Comadres and Compadres! Below is a list of the Latina/o authors invited to be part of the 2014 Texas Book Festival. It is a great list worth taking time to go to the website and reading up on their stories and their works. And then marking your calendars to attend and partake of the literary feast. Join me!
Con cariño,
Nora Comstock
The website is: http://www.texasbookfestival.org
The authors page: http://www.texasbookfestival.org/authors
Enjoy the Festival! Sessions are free; arrive early to ensure seating. In Fast Pass-designated venues, Fast Pass holders have priority seating. Please abide by Capitol and House Chamber rules, critical for the TBF’s continued use: No food and drink; In the House Chamber, NOTHING may be placed on the Representatives’ desks; Seating at the desks will be limited to badge and Fast Pass holders; Limit photography and video. No flash photography.
Signings take place after each session. Adult and YA authors sign in the Adult Book Signing Tent (Congress at 10th), Children’s authors in the Children’s Sales/Signing Tent (Colorado at 13th), Cookbooks in the Sales/Signing Tent next to the Central Market Cooking Tent (11th at Congress).
Below, click on the Saturday or Sunday tab to see sessions by hour. Use the pull-down filter to sort by genre, or use the search to see sessions by venue or keyword.
www.texasbookfestival.org/festival-schedule/?selected_day=3&eid=1661#e1661
Nora Comstock will moderate a panel including Natalia Sylvester and Desiree Zamorano. Both Authors were Book of the Month selections and we loved them!
Sunday, October 26 / 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Texas State Capitol: Capitol Extension Room E2.010
Authors in Alpha!
A
Margarita Carrillo Arronte
B
Matt Barreto
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Carmen Boullosa
C
Rosemary Catacalos
e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
D
Melissa de la Cruz
Jesus de la Teja
Miles Arceneaux (John T. Davis, husband of comadre Kathy Cordova).
Great article on back page of Texas Book Festival insert last Sunday.
F
Carolyn Dee Flores
G
Francisco Goldman
Barbara Renaud Gonzalez
H
Cristina Henriquez * Book of Unknown Americans, Las Comadres Para Las
Americas, November Conversations with… book
Rolando Hinojosa-smith
L
Sylvia Longmire
Valeria Luiselli
M
Libby Martinez
Cynthia Leal Massey
Adán Medrano
Pat Mora
Q
Isabel Quintero
S
Antonio Sacre
René Saldaña, Jr.
Gary Segura
Ire’ne Lara Silva
Ilan Stavans
Natalia Sylvester
T
Carmen Tafolla
Hector Tobar
Duncan Tonatiuh
Sergio Troncoso
V
Maria Venegas
Y
Rick Yancey
Z
Emilio Zamora
Desiree Zamorano
Gwendolyn Zepeda