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Texas Book Festival 2018 Library Grant Winners<\/h1>\n

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The Texas Book Festival last week awarded<\/span> more than $100,000 in grant support to 48 Texas libraries. The recipients are:<\/p>\n

1. Allen Public Library<\/p>\n

2. Alpine Public Library<\/p>\n

3. Bandera County Public Library<\/p>\n

4. Benbrook Public Library<\/p>\n

5. Bonham Public Library<\/p>\n

6. Boyce Ditto Public Library<\/p>\n

7. Camp Wood Public Library<\/p>\n

8. Charlotte Public Library<\/p>\n

9. Cleburne Public Library<\/p>\n

10. Cockrell Hill Public Library<\/p>\n

11. Cooke County Library<\/p>\n

12. Cross Plains Public Library<\/p>\n

13. Dickens County-Spur Public Library<\/p>\n

14. Dickinson Public Library<\/p>\n

15. Dripping Springs Community Library<\/p>\n

16. Driscoll Public Library<\/p>\n

17. Elgin Public Library<\/p>\n

18. Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library<\/p>\n

19. Flower Mound Public Library<\/p>\n

20. Harrington Library<\/p>\n

21. Henderson County Library<\/p>\n

22. Hondo Public Library<\/p>\n

23. Hutto Public Library<\/p>\n

24. Judy B. McDonald Public Library<\/p>\n

25. Lake Travis Community Library District<\/p>\n

26. Little Elm Public Library<\/p>\n

27. Longview Public Library<\/p>\n

28. Lubbock Public Library \u2013 Mahon<\/p>\n

29. Marathon Public Library<\/p>\n

30. Mary Lou Reddick Public Library<\/p>\n

31. McAllen Public Library<\/p>\n

32. McMullen Public Library<\/p>\n

33. Mesquite Public Library<\/p>\n

34. Mt. Enterprise Library<\/p>\n

35. Orange Public Library<\/p>\n

36. Palacios Library, Inc.<\/p>\n

37. Pasadena Public Libraries<\/p>\n

38. Pflugerville Public Libraries<\/p>\n

39. Pottsboro Area Library<\/p>\n

40. Roberta Bourne Memorial Library<\/p>\n

41. Sam Fore Jr. Public Library<\/p>\n

42. Smithville Public Library<\/p>\n

43. Stewart C. Meyer Harker Heights Public Library<\/p>\n

44. T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library<\/p>\n

45. Westworth Village Public Library<\/p>\n

46. White Rock Hills Library<\/p>\n

47. White Settlement Public Library<\/p>\n

48. Whitehouse Community Library<\/p>\n

(From Texas Book Festival website)<\/p>\n

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International Edible Book Festival delights foodies and bookies, April 2018<\/h1>\n

Events this week in Austin, Denton<\/h1>\n

<< SANCHO PIE-NZA, ANYONE? <\/span>Don Quixote dish celebrates Cervantes novel (photo provided)<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting in the year 2000, bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers around the world have <\/span>gathered to celebrate the art of books through food. Participants create an \u201cedible book,\u201d which is a culinary interpretation of any book, character, literary pun, or plot.<\/p>\n

The International Edible Book Festival,<\/span> scheduled each year on or after April 1 (the birthday of 18th-century French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin), has been observed at libraries, bookstores, and cultural venues around the world. Here\u2019s a roundup of Texas participants that we\u2019ve found for 2018.<\/p>\n

15th Annual Edible Books Festival at University of North Texas at Denton<\/h1>\n

From UNT<\/p>\n

Help kick off National Library Week with us at the annual Edible Books Festival on Mon., April 9 in Willis Library. Members of the Denton community and UNT faculty, staff members, and students may enter their creations into the festival for free, and they are also invited to judge the entries and then eat them. Since 2003, Willis Library has held an Edible Books Festival as part of the observance of the International Edible Book Festival, which is scheduled each year on or after April 1, the birthday of 18th-century French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. The Edible Book Festival is observed by many university and community libraries.<\/p>\n

Mon., April 2<\/p>\n

1506 W Highland St.<\/p>\n

Denton, TX<\/p>\n

For information call (940) 565-2411<\/p>\n

Schreiner University celebrates Texas literature on April 11<\/h1>\n

KERRVILLE \u2014 Overcoming writing obstacles, journaling as a means of exploration, and learning more about Mexican American writers in Texas<\/span> will be some of the topics discussed during the day-long 2018 Texas Writers Conference Wednesday, April 11 at Schreiner University.<\/p>\n

The English Department at the university will host the 28th annual conference for free for community members, aspiring writers, literature lovers, students, and educators.<\/p>\n

Workshops and readings are slated for 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 11, at Schreiner University\u2019s Cailloux Student Center, 2100 Memorial Blvd., in the River Room. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.<\/p>\n

Texas writers Skye Alexander<\/span> and Rhonda Wiley-Jones<\/span> will offer writing workshops at 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. respectively. Writer and Schreiner University faculty member Christine Granados<\/span> will discuss Mexican American literature and read from her books at 7:30 p.m. Students will read from their work and there will be an open mic.<\/p>\n

Professor Kathleen Hudson<\/span> started the conference 1990 with the Whitehurst Creative Teaching award. \u201cThis conference gives community members and students opportunities to hear new ideas, share stories of writers, and create responses,\u201d said Hudson, the event organizer. \u201cThat fulfills my own personal mission in life:\u00a0 Stories and songs make a difference in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skye Alexander<\/span> is the author of more than forty fiction and nonfiction books. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies internationally, and her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has also authored more than 2,000 articles for newspapers and magazines, and written for television, radio, and online sites. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in the book publishing industry as an editor, publicist, marketing manager, special sales director, and copywriter, and in 2002 co-founded the publishing company Level Best Books. She serves on the board of the Friends of the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library. www.skyealexander.com<\/p>\n

Rhonda Wiley-Jones<\/span> (M.Ed.), author of At Home in the World: Travel Stories of Growing Up<\/span> and Growing Away,<\/span> is currently writing fiction. She facilitates workshops in the U.S. and Mexico on travel writing, journal writing, the craft of writing, and memoir writing.\u00a0 https:\/\/rhondawiley-jones.com\/2018\/01\/17\/research-settings-for-your-fiction\/<\/p>\n

Christine Granados <\/span>was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. She has been a Spur Award finalist and winner of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation Award from the Macondo Foundation. Granados\u2019 fiction and nonfiction has appeared in Texas Monthly, NPR\u2019s Latino USA, People Magazine, Texas Observer<\/span> and numerous journals and her work has been anthologized in several college textbooks. She has been a journalist with the El Paso Times<\/span> and the Austin American-Statesman<\/span>. She is a reporter at the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post and teaches writing at Schreiner University and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her second book of fiction, Fight Like a Man and Other Stories We Tell Our Children,<\/span> was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2017.<\/p>\n

www.christinegranados.com<\/p>\n

Contact Kathleen Hudson at khudson@schreiner.edu or 830-377-3186 for more information.<\/p>\n

(From organization\u2019s press release)<\/p>\n

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Half Price Books invites readers to \u201cDonate a book \/\u00a0 Rewrite a kid’s story\u201d during Half Pint Book Drive<\/h1>\n

During its annual Half Pint Library Book Drive from April 1 to 30, 2018<\/span>, Half Price Books will match donations of new or gently used children\u2019s books. The books will help build libraries in schools, after-school programs, and other nonprofits, with the goal of making a positive impact on the life stories of local kids.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the generous support of customers and employees, Half Price Books was able to donate more than 330,789 books to area children for the 2017 drive.<\/p>\n

Customers are invited to stop by any Half Price Book locations to donate during the month of April. The books will be distributed to non-profit organizations and schools at giveaway events in May.<\/p>\n

Half Price Books hopes to distribute books to as many different nonprofit community organizations as possible and to be safe and fair at all times. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and schools are invited to attend any Half Pint Library book giveaway events; events are listed in alphabetical order by state\/city on the bookstore\u2019s website at https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/half-pint-library-book-drive.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Organizations may also request books for a classroom or cause at HPB.com\/donationrequests. Supplies may be limited. Events are first-come, first-served.<\/p>\n

(From Half Price Books website)<\/p>\n

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