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Ghoulish Book Fest is back to spook San Antonio readers for a second year

The weekend-long event will celebrate literary horror with vendors, panels and guest authors and artists.

by Christianna Davies April 12, 2023April 19, 2024

The weekend-long event will celebrate literary horror with vendors, panels and guest authors and artists.

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Authors and readers will gather downtown for San Antonio Book Festival on Saturday, April 15

The free annual festival will take place at Central Library and the UTSA Southwest Campus.

by Christianna Davies April 12, 2023July 5, 2025

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Bad Takes: Texas prisons’ book bans serve no one, including the society into which inmates return

More than 9,000 titles, ranging from computer programming instruction to rock biographies, are banned in Texas prisons.

by Kevin Sanchez January 11, 2023May 25, 2024

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10th annual San Antonio Book Festival celebrates reading Saturday with all-ages, free fun

The free event is returning to the Central Library and Southwest School of Art for the first time since 2019.

by Kelly Nelson May 18, 2022May 23, 2025

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Blue Star Contemporary and Sala Diaz bring Clemonce Heard back to San Antonio for poetry reading

The former Casa Chuck resident returns to the Alamo City for this event celebrating National Poetry Month.

by Ashley Allen April 12, 2022January 23, 2025

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3rd annual San Antonio African American Book Festival returns to Carver Library Saturday

by Dana Nichols February 23, 2022June 2, 2025

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San Antonio Book Festival returning to Central Library and Southwest School of Art on May 21

by Kelly Nelson February 11, 2022June 19, 2025

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Overtime Theater celebrates Black History Month with launch of New Play Development series

by Ashley Allen February 1, 2022July 18, 2024

Mi Tierra heirs celebrate release of children’s book Camilla la Magica Makes Tamales with event

by Nina Rangel November 24, 2021June 14, 2025

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Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins taking his latest speaking tour to San Antonio’s Tobin Center

by Sanford Nowlin October 13, 2021July 24, 2025

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Natural Novelist: Jeff VanderMeer’s weird fiction is grounded in a love of Earth’s ecology

by Kelly Nelson April 5, 2021July 9, 2025

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Write off your other weekend plans, because the San Antonio Book Festival is back in a big way

by Kelly Nelson April 5, 2021May 9, 2025

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First annual Southside San Antonio Book Fair will launch in May

by Nina Rangel March 19, 2021August 17, 2023

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San Antonio’s Scooby Doo Van will launch a South Side chapter with ‘little libraries’ and Scooby snacks

Emily DiTomassoDecember 16, 2020July 22, 2025

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San Antonio Book Festival going virtual for its spring 2021 event

Kelly NelsonOctober 29, 2020June 1, 2025

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San Antonio Public Library Now Offering Physical Card Pick-Ups at 29 Locations

Steve HargisSeptember 9, 2020July 23, 2024

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San Antonio’s DoSeum Names Sarah Sudhoff as 2020 Artist in Residence

Brianna EspinozaJuly 27, 2020February 5, 2024

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San Antonio Public Library Offers Free Access to Digital Reading. Here’s How to Get Started.

Katie HennesseyJuly 16, 2020July 5, 2025

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Texas Book Festival Takes Its Two-Week Fall Fest Online

Steve HargisJune 25, 2020August 17, 2023

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Voices in Queerantine Livestream Showcasing Award-Winning LGBTQ+ Authors from San Antonio and Beyond

Darian MendezJune 19, 2020June 13, 2025