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LONE STAR LISTENS interviews   >> archive Author interviews by Kay Ellington 2.25.2018  Robin Roe of Dallas makes the (Y)A-list with A LIST OF CAGES Dallas-area author Robin Roe’s novel A List of Cages (Disney/Hyperion, 2017) — her first — was named one of the Best Young Adult Books of the Year by Goodreads, Chapters Indigo,…

Most of the readers and writers we know, far from being the sort to only haunt the recesses of their town’s library or curl up on the couch when the sun’s shining, like to get out and visit the places they’ve read about. Or the places that inspire them. We polled our staff—in a most…

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10th annual Texas Teen Book Festival slated for October 6 Milestone year to bring several surprises for 2018 festival attendees AUSTIN — The Texas Teen Book Festival is excited to announce that its 10th annual Festival will take place Sat., Oct. 6, at St. Edward’s University. Young adults and YA-genre fans can expect a fun…

Michelle Newby is a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews, writer, blogger at TexasBookLover.com, member of the Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop advisory committee, and a moderator for the Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, Concho River Review, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Atticus Review, The Rumpus, PANK Magazine, and The Collagist.…

Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March 15 First Impressions Festival for Local Playwrights, Dallas, February 21-23 22nd Annual ASU Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton, San Angelo, February 22-23 People’s Poetry Festival, Corpus Christi, February 22-24 Celebration of Diverse Literary Voices of Texas, Austin, February 24 Poetry Out…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 2.25.2018   “Easter elephant” comes to Texas A couple of new Texas-themed picture books to read to young children: Tiny the Texas Easter Bunny by Eric James, illustrated by Sara Sanchez (Sourcebooks, $9.99 hardcover) — When Fluff the Eastern Bunny can’t deliver Easter eggs to Texas children, elephant friend Tiny steps in…

LONE STAR LISTENS interviews   >> archive Author interviews by Kay Ellington 2.18.2018  Michael Hurd of Prairie View A&M tells the story of black football in Texas For three decades he’s been writing books about inspiring and underappreciated stories of African-American football. Now, the author of Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football…

10th annual Texas Teen Book Festival slated for October 6 Milestone year to bring several surprises for 2018 festival attendees AUSTIN — The Texas Teen Book Festival is excited to announce that its 10th annual Festival will take place Sat., Oct. 6, at St. Edward’s University. Young adults and YA-genre fans can expect a fun…

Michelle Newby is a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews, writer, blogger at TexasBookLover.com, member of the Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop advisory committee, and a moderator for the Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, Concho River Review, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Atticus Review, The Rumpus, PANK Magazine, and The Collagist.…