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Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 8.21.16    New 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 other 600-page Texas epics, wrote three…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archiveChildren’s books: adventures, dreams, bullying Children’s adventures: A new series of children’s books, The Adventures of Willy Nilly & Thumper, has made quite a hit in Midland, home of the authors, Jim Henry and Jimmy Patterson. The books ($6.95 paperback), beautifully illustrated by Marjorie…

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…

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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…

Friends of the Plano Library Book Sale, Plano, August 5-7 The Writer’s Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, August 5-7 2016 Author Roundup, Fort Worth, August 13 186th Annual 2nd Time Ever BookPeople Nation Carnival of Books!, Austin, August 13 Ongoing Exhibits Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 8.14.16    Children’s books: adventures, dreams, bullying Children’s adventures: A new series of children’s books, The Adventures of Willy Nilly & Thumper, has made quite a hit in Midland, home of the authors, Jim Henry and Jimmy Patterson. The books ($6.95 paperback), beautifully illustrated by Marjorie van Heerden of South Africa, provide…

Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archiveBooks explore Texas nature, literary sites Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide by Mary O. Parker, with color photographs by Jeff Parker and foreword by Carter Smith, is an attractive and well-organized field guide to about one hundred nature-oriented sites and events that give visitors a feel for the biodiversity of…

Lone Star Book Festival slated for Austin Sept. 24–25 AUSTIN — The Lone Star Book Festival will be held in Austin Sept. 24–25, 2016, at the Austin American-Statesman event parking lot facing South Congress Avenue. According to festival director and founder B. Alan Bourgeois, the event features “indie and traditionally published Texas authors, with the…