Tag: Lone Star Literary Life
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Lone Star Listens: San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye
An interview with San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye by fellow San Antonio poet Natalia Treviño, including new poems by Nye never before published.
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Gourmet on a Hot Plate by Judy Alter
Genre: Cookbook / Cooking Tips / Tiny Kitchen Publisher: Alter Ego Press Date of Publication: November 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 132 ABOUT THE BOOK: Gourmet on a Hot Plate is a collection of recipes and kitchen tips compiled after living for some time in a 600-square-foot cottage, with a tiny kitchen, no stove, no…
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Lone Star Review: AMON CARTER: A LONE STAR LIFE
Austin’s Si Dunn reviews a biography of Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth businessman and philanthropist.
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The Rainwater Secret by Monica Shaw
Genre: Historical Fiction / Medical Missionaries Publisher: Self-Published Date of Publication: March 31, 2017 Number of Pages: 354 ABOUT THE BOOK: The Rainwater Secret is a deeply moving, historical fiction novel about a woman who travels to Africa to teach the leper children who were banished from their villages. Single and feeling there…
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TEXAS READS: Abilene’s Chris Christian tells his inspiring story
Chris Christian writes about his life in music.
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Lone Star Lit Out & About in Austin
Lone Star Lit joined more than 7,000 librarians, 450 exhibitors, and nearly 300 authors and illustrators at the 2019 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, held April 15 through 18 in Austin.
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5th Annual Independent Bookstore Day April 27
Texas celebrates Independent Bookstore Day, a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April.
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Texan Tim Tingle wins the West
When a Ghost Talks, Listen: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story (Roadrunner Press) by Tim Tingle wins middle-grade category in 2018 Reading the West Awards.
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Panic Point by Bill Briscoe
Genre: Mystery / Crime Fiction / Stand-Alone Publisher: self-published Date of Publication: March 26, 2019 Number of Pages: 248 ABOUT THE BOOK: When Earl’s bride Morgan vanishes in the Smoky Mountains on their honeymoon, the former Navy SEAL is certain she’s been abducted. The park rangers disagree, and after a storm washes away any…
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Texas Book Festival Announces 2019 Library Grant Recipients
The Texas Book Festival (TBF) announced the winners of its 2019 Texas Library Grants at the Texas Library Association conference in Austin today. Forty-one public libraries across thirty-six Texas counties received grants totaling $100,500.