Texas Book Festival is coming ...
Go to the
Texas Book Festival site to find out more information on this event that's held in Austin at the capitol building Saturday and Sunday.
Here's an Austin American-Statesman interview with
Sherman Alexie.
Kids would also have a good time at the book festival as there will be a magician and kids' entertainment tents.
Author
Gail Carson Levine, who retells the classic fairy tales, will be in the capitol Sunday on the Tough Girls panel. She wrote the 1997 novel
Ella Enchanted that was made into a Disney movie.
Kinky Friedman will perform and talk about his latest book in the music tent on Sunday. His book
You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think is full of humor as Friedman recalls his run for governor.
