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Abilene’s Children’s Art and Literacy Festival lauds books across the city June 9-11 Celebrating the work of Mark Teague, illustrator of the How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? book series, Abilene’s Children’s Art and Literacy Festival includes a parade, dramatic readings of Teague’s books, costumed characters, art activities, animals, magic shows, balloons and more…

Children’s Book Week, May 2 – 8 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Austin 2016 Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, May 14 – 15 Special Events Author Con, Sachse, May 21 Ongoing Exhibits Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 – May 29 Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 5.15.16   Cookbook features Texas restaurant recipes Texas Back Road Restaurant Recipes: A Cookbook & Restaurant Guide by Anita Musgrove (Great American Publishers, $18.95 paperback) offers up favorite recipes from about 125 Texas cafes, diners, and eateries. Most of them are, as the book’s title suggest, off the beaten path, although the…

Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive Historian explores Sam Houston’s leadership qualities Bill O’Neal of Carthage, the official Texas state historian for the past four years, has written Sam Houston: A Study in Leadership (Eakin Press, $19.95 paperback). “Sam Houston radiated leadership,” O’Neal writes. “Physically imposing and a man of powerful convictions, Houston gravitated to leadership…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 5.8.16   Historian explores Sam Houston’s leadership qualities Bill O’Neal of Carthage, the official Texas state historian for the past four years, has written Sam Houston: A Study in Leadership (Eakin Press, $19.95 paperback). “Sam Houston radiated leadership,” O’Neal writes. “Physically imposing and a man of powerful convictions, Houston gravitated to leadership…

Sachse Author Con slated for May 21 SACSHE—Authors looking for an opportunity to promote their books are invited to apply for the upcoming Sachse Author Con event at the Sachse Public Library. The event, sponsored by the Sachse Public Library, is set for Sat., May 21, 2016, from noon to 4 p.m. The event, which…

Michelle Newby is contributing editor at Lone Star Literary Life, reviewer for Foreword Reviews, freelance writer, member of the National Book Critics Circle, and blogger at www.TexasBookLover.com. Her reviews appear or are forthcoming in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, World Literature Today, South85 Journal, The Review Review, Concho River Review, Monkeybicycle, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Atticus Review,…

Houston Writers Guild Annual Conference, April 29 – May 1 Children’s Book Week, May 2 – 8 Gulf Coast Indie Book Fair, Houston, May 7 39th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, Austin, May 7 Ongoing Exhibits Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 – May 29 Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archiveCookbook features healthier Mexican cuisine Lubbock food writer Angelina LaRue has produced a wonderful full-color cookbook, The Whole Enchilada: Fresh and Nutritious Southwestern Cuisine (Pelican, $27.95 hardcover). LaRue includes about a hundred Tex-Mex and Southwestern recipes, and nearly half of them are accompanied by…