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SUMMARY:Texas Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 30th Annual Texas Book Festival will take place November 8-9\, 2025. We welcome over 40\,000 attendees and host over 300 authors. Held each fall in and around the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin\, the annual Festival Weekend features a rich variety of author presentations and panels\, book signings\, cooking demonstrations\, programs and activities for kids of all ages\, food trucks\, and exhibiting vendors from across the state and country. \nYou can explore the complete schedule here.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/texas-book-festival-3/2025-11-09/
LOCATION:Congress Avenue\, Congress Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:Texas Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 30th Annual Texas Book Festival will take place November 8-9\, 2025. We welcome over 40\,000 attendees and host over 300 authors. Held each fall in and around the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin\, the annual Festival Weekend features a rich variety of author presentations and panels\, book signings\, cooking demonstrations\, programs and activities for kids of all ages\, food trucks\, and exhibiting vendors from across the state and country. \nYou can explore the complete schedule here.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/texas-book-festival-3/2025-11-08/
LOCATION:Congress Avenue\, Congress Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:Texas Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Explore the full Texas Book Festival schedule to discover all the exciting books\, authors\, and events happening this year. From author panels to book signings\, there’s something for every reader to enjoy. View or download the 2024 printable grid schedule and begin planning your visit!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/texas-book-festival-2/2024-11-17/
LOCATION:Congress Avenue\, Congress Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lit Crawl 2024
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some after-Festival fun? Join The Texas Book Festival downtown on Saturday\, November 16 from 7–10 PM for the 13th annual Lit Crawl Austin\, a night of literary performances\, games\, trivia matches\, storytelling sessions and more! For the first time\, Lit Crawl Austin is under one roof. All Lit Crawl events will take place across various stages at Speakeasy Austin (412 Congress Ave. D\, Austin\, TX 78701). All events are free and open to the public. Guests must be 21+ to attend. Check out what’s in store: \nGround Floor Music Lounge \n\n7:00–8:00 PM: Worded Funny. Worded Funny is Austin’s only literary humor show\, with readings from our city’s best (and best up-and-coming) short-form satire and humor writers. Experience the charm and wit of prose comedy\, as read by its authors. Featuring Wendi Aarons\, Athena Aktipis\, Kathryn Baecht\, Erica Lies\, Greg Marshall\, Jennifer Matthieu\, Meg Walsh\, and more.\n8:00–9:00 PM: Noir at the Bar. A collection of some of the best hard-boiled and noir writers from around the country\, read from their dark-hearted work. a night of humor\, crime\, and style. Featuring Alisa Alering\, May Cobb\, Harry Hunsicker\, John Katzenbach\, Mike McCrary\, Jesse Sublett\, and more.\n\nCongress Side of Ballroom \n\n7:30–8:30 PM: Build a Story with the Austin Indie Book Fest. Join festival authors in a collaborative storytelling activity. Featuring Kari Lavelle and Jonny Garza Villa.\n8:30–9:30 PM: American Short Fiction presents Dear Buffalo. Get answers to your greatest questions about life and love\, straight from the pages of bold and exciting literary works. Featuring: ‘Pemi Aguda\, Marie-Helene Bertino\, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto\, Kimberly King Parsons\, Alejandro Puyana\, and hosted by Stephanie Macias.\n\nBallroom \n\n7:30–8:30 PM: Haunt Happy Books Presents Creeps and Geeks a Live Trivia Gameshow. Featuring: Johnny Compton\, Sarah Cypher\, Stephen Graham Jones\, Elizabeth Gonzalez James\, Lilliam Rivera\, and more.\n8:30–10 PM: Literary Death Match. Literary Death Match\, now in 73 cities worldwide\, brings together a mix of four brilliant writers to read their most electric writing for five minutes or less before a live audience and a panel of three all-star judges. After each reading\, the judges take turns spouting hilarious commentary about each story\, and then select their two favorites to advance to the finals. There\, the show trades in its literary sensibility for a comical climax as the finalists play a game (think “Pin the Mustache on Hemingway”) to determine who will take home the Literary Death Match crown. Featuring Mateo Askaripour\, Rita Bullwinkel\, Porochista Khakpour\, Ray Suarez\, Hollie Hardy\, Becka Oliver\, and more.\n\nSpeakeasy Rooftop \n\n7:00–8:00 PM: Texas Poetry Crush. Have you ever had a crush on a poem? How about a poet? Five poets will share poems by a Texas poet they admire and read their own poems inspired by living in Texas. Featuring KB Brookins\, Jenny Browne\, Sául Hernandez\, Jennifer Maritza McCauley\, mónica teresa ortiz\, Sasha West\, and more.\n8:00–9:00 PM: Torch Showcase: Celebrating Black Women Writers. Writers from across genres read in this inspiring showcase of emerging and established local and national authors. Featuring Amina Gautier\, Lynne Thompson\, Morgan Parker\, Anastacia Renee\, and hosted by Amanda Johnston.\n9:00–10:00 PM: Librotraficantes’ Banned Book Bash. Librotraficantes and allies flagrantly flout contraband prose from books that have been formerly banned\, currently banned\, or are so freakin’ good they are bound to be banned in the future. Featuring Daniel Chacón\, Reyes Ramirez\, Alex Temblador\, and others. Hosted by Tony Diaz.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/lit-crawl-2024/
LOCATION:Speakeasy Austin\, 412 Congress Ave. D\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Texas Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Explore the full Texas Book Festival schedule to discover all the exciting books\, authors\, and events happening this year. From author panels to book signings\, there’s something for every reader to enjoy. View or download the 2024 printable grid schedule and begin planning your visit!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/texas-book-festival-2/2024-11-16/
LOCATION:Congress Avenue\, Congress Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Texas Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 28th annual Texas Book Festival Weekend will take place on November 11-12 in and around the State Capitol in downtown Austin. The Festival Weekend is FREE and open to all\, featuring more than 300 authors of the year’s best books across all ages and genres.\n \n\nThere are three ticketed sessions for authors Michael Cunningham\, Roxane Gay\, and Stacey Abrams. Ticket holders receive session and signing line access as well as a copy of the featured author’s book at their ticketed session.\n \n\nYou can look through the full lineup of events and guest speakers here.\n \n\nThe festival will take place in downtown Austin along Congress Ave. and E. 11th Street\, in the State Capitol and select nearby venues. View our 2023 Festival Map here!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/texas-book-festival/2023-11-11/
LOCATION:Texas State Capitol Building\, 1100 Congress Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Storytime at Rosewood Park
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Austin Parks Foundation and the Texas Book Festival –\nJoin Texas Book Festival and the Austin Parks Foundation for our Bilingual Storytime at Rosewood Park! We will be reading aloud two stories\, both in English and in Spanish. After story time\, we will have some fun at the Rosewood Splash Pad- so make sure to bring your swim suits! All age groups are welcome.\nRegister for free to RSVP: https://www.givepulse.com/event/116439-Little-Hummingbird-Society-Presents-Bilingual-Story-Time-with-Texas-Book-Festival\n**\nSábado\, 20 de julio\, a las 9:30 am: Acompáñanos para leer libros de cuentos ilustrados en inglés y en español\, y para hacer manualidades basadas en el tema de los libros. Habrá diversión para toda la familia. ¡Nos vemos allí!\nRSVP aquí: https://www.givepulse.com/event/116439-Little-Hummingbird-Society-Presents-Bilingual-Story-Time-with-Texas-Book-Festival
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/bilingual-storytime-at-rosewood-park/
LOCATION:Rosewood Park\, 2300 Rosewood Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Storytime
DESCRIPTION:From the Austin Parks Foundation and the Texas Book Festival –\nJoin Texas Book Festival and Austin Parks Foundation for our very first Bilingual Storytime at West Austin Park! We will be reading aloud two stories\, both in English and in Spanish. After story time\, there will be two fun activities based on each of the books. All age groups are welcome! RSVP here: https://givepul.se/505bp \n**\nSábado\, 30 de marzo\, a las 9:30 am: Acompañanos para leer libros de cuentos ilustrados en inglés y español\, tambien para las artesanías temáticas y diversión para toda la familia. ¡Nos veremos allí!\nRSVP aquí: https://givepul.se/505bp
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LOCATION:West Austin Park\, 1317 W 10th St\, Austin\, TX\, 78703\, United States
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