Texas Book Festival

?? How to Attend the 2024 Texas Book Festival This Weekend! ?? Share this with a book lover in your life. ??

? ??The 2024 Texas Book Festival Weekend schedule is live! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gUAQTCEy

Love books and want to be a part of helping to build a community that does, too? Volunteering at The Texas Book Festival is the perfect opportunity for you! Each of our amazing volunteers plays a pivotal role in making the Festival a success. Whether you’re helping with setup, redirecting Capitol goers, or helping to guide authors, there are plenty of opportunities to make a difference. ?? Ready to sign up? Head to https://lnkd.in/ew6sXBMR to join the team! ?? Shifts are as short as 3 hours and are available starting the Friday before the Festival, and run through the end of Festival Weekend (November 15–17). Benefits include being a part of the TBF team, choosing times and venues that work for you, helping to produce Festival programming, connecting with your favorite authors, spreading the joy of reading and all things books, and a free volunteer t-shirt! ?? Volunteers must be at least 13 years of age. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

??? Volunteers Needed ?? Want to help make this year’s Texas Book Festival the best one yet? Volunteer with us! We’re proud to introduce you to some of the amazing volunteers who help make Festival Weekend possible, so they can tell you what it’s like. Meet Joseph, a Volunteer Committee Chair who has been volunteering since 2022, and Claire, a beloved friend of TBF who has devoted countless hours and limitless expertise. Whether you want to work front and center or help behind the scenes there is truly a role for everyone. ?? Ready to sign up? Head to https://lnkd.in/g4K3pCfz to join the team! ?? Shifts are as short as 3 hours and are available starting Friday, November 15 and run through the end of Festival Weekend (November 16–17). Benefits include being a part of the TBF team, choosing times and venues that work for you, helping to produce Festival programming, connecting with your favorite authors, spreading the joy of reading and all things books, and a free volunteer t-shirt! ?? Volunteers must be at least 13 years of age. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

? The 2024 Texas Book Festival Lineup is Here! ?? Please join us in welcoming more than 275 esteemed, beloved, and award-winning authors from across the country. These literary luminaries will touch down in the Lone Star State in downtown Austin on November 16–17 to excite readers with captivating programs and can’t-miss conversations about their latest works. ?? See the full lineup at the redesigned Texasbookfestival.org. Our new website was a labor of love built with you in mind. ??? While Festival attendance is always free of charge, there will be two ticketed events for headlining authors Malcolm Gladwell (REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT) and Matthew McConaughey (GREENLIGHTS). Tickets at www.texasbookfestival.org. (Few tickets remain for Matthew McConaughey). ?? Don’t miss Day of Sales: a percentage of any purchase made in-store at BookPeople on Wednesday, 10/2 will be donated to us to help keep the Festival free and open for all. Grab a book on your TBR list and support us. Can’t make it to Day of Sales? No problem. You can still support us by purchasing Festival titles from the TBF endcap at BookPeople or by getting your books from the TBF Online Bookstore: https://lnkd.in/gBe-skXc Subscribe to the TBF newsletter at https://lnkd.in/g7yz-dUx for the latest updates including the schedule in October. Mark your calendars for the biggest literary celebration in Texas. This is one event you won’t want to miss. See you soon, readers!

We are over the moon to share fourteen celebrated authors to be featured at the 2024 Texas Book Festival taking place November 16–17 in downtown Austin! These include New York Times bestselling authors Rumaan Alam and Malcolm Gladwell, California Book Award for First Fiction winner Rachel Khong, Guggenheim fellow Claire Messud, and many more award-winning and bestselling writers. Check out the full sneak peek author list at https://lnkd.in/gsp4JiWY. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest TBF news first: https://lnkd.in/gqPTvSjr.

Don't forget to RSVP for our upcoming FREE In Conversation event featuring May Cobb and Gabino Iglesias! The event celebrates the publication of May's new novel and the forthcoming publication of Gabino's. Hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/g_rTqfTT

There’s still time to apply for a booth in the 2024 Texas Book Festival Exhibitor Marketplace! Exhibitors fill five tents along Congress and spend both days of the Festival showcasing their products and services to 40—50K book-loving attendees. A limited number of spots remain and rates go up on August 17, so submit your applications as soon as possible! Go to https://lnkd.in/gnw4sj6K for details and to apply.

I'm really looking forward to this -- join us as we begin a partnership with the Texas Book Festival to bring you books + virtual author conversations. All book club registrants will also?receive a free?audiobook download, courtesy of our sponsor,?Libro.fm.? Cheers to our very own Sarah Smith for moderating our first conversation and to Jennifer Chang for starting this. First up: 'The Madstone,' an award-winning Western novel by Elizabeth Crook. About The Madstone: “A wonderfully transporting tale of love in the Old West” (People Magazine) and “a brilliant, beautiful page-turner” (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Double Blind) about a pregnant young mother, her child, and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee vengeful outlaws, in a work that echoes Lonesome Dove and News of the World.?? #houston #journalism #books https://lnkd.in/g5bch9Uy

We've partnered with Texas Book Festival to host a summer book club to read 'The Madstone,' an award-winning novel by Elizabeth Crook, culminating in a live virtual event with the author. All book club registrants will also receive a free audiobook download, courtesy of our sponsor, Libro.fm. Register here: https://lnkd.in/guRNNVxc