Lone Star Literary's Tour of Texas, Fall 2016
A recent trip to Fort Worth provided Lone Star Literary Life a chance to visit a couple of the city’s longtime indie bookstores—and one brad-new one. We stopped in first to talk with Paul Combs (far right), whose store on South Jennings Ave., The Last Word, opened in May 2016 and stocks literary titles—as well as art, and vinyl records.
Next up, The Dock Bookshop on Meadowbrook Drive, which hosts a long-running open mic night and numerous special events throughout the year.
And our final bookstore visit of the day: Monkey and Dog children’s books, located inside a mouth-watering gourmet deli and bistro on West Vickery Ave. Stop in and please your palate and your reading tastes!
Second annual Permian Basin Writers' Workshop wraps up in Midland Sept. 18
The Permian Basin Writers' Workshop returns to Midland this fall, with a diverse lineup of presenters, speakers, agents, editors, and authors. The event kicks off Friday evening, Sept. 16, 7:30–8:30 p.m. at Midland's historic Yucca Theatre and continues throughout Saturday and Sunday on the campus of Midland College.
Other presenters include editors and agents Jennifer Canzoneri, Katie Morford, Mark Falkin, Tricia V. Skinner — all authors in their own right. Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon of Lone Star Literary Life and coauthors of the Paragraph Ranch series of West Texas novels will talk about aspects of the writing craft and the publishing industry. Poet Sawnie Morris; novelist and nonfiction author Jimmy Patterson; romance novelist Laura Drake; novelist Maria V. Snyder; and novelist Amy Williams round out the workshop's programming.
Registration is open now at www.permianbasinwritersworkshop.org
(From organization's website)
Art on the Boulevard set for Oct. 1 in Fort Worth
The Art & Words Show will feature twelve writers and twelve visual artists responding to one another’s work. Each writer and each artist originally submitted one of their works in March of 2016. Each writer then chose a piece of visual art from those submitted to use as inspiration for a second story or poem, and vice versa with each visual artist choosing a poem or short story to use as inspiration for a second visual work. The resulting show consists of all 24 pairings of art and words for a total of 48 works displayed.
The Art & Words Show is the brainchild of local DFW writer Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam. This year she enlisted help in selecting the works for the show from poet and editor Jennifer Aglio.
The participants in this year’s show include local writers Matthew Pitt, Courtney Marie, Leah Tieger, Joe Milazzo, Shawna Borman. Others not local to the area are Karen Bovenmyer, Laura Madeline Wiseman, Katharyn Howd Machan, Shane Halbach, Lisa Shininger, Layla Al-Bedawi, and Carrie Cuinn. Artists include Stacy Tompkins, James Rosin, Todd Ford, Jackson Zorn, Suedabeh Ewing, Sherry Abbasi, Kamilah Campbell, Jennifer Stufflebeam, Faisal Warsani, Elise Techentine, Bang Dang, and Nickolai Lanier.
Art on the Boulevard is a cooperative art gallery located at 4919 Camp Bowie Blvd, run by Jennifer Stufflebeam.
(From organization’s press release)
Texas Book Festival unveils full 2016 lineup
280 featured authors, including Don DeLillo, Emma Cline, Thomas Dolby, Francine Prose, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Diana Kennedy, Padma Lakshmi, Amor Towles, and more
AUSTIN — The Texas Book Festival is excited to host a lineup filled with nationally renowned presenters, including Don DeLillo, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Diana Kennedy, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, Padma Lakshmi, Amor Towles, Francine Prose, Lawrence Wright, Phoebe Robinson, Jane Alexander, Robert Olen Butler, Jon Klassen, R.L. Stine, and more. The 2016 TBF weekend takes place on November 5 and 6, spread throughout the grounds of the Texas State Capitol and along Austin’s iconic Congress Avenue.
Award-winning authors are found throughout the TBF lineup, including literary legend Don DeLillo, an American novelist, playwright, and essayist well known for such acclaimed works as White Noise and Underworld, whose subjects range from television and sports to nuclear war and performance art. Co-presented by the TBF and the Harry Ransom Center, DeLillo will appear in conversation with author and screenwriter Noah Hawley about DeLillo’s latest novel, Zero K, at the Festival.
“We are hosting some big marquee names this year, and it’s exciting to see the trend of prominent artists—actors, comedians, performance artists—writing books,” says Lois Kim, the Festival’s executive director. “But one of the best things about our deep and diverse lineup is the opportunity for discovery. There is so much talent in this list, and we can’t wait for people to dive in and find their next favorite author at the Festival, which is free to attend, thanks to the Festival’s generous supporters and dedicated volunteer army.”
A total of more than 280 writers, including chefs, actors, YouTube-stars, and more, are part of the 2016 Texas Book Festival lineup. One of the nation’s premier literary events and longest-running book festivals in the country, the Festival continues to be free and open to the public thanks to sponsors and volunteers. Additionally, the Festival brings more than 40,000 attendees, live music, kids’ activities, food trucks, book signings and sales, and 100 exhibitors all in and around the State Capitol over two full days.
The weekend also kicks off with the First Edition Literary Gala, featuring actor-authors Ethan Hawke and Diane Guerrero; acclaimed journalist and novelist Carl Hiaasen; and chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson as presenters. Children’s book writer Jon Scieszka will emcee this year’s gala, to be held on Friday, November 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin.
Read the full details and author bios at www.texasbookfestival.org/authors/
(Information from organization's press release)
Meacham to receive A. C. Greene Award at 16th annual West Texas Book Festival, Sept. 19-24, Abilene
Leila Meacham, the national New York Times best-selling author of Roses, Tumbleweeds, Somerset, Titans, and more will be the featured keynote speaker Sat., Sept. 24, at the West Texas Book Festival and will be recognized as this year’s A.C. Greene award winner. The A.C. Greene award is presented annually to a distinguished Texas author for lifetime achievement. The award is named for author, columnist, and Abilene native A.C. Greene.
The sixteenth annual festival, September 19-24, 2016, will also feature panels with the following authors:
- Carl & Pixie Christensen, Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2016);
- Glen Sample Ely, The Texas Frontier & the Butterfield Overland Mail (University of Oklahoma Press, 2016);
- Dennis Roberson, Winning 42: The Strategy and Lore of the National Game of Texas (4th ed., Texas Tech University Press, 2009);
- Chad S. Conine, The Republic of Football (University of Texas Press. 2016);
- Susan Kralovansky, Twelve Cowboys Ropin’ (Pelican Publishing, 2015);
- Marguerite Gray, Hold Me Close: Revolutionary Faith (WestBow Press, 2015).
This year's featured cookbook authors include
- Jacqueline Cavender, As the Spur Stirs (2016, Cavender’s);
- Jessica Dupuy, The United Tastes of Texas (2016 Oxmoor House); and
- Anthony Head & Laura Samuel Meyn, Meatless in Cowtown (2015, Running Press).
A panel of Texas publishers will have a session Friday afternoon, Sept. 23, about how to get a book published and answer questions from the audience. The workshop is free and open to anyone interested in the world of publishing and getting published.
For more information, visit the festival website.
(From organization's website)
