Tag: Lone Star Literary Life
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR 2018 AWARDS
New York, NY (March 14, 2019)—Tonight, at the New School in New York, the National Book Critics Circle announced the recipients of its book awards for publishing year 2018. The winners include nonfiction recipient Steve Coll for Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan (Penguin Press), Mary Ann Gwinn says, “Told with empathy for…
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Dan Jenkins, legendary sportswriter, Texas icon, and bestselling novelist, dies at 89
Fort Worth’s beloved Dan Jenkins, a legendary sportswriter and Texas icon who wrote twenty-three books, including the runaway bestseller Semi-Tough, died Thursday. He was 89. Related Articles: Dallas Morning News Sports Illustrated
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Texas Senate passes teacher pay raise, adds librarians
Texas Senate passes teacher pay raise, adds librarians
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BOOKISH TEXAS FOR THE WEEK OF 03.03.2019
The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings, lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State
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LOST CHILDREN ARCHIVE by Valeria Luiselli
A family — a man and a woman, both documentarians working with sound (“We accumulated hours of tape of people speaking, telling stories, pausing, telling lies, praying, hesitating, confessing, breathing.”), and a boy, ten, and a girl, five — leave their New York apartment on a cross-country road trip.
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A Tender Hope by Amanda Cabot
Genre: Historical Romance / Inspirational Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: March 5, 2019 Number of Pages: 352 ABOUT THE BOOK: As far as Thea Michener is concerned, it’s time for a change. With her husband murdered and her much-anticipated baby stillborn, there is nothing left for her in Ladreville. Having accepted a position as…
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Live Wire by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Genre: Romantic Mystery Publisher: SkipJack Publishing Date of Publication: March 6, 2019 Number of Pages: 270 ABOUT THE BOOK: A hook-up turned lethal. A spurned, angry cowboy. Can rebel Maggie turn the tables before a killer adds her to the list of lost causes? Washed-up alt-country rocker-turned-junker Maggie Killian is pulled to Wyoming by…
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30th Dallas library to be unique in city
Over the years, residents of the Vickery Meadow neighborhood of Dallas have turned to nonprofits and faith groups to get library-like services such as a computer lab or language lessons.