Pass benefits for 2020:
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- Two access passes to all Virtual Festival headlining author ticketed sessions:
- Matthew McConaughey in Conversation with Ethan Hawke, Saturday, November 7, 4pm CST
- Jodi Picoult in Conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward, Wednesday, November 11, 6pm CST
- Books not included
- Passes will be sent out via email closer to the Festival
- Acknowledgment on dedicated Festival Friends Pass donor wall on TBF website
- Texas Monthly one-year home delivery and subscriber-only digital access
- Two access passes to all Virtual Festival headlining author ticketed sessions:
Donors of $150 or more will receive a commemorative 25th Anniversary enamel pin, and donors of $200 or more will receive the enamel pin and a special edition TBF tote bag. Your gift will be mailed separately from your acknowledgement letter, in late September or early October.
Thank you for your support!
Become a Festival Friend today!
2020 Festival Friends
Gemma Marangoni Ainslie
Patricia S. Armstrong
John Aufderheide
Diana Ball
Karen Bates
Bridget Bell
Elaine Bonifacic
Lindsey Boyd
Susan Brandt
Dawn Brindle
Kim Britt
Carol Brown
Christina Bulman
Kelcee Calloura
Karen Carpenter
Catherine Clark
Christine K. Collins
Nancy Cripe
Debra Crosby
Kay Cuclis
Heather Cuevas
Molly Cumming
Judith Daiger
Kathleen Daniels
Linda Decker
Liz Diebold
Neile Edens
Julie Endres
Constance Esau
Beth Falcone
Patti Finn
Kelly Fulghum
Susan Gaddis
Sara Gaetjens
Beth Garza
Gary Giroux
Carolyn Grimes
Denise Grimes Lay
Randall Grimes
Harvey Guion
Suchitra Gururaj
William Handmaker
Don and Mary Kay Hanson
David Harlow
Rose Hayden
Elizabeth Hilton
John Hutchinson
Connie Johns
A Murray Johnson
Karen Kahan
Christine Kauh
Elizabeth Kenyon
Melinda Kerber
Christopher Knepp
Melissa Lambert
Andrea Lapsley
Christine Lee
Jeanine Lehman
Sarah Lucas
Leah Mathison
Suzanne McFayden
Charles Dee Mitchell
Nicholaus Mize
Andrea Monagle
Pat Mora
Eileen Nashleanas
Loretta Neff
Tom Nelson
Heidi Ochoa
Adrian Ogletree
Brooke Ostrom
William Pate
Robert Patton
Melinda Peterson-Lynch
Shari Pflueger
Judy Pollock
Linda Poyser
Jennifer Purcell
MariBen Ramsey
Joanne Richards
Chris Richie
Cindy Riddick
Kari Riedel
Julie Ritz
Karen Roe
Elizabeth A. Schultz
Mary Ellen Scribner
Robyn Shapiro
Jordan Silverman
Mark Smith
Wendy Smith
Karen Smithson
Stanford Stewart
Angela Thronberg
Terry Tottenham
Ben Turner
Andrea Turnipseed
Melinda Twomey
Laura Weiser
Megan Weitz
Alexandra Wettlaufer
Suzie Page Whitworth
Seth Winick
Carol Winkelmann
Kimberly Wolf
Lin Wolff
Alice Woods