We'll have a booth on Colorado Street with tons of titles for sale at a great discount, so please stop by. There are a lot of wonderful authors in attendance this year, so we’ve distilled our authors' appearances into a single UT Press schedule (browse the full schedule here):
Saturday
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Author: Sarah Bird
Moderator: Steve Davis
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.036
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Enjoy seeing some of the top writers in Texas at this lively panel discussion featuring winners of the Texas Institute of Letters’ 2016 Literary Awards. The TIL was founded in 1936 and has been a leading force in Texas literature for more than 80 years.
Where to find the author online: @sarahbirdwriter | Website
UT Press Podcast Interview with Sarah Bird:
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.036
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Enjoy seeing some of the top writers in Texas at this lively panel discussion featuring winners of the Texas Institute of Letters’ 2016 Literary Awards. The TIL was founded in 1936 and has been a leading force in Texas literature for more than 80 years.
Where to find the author online: @sarahbirdwriter | Website
UT Press Podcast Interview with Sarah Bird:
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Moderator: Jane Sumner
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.014
When last we saw the boy Papa in The Devil’s Backbone, he had finally learned the fate of his missing Momma and his vicious daddy. Now, master storyteller Bill Wittliff takes us on another enthralling journey through wild and woolly Central Texas in the 1880s with The Devil's Sinkhole.
12:45 - 1:30 PM
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Authors: Sarah Bird, Andrea Valdez
Moderator: Kathy Blackwell
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.036
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Lone Star pride runs strong, there’s no denying it. But what exactly does it mean to be a Texan? Is it all boots, chaps and cowboy hats, Lone Stars and barbecue and stories of Ann Richards? Sarah Bird (A Love Letter to Texas Women) and Andrea Valdez (How to Be a Texan) sit down to discuss what life as a Texan means to them, and how it inspired their new books.
Where to find the author online: @andreamvaldez
Authors: Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece
Moderator: Casey Kittrell
Location: Ahora Si Tent (11th Street b/t Congress and Brazos)
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Taco journalists Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece drove hundreds of miles across Texas to discover and document the traditions, recipes, stories, and personalities behind the state’s favorite food - tacos. Today, they take us behind the scenes of their muy sabroso taco tour to share the making of The Tacos of Texas.
2:30 - 3:15 PM
Authors: Bill Wittliff, D.J. Stout
Moderator: David Courtney
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.016
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
The 2016 Texas Book Festival poster showcases the iconic work of Jack Unruh, one of the most famous illustrators to come out of Texas. Unruh passed away this year, after a long career that included illustrating books by Bill Wittliff and The Texanist column in Texas Monthly. Join Unruh’s colleagues and friends D.J. Stout, Bill Wittliff and David Courtney as they remember Unruh and his influence.
4:00 - 4:45 PM
Authors: Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece
Moderator: Tom Thornton
Location: Central Market Cooking Tent
Booksigning: Central Market Cooking Tent
Don’t miss taco journalists Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece as they demonstrate a recipe from the most anticipated cookbook in Texas history - The Tacos of Texas! Mando and Jarod traveled the state in search of the best tacos and the stories behind them. Think you know how to taco? You’d better be here!
Sunday
Author: Diana Kennedy
Moderator: Marla Camp
Location: Capitol Auditorium Room E1.004
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Celebrated food writer Diana Kennedy, the foremost authority on traditional Mexican cooking, shares personal stories and favorite recipes from her kitchen. Her acclaimed cookbook Nothing Fancy has been expanded with new memories, photos, recipes and commentary. Join her for a lively discussion of everything from irksome “cookbookese” to why sourcing the right local ingredients is imperative for any chef.
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Author: Barbara Morgan and Maya Perez
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.016
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
On Story, the television series produced by the Austin Film Foundation, presents footage of high-caliber artists talking candidly about the art and craft of screenwriting and filmmaking. AFF's own Barbara Morgan and Maya Perez sit down to discuss their new print collection of these unforgettable stories of creativity and film.
11:30 - 12:15 PM
Author: Chad Conine
Moderator: Thomas Queen
Location: Omni Longhorn Room
Booksigning: Omni Longhorn Room
In new books that take a look at revolutionary coaches as well as players in high school, college football and the NFL, bestselling author S. C. Gwynne (The Perfect Pass) and sports journalist Chad Conine (The Republic of Football) chart the evolution of the game and America’s relationship with one of its signature pastimes nationwide - especially in Texas.
Where to find the authors online: @csconine
12:00 - 12:45 PM
Authors: Norma Cantú, Rosemary Catacalos, Inés Hernández-Ávila, Carmen Tafolla
Location: Ahora Si Tent (11th Street b/t Congress and Brazos)
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Entre Guadalupe y Malinche gathers work about the lives and experiences of women who identify as Tejanas in both the literary and visual arts. Join editors Inés Hernández-Ávila and Norma Elia Cantú and contributors Rosemary Catacalos and Carmen Tafolla for this celebration of Texas-Mexican woman and their art.
1:30 - 2:15 PM
Authors: Katherine Brimberry and Mark Lesly Smith
Moderator: Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)
Flatbed Press in Austin is one of the premiere artists’ print shops in America and an epicenter for the art form since its founding in 1989. Join founders Mark Lesly Smith and Katherine Brimberry as they discuss twenty-five years of working with artists such as Julie Speed, Robert Rauschenberg, Terry Allen and many others to create coveted limited editions of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts and monotypes.
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