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Downtown Austin Event: Texas Book Festival

This weekend, more than 250 creative minds will assemble in downtown Austin for the 16^th annual Texas Book Festival.  Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., come to the area surrounding the Capitol for two days of events and activities. Participating authors include Ernest Cline, Lev Grossman, Colson Whitehead and children’s author Rosemary Wells, among many others.

Tents, booths and exhibitions will be set up along Congress Avenue and the neighboring downtown streets. Must-stop spots include the Info Booths at 12^th and Colorado and the Barnes and Noble tent, where all the items to be used at the Book Signing Tent at 10^th and Congress must be purchased in order to be signed. Other festival highlights include the E-reader Petting Zoo, the Music Tent and the Cooking Tent.

New to the Book Festival this year is the Lit Crawl, an after-hours event Saturday evening at various East Austin hotspots, where writers will host readings and book signings in an informal setting.

For more details about the festival, including a full author list and schedule, visit the Texas Book Festival website: http://www.texasbookfestival.org/index.php.

(Photo credit: James Grayson Photography via 365 Austin)

Halloween Festival Spooktacular: Friday, October 29th

The third annual Spooktacular Halloween event is Friday October 29,th at the Bob Bullock Museum in downtown Austin. Visitors are invited to embark on a spooky tour of the Bob Bullock Museum, listen to eerie stories about Texas history, compete in a costume contest, and win prizes for their knowledge of Halloween trivia! This free, family-friendly event runs from 6-9 p.m. For a full list of the activities planned, visit: http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/education/ets_programs.html#spook
From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., author Jeanine Plumer will be signing her book, Haunted Austin: History and Hauntings in the Capital City. Immediately following, the Blue Lapis Light, an Austin-based aerial site-specific dance company, will perform their new show, “Limitless,” on the Lone Star Plaza.

The Texas Book Festival Comes to the Capitol October 16-17

The Texas Book Festival will take place this weekend (October 16-17) at the State Capitol Building in downtown Austin. Established in 1995 by then Texas First Lady Laura Bush, the festival celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas and imagination.

The first festival was held in 1996 and quickly evolved into one of the premier literary events in the nation, and now annually hosts over 200 Texas and nationally-known authors. The event, great for all ages, includes activities such as author readings and presentations, panel discussions, book signings and musical entertainment.

For festival details and the event schedule, visit http://www.texasbookfestival.org/2010_Festival_Details.php.