The window to submit featured authors for consideration at the 2024 Texas Book Festival closes on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Go to texasbookfestival.org for full details and to submit. 💫 📚

Fall internships for the 2024 Festival season are now open! Internships span 12 weeks from late August or early September to mid to late November, with a 10-hour/week commitment. The deadline is June 30, 2024. For full details and to apply, please go to texasbookfestival.org/internships.

Join us at the Boggy Creek Greenbelt for a morning of fun. Creative Action will lead their Music & Movement class, Keep Austin Beautiful is bringing their vermicompost table, & Texas Book Festival author Anne Wynter is reading her two recently published books!

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Check this out. A little glimpse at what the work I’m doing spreading racial wealth gap data w ⁦Ebony Reed⁩ looks like IRL.. instagram.com/reel/C6jUv8wgD…

A big thank-you to Texas Book Festival's Reading Rock Stars program for buying and giving away copies of This Is a Story! Thank you, Magrill Primary Library, Magrill Primary School, and Aldine ISD Libraries!

Austin was great. Thank you to everyone who shared how they are working on wealth gaps that impact Black and brown communities and those who joined to learn more. Thank you to our cohosts and sponsors. Appreciate Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 Mara Corbett Texas Book Festival Emily Ramshaw RAISE Texas…

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Exhibitor applications are now open for the 2024 Texas Book Festival. Apply by August 16th -- spaces fill up FAST, so don't delay.
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Join us in celebrating the forthcoming release of 'Fifteen Cents on the Dollar' by Yale MBA profs Ebony Reed & Louise Story, moderated by Dr. Peniel Joseph. Panel includes Rashidah Alshams, Marina Garcia, & Councilwoman Vanessa Fuentes. Free w/ RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/wealth-is-wh…

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We'll be at Texas Library Assn. this Tues–Thurs! Find us at Booth 2711 to learn about our Texas Library Grant program and to enter one of two book bundles every day! 📚 💫

📍 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio
📆 April 16 – 18

Honored to co-host this thought-provoking evening discussing racial wealth gaps with 'Fifteen Cents on the Dollar' authors Louise Story Ebony Reed and Dr. Peniel E. Joseph 🇭🇹🇺🇸. 4/29 at the Carver Library. RSVP now! cc: Texas Book Festival eventbrite.com/e/wealth-is-wh…

I got to read & draw with these amazing kids and their outstanding teachers & librarian at Elrod Elem. School via the Texas Book Festival Reading Rock Stars—which, thanks to donors, GIVES books to kids who might have few books at home! I feel so charmed to have taken part in this program.

Shout out to the Texas Book Festival for visiting Hart Elementary El Paso ISD
Students were excited to meet author Pedro Martín AND receive a copy of his 🏅 Newbery Honor Award Winning book Mexikid!🌵📖

Good morning, friends,

what's everyone reading this week?

📚 ✨ Save the Date ✨ 📅

Mark your calendars for a night of literary enchantment at the First Edition Literary Gala! For sponsorships, tickets, & more information, click the link in our bio or go to texasbookfestival.org/gala.

#FirstEditionLiteraryGala #SaveTheDate #LiteraryMagic

In this week's #TBFRecommends , Development Director Susannah Auby recommends a thoughtfully revisited classic:

'It’s at turns tender, violent, funny, and haunting but ultimately it gives a fuller picture of the man we never really knew.'

Today two authors visited Kelso Inc. to create a one of a kind experience for our scholars. Thank You T_A_Schweitzer the world’s best Media Specialist/Certified Librarian!! The Reading Rockstars Grant is the business!!
Kelso Elementary Shawna L Punch HISD South Division

Thank you, Texas Book Festival, for inviting me to be a part of your rockin' #ReadingRockstars program!
Thank you, Magrill Primary School (especially Lisa Howard) for welcoming me so warmly!
Chronicle Kids Ariel Richardson Kaylani Juanita James McGowan KidLit in Color Soaring20sPB

Magrill Primary School Mustangs were thrilled to meet authors Valerie Bolling Rachel Mas Davidson and Brad Davidson last Friday! Each student received a signed copy of the author’s book too!Thank you Texas Book Festival! We❤️ #ReadingRockStars Aldine ISD Libraries DrFavyCantu Aldine ISD Early Learning Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney

Thank you ⁦Texas Book Festival⁩ for bringing me into such wonderful company with fellow creators: ⁦e.E. Charlton-Trujillo⁩ ⁦Diana Lopez⁩ ⁦David Bowles⁩ ⁦Jasminne Mendez⁩ ⁦Monica Brown💙⁩ ⁦carmen tafolla⁩ ⁦Raul the Third creator of Vamos!⁩ @acamachochurch 🙏🏽