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Banned Books Week, September 23-29 Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference, San Antonio, September 27-29 The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival, Austin, September 27-29 7th Annual LibroFest, Houston, September 29 3rd Annual Pflugerville Comic Con, September 29 Ongoing Exhibits Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30 Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction &…

Each week Lone Star Literary profiles a newsmaker in Texas books and letters, including authors, booksellers, publishers. Michelle Newby Lancaster is a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews, writer, blogger at TexasBookLover.com, and a moderator for the Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, Concho River Review, Mosaic Literary Magazine,…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 9.30.2018  Author revisits deadly riot at 1926 A&M–Baylor football game T. G. Webb, a Waco historian and football fan, revisits a dark moment in college football in Battle of the Brazos: A Texas Football Rivalry, a Riot, and a Murder (Texas A&M University Press, $27 hardcover). In 1926 the intense football…

Twig’s Top Ten Bestsellers August 2018 What are Texans reading these days, you ask? Lone Star Lit’s newest regular feature is a monthly list of trending titles at the Twig Book Shop, a leading independent bookseller in San Antonio. Click on any title for the Buy link. And we’ll also include a hotlink to related…

Each week Lone Star Literary profiles a newsmaker in Texas books and letters, including authors, booksellers, publishers. Michelle Newby Lancaster is a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews, writer, blogger at TexasBookLover.com, and a moderator for the Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, Concho River Review, Mosaic Literary Magazine,…

Texas Institute of Letters 2018 literary contests open for submissions The Texas Institute of Letters (TIL) literary contests now open, with prizes totaling more than $22,000. TIL has named its judges for its literary contests, which are now open for submissions. Judges will select finalists and winners in twelve categories for the best works published…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in El Paso, Texas, Pat Mora is a poet, writer, former teacher, university administrator, museum director, and consultant. She is the author of many books of poetry and children’s books. In 2018, the University of Arizona Press published Mora’s seventh adult poetry collection, Encantado: Desert Monologues; and Lee and Low Books…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 9.23.2018  Texas authors offer links between golf, history Historian Dan K. Utley and Austin preservation architect Stanley O. Graves combine two of their passions — history and golf — in Links to the Past: The Hidden History on Texas Golf Courses (Texas A&M University Press, $26 hardcover). It’s a fascinating look…

Picture Book Retreat for Authors & Illustrators, Temple, September 14-16 Writers’ Feast 2018, Dallas, September 21 SCBWI North Texas 2018 Keep On Truckin’ Conference, Addison, September 21-22 FenCon XV, Irving, September 21-23 Wizard World Comic Con, Austin, September 21-23 McKinney Square Book Festival, September 22 Literary Frontiers Author Event, San Marcos, September 23 Ongoing Exhibits…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive Magic Tree House features 1900 Galveston hurricane Mary Pope Osborne, author of the popular Magic Tree House series of children’s books, turns her attention to the disastrous 1900 Galveston hurricane in Hurricane Heroes in Texas (Random House, $13.99 hardcover). Jack and Annie have…