Now in its 14th year, the San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) continues to draw award-winning local, regional and national authors to downtown San Antonio for a one-day extravaganza.
With more than 110 attending authors confirmed for this Saturday’s installment, there’s definitely something to engage every attendee: picture books, early-reader, middle-grade and young-adult titles along with adult nonfiction and fiction including creative memoirs, history, poetry, cooking, horror, mystery, thrillers and romance.
This free, family-friendly event drew more than 22,000 attendees last year, spread across the Central Library and UT-San Antonio Southwest campuses. In addition to author presentations, panel discussions and book signings, the festival includes activities for children and teens.
The SABF showcases emerging and established writers, and this year’s featured authors include MacArthur Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts, Emmy Award-winning actor and San Antonio native Jeff Hiller, National Book Award Finalist Megha Majumdar, Booker Prize winner George Saunders and Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, among others. Also showcased are three former San Antonio mayors: Henry Cisneros, co-author of The Austin-San Antonio Megaregion: Opportunity and Challenge in the Lone Star State; Ron Nirenberg, co-author of Nirenberg: The Education of a Texas Public Servant; and Nelson W. Wolff, author of The Elysian Fields of Baseball: The Spiritual Evolution of America’s Game.
SABF’s impressive lineup is thanks in no small part to new partnerships and collaborations with UTSA Arts, the Carver Community Cultural Center, Gemini Ink, the Writers’ League of Texas and Ruby City, among others. Each institution selected authors who play key roles in their communities. For instance, Ruby City sponsored Ben Luke, contributing editor of The Art Newspaper, to discuss his new book What is Art For?
“We hear so much in the news about the decline in reading for pleasure, even as research continues to show its importance for both health and quality of life,” SABF Executive Director Lisa Ayres said in a statement. “Reading can help reduce stress, improve cognition, strengthen empathy and sharpen critical thinking. We want to welcome both avid readers and those who hope to become avid readers to the festival. Come discover an author, find a new book to love and reconnect with the joy of reading.”
A full, up-to-the-minute schedule is available at sabookfestival.org.
Free, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 11, San Antonio Central Library, 600 Soledad St., (210) 207-2500, mysapl.org and UT-San Antonio Southwest Campus, 300 Augusta St., (210) 200-8200, utsa.edu.
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