Thank you so much #TexasBookFestival and #ReadingRockStars for an amazing trip to the Rio Grande Valley, sharing SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY with incredibly enthusiastic and welcoming students. Spending time with fellow creators is also the best time! 🙏🏽📚❤️

Day 19 #365PictureBooks
YOURS, MINE, OURS
Arun Gandhi, @BethanyHegedus.bsky.social & Andrés Landazábal

Was excited to get this and hear Bethany speak at #TexasBookFestival.
A lovely book sharing philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and thoughtful examples of service.
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Book 4 of #365PictureBooks KITTYBUNKPORT by Scott Rothman and Zachariah OHora.
Another treasure from #TexasBookFestival!
So funny. Perfect mix of humor and scary bits. And a must-read for anyone from Maine. 😆

Closing out coverage of “Tech Takeover.” Big theme: AI isn’t just a cool tool. It’s about power, accountability and who gets left behind.
Thanks @texasbookfest.bsky.social, Wu, Barrat and Himes for the insight. #TexasBookFestival

Authors James Barrat and Tim Wu discuss AI, big tech, and the future of humanity during “Tech Takeover” at the Texas Book Festival. #TexasBookFestival @texasbookfest.bsky.social

At the Texas Book Festival for “Tech Takeover: Artificial Intelligence and the Fate of Humanity.”
Featuring Tim Wu (The Age of Extraction) and James Barrat (The Intelligence Explosion), moderated by Chris Himes.
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The session has now concluded. Thank you to the Texas Book Festival and to those who followed along. Shoutout to authors Racquel Marie and Justine Pucella Winans, as well as moderator Ashley Robin Franklin.
@justinepwinans.bsky.social @texasbookfest.bsky.social #TexasBookFestival

I am at the Texas Book Festival in Austin today, Attending the “High-Stakes Horror: How to Survive a Serial Killer and a Zombie Apocalypse” session.
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A chemical cover up for the purpose corporate gain. Blake and Davenport examine the high stakes behind unchecked races between titans of industry, and who really benefits as well as who really pays. A wonderful expo at #TexasBookFestival @gilbertdmartinez.bsky.social

“Thank you!” Lemus said, wrapping up his discussion of Guatemalan Rhapsody. Thanks for following along, and to Jared Lemus for sharing more about his book and the stories behind it.
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I am at the Texas Book Festival in Austin today, attending the “Buzzy Debut Novels: The Original Daughter and Great Black Hope” session. The session will feature authors Jemimah Wei and Rob Franklin and will be moderated by Oscar Casares.
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Karim finishes her vegan pancake demonstration, thanks the audience and asks if anyone has more questions. She ends the session by sharing what’s next for her — she’d love to write another book.
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Karim is now demonstrating how to make vegan pancakes, using coconut and a blend of spices. #TexasBookFestival @texasbookfest.bsky.social

Picture of Her

Today, I am at the Texas Book Festival attending the 3:30 p.m. session covering “Make It Plant-Based!,” a cooking demo with Mehreen Karim. Karim is a Brooklyn-based recipe developer,editor, food photographer and pop-up chef of Bangladeshi descent
#Texasbookfestival
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I’m here at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social hearing from Skip Hollandsworth in conversation about his novel She Kills, moderated by Pamela Colloff. Hollandsworth is the editor for Texas Monthly, and a legendary journalist and screenwriter. #TexasBookFestival @gilbertdmartinez.bsky.social

That wraps up the “From Indictment to Inauguration” panel at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social. Thanks to @tylerpager.bsky.social, Joshua Dawsey, @iarnsdorf.bsky.social and @evanasmith.bsky.social for the insight and conversation.

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At the #TexasBookFestival? Swing by and see Sarah at #LionessBooks, Austin’s fiercest indie bookshop on wheels, parked at the corner of 9th and Congress today. She’s built something special and was kind enough to carry Record of Dissent.

We’re here for the @texasbookfest.bsky.social , an annual book event in downtown Austin near the Texas State Capitol. Today we’ll be attending Jason Reynolds at 11:45 a.m. for his conversation with Traci Thomas about his latest book #TexasBookFestival @gilbertdmartinez.bsky.social

#Austin friends: at the #TexasBookFestival. One of the best weekends in this city for anyone who loves words and ideas. No TCS Press booth this year, but if you see a guy wandering around in a Vets Against Trump shirt, Wilco cap, and blue backpack, say hi! I’ve got free copies of Record of Dissent.

Villa discusses the process of getting into character to write and “understanding how they see their world” #TexasBookFestival #TILChildrensLiteratureAwards

Kemp discusses her book Desert Song and how the songs pay tribute to the Texas environment and her ancestors, guided by her own creative processes. #TexasBookFestival #TILChildrensLiteratureAwards

I’m covering the Love, Laughs, and Happily Ever After panel at the Tx Book Festival in Austin, with authors Katherine Center (The Love Haters), Lyla Lee (Love in Focus) and Naina Kumar (Flirting with Disaster), moderated by Joy Melody Woods Bennett. #TexasBookFestival @gilbertdmartinez.bsky.social

Villa, still talking about his experiences that made Canto Contigo, describes his experience with perfectionism and how that perfectionism appears in main character Rafie Álvarez #TexasBookFestival #TILChildrensLiteratureAwards

Villa describes his novel Canto Contigo, about community, music, and a sense of place. The book features a queer main character and describes the experience of readers expressing their excitement about the representation. #TexasBookFestival #TILChildrensLiteratureAwards

Kemp cites The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as a major inspiration as the first time she’d read a Latina main character in YA fiction, describing how important the representation was to her #TexasBookFestival #TILChildrensLiteratureAwards

Correction, sorry: Children’s Literature Award Winners panel, moderated by Christ Barton #TexasBookFestival #TILChildrensLiteratureAwards

Authors and panelists, Laekan Zea Kemp, author of Desert Song, Jonny Garza Villa, author of Canto Contigo, Lyla Lee, author of Gigi Shin is not a nerd, discuss their childhood experiences and what brought them to love book #TexasBookFestival #TILYouthLiteratureAwards

Today I will be attending the Texas Book Festival and will be reporting on the session with Don E. Albrecht and Rick Bass at noon at the Texas Tent.
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UTP always has fun at TBF! It's our time of year to catch up with authors past, present, and future and connect with our wonderful readers. We're so looking forward to doing it all over again this weekend! Catch us if you can in tent 1, booth 117/118!

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