Kirkus Tent – Locations – Texas Book Festival

Texas Book Festival

10:00 AM

Texas Bluebonnet Award Announcement

Texas Bluebonnet Award Announcement

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

Gigi Shin is Not a Nerd

Canto Contigo

Desert Song

Texas Institute of Letters Presents: 2025 Youth Literature Award Winners

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

¡Somos Tejanas!: Chicana Identity and Culture in Texas

Being Tejana: Voices from the Borderlands

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

The Singular Life of Aria Patel

You and Me on Repeat

Flip

When Worlds Collide: Time Loops, Body Swaps, and Navigating the Multiverse

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

Bitsy Bat, Team Star

Read Me a Story: Bitsy Bat, Team Star

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Collaborate on a Jam Comic with Illustrator-Author Kat Fajardo

Collaborate on a Jam Comic with Illustrator-Author Kat Fajardo

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Enoughie Buddy Finds His Superpower

Enoughie Buddy Finds His Superpower Storytime and Craft with Author Andra Liemandt and The Kindness Campaign (Saturday)

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

10:15 AM

After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People

The Price of Progress: Growth, Homelessness, and America’s Future

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

Elders and Icons: Legacies of Queer Resistance

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

Scorched Earth: Poems

The Natural Order of Things

Torch Literary Arts Presents: A Conversation with Tiana Clark & Donika Kelly

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

10:30 AM

Twice

Mitch Albom Author Talk about Twice

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Saturday, November 8

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

Latin-Ish: More Than 100 Recipes Celebrating American Latino Cuisines

Latin-Ish: Cooking Demo with Marisel Salazar

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Saturday, November 8

Central Market Cooking Tent

Little Big Man

Read Me a Story: Little Big Man

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

10:45 AM

All the Possible Bodies

Proprioception: Poems

Poetry at the Intersection of Body, Race and Identity

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, November 8

Poetry Tent

Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars

Peter Godwin in Conversation about Exit Wounds

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

11:00 AM

The Love Haters

Love in Focus

Flirting With Disaster

Love, Laughs and Happily Ever Afters

11:00 AM - 11:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Presbyterian Church

The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites and the Texas Revolution of 1811

We Burn Daylight

How to Abandon Ship

Malas

Texas Institute of Letters Presents: 2025 Adult Literature Award Winners

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Malinalli

Los Muertos: Day of the Dead Fiction

Threads That Bind Us: Culture, Memory and Story

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

Legendary Frybread Drive-In

The Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Where Celebrated Indigenous Writers Share Their Stories

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

Bibsy Cross and the Time Capsule

Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups: Book 2

Your Turn, Marisol Rainey

Bibsy, Marisol, Stella, and Marigold: Charming Chapter Books with Girls in the Lead

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

Kittybunkport

Read Me a Story: Kittybunkport

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

For a Girl Becoming

Design Your Own Animal Guide with Illustrator Adriana M. Garcia

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

Get Creative with Austin ISD’s Creative Learning Initiative

Get Creative with Austin ISD’s Creative Learning Initiative

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston's Lost Boys

Lifting the Yellow Tape: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers

11:00 AM - 11:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Auditorium

The Van Show featuring Abby Hanlon

The Van Show featuring Abby Hanlon

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.028

Children's

11:15 AM

I'll Tell You When I'm Home

The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters

Motherhood and the Motherland: Memoirs About Finding Healing and Home

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

State Theatre

Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II

The Wounds of War: Memories of World War II

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)

Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Schooled by Oppression: Inequity and Erasure in American Education

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

The Devil Three Times

Amity

The Cost of Freedom

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

The Imagined Life

The Road to Tender Hearts

Excavating the Past: Road Trips to Self Discovery

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

11:30 AM

The Interpreter

La intérprete

Bilingual Storytime: The Interpreter / La intérprete

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Homework: A Memoir

The Paris Review Presents: A Conversation with Geoff Dyer

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

11:45 AM

Coach

Jason Reynolds in Conversation with Traci Thomas about Coach

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

The Modern Pioneer Pantry

Preserving Our Health: Modern Wisdom from the Pantry to the Plate

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Market Cooking Tent

Cartography

How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Cindy Huyser & Saul Hernandez

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Poetry Tent

I Leave It Up to You

Hot Air

Life Redesigned: Reinventing the Self in Absurdist Fiction

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

12:00 PM

Ultraviolet

Desert Song

Celebrating the Tomás Rivera Book Award Winners

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration

Wrecking Ball: Race, Friendship, God, and Football

More Than a Game: Football as a Mirror of Society

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

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

Cynthia Levinson In Conversation About Who Owns the Moon?

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

Speak Up, Santiago!

Miss Camper

Wish I Was a Baller

Sports, Socializing, and Self-Reflection: Graphic Novels on Growing Up

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

Polvo Solar

Sundust

Bilingual Storytime: Sundust / Polvo solar

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Craft with St. Andrew’s

Craft with St. Andrew’s

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

The Story of My Anger

Poetry Workshop with Jasminne Mendez

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution

2025 Texas Writer Award Presentation

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Auditorium

The Van Show featuring Kari Lavelle

The Van Show featuring Kari Lavelle

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.028

Children's

12:15 PM

The Shattering Peace

Queen Demon

Spellbinding Speculative Fiction: Witches, Demons and Interstellar Intrigue

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Presbyterian Church

I Am Not Your Enemy: A Memoir

In Defense of Democracy

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Immaculate Conception

Aftertaste

The Thin Line Between Love and Haunting

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays

Care and Feeding: A Memoir

Burning it Down, Feeding What’s Left

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

12:30 PM

The Wild Robot on the Island

Peter Brown in Conversation about The Wild Robot on the Island

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

State Theatre

Lessons from Leopold: Learning from the Land

Plants with Purpose: Twenty-Five Ecosystem Multitaskers

Lessons from the Living World: What Nature Teaches Us

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)

Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas

Read Me a Story: Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Wanting

Friendship, Envy & Longing

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

12:45 PM

Distinguished Office of Echoes

I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always

The Art of Visual Poetry

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Poetry Tent

Songs of No Provenance

My Train Leaves at Three

Spotlights and Shadows: The Cost of Becoming

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

1:00 PM

Create Your Own Book Recommendation Cards with BookPeople

Create Your Own Book Recommendation Cards with BookPeople

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

I'll Have What She's Having

Chelsea Handler in Conversation about I’ll Have What She’s Having

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

First Baptist Church (FBC)

Mate

Boom Town

Death of the Author

Double Booked: Writing for YA and Adult Audiences Across Genres

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

Texas: An American History

The Conservative Frontier: Texas and the Origins of the New Right

Texas Takes Shape: Perceptions, Power and the Politics of Identity

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

El otoño de las luciérnagas (Las estaciones de la sororidad #1)

El Arte de la Traducción

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

ArnieTex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ

ArnieTex: Cooking Demo with Arnie Segovia

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Market Cooking Tent

Needy Little Things

The Scammer

The Art of the Thrill: Heart-Pounding YA Mysteries

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

J vs. K

Link + Hud: Sharks & Minnows

Hijinks, Hilarity, and Heartwarming Boyhood: Illustrated Stories Featuring Dynamic Duos

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

Skeletown: Hola. ¡Adiós!

Read Me a Story: Skeletown: Hola. ¡Adiós!

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters

Edward J. Larson in Conversation about Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Auditorium

The Van Show featuring Zachariah OHora

The Van Show featuring Zachariah OHora

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.028

Children's

Build a Storyscape!

Build a Storyscape!

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Young Adult

1:15 PM

Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience

The Cost of Being Undocumented: One Woman's Reckoning with America's Inhumane Math

Beyond the Border: Separation and Survival Inside the U.S. Immigration System

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

The Devil is a Southpaw

Big Chief

Broken Bonds, Sovereign Stakes

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

Simultaneous

The Strange Case of Jane O.

Unraveling Reality: Speculative Fiction Pageturners

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

1:30 PM

Culpability

Vantage Point

Searching for Truth & Accountability in the Digital Age

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Presbyterian Church

This Is a Moment

Read Me a Story: This Is a Moment

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

A Truce That is Not Peace

Destroy This House: A Memoir

Harry Ransom Center Presents: Writing Our Way Out of the Past

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

1:45 PM

My Father's House: An Ode to America's Longest-Serving Black Congressman

The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We Built a Social Justice Movement

Legacy and Liberation: Fathers, Founders, and the Continued Fight for Justice

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)

Chasing the Tide: One Couple's 370-Mile Trek Across the Barrier Islands of Texas

Jay & Chrissy Kleberg in Conversation about Chasing the Tide

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

Beartooth

Heartwood

Weathering the Wild: Secrets, Schemes, and Survival

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

The Seeds

The Natural Order of Things

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Cecily Parks & Donika Kelly

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Poetry Tent

2:00 PM

Dwelling

Brother Brontë

Michener Center Presents: Not the Texas You Know: Unconventional Takes on the Lone Star State

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Polvo Solar

La intérprete

¡Hola, Tobi!

Dibujados Juntos: La Voz Universal de los Libros Ilustrados

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

This Thing of Ours

The Story of My Anger

This Could Be Forever

Standing Your Ground: Speaking Up, Pushing Back, and Finding Your People

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe

Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas

Lots of Laughs and Plenty of Heart: The Importance of Humor in Children’s Books

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

And They Walk On

Read Me a Story: And They Walk On

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Craft time at the Children’s Activity Tent!

Craft time at the Children’s Activity Tent!

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

Brush Up on Your Sword Fighting Skills with Camp Half-Blood (Brought to You by Between the Pages)

Brush Up on Your Sword Fighting Skills with Camp Half-Blood (Brought to You by Between the Pages)

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

An Anchor in the Sea of Time

Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century

Stephen Harrigan in Conversation about Sorrowful Mysteries & An Anchor in the Sea of Time

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Auditorium

2:15 PM

2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America

From Indictment to Inauguration: The 2024 Election and America’s Political Reckoning

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Red City

A Ruin, Great and Free

Modern Magic: Urban Fantasy Rooted in Realism

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

The Soul of Fonda San Miguel: Fifty Years of Food and Art

Salsa Daddy: Dip Your Way into Mexican Cooking

Latin-Ish: More Than 100 Recipes Celebrating American Latino Cuisines

Taste, Memory, Heritage: A Celebration of Latin Cuisine

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Market Cooking Tent

Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America

I'll Tell You When I'm Home

Honoring the Past, Building the Future: True Stories of Family, Faith, and Belonging

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

2:30 PM

Conform

The Debut of Thousand Voices: Jenna Bush Hager on Her New Imprint and Its First Book Conform with Author Ariel Sullivan

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

Butt or Face? Super Gross Butts

Read Me a Story: Butt or Face?: Super Gross Butts

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

The Dark Maestro

The Bombshell

Caught in the Crossfire: Stories of Resistance and Reckoning

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

2:45 PM

Awake: A Memoir

Jen Hatmaker in Conversation about Awake

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Presbyterian Church

Miles and Miles of Texas

Henry Horenstein in Conversation about Miles and Miles of Texas

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

We Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place

The Wittliff Collections Presents: We Are Nature Defending Itself

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Poetry Tent

3:00 PM

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

Oathbound

Boundless Imagination: Worldbuilding in YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

State Theatre

Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During WWII

Unsung Heroes and Hidden Histories

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)

Middle Spoon

Los Muertos: Day of the Dead Fiction

Historias que Nos Transportan: Explorando el Amor, la Pérdida y el Recuerdo a Través de la Ficción

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

Fresh Ink: Austin Bat Cave Young Writer Showcase and Anthology Release

Fresh Ink: Austin Bat Cave Young Writer Showcase and Anthology Release

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

Keeper of the Lost Cities #9.5: Unraveled

Spy School Blackout

Unlocking Secrets: Series of Spy Missions and Magic Adventure!

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

Yours, Mine, Ours: A Celebration of Service and Community

Read Me a Story: Yours, Mine, Ours: A Celebration of Service and Community

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Get Creative with Gameworlds!

Get Creative with Gameworlds!

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Startlement: New and Selected Poems

Humanities Texas Presents: Ada Limón in Conversation about Startlement: New and Selected Poems

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Auditorium

Sharpie Showdown: Illustrator Draw-Off! (Saturday)

Sharpie Showdown: Illustrator Draw-Off! (Saturday)

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

Children's

The Van Show featuring Meg Medina

The Van Show featuring Meg Medina

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.028

Children's

3:15 PM

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation

Andrew Ross Sorkin in Conversation about 1929

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

This Book Will Bury Me

Everyone Is Lying to You

The Bloody Art of the Murder Mystery

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

She Kills: The Murderous Socialite, the Cross-Dressing Bank Robber, and Other True Crime Tales

Skip Hollandsworth In Conversation About She Kills

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Crush

Olive Days

Coming of Middle Age

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

3:30 PM

Make It Plant-Based! Southern: 50+ Recipes for Vegan Biscuits, Casseroles, Soups, Stews, and Sweets

Make It Plant-Based!: Cooking Demo with Mehreen Karim

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Market Cooking Tent

Specs

Read Me a Story: Specs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Aftertaste

Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations

Dining With the Dead: When Food Bridges Worlds

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

3:45 PM

Bones and Berserkers

Nathan Hale Presents Bones and Berserkers

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always

All the Possible Bodies

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Douglas Kearney & Iain Haley Pollock

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Poetry Tent

Pariah

Endling

Survival and Redemption: Tales of Intrigue and Deception in Eastern Europe

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

4:00 PM

Red Queen

The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel

YA Royalty: A Celebration of Beloved Young Adult Fantasy Novels

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Central Presbyterian Church

Kiss Me, Maybe

Futbolista

Queerly Beloved: LGBTQIA+ Romance Novels

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

Dan in Green Gables: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables

The Cuffing Game

Lit Remixes: K-Drama and Graphic Novel Interpretations of Time-Honored Stories

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

YA HQ Tent

A Study in Secrets

The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon

Graciela in the Abyss

Choose Your Next Adventure: Three Captivating Tales To Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Next Chapter Tent

The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia

Read Me a Story: The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, November 8

Read Me A Story Tent

Make Thanksgiving Cards for Seniors with Austin Allies

Make Thanksgiving Cards for Seniors with Austin Allies

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Children's Activity Tent

Plant Words of Inspiration Through Nature with Austin Bat Cave

Plant Words of Inspiration Through Nature with Austin Bat Cave

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State

Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land

The Search for Statehood

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 8

Capitol Auditorium

4:15 PM

Kicking the Hornet's Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump

Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine

Breaking the Cycle: U.S. Policy, Peace, and the Future of the Middle East

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary

Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA

The Counterculture and the Covert: A History of Psychedelics

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Kirkus Tent

The Slip

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine

Austin Calling: Debut Novels Set in the Heart of Texas

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

The Game Is Afoot

Boom Town

Working Day and Night: Amateur Sleuths in the Spotlight

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Saturday, November 8

State Theatre

11:00 AM

Enoughie Buddy Finds His Superpower Storytime and Craft with Author Andra Liemandt and The Kindness Campaign (Sunday)

Enoughie Buddy Finds His Superpower Storytime and Craft with Author Andra Liemandt and The Kindness Campaign (Sunday)

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Children's Activity Tent

When the Moon Hits Your Eye

The High Heaven

Fromage Fatale: Cults, Capitalism and Cosmic Conspiracies

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Kirkus Tent

The Devil Three Times

Make Your Way Home

The Past Echoes On: Multigenerational Stories of the Black American South

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Malinalli

Archive of Unknown Universes

Rewriting History, Reimagining Reality

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

The Cuffing Game

Get Real, Chloe Torres

This Could Be Forever

Fall In Love With YA Romance: Secret Crushes, Love Triangles, and Complicated First Love

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

YA HQ Tent

Anomalies 53: Into the Shadows

Graciela in the Abyss

Diving Into Fantasy: Sea Spirits and Area 53

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Next Chapter Tent

The Gathering Table

Read Me a Story: The Gathering Table

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

Create a Custom Covered Mini Journal with Austin Creative Reuse

Create a Custom Covered Mini Journal with Austin Creative Reuse

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Middle Spoon

Scorched Earth: Poems

National Book Foundation Presents: Epistolaries and Epigraphs

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Auditorium

11:15 AM

The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity

The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything

Tech Takeover: Artificial Intelligence and the Fate of Humanity

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell

Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run

Beyond the Music: Legendary American Musicians

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

11:30 AM

The Love Haters

Lovers and Liars

Vacation-Ready Reads: Love, Lies and a Little Luggage

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

State Theatre

Salsa Daddy: Dip Your Way into Mexican Cooking

Salsa Daddy: Cooking Demo with Rick Martínez

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Central Market Cooking Tent

Abuelita's Song

Read Me a Story: Abuelita’s Song

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

The Tiny Things Are Heavier

Waseem

You Can Never Go Home Again

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

11:45 AM

Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours

Everything in Life is Resurrection: Selected Poems, 1982-2022

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Octavio Quintanilla & Cyrus Curtis Cassells

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Poetry Tent

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship

Changing the World Through Books

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

12:00 PM

Three Shattered Souls

Death of the Author

Between Realms and Realities: Building Worlds That Fight Back

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Kirkus Tent

Killer Story: The Truth Behind True Crime Television

The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne

Texas Authors Writing True Crime

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Guatemalan Rhapsody: Stories

This Is the Only Kingdom

Loyalty, Family & Community in Latin America

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

Adam Silvera in Conversation about The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

YA HQ Tent

A Little Too Haunted

The Last Resort

Spirited Stories: Haunted Houses and Ghosts Both Friendly and Fearsome

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Next Chapter Tent

Peques rebeldes

Little Rebels

Bilingual Storytime: Little Rebels / Peques Rebeldes

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

Live Music & Painting Book Cover Portraits with Creative Action

Live Music & Painting Book Cover Portraits with Creative Action

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Children's Activity Tent

Graphic Novel Workshop with Illustrator-Author Mary Shyne

Graphic Novel Workshop with Illustrator-Author Mary Shyne

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

The Human Scale

Lawrence Wright in Conversation about The Human Scale

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Auditorium

The Bright Years

Rabbit Moon

Behind Closed Doors: Families Forged and Fractured

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

12:15 PM

Screen to Screen: The Poster Art of Austin City Limits

From Sketch to Stage: The Art of Austin City Limits

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future

We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate

Seeds of Survival: Food, Climate, and the Fight to Save Our Planet

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Saltcrop

The Island of Last Things

North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther

The World After Us

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

12:30 PM

Make Your Mark: Lessons in Character from Seven Presidents

Mark Updegrove in Conversation about Make Your Mark

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)

¡Hola, Tobi!

Bilingual Storytime: Hello, Tobi! / ¡Hola, Tobi!

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York

Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul

Witness to Atrocity: Memory and Justice

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

12:45 PM

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi

Angie Thomas in Conversation about Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

State Theatre

Sweet Farm!

Building Community Through Food

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Central Market Cooking Tent

Praisesong for the People: Poems from the Heart and Soul of Texas

Poems From the Heart and Soul of Texas

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Poetry Tent

Isola

Fonseca

Reimagining History in Fiction

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

1:00 PM

The Original Daughter

Buzzy Debut Novels

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Kirkus Tent

Narrow the Road

Bitter Texas Honey

Writers’ League of Texas Presents: Texas Tales

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

¡Somos Tejanas!: Chicana Identity and Culture in Texas

Benson Latin American Collection Presents: El Orgullo de ser Tejanas

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

This Ends in Embers

Witchlight

This Is How It Ends: Highly-Anticipated Finales to Epic Fantasy Tales

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

YA HQ Tent

How to Say Goodbye in Cuban

The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story

The Past Lives On: Hope and Resilience Amidst WWII and the Cuban Revolution

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Next Chapter Tent

Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend

Read Me a Story: Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

Gus Hearts the Bus

Gus Hearts the Bus Storytime and a Bus-Themed Craft with Author Lindsay Leslie

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Children's Activity Tent

Upcycle a TBF T-Shirt with Camp TTBF

Upcycle a TBF T-Shirt with Camp TTBF

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Imani Perry in Conversation about Black in Blues

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Auditorium

1:15 PM

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race

Profit vs. Planet: Billionaires, Industry, and the Future We Inherit

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Notes on Infinity

Lightbreakers

The Edge of Tomorrow: Invention, Ethics and The Cost of Knowing

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

1:30 PM

I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays

The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary

Presented by Libro.fm: Narrating the Narrative, Authors on Bringing Their Audiobooks to Life

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Central Presbyterian Church

DIG: Notes on Field and Family

A Conversation with 2025 TBF Poster Artist Sarah Wilson

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center

Chooch Helped

Read Me a Story: Chooch Helped

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

A New School Leadership Architecture: A Four-Level Framework for Reimagining Roles

Lindsay Whorton in Conversation about A New School Leadership Architecture

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

1:45 PM

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

One of Us

Ghosts of the American Past: Horror Meets History

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

Bill Hobby: A Life in Journalism and Public Service

Peace is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien

Statesman and Storytellers: Biographies of Illustrious Texans

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)

Distinguished Office of Echoes

Proprioception: Poems

Poetry Reading & Discussion: Lisa Olstein & C. Prudence Arceneaux

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Poetry Tent

The New Internationals

Kingdom of No Tomorrow

Revolution and Romance in Historical Fiction

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

2:00 PM

Malcolm Lives!

Ibram X. Kendi in Conversation about Malcolm Lives!

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

State Theatre

The Austin–San Antonio Megaregion: Opportunity and Challenge in the Lone Star State

Henry Cisneros in Conversation about The Austin-San Antonio Megaregion

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

Archive of Unknown Universes

Brother Brontë

Recordando el Pasado, Reimaginando el Futuro: Ficción Especulativa de Autores Latinx

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

Fat + Flour: The Art of a Simple Bake

Fat + Flour: Cooking Demo with Nicole Rucker

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Central Market Cooking Tent

Exquisite Things

You and Me on Repeat

Tales as Old as Time: Young Love Stories With Time-Turning Twists

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

YA HQ Tent

I Like Your Face

Read Me a Story: I Like Your Face

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

STEM Activity with Girlstart – All Are Welcome!

STEM Activity with Girlstart – All Are Welcome!

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Children's Activity Tent

Learn about Reggaeton Through Trivia and a Dance Circle with UT Austin Reggaeton

Learn about Reggaeton Through Trivia and a Dance Circle with UT Austin Reggaeton

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

The Listeners

Park Avenue

A New Frontier: Adult Debuts by Beloved YA Authors

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Auditorium

2:15 PM

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

Fault Lines of Power: Revisiting Revolutions from Tehran to Moscow

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Everyone Is Lying to You

The Dollhouse Academy

The Glamorous and the Gruesome

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Kirkus Tent

How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time

Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery

The Illusion of Better: An Exploration of Sickness and Self-Care

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.012

2:30 PM

We Match!

Read Me a Story: We Match!

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

All The Mothers

This Is the Only Kingdom

Reimagining Family: Mothers, Daughters, and Community

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.016

2:45 PM

Endling

A Light in the Dark: Singular Stories of Survival

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Central Presbyterian Church

Smother

The Seeds

Mothering the Earth, Weathering the World

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Poetry Tent

Remember This

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

Behind the Curtain: Deception, Desire, and Creative Compulsion

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010

3:00 PM

Sharpie Showdown: Illustrator Draw-Off! (Sunday)

Sharpie Showdown: Illustrator Draw-Off! (Sunday)

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Children's Activity Tent

Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words

The Language of Memory: Science & Stories That Define Us

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Extension Room: E2.014

The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild

Texian Exodus: The Runaway Scrape and Its Enduring Legacy

Lone Star Legends: Rewriting the Texas Myth

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly

How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters

Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours

Todos necesitamos poesía

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Leamos Tent: Latine/Hispanic Authors & Literature in Spanish

When We Ride

The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar

Pushed to the Brink: Navigating Friendship, Feelings, and Familial Expectations

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

YA HQ Tent

What Fell From the Sky

The Experiment

Out-of-This-World Tales of Fierce Friendship and Surprising Secrets

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Next Chapter Tent

Of the Sun: A Poem for the Land's First Peoples

Read Me a Story: Of the Sun

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

Create Suminagashi-Inspired Marbled Paper with Allison Lash of Awesome Art

Create Suminagashi-Inspired Marbled Paper with Allison Lash of Awesome Art

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Camp Texas Teen Book Festival (TTBF)

The Art of the SNL Portrait

Mary Ellen Matthews in Conversation about The Art of the SNL Portrait

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

Capitol Auditorium

3:15 PM

To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other

Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation about To Save and to Destroy

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

State Theatre

Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore

Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America

The Weight of History: Confronting America’s Racial Reckoning

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Book TV on C-SPAN2 Tent

Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West

Hotshot: A Life on Fire

Into the Fire: True Stories From a Burning World

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Kirkus Tent

Goldee's Bar-B-Q: A Cookbook

Goldee’s Bar-B-Q: Cooking Demo with Jonny White

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Central Market Cooking Tent

3:30 PM

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

Three Shattered Souls

Haunted by Love: Spells, Spirits and Swooning

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Sunday, November 9

First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story

Read Me a Story: So Many Years

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Read Me A Story Tent

4:00 PM

How to Survive a Slasher

If We Survive This

High-Stakes Horror: How to Survive a Serial Killer and a Zombie Apocalypse

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Sunday, November 9

YA HQ Tent

4:15 PM

Poems & Prayers

Matthew McConaughey in Conversation about Poems & Prayers

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

First Baptist Church (FBC)