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FronteraFest 2018, Austin, January 16-February 17 Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March South By and By: Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference 2018, Austin, February 15-18 ConDFW XVII, Fort Worth, February 16-18 Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, February 17 Sur Fest 6, Houston, February 17…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 2.18.2018   Miles Arceneaux is back with another thriller Fans of the mystery writing team that goes by the pen name of Miles Arceneaux will want to check out Hidden Sea, the fifth Gulf Coast novel featuring the adventures of Charlie Sweetwater ($11.99 paperback). This one is set on the Texas and…

LONE STAR LISTENS interviews   >> archive Author interviews by Kay Ellington 2.11.2018  Byrds of a feather publish together: Lee Merrill Byrd and Bobby Byrd on the origins of El Paso’s Cinco Puntos Press, and books they love Lone Star Listens typically focuses on interviews with Texas–related writers, but it’s a distinct pleasure this week to…

BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOCUS NCCIL opens exhibit of African-American authors, illustrators ABILENE — The Coretta Scott King Book Awards have been given annually since 1969 to African-American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults for demonstrating African-American culture and values. The largest exhibit honoring these authors and illustrators opened last week at…

Lone Star Book Reviews of Texas books appear weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com BIOGRAPHY / TEXAS MUSIC Diana Finlay Hendricks foreword by Don Imus Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few Texas A&M University Press Hardcover, 9781623495886 (ebook also available); 232 pages, 30 color/30 b&w photos, bibliography, index; $29.95 December 11, 2017 Reviewed by Si Dunn The…

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.…

FronteraFest 2018, Austin, January 16-February 17 Lone Star Ink Writing Conference, Dallas, February 8-10 Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March North Texas Comic Book Show, Irving, February 10-11 10th Annual Romance Readers Social, Pflugerville, February 10 Ongoing Exhibits Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in…

Each week Lone Star Literary profiles a newsmaker in Texas books and letters, including authors, booksellers, publishers. Kay Ellington has worked in management for a variety of media companies, including Gannett, Cox Communications, Knight-Ridder, and the New York Times Regional Group, from Texas to New York to California to the Southeast and back again to…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 2.11.2018   Bush sisters have plenty of stories to tell Twin sisters Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager hit all the best-seller lists last fall with Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life (Grand Central Publishing, $28 hardcover). I’m sure it was a popular Christmas gift for sisters everywhere.…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive  Gary P. Nunn writes about his life in music Gary P. Nunn is considered one of the founding fathers of the Austin music scene that evolved in the 1970s as a blend of country, rock, jazz, and folk and spawned such iconic figures…