/tags/texas-book-festival Texas Book Festival en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:37:56 GMT /austin/2022-11-03/the-texas-book-festival-returns-in-person-this-weekend-heres-what-to-know This year, some 40,000 people are expected to visit downtown Austin to attend author panels and book signings. Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:37:56 GMT /austin/2022-11-03/the-texas-book-festival-returns-in-person-this-weekend-heres-what-to-know Marisa Charpentier /texas/2017-11-03/texas-book-festival-returns-to-austin From Texas Standard.The streets in front of the State Capitol building will be blocked off this weekend to make room for white tents and long tables piled� Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:29:07 GMT /texas/2017-11-03/texas-book-festival-returns-to-austin Joy Diaz /life-arts/2014-10-25/station-eleven-author-emily-st-john-mandel-tackles-what-comes-after-the-worlds-end Imagine a world cloaked in silence. Silence that's interrupted by occasional gunfire. A world where you are one of the few people left alive. The other 99� Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:33:46 GMT /life-arts/2014-10-25/station-eleven-author-emily-st-john-mandel-tackles-what-comes-after-the-worlds-end Emily Donahue /texas/2014-10-24/heres-your-insider-guide-to-navigating-the-texas-book-festival Texas Book Festival will take center stage on the weekend of Oct. 25-26 as it expectedly brings more than 40,000 book lovers to the grounds of the Texas� Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:36:44 GMT /texas/2014-10-24/heres-your-insider-guide-to-navigating-the-texas-book-festival David Brown /life-arts/2014-10-23/like-the-movie-this-boyhood-book-was-12-years-in-the-making Richard Linklater’s "Boyhood" is unlike any other film. Over the course of 12 years, the cast and crew gathered to create the critically acclaimed� Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:07:48 GMT /life-arts/2014-10-23/like-the-movie-this-boyhood-book-was-12-years-in-the-making Emily Donahue, Alexandra Hart /texas/2014-10-23/here-are-12-interviews-with-2014-texas-book-festival-authors Are you going to the Texas Book Festival?Some 250 authors are descending on Austin for the festival this weekend. And Texas Standard and KUT have sat down� Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:44:00 GMT /texas/2014-10-23/here-are-12-interviews-with-2014-texas-book-festival-authors Trace Levos /politics/2014-10-20/how-thirteen-days-in-september-shows-middle-east-peace-is-still-possible Recent world events seem so complicated � and perhaps intractable � that some citizens may reel from a sense of hopelessness. But maybe our collective� Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:49:17 GMT /politics/2014-10-20/how-thirteen-days-in-september-shows-middle-east-peace-is-still-possible David Brown, Sarah Talaat /texas/2014-10-19/carrie-fountain-and-the-daring-political-act-of-writing-about-motherhood Carrie Fountain is searching for something.The Austin-based poet recently released "Instant Winner," her second book of poems. In it, she reflects on� Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:34:00 GMT /texas/2014-10-19/carrie-fountain-and-the-daring-political-act-of-writing-about-motherhood Emily Donahue, Alexandra Hart /life-arts/2014-10-07/james-ellroys-perfidia-is-a-noir-novel-without-good-guys James Ellroy has a penchant for the persecuted.His previous works including “L.A. Confidential,� “The Black Dahlia� and “The Big Nowhere� delve into� Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:28:34 GMT /life-arts/2014-10-07/james-ellroys-perfidia-is-a-noir-novel-without-good-guys Emily Donahue /texas/2013-11-29/dallas-noir-explores-the-citys-alluring-shimmer-and-seedy-underbelly While Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurty described Dallas in Texas Monthly as “a second-rate city that wishes it were first-rate,� literary agent and� Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:57:16 GMT /texas/2013-11-29/dallas-noir-explores-the-citys-alluring-shimmer-and-seedy-underbelly David Brown