www.texasbookfestival.org<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so excited for the Texas Book Festival to be fully back in person for the first time since 2019,\u201d says Executive Director Lois Kim. \u201cOur schedule has something for everyone, with a great variety of topics for children, teens, and adults to explore. In addition to authors like Jacques P\u00e9pin, Janet Evanovich, Anand Giridharadas, and Angie Cruz, we have an incredible lineup of established and emerging writers spanning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We can\u2019t wait to spend the weekend with fellow book lovers of all ages!\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Schedule highlights on Saturday, November 5 include: <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
10:00\u201310:45 CNN\u2019s Zain E. Asher in Conversation: How a Family Achieved the Unimaginable <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Zain E. Asher <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn Where the Children Take Us<\/em>, CNN anchor Zain E. Asher tells the story of her mother, a grief-stricken widow in an unfamiliar country, who through great sacrifice showed that strength, love, and perseverance were possible in even the most difficult circumstances. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Kirkus Reviews Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
10:00\u201310:45 Graphix Con: Graphic Novels for Young Readers <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Amy Kim Kibuishi, Jamar Nicholas, Dan Santat, Christina Soontornvat <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWe\u2019re kicking off the Festival Weekend with an epic Graphix Con panel featuring acclaimed middle grade graphic novelists, featuring Amy Kim Kibuishi, Jamar Nicholas, Dan Santat, and Christina Soontornvat. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThey\u2019ll talk about their new books and the art of creating captivating graphic novels young readers can\u2019t put down! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation:<\/strong> First United Methodist Church <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
10:30\u201311:15 Nelson DeMille in Conversation About The Maze <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Nelson DeMille <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nNew York Times<\/em> bestselling author Nelson DeMille discusses his newest book The Maze<\/em>, a thriller featuring his most popular series character, former NYPD homicide detective John Corey, called out of retirement to investigate a string of grisly murders much too close to home. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Central Presbyterian Church <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
11:00\u201311:45 Washington, DC: City of Secrets <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: James Kirchick, Kathryn J. McGarr <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn City of Newsmen<\/em>, Kathryn J. McGarr uncovers the ways in which Washington, DC, journalists reined in their skepticism and guided the public toward unquestioning patriotism during the Cold War. James Kirchick\u2019s Secret City<\/em> explores in large part the pervasive homophobia\u2014sometimes explicit and codified, sometimes implicit and broadly employed\u2014prominent in the US government since FDR\u2019s presidency, peaking during the Cold War and lasting well into Ronald Reagan\u2019s presidency. Join Kirchick and McGarr as they discuss a city filled with secrets and complicity. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
11:00\u201311:45 Homage: Recipes and Stories from an Amish Soul Food Kitchen with Chris Scott <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Chris Scott <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFrom renowned chef Chris Scott comes a one-of-a-kind cookbook celebrating an oft-overlooked cuisine within the African diaspora: Amish soul food. In an homage to seven generations of his family history, Scott shares in his latest book over 100 recipes with a unique blend of Southern, German, and Dutch influences. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Central Market Cooking Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
1:00\u20132:00 Art, Memory, and Larger-Than-Life Parents <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Ada Calhoun, Elizabeth McCracken <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn Also a Poet<\/em>, bestselling author Ada Calhoun explores the fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poet, and in the process faces her own past and her father\u2019s. In the novel The Hero of This Story<\/em>, National Book Award longlister Elizabeth McCracken mines the relationship between a protagonist and a larger-than-life mother. Together, Calhoun and McCracken navigate the connections and histories between subjects and characters and their creative parents. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: House Chamber <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
3:15\u20134:00 Maybe We’ll Make It: Margo Price in Conversation <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Margo Price <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMargo Price dropped out of school at nineteen to become a musician in Nashville, but things weren\u2019t always easy. Price went from busking on the street, playing bad gigs, and having no label, to motherhood and a Grammy nomination. Join Price as she shares her story of making it in the music industry and finding\u2014and maintaining\u2014her own voice. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation:<\/strong> Central Presbyterian Church <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Schedule Highlights on SUNDAY include:<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
11:00\u201311:45 American Reboot with US Congressman Will Hurd <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s):<\/strong> Will Hurd <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFormer US Congressman Will Hurd discusses the five issues he believes are hurting the country the most and, via an approach grounded in what he calls \u201cpragmatic idealism,\u201d outlines a path forward. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
12:00\u201312:45: Fierce Reads: YA Buzz Books <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthors<\/strong>: Joan He, Judy I. Lin, Anna-Marie McLemore, Goldy Moldavsky, Aiden Thomas <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGet a first look at these exciting new titles from your new favorite young-adult authors! Whether you\u2019re looking for fantasy, classic story remixes, thrillers, or all of this and more, Joan He, Judy I. Lin, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAnna-Marie McLemore, Goldy Moldavsky, and Aiden Thomas have you covered. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: YA HQ Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
12:30\u20131:15 Memoir: Finding a New Way of Being: Chlo\u00e9 Cooper Jones and Isaac Fitzgerald in Conversation <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s):<\/strong> Chlo\u00e9 Cooper Jones, Isaac Fitzgerald <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn memoir Easy Beauty<\/em>, Pulitzer Prize finalist Chlo\u00e9 Cooper Jones explores the notions of beauty that shaped her experience living with a disability and about how becoming a mother set her on a journey to reclaim her place and define her own standards. Today Show<\/em> contributor and bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald writes in Dirtbag, Massachusetts<\/em> about many lives lived while navigating trauma and how those experiences led to a new understanding: an acceptance of and generosity to himself and to others. Join Cooper Jones and Fitzgerald as they discuss finding new ways of being. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Stateside at the Paramount <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
11:30\u201312:15 Sandra Cisneros Presents: Woman Without Shame <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Sandra Cisneros, Liliana Valenzuela <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBestselling author and Texas Writer Award recipient (2005) Sandra Cisneros shares dozens of new poems in Woman Without Shame<\/em>, a collection of poetry\u2014the first from her in many years\u2014 that reflects on her experience with self-awareness, rebirth, and her prerogative as a woman artist. Liliana Valenzuela\u2014translator and longtime Cisneros collaborator\u2014joins the discussion. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: House Chamber <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
2:00\u20132:45 The Trayvon Generation with Elizabeth Alexander <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Elizabeth Alexander <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPrize-winning author, poet, educator, scholar, and cultural advocate Elizabeth Alexander turned her eyes to her sons\u2019 generation amid the civil unrest following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery in 2020. Join Alexander as she discusses the tragedies and hopes that Black youth experience and the challenges that those who are leading the movement face. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
2:30\u20133:15 Dining with the Dead with Ian McEnroe, Mariana Nu\u00f1o-Ruiz <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Ian McEnroe, Mariana Nu\u00f1o-Ruiz <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJoin Mariana Nu\u00f1o Ruiz and Ian McEnroe as they discuss Dining with the Dead<\/em>, their new cookbook centered on D\u00eda de Muertos. From tamales to pozole, sugar skulls to traditional ofrenda decorations, this book has it all. Learn about the origin and history of the holiday via a recipe demonstration and delightful conversation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Central Market Cooking Tent <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
3:30\u20134:15 NASA and Space Science Firsts <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong>: Bruce McCandless III, Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, Eileen M. Collins, Jonathan Ward<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThree new books highlight big firsts in space science. In Wonders All Around<\/em>, Bruce McCandless III writes about his father, Bruce McCandless II, and his groundbreaking space-walking accomplishments throughout two decades as an astronaut during the Apollo<\/em> and Skylab<\/em> eras. Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal in Making Space for Women<\/em> shares many interviews with the women who have led the evolution of NASA\u2019s gender diversity. In Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars<\/em>, Jonathan Ward and aviation pioneer Eileen M. Collins describe Collins\u2019s journey toward receiving many of space science\u2019s \u201cfirst woman to\u201d designations throughout her career. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Capitol Auditorium E1.004 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n