What do you value about Texas Book Festival?
We invite you to be part of our Foreword Collective – a growing community of support that provides significant, sustained funding for Texas Book Festival.
Your annual investment of $1,000 or more will ensure we can continue featuring world-class authors at the Festival in Austin every fall while remaining free to the public, provide author visits and books to students in Title I schools across Texas, and grant funding to public libraries in every corner of the state.
You’ll be a meaningful part of securing our future, and as a thank you, you’ll receive:
- Your name listed as part of the Foreword Collective on our website
- Priority access to select Festival sessions and signing lines
- Advance notice of year-round events and Festival Sneak Peeks in the quarterly Foreword Collective newsletter
- Exclusive member opportunity at the 2026 Festival
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
2025 Foreword Collective Members
- Betsy and Hughes Abell
- Alex Albright and Clint Parsley
- Christin Alvarado
- Susannah and Jase Auby
- Carlos Y. Benavides IV and Vanora Davila
- Allison Bacon
- Carmel and Tom Borders
- Karen and Ray Brimble
- Hon. Gigi Edwards Bryant and Sam Bryant
- Lee Carnes
- Kay and Elliot Cattarulla
- Sue Clugage
- KC and William Coats
- Elizabeth Crook and Marc Lewis
- Elizabeth and Clint Davis
- Marianne DeLeón
- Michelle and Tony Diggs
- Tamara and Charles Dorrance
- Beth Falcone
- Becky and Doug Ferguson
- Asher Flynn
- Olamaie and Randall Fojtasek
- Dr. Daniel Guerrero
- Andrea and Chase Hamilton
- Anna and Reginald Hargrove
- Patricia Hayes Workman
- Anna and Jason Herd
- Mary and Tim Herman
- Minnie and Burnes Hollyman
- Annie and Ryan Jacob
- Ann and Brad Jerome
- Dr. Peniel Joseph and Laura Berkebile
- Suzon and William Kemp
- Peaches and Shrub Kempner
- Meg and Douglas Kuehn
- Jinelle Lawson and Jason McLellan
- Tara Lowery-Hart and Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart
- Cynthia and Sandy Levinson
- Rebecca Longino
- Kurt May
- Janie and Cappy McGarr
- Ashley McLain and JC Schmeil
- Jill Meyers and Ian Varley
- Catherine and Bill Miller
- Regina Montoya and Paul Coggins
- Amanda Moore
- Nancy and Tom Nesbitt
- Dr. Katie Russell Newland and Brand Newland
- Heidi Ochoa
- Teresa Oppedal and Gary Ewell
- Carolyn and Joe Osborn
- Dr. Adriana Pacheco and Dr. Fernando Macias
- Nancy Perot
- Melinda Peterson-Lynch
- Linda Poyser
- Sarah and Thomas Queen
- Terry and Graham Quinn
- Shalini Ramanathan and Chris Tomlinson
- Megan and Jason Ream
- Dianna Rice
- Reid Shafran
- Anne and Steve Stodghill
- DJ Stout and Lana McGilvray
- Brooke and Laramie Stroud
- Nana G.H. Smith and J.B. Milliken
- Brian and Noelle Sweany
- Angela Thronburg
- Melissa Tidman
- Darryl and Donna Tocker
- Andrea Valdez and Beau Klose
- Archana and Ravi Vemulapalli
- Helen and Sandy Watkins
- Melba and Ted Whatley
- Dr. Jennifer Wilks
- Sylvia and Jim Williams
- Leslie Wingo
- Marc Winkelman
- Maria and Darren Woody
- Katherine Wright
- Mary and Howard Yancy
- Dalton and Victor Young