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With Debut Novel The Slip, Lucas Schaefer Pens an Austin Epic

Boxing. Self-discovery. The immigration process. The police system. Societal complacency. Austin’s melting pot. These are just a few things that encompass The Slip, Lucas Schaefer’s debut novel, out June 3 via Simon & Schuster.

11:36AM Tue. May 6, Mattea Gallaway Read More | Comment »

Livra Books Opens in Hyde Park

Moctezuma Seth Gonzalez’s introduction to selling books began at the start of the pandemic, a time notably pessimistic for the physical bookstore.

4:09PM Thu. Oct. 3, 2024, Meher Qazilbash Read More | Comment »

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

The annual literary festival staged around the state’s Capitol announced its lineup of national and Texas-based authors. From sci-fi novelists to Pulitzer Prize winners, the Texas Book Festival aims to connect readers and authors through story times, Q&As, and interactive programs for all ages.

8:00AM Thu. Sep. 19, 2024, Amaya Austin, Eden Shamy and Amber Williams Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Taylor Swift Muzingo

Upstairs at Caroline

Bride of Chucky
at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline

Everybody Scream! Ravencraft’s Vault of Horror at Mister Tramps Sport Pub, 8565 Research Blvd.

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Glen Powell Clears His Throat for The Best Man's Ghostwriter

You’ve all been at a wedding, and it’s a beautiful day, and everything’s going like a dream – and then the best man unfurls his after-dinner speech and everything falls apart. “I’ve witnessed it up close,” says Glen Powell, and those experiences fuel his new audio comedy, The Best Man’s Ghostwriter.

9:00AM Wed. Sep. 11, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

James Wade Brings It Back Home With New Novel Hollow Out the Dark

James Wade does little to hide his down-home East Texas roots; at the book launch for his last novel, the award-winning Beasts of the Earth, he was at home in a cowboy hat and leather boots.

4:20PM Tue. Aug. 20, 2024, Oscar Rodriguez Read More | Comment »

Austin African American Book Festival Gives Youth Revolutionary Programming

Now in its 18th year, the Austin African American Book Festival has been a paragon of the eloquence of Black culture.

7:55PM Wed. Jul. 3, 2024, Cy White Read More | Comment »

Jeff Nichols on the Tragic Romance of The Bikeriders

There are few more iconic and emblematically American images than the biker gang. The leathers, the patches, the choppers, the camaraderie. But there's also the violence, the depravity, the criminal conspiracies.

11:35AM Thu. Jun. 20, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

The Texas State Capitol is currently playing host to an impeachment trial that will surely inspire investigative books (and maybe a bodice ripper?), but by November, its grounds will be used for a more exalted purpose: the Texas Book Festival’s annual free celebration of all things books and bookish.

8:50PM Wed. Sep. 13, 2023, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Austin Author Elizabeth Crook Honored With Texas Writer Award

More literary gold for Austin: Local author Elizabeth Crook has been named as the recipient of this year's Texas Writer Award. She will receive the award at this year's Texas Book Festival (Nov. 11-12).

1:15PM Tue. Jul. 18, 2023, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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