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Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22 Sunday, August 28 Dallas Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed! Houston Brazos Bookstore, Homer Ross Tomlin discusses and signs HOMER THORNBERRY, 5PM San…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 9.4.16    Books focus on high school football in Texas High school football in Texas is the subject of two new books by Texas authors, and a third is coming soon. Waco writer Chad S. Conine, who has been covering high school football for nearly twenty years, has written The Republic of…

Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive Books focus on high school football in Texas High school football in Texas is the subject of two new books by Texas authors, and a third is coming soon. Waco writer Chad S. Conine, who has been covering high school football for nearly twenty years, has written The Republic of…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive Historical novel traces family’s struggles during the Civil War Longview author Lottie Guttry’s fast-paced historical novel Alligator Creek (Brown Books, $24.99 hardcover) is based on the story of her great-great-grandmother during and after the Civil War. Set in Florida and Texas, the story…

Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22 Sunday, August 21 Austin BookPeople, Author & Screenwriter NOAH HAWLEY speaking & signing Before The Fall, 2PM Dallas B&N – Preston/Royal, Come and Meet Author George Arnold as He Signs Copies of…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 8.28.16    Historical novel traces family’s struggles during the Civil War Longview author Lottie Guttry’s fast-paced historical novel Alligator Creek (Brown Books, $24.99 hardcover) is based on the story of her great-great-grandmother during and after the Civil War. Set in Florida and Texas, the story focuses on Sarah and Alex Browning and…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archiveNew novels from popular Texas authors Several of my favorite contemporary Texas women writers have new novels on the shelves this month.  Or, in one case, an older novel revisited. Leila Meacham, who became a best-selling author with Roses and most recently Titans and…

Second annual Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop slated for Midland Sept. 16–18 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…

Michelle Newby is contributing editor at Lone Star Literary Life, reviewer for Kirkus, freelance writer, member of the National Book Critics Circle, blogger at www.TexasBookLover.com, and a moderator at the 20th annual Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, World Literature Today, High Country News, South85 Journal, The Review Review, Concho…

Literary Libations Week (a LitCrawl fundraiser), Austin, Houston, & San Antonio, August 15-18 Writespace Writers Family Reunion, Houston, August 20 Ongoing Exhibits Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22 Sunday, August 14 Austin Austin Public Library – Yarborough, Sisters…