2024 Full Schedule – Archive – Texas Book Festival

Texas Book Festival

10:00 AM

The Bullet Swallower

Freedom Is a Feast

Revolution, Revenge & Redemption: Epic Stories Inspired by Personal Histories

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

First Gen: A Memoir

First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream

Breaking the Cycles: Powerful Memoirs of Healing, Recovery, and Belonging

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire

Los Angeles, 1992: A City on Fire and The Stories of That Pivotal Time

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

The Helping Sweater

Read Me a Story: The Helping Sweater

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

You Get What You Pay For: Essays

Blue on a Blue Palette

Torch Literary Arts Presents: A Conversation with Morgan Parker & Lynne Thompson

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

Austin Allies/Bookopolis Book Club

Austin Allies/Bookopolis Book Club

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Turn a Vintage Post Card Into a Work of Art with Camp TTBF

Turn a Vintage Post Card Into a Work of Art with Camp TTBF

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

10:15 AM

Have a Good Trip: Exploring the Magic Mushroom Experience

Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics

Mind-Altering Medicine: Psychedelics, Science & the Search for Healing

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 16

Freedom House

So Much Heart: Stories

Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth

Texas Institute of Letters Presents: 2024 Adult Literature Award Winners

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Promises of Gold

Poetry Reading & Discussion: José Olivarez

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

10:30 AM

The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

Powerful and Personal Narrative Nonfiction about Life & Death in Mexico

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Saturday, November 16

State Theatre

Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!

Read Me a Story: Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

10:45 AM

The Turkey Book: A Chef's Journal of Hunting and Cooking America's Bird

The Turkey Book: Cooking Demo with Jesse Griffiths

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, November 16

Central Market Cooking Tent

11:00 AM

This Great Hemisphere

Sky Full of Elephants

The Quest for Power, Connection & Belonging in Dystopian Worlds

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

Malas

My Mother Cursed My Name

Mothers and Daughters: Novels Centering Fierce Mexican-American Women

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Desert Echoes

Canto Contigo

From Heartache to Harmony: Love, Loss, and the Music That Binds Us

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

Pizza Face

Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem

The Squad

The Social Conundrum of Middle School, Graphic Novel Edition

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

The Dream Catcher

Read Me a Story: The Dream Catcher/El atrapasueños

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

Grace Notes: Poems About Families

2024 Texas Writer Award Presentation

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Auditorium

Mood Swings

Plastic

The End of the World as We Know It: Dystopian Debut Novels

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

Feelings Deck for Kids: 30 Activities for Handling Big Emotions

The Shapes of Feelings: Make a Cut Paper Portrait with Illustrator Erika Lynne Jones

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Children's Activity Tent

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Improv Interview Game & Sculpture Design with Creative Learning Initiative

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

11:15 AM

Defectors

Unpacking Extremism: The MAGA Movement and the Rise of the Latino Far Right

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Remembering / Te recuerdo

Los Monstruos: Rooster and the Dancing Diablo

Texas Institute of Letters Presents: 2024 Children’s Literature Award Winners

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Ward Toward

The Blue Mimes

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Cindy Juyoung Ok & Sara Daniele Rivera

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

The Storm We Made

The Turtle House

Secrets and Sacrifice: Daring Debut Novels Centering Women & WWII Japan

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

11:30 AM

The Hollywood Assistant

Entitlement

Bridge to Bat City

Presented by Starz: Book-to-Screen Adaptations

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

Real Americans

The Morningside

Inheritance & Identity: Unraveling the Past to Shape the Future

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

A Maleta Full of Treasures

Read Me a Story: A Maleta Full of Treasures

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

12:00 PM

First Lie Wins

Listen for the Lie

Buzzy Thrillers: Secrets, Lies, and Smart Women

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

The Palace of Eros

The Witches of El Paso

Myth, Magic and Legacy

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Adult

Barda

DC Reimagined: Comics and Modern-Day Heroes

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

Hearts of Fire and Snow

The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition

Plucky Protagonists and Their Adventures with the (Un)Dead

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

Mamá’s Magnificent Dancing Plantitas

Read Me a Story: Mamá’s Magnificent Dancing Plantitas / Las Magníficas Plantitas Bailadoras de Mamá

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves: Fifty Poets on Fifty Poems

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Music and Movement: Interactive Sing Along with Creative Action

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Banned Book Trivia & Zine Design with Austin Public Library

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

12:15 PM

Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century: an Oral History

Power, Race & Identity in America: Colonial Legacies and the Modern Immigrant Experience

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Devils Kill Devils

House of Bone and Rain

Haunting Narratives: Texans Writing Supernatural & Psychological Horror

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Gorgeous Freak

How to Abandon Ship

Austin Writers Exploring Environmental Crisis & Political Instability in Poetry

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

The Naming Song

Vilest Things

Fantasy Unbound: Magic, Identity and Power of Language

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Auditorium

12:30 PM

Tiny Threads

One of Our Kind

Sinister Secrets & Psychological Suspense: Chilling Adult Novels by Beloved YA Authors

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

State Theatre

Adult

The Shadow & the Ghost

Read Me a Story: The Shadow & The Ghost

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

All Friends Are Necessary

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer

Everyday Life, Extraordinary Stories: Crafting Characters with Distinctive Voices

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

12:45 PM

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Michele Norris about Revenge of the Tipping Point

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Queen

Queen: The Art of Drag in Portraits

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

1:00 PM

Two-Step Devil

The Lamb and the Prophet: Faith, Fate & Human Connection

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Horror Movie

The Haunted Screen

The Art of Terror: Horror Novels Inspired by Frightening Films

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

Promises of Gold

El Rey of Gold Teeth

Occupy Whiteness

Voces que Brillan: Poetas Latinos Ganadores de Premios

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Just Another Epic Love Poem

Hope Ablaze

Finding the Words: Teen Poet Protagonists & Their Journeys Through Hope and Love

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America

Made in Asian America: A History for Young People

Asian American History and Legacy: Looking Back, Looking Forward

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

¡Vamos! Vamos a Comer: ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat (Spanish Edition)

Read Me a Story: ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat / ¡Vamos! Vamos a comer

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

Loose of Earth: A Memoir

Air Born: Two Generations in Flight

Flight and Fight: Family Legacies of Service and Resilience

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

Loneliness & Company

Five-Star Stranger

Novels Navigating Loneliness & Authenticity in the Digital Age

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

The Dream Catcher

Make a Dream Catcher with Author/Illustrator Marcelo Verdad

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

We Love Words: Lexical Crafting with Camp TTBF

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

1:15 PM

Book & Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

How Women & Academics Transformed the Espionage of War

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir

Texas Roots, Hidden Truths: Uncovering Family Histories and Lost Legacies

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American Diaspora

Tastes of Tradition: Celebrating Culture Through Food

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Central Market Cooking Tent

Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere

Blue on a Blue Palette

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Anastacia-Reneé & Lynne Thompson

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

1:30 PM

Miguel Must Fight!

Read Me a Story: Miguel Must Fight!

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

Ghostroots

Green Frog

The Short of It: Stories of Magical Realism & Cultural Legacy

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Auditorium

1:45 PM

Mistakes We Never Made

Frenemies to Lovers

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Memory Piece

Exhibit

Ambition, Identity & Connection: Artistic Journeys in Modern Life

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

State Theatre

Writing an Identity Not Your Own: A Guide for Creative Writers

Writing Beyond Your Experience: Crafting Authentic Diverse Characters

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

2:00 PM

Ours

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders

The Whiting Foundation Presents: Award Alumni on Their Latest Books

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Tehrangeles

Margo's Got Money Troubles

The New American Dream? Young Women Navigating Fame, Family & Financial Follies

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Defectors

De la Frontera a las Urnas: Migración Latina y Transformación Política

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Shadows of Perl

Celestial Monsters

Romantasy Stories to Die For

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

Lost Socks, an Artistic Turtle, and Two Middle Grade Mysteries

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

The Squish

Read Me a Story: The Squish

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

Little Seed

Family Memoirs about Culture, Connection & Individual Identity

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Poetry and Collage Art Activation with Creative Action

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

2:15 PM

Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government

Guardians of Democracy: An Inside Look at the Role of Inspector General

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Women and Children First

The Things We Didn't Know

The Blueprint

Writers’ League of Texas Presents: Debut Texas Novelists

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Ward Toward

An Authentic Life

Examining the Wounds of War & Daily Life Through Poetry

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Black Women Center Stage: Prima Ballerinas and the Opera Carmen

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

The Faculty Lounge

Reboot

Humor & Heart: Satirizing Schools, Hollywood & Life

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

2:30 PM

Cured: Cooking With Ferments, Pickles, Preserves & More

Cured: Cooking Demo with Steve McHugh

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

Central Market Cooking Tent

Itty Bitty Betty Blob

Read Me a Story: Itty Bitty Betty Blob

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

2:45 PM

This Strange Eventful History

Literary Legends on Writing Fiction Inspired by Personal Narratives

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Smothermoss

The Road From Belhaven

Touched by the Supernatural: Novels of Unusual Girlhood

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Auditorium

3:00 PM

I'll See You in Ijebu

We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America

A Maleta Full of Treasures

Stories that Reflect Us All: Diversity in Children’s Literature

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle

Pretty

Becoming Ourselves: Memoirs of Transformation

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

The Blue Mimes

Empty Pool

The Beauty of Life & the Pain of Loss: Poems and Essays

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Fresh Ink: Young Writers Take the Stage

Fresh Ink: Young Writers Take the Stage

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice

Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd

The Beautiful Game

Standing Your Ground: Girls Speaking Up and Taking Action

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

The Yellow Bus

Read Me a Story: The Yellow Bus

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

Andrew Sansom: A Life in Conservation

A Conversation on Conservation: Texans Preserving our Natural Resources

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

Red Clay Suzie

Cinema Love

Queer Love, Resilience & Belonging in Fiction

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

Short War

The Morningside

Crafting Conflict: Fiction Born from Research

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

State Theatre

Sharpie Showdown: TBF Illustrator Draw-Off

Sharpie Showdown: TBF Illustrator Draw-Off

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Brush Up On Your Sword Fighting Skills with Camp Half-Blood

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

3:15 PM

Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company

Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class

Resilience & Adversity in the Lives of Working-Class Americans

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City

City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways

Highways, Growth & Gentrification: The Changing Face of Austin and American Cities

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Grace Notes: Poems About Families

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Naomi Shihab Nye

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

What Medicine Gets Wrong with Dr. Marty Makary

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

3:30 PM

The Storm We Made

First Lie Wins

Real Americans

The Chosen Ones: Celebrity Book Club Picks

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Saturday, November 16

Everyone Starts Small

Read Me a Story: Everyone Starts Small

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

4:00 PM

Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe

Hearts of Fire and Snow

Venturing Beyond: Death-Defying Fantasy Narratives

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip

Will This Paperclip Destroy the World?!?

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community

Read Me a Story: The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, November 16

Read Me A Story Tent

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

The River Nuts: Down the Nueces with One Stroke

Memoirs of Adventure & Adversity Exploring Nature

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Auditorium

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Storytelling Workshop with Peerbagh

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Junk Journaling Workshop with Austin Bat Cave

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Young Adult

4:15 PM

Entitlement

Rumaan Alam in Conversation about Entitlement

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

State Theatre

Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and Hope in Latin America

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Understanding the Origins & the Humanity of the Border Crisis

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Manifesting Mayhem: How to (Over)Think Your Way Through the End Times

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Kirkus Tent

Juneteenth Rodeo

Juneteenth Rodeo: A Vibrant Portrait of 1970s Black Rodeo in Photos and Essays

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Book of Provocations

El Rey of Gold Teeth

Poetry Reading & Discussion: mónica teresa ortiz & Reyes Ramirez

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Poetry Tent

11:00 AM

Guide Me Home

Attica Locke In Conversation about Guide Me Home

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

State Theatre

The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief

Brazen & Brilliant: Trailing the Texas Jewel Thief

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century: an Oral History

La Identidad en Evolución de una Nación: Historias de Inmigrantes en América del Siglo XXI

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Texas, Being: A State of Poems

State of Complexity: Poets on the Beauty and Brutality of Texas

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Poetry Tent

Our Shouts Echo

Thirsty

Blood at the Root

It’s Complicated: Navigating Relationships and Healing After Hardship

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

YA HQ Tent

Waverider: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #9)

How Will It End? Dive into the Final Installment of the Amulet Series

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Next Chapter Tent

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Read Me a Story: Desert Song

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown

Humor in Troubling Times: Combining Personal & Cultural Commentary in Essays

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

Adult

The Squish

I Like Your Face

Meet & Craft with Author-Illustrators Rachel Más Davidson and Breanna Carzoo

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Decorate Your Own TBF Tote Bag with Camp TTBF

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 17

Young Adult

11:15 AM

Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America

Land of the Free? The Fight for Reproductive Rights in a Divided Nation

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Devil Is Fine

Ours

Reclaiming History: Novels that Reckon with Slavery

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Kirkus Tent

The Sequel

The God of the Woods

The Art of Mystery

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Auditorium

I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

We Were the Universe

Reinventing Mid-Life: Women Defying Societal Expectations

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

11:30 AM

Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories

Baking in the American South: Cooking Demo with Anne Byrn

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

Central Market Cooking Tent

Grandma’s Hair Is Ankle Length / El cabello de Abuela le llega hasta los tobillos

Read Me a Story: Grandma’s Hair Is Ankle Length / El cabello de Abuela le llega hasta los tobillos

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History

Enduring Legacies of Colonialism

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

12:00 PM

The Witches of El Paso

My Mother Cursed My Name

Generaciones de magia: Explorando legado, poder y familia en el suroeste

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

The Day's Hard Edge

Occupy Whiteness

Poetry Reading & Discussion: José Antonio Rodríguez & Joaquín Zihuatanejo

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Poetry Tent

Lockjaw

By Any Other Name

Ghost Roast

YA Debuts: Local Monsters, Murder Mysteries, And at Least One Friendly Ghost

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

YA HQ Tent

Jasmine is Haunted

Body Parts and A Lot of Heart: Tracking Down Ghosts, Spirits, and Definitely Undead Dudes

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Next Chapter Tent

Remembering / Te recuerdo

Read Me a Story: Remembering / Te recuerdo

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

The Best That You Can Do

When Trying to Return Home

Exploring Cross-Cultural Identities in Short Story Collections

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

Adult

What Is Color?: The Global and Sometimes Gross Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art

Playing With Color with Author / IIlustrator Steven Weinberg

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1

Create Your Own Warrior Cat with Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

12:15 PM

I Was a Teenage Slasher

What Makes a Monster? Stephen Graham Jones on I Was A Teenage Slasher

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

State Theatre

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Storytelling with Literacy First: Celebrating 30 Years of Growing Bilingual Readers

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

Roots of Resistance: The Legacy & Reclamation of Black and Indigenous Land

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Beautyland

Alienation & Ambition: Young Women Fighting to Belong

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Kirkus Tent

Rick Perry: A Political Life

Rick Perry and the Transformation of Texas Politics

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

The Devil Behind the Badge

The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder and Redemption in Immigrant LA

True Crime and Punishment

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Auditorium

A Reason to See You Again

April May June July

Family Dynamics: Nuanced Novels about Falling Apart & Coming Together

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

The City We Built: Black Leaders of Austin

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Changemakers: Inspiring Stories of Black Americans Who’ve Helped Shape History

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

12:30 PM

The Littlest Grito

Read Me a Story: The Littlest Grito

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

Devil In the Stack: A Code Odyssey

Decoding the Future: The Power and Perils of Ever-Evolving Technology

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

12:45 PM

The Turkey Book: A Chef's Journal of Hunting and Cooking America's Bird

Cured: Cooking With Ferments, Pickles, Preserves & More

Recipes that Tell a Story: Two Narrative Cookbooks

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

Central Market Cooking Tent

1:00 PM

The Things We Didn't Know

The Border Between Us

Entre Dos Mundos: Familia, Cultura y la Búsqueda de Identidad

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas

A Literary Life in Letters: The Writing of Ann Alejandro

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Poetry Tent

Louder Than Hunger

Weirdo

Grappling With the Voices Inside: Stories of Struggle and Triumph

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

YA HQ Tent

The Daggers of Ire

Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek

Summoning All Magic Fans: Two Spellbinding Fantasy Stories

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Next Chapter Tent

They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park

Read Me a Story: They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

Sharpie Showdown: TBF Illustrator Draw-Off

Sharpie Showdown: TBF Illustrator Draw-Off

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

Flip

How to Make a Graphic Novel with Ngozi Ukazu

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

1:15 PM

The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing

Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border

Trigger Points: Guns, Policing & the Global Reach of Violence

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Shred Sisters

Bear

Bearing the Weight of Sisterhood: Confronting Inner & Outer Beasts

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Kirkus Tent

Hate Follow

Double Exposure

Austin Novelists Writing Contemporary Fiction

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future

American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous

Unstoppable Icons: Divas, Country Legends & the Power of Performance

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Auditorium

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

Great Expectations, Tragic Consequences: The Model Minority Myth

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

First Love: Essays on Friendship

End of the Hour: A Therapist's Memoir

Writing about Love, Grief & the Vulnerability of Being Human

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

1:30 PM

Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think about Race and Identity

Michele Norris in Discussion about Our Hidden Conversations

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

State Theatre

A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places

DIG: Notes on Field and Family

Earth, Memory & The Art of Connection

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

Butt or Face? Super Gross Butts

Read Me a Story: Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

The Skin and Its Girl

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

The Stories We Tell: Magical Realism as a Vehicle to Explore Identity

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

1:45 PM

Plastic

We Were the Universe

Freedom Is a Feast

Debut Novelists with Texas Ties

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

2:00 PM

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey Author Talk about Greenlights

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Village Weavers

The Great Divide

The Power of Character in Historical Fiction

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

An Authentic Life

How to Abandon Ship

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Jennifer Chang & Sasha West

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Poetry Tent

Lockjaw

Ruin Road

Small-Town Streets and a Road Between Realms: Raising the Stakes in YA Horror

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

YA HQ Tent

Bridge to Bat City

The Strange Wonders of Roots

Rooting for Nature: Speaking Up for the Bats and the Trees

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Next Chapter Tent

I'll See You in Ijebu

Read Me a Story: I’ll See You in Ijebu

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Literary Origami with Austin Creative Reuse

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Young Adult

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Make Your Own Paper Kite with Girlstart

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

2:15 PM

The Next Best Fling

Sex, Lies and Sensibility

Diversity in Romance

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Kirkus Tent

The Hollywood Assistant

After Image

Texas Talent: Crafting Thrills and Chills in Fiction

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

The Life and Death of Rose Doucette

Jack's Boys

The Contemporary Murder Mystery: Plot Twists, Peril & Private Chat Rooms

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George H. W. Bush

The Power of Character: The Enduring Legacy of George H. W. Bush

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap

The Cost of Inequality: America’s Black-White Wealth Divide

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

2:30 PM

The Day Madear Voted

Read Me a Story: The Day Madear Voted

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

2:45 PM

There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib in Conversation about There’s Always This Year

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

State Theatre

Borrowed Time: Survivors of Nazi Terezín Remember

Witness to War: Mexico in the Photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell

The Narrative of Photography: Documenting War and Survival

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

3:00 PM

Louder Than Hunger

The Littlest Grito

Butt or Face? Super Gross Butts

Inspiring a Love of Reading: From the Classroom to the Living Room

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

YOU

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Rosa Alcalá & ire’ne lara silva

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Poetry Tent

Adult

Please Be My Star

Samson & Domingo

Literary Remix: Fresh Interpretations of Familiar Tales

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

YA HQ Tent

Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1

Warriors Graphic Novel: Our Favorite Forest Cats From a Colorful New Angle

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Next Chapter Tent

Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party

Read Me a Story: Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon with Kevin Fedarko

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Book Page Embroidery with Austin Creative Reuse

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Young Adult

Texas Book Festival Placeholder

Make Your Own Paper Kite with Girlstart

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

3:15 PM

The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play

City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways

How Infrastructure Supports & Separates Us

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Catalina

Linh Ly Is Doing Just Fine

Debut Novels Exploring Identity, Culture & Coming-of-Age

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Kirkus Tent

The Last Philosopher in Texas: Fictions and Superstitions

The Border Between Us

Writing from the Borderlands

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Chinese Enough: Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More

Chinese Enough: Cooking Demo with Kristina Cho

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Central Market Cooking Tent

American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders

Exploring Identity, Culture & Artistry Through Personal Narrative and Collective Memory

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

H. W. Brands In Conversation about America First

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Capitol Auditorium

3:30 PM

Who Owns the Moon?: And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space

Read Me a Story: Free to Learn: How Alfredo Lopez Fought for the Right to Go to School

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

4:00 PM

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey in Conversation with Richard Linklater about Greenlights

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

By Any Other Name

A Queen's Game

Love Through the Ages: Historical Romance

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

YA HQ Tent

Volcanoes are Hot! (Oliver's Great Big Universe #2)

What Is Color?: The Global and Sometimes Gross Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art

(Literally) Drawing Connections: Delightful (and Only Sometimes Disgusting) Stories in STEM

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Sunday, November 17

Next Chapter Tent

Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom

Read Me a Story: Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Sunday, November 17

Read Me A Story Tent

The Strange Wonders of Roots

Jasmine is Haunted

The Beautiful Game

Contested Stories: Children’s Authors on Censorship and the Freedom to Read

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Sunday, November 17