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San Antonio African American Book Festival returns for fifth year

The family-friendly event is held annually on the last Saturday of Black History Month.

By Amber Esparza

Feb 22, 2024

San Antonio's 5th Annual African American Book Festival is back for a day of literature, children's activities, food and more. The event, held on the last Saturday of Black History Month, was established to celebrate Black writers and to advocate for African American representation in literature...

This year's participating guests include writers and poets of all ages from across the country.

10 notable 2023 books from Texas authors

In 2023, Lone Star State authors showed their skills at blending genres, giving chills and shifting between funny and bleak.

By Max Booth III
Dec 22, 2023
Cool as Ice: George Gervin's new memoir offers insight into the Spurs legend's ability to connect

Gervin's book ICE: Why I Was Born to Score was written with veteran hoops scribe Scoop Jackson.

By M. Solis
Nov 20, 2023
New Trinity Press book compiles 40 favorites from TPR's storytelling program Worth Repeating

Texas Public Radio's live storytelling event Worth Repeating arrived in San Antonio in 2015 at the hands of journalist Paul Flahive.

By Bryan Rindfuss
Aug 11, 2023
San Antonio small press Ghoulish Books opening horror bookshop after a successful Kickstarter

The shop will primarily stock indie horror titles along with a few gifts and used books. It also will provide a venue for events such as author readings and signings.

By Christianna Davies
Feb 24, 2023
Author Violet Castro expands iconic science fiction-horror franchise with Aliens: Vasquez

The San Antonio native had the opportunity to create the backstory for the tough-as-nails Latina space marine Pvt. Vasquez.

By Kiko Martinez
Nov 22, 2022
New book painstakingly recreates the mysterious San Antonio landmark Miraflores

Anne Elise Urrutia’s Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory employs archival photographs, maps, diagrams and a research-driven narrative to offer a virtual tour of the landmark.

By Bryan Rindfuss
Jul 14, 2022
San Antonio Writer Enrique Lopetegui's new book collects years of fearless music writing

The pieces collected in his new book Nobody Told Me Nada reflect his career arc as a music scribe.

By Mike McMahan
Jun 16, 2022
Texas author Joe R. Lansdale discusses the evil inside us all

Lansdale's latest book Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard debuted on March 21.

By Max Booth III
Mar 24, 2022
Pulitzer winner Jericho Brown, Judge Nelson Wolff among guests for San Antonio Book Festival

A slate of nearly 100 authors will participate in the May 21 event.

By Kelly Nelson
Mar 21, 2022
'All the Houses' Finds Familial Tragedy in Political Scandal

By Steven G. Kellman
Nov 11, 2015
Getting to Know Texas Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero

By James Courtney
Oct 28, 2015
New Comics Collections From 'Drawn & Quarterly' Cut to the Quick

By Jessica Bryce Young
Oct 21, 2015
Our Cultural Mythology: Reflecting on 40 Years of Wings Press

By James Courtney
Sep 29, 2015
Scumdogs Of The Universe Invade The Literary Marketplace With 'Let There Be GWAR'

By Jeremy Martin
Sep 9, 2015
What Else Is In The Teaches Of Peaches

By Matt Stieb
Jun 23, 2015
Q&A With 'Sexican' Collaborators Will Templin And Albert Alvarez

By Bryan Rindfuss
May 13, 2015
Marcus Valdespino Comes Clean In The White Boy Confessions

By Kiko Martinez
May 6, 2015
An Immigrant Coming Of Age In 'Lifted By The Great Nothing'

By Steven G. Kellman
Apr 29, 2015
Readers And Writers Unite For San Antonio Book Festival

By Bryan Rindfuss
Apr 8, 2015
Is Mark Menjivar The Luckiest Man Alive?

By Bryan Rindfuss
Apr 8, 2015

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