Austin Author Chad Zunker’s Street-Savvy Saviors
Attorney David Adams is anything but ordinary. He’d given up a lucrative gig at a high-powered law office to represent Austin’s homeless. Driving a beat-up Chevy pickup and living in a garage apartment is vastly...
11 Moving Must-Reads for Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, we’ve rounded up 11 moving must-reads that contribute to the national conversation of the Black Lives Matter movement and African American history. From books about slavery and segregation to...
The Literary Talent Cup Runneth Over: Alright, Alright, Alright Texas Book Festival!
The mission of the Texas Book Festival is simple — to “connect authors and readers through experiences celebrating the culture of literacy, ideas and imagination.” This year, authors hailing from all over the Lone Star...
6 (Virtual) Texas Book Festival Foodie Sessions
Good news! It’s never been easier to attend the Texas Book Festival. To keep readers and authors safe this year, TBF has shifted its two-day in-person festival to a two-week virtual event for its 25th...
Five Minutes With Roger Duncan, International Thought Leader in Energy Efficiency
Are smart cities and flying cars in Texas’ near future? Former Research Fellow at the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and former General Manager of Austin Energy, Roger Duncan knows his...
Legends Do Live Among Us: Five Minutes with Houston’s Bertie Simmons, Ed.D.
Sometimes we're fortunate to find legends living among us, and 86-year old Houston icon Bertie Simmons is one. This octogenarian still makes social justice her number one cause, her passion since childhood. Simmons' book, Whispers...
#TXReads: ‘The Ghosts of Houston’s Market Square,’ a Paranormal Walk Through History
“The Ghosts of Houston’s Market Square” is an unconventional ghost story fusing Houston’s illustrious beginning with its present in an homage to the past, and a great read to get you in the Halloween mood!...
Kickstart Fall 2020 With 10 Great Reads
Has social distancing left you running out of things to do? These books will be sure to help beat boredom for the whole family, especially now our days are getting shorter. Picking up a book...
#TXReads: Meg Gardiner, Best-Selling Crime Author, 3-Time ‘Jeopardy’ Champ
When the king of horror says, “Don’t miss it. This is a great one,” mystery and crime junkies better pay attention because Stephen King knows a thing or two about the subject. Inspired by true...
