Foreword Collective membership entitles you to the following benefits:

  • Inclusion by level on the virtual donor wall
  • Quarterly insiders newsletter with advance notice on event dates, known as “Footnotes”
  • 10% off of Gala tickets
  • Unique member opportunity at the 2024 Texas Book Festival


Contributors to the Foreword Collective are part of a community committed to the mission of Texas Book Festival to inspire Texans to love reading. This community gives a recurring, non-event-related contribution of $1,000 or more.

Contributors of TBF’s Foreword Collective Believe:

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Books have the transformative power to bring us together.

Two girls sit on grass reading books outdoors with the Texas Capitol building in the background. One is reading "The World Belonged to Us" by Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa.

Reading can reveal profound insights about ourselves and the world around us.

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Improved literacy is a catalyst for positive change and contributes to a better world.

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2024 Foreword Collective Members

  • Betsy and Hughes Abell
  • Alex Albright and Clint Parsley
  • Christin Alvarado
  • Susannah and Jase Auby
  • Carlos Y. Benavides IV
  • Casey Blass and Lee Manford
  • Carmel and Tom Borders
  • Karen and Ray Brimble
  • Hon. Gigi Edwards Bryant and Sam Bryant
  • Kay and Elliot Cattarulla
  • Sue Clugage
  • KC and William Coats
  • Elizabeth Crook
  • Elizabeth Davis
  • Marianne DeLeón
  • Michelle and Tony Diggs
  • Julie Edwards
  • Beth Falcone
  • Becky Ferguson
  • Olamaie Fojtasek
  • Regan Gammon
  • Rosalind Redfern Grover
  • Dr. Daniel Guerrero
  • Andrea Rado Hamilton
  • Anna and Reg Hargrove
  • Patricia Hayes Workman
  • Anna and Jason Herd
  • Mary and Tim Herman
  • Minnie Hollyman
  • Annie and Ryan Jacob
  • Ann and Brad Jerome
  • Gene and Jerry Jones
  • Peniel Joseph
  • Suzon and William Kemp
  • Peaches and Shrub Kempner
  • Jinelle Lawson
  • Tara Lowery-Hart
  • Lois Kim
  • Rebecca Longino
  • Kurt May
  • Janie McGarr
  • Ashley McLain and JC Schmeil
  • Jill Meyers
  • Catherine and Bill Miller
  • Regina Montoya and Paul Coggins
  • Amanda Moore
  • Anna and Jason Near
  • Katie Russell Newland
  • Heidi Ochoa
  • Teresa Oppedal
  • Carolyn and Joe Osborn
  • Adriana Pacheco
  • Melinda Peterson-Lynch
  • Linda Poyser
  • Jarrett Pumphrey
  • Sarah and Thomas Queen
  • Terry and Graham Quinn
  • Shalini Ramanathan and Chris Tomlinson
  • Megan and Jason Ream
  • Reid Shafran
  • Steve Stodghill
  • DJ Stout
  • Brooke and Laramie Stroud
  • Nana G.H. Smith and J.B. Milliken
  • Brian Sweany
  • Angela Thronburg
  • Darryl and Donna Tocker
  • Andrea Valdez
  • Archana and Ravi Vemulapalli
  • Helen and Sandy Watkins
  • Jessica and Greg Weaver
  • Roosevelt Weeks
  • Jennifer Wilks
  • Leslie Wingo
  • Marc Winkelman
  • Maria and Darren Woody
  • Katherine Wright
  • Mary Yancy
  • Dalton and Victor Young