Festival attendees at the 2023 Texas Book Festival (credit: © Bob Daemmrich/BDP, Inc.)

Texas Book Festival 2024

Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 16-17, 2024
In and around the Texas State Capitol
www.texasbookfestival.org

Dating back to 1995, Texas’ largest annual literary celebration returns with more than 250 authors, 100 exhibitors, local food trucks, and family fun – all for free.

Reading Is Resistance
Reading Is Resistance
The Texas Book Festival champions a diversity of voices and ideas that inspire us

Nov. 14, 2024

<i>Lost in Austin</i> Chronicles the City’s Rapid Rise
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

Nov. 14, 2024

A Family History That Complicates Texas Mythmaking
A Family History That Complicates Texas Mythmaking
Jessica Goudeau roadmaps a restorative genealogy with We Were Illegal

Nov. 14, 2024

The State of Naomi Shihab Nye
The State of Naomi Shihab Nye
The well-traveled poet is the recipient of this year’s Texas Writer Award

Nov. 14, 2024

Shefali Luthra on Texas’ Role in the <i>Undue Burden</i> Unleashed by Abortion Restrictions
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

Nov. 14, 2024

Exploring the Potential in Psychedelics at Texas Book Festival
Exploring the Potential in Psychedelics at Texas Book Festival
Eugenia Bone and Ernesto Londoño chat about transformative experiences

Nov. 14, 2024

Lit Crawl: Your Saturday Night Just Got Booked
Lit Crawl: Your Saturday Night Just Got Booked
21+ programming includes Banned Book Bash, Black Women Writers Showcase

Nov. 14, 2024

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024
Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024
Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

Sept. 19, 2024

Previous Texas Book Festival coverage:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

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