Texas Book Festival
Saturday-Sunday,
November 14-15, 2026
In and around the Texas State Capitol
texasbookfestival.org
Texas’ largest free literary event gathers together authors, exhibitors, and food trucks for a jam-packed, family-friendly weekend of fun.
Colson Whitehead, Patrick Radden Keefe, Kate DiCamillo, Elizabeth Acevedo to Appear at 2026 Texas Book Festival
Annual literary fair returns November 14-15
Fall Events Spotlight: Glee Club
From psychedelic sounds to a Big Queer Weekend, the Chronicle‘s culture junkies recommend the best of fall’s offerings
Woody Harrelson Joins Armadillo World Headquarters Documentary Team
Plus, fall festivals announce featured chefs and authors – and DAWA apps open
Mallary Tenore Tarpley’s SLIP Defines the “Middle Place” of Eating-Disorder Recovery
UT professor on the personal and reported insights behind her debut memoir
Survival Through Subversion: Maria Reva Restructures the Novel to Save Its Endling
Metafictional debut from Michener graduate explores Ukrainian war, future of fiction
Skip Hollandsworth Retraces His Crime Writing Steps in She Kills
Texas Monthly writer on the cases that puzzle us all
Caro De Robertis and Tourmaline Salute Queer Elders
Authors’ new offerings celebrate legends of LGBTQIA resistance
Poet Amanda Johnston’s Anthology Praises Everyday People
Praisesong for the People gives Texans their flowers
Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Is a Vampire He Can Believe In
Horror author crafts haunting, historically rooted monster tale
Mitch Albom, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Matthew McConaughey, Chelsea Handler Headline 2025 Texas Book Festival
Literary lineup announced for 30th annual fair
Exploring the Potential in Psychedelics at Texas Book Festival
Eugenia Bone and Ernesto Londoño chat about transformative experiences
Shefali Luthra on Texas’ Role in the Undue Burden Unleashed by Abortion Restrictions
Texas Book Festival author to discuss the loss of reproductive rights in Sunday panel
Lit Crawl: Your Saturday Night Just Got Booked
21+ programming includes Banned Book Bash, Black Women Writers Showcase
The State of Naomi Shihab Nye
The well-traveled poet is the recipient of this year’s Texas Writer Award
A Family History That Complicates Texas Mythmaking
Jessica Goudeau roadmaps a restorative genealogy with We Were Illegal
Lost in Austin Chronicles the City’s Rapid Rise
Journalist and former Austinite Alex Hannaford takes a hard look at unaffordability and a disappearing culture
Reading Is Resistance
The Texas Book Festival champions a diversity of voices and ideas that inspire us
Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024
Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline
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