San Antonio Poet Naomi Shihab Nye was named Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation on May 7, 2019.
The Fresh Reads 2019 Festival of New Plays is scheduled for May 16-25, 2019 in Dallas.
Mac Barnett headlines at Books Alive! 10th Annual Children’s Book Celebration at the Houston Public Library on May 18, 2019.
The TCU Texas Book Award is open for entries.
Writer Leslie Contreras Schwartz has been selected as Houston’s fourth poet laureate.
The University of Texas Press had seven books chosen in eight categories at the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.
Lark & Owl Booksellers opened this week in downtown Georgetown.
Two New York fiction agents will hear pitches at the West Texas Writers' Academy in Canyon June 10-14, 2019.
When a Ghost Talks, Listen: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story (Roadrunner Press) by Tim Tingle wins middle-grade category in 2018 Reading the West Awards.
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.