5th Annual Independent Bookstore Day April 27
Texas celebrates Independent Bookstore Day, a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April.
Texas Book Festival Announces 2019 Library Grant Recipients
The Texas Book Festival (TBF) announced the winners of its 2019 Texas Library Grants at the Texas Library Association conference in Austin today. Forty-one public libraries across thirty-six Texas counties received grants totaling $100,500.
Nine Students Win Texas Letters About Literature Contest
Nine students have won the state round of the 2019 Letters About Literature competition, sponsored in part by the Texas Center for the Book (TCFB).
Texas Indie Authors Contest
Bexar County’s BiblioTech is launching a contest designed to reward the best independently published authors in Texas.
The 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018
The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has compiled its annual list of the most frequently challenged books in the U.S. in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.
Dallas’s People for Words Wins $2.5 Million XPrize for Literacy App
The Codex app works so well, it just co-won the $2.5 million XPrize Literacy award. The team behind it is People for Words, made up of educators from LIFT and Southern Methodist University. The challenge—create a smartphone app that helps adults learn to read.
New Managing Editor at Lone Star Lit
Lone Star Literary Life announces Michelle Newby Lancaster (aka Texas Book Lover) as managing editor.
New indie bookstore opens in Victoria
A new independent bookstore, located in a historic home at 408 W. Forrest Street, opened in Victoria on Thursday with plans to provide a community-oriented space for local readers.
New project for writers in West Texas
The interview show will be filmed at the Hotel Settles in Big Spring and feature Parks interviewing local poets, novelists, short story writers, and songwriters. Produced in cooperation with Kathryn Copeland of the Permian Basin Poetry Society, the show is directed by award-winning filmmaker James Fite
Dan Jenkins, legendary sportswriter, Texas icon, and bestselling novelist, dies at 89
Fort Worth’s beloved Dan Jenkins, a legendary sportswriter and Texas icon who wrote twenty-three books, including the runaway bestseller Semi-Tough, died Thursday. He was 89. Related Articles: Dallas Morning […]
