During the weekend of November 11, the University of Texas Press and several of our authors will be in and around the State Capitol in downtown Austin for the annual Texas Book Festival! We’ll have a booth at Tent #5 at the corner of 11th and Colorado (South West Corner of the Capitol lawn) with tons of titles for sale at a great discount.
We’re thrilled that so many of our authors will be featured at this year’s #TexasBookFest! Use our featured session schedule below to plan your fest, and be sure to stop by the signing tent after each session to grab a signed copy of our featured books! Our friends at BookPeople will be on-site selling books for all featured Festival authors in the Main Book Sales Tent, both on Congress Avenue. You can also buy Festival books year-round at the BookPeople TBF online store!
In addition to our session schedule below, authors H.W. Brands (author of Haiku History and Greenback Planet), Edward Carey, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, and Mark Updegrove will be at the Texas Book Festival, too. We hope to see you at these sessions!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023
1:45pm – 2:30pm CT
2:00pm – 2:45pm CT
2:30pm – 3:15pm CT
Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman
Capitol Extension E2.014
Author(s): Jo Scott-Coe
Ghostlight
Capitol Extension E2.028
Author(s): Keith Carter & Bret Anthony Johnston
Playing to Win: Professional Sports in Texas
Texas State Library & Archives Commission
Author(s): Jonathan Silverman
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 , 2023
10:00am – 10:45am CT
10:30am – 11:15am CT
12:30pm – 1:15pm CT
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
3:00pm – 3:45pm CT
3:00pm – 3:45pm CT
3:00pm – 3:45pm CT
The Remarkable Life of Larry McMurtry
Capitol Extension E2.030
Author(s): George Getschow
Armadillos to Ziziphus: A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country
Capitol Extension E2.014
Author(s): David Hillis
The Fight For Equality
Capitol Extension E2.016
Author(s): Wesley Phelps
A Curious Mix of People: The Underground Scene of ’90s Austin
Capitol Extension Room E2.028
Author(s): Greg Beets & Richard Whymark
The Evolution of South Texas: From Dinosaurs to Texas Rangers
Capitol Extension E2.016
Author(s): Cindi Sirois Collins & Asher Elbein
Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
Capitol Extension E2.010
Author(s): Joan LeMay
Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters
Capitol Extension E2.010
Author(s): Allyson McCabe
