FULL-SCALE NERD ALERT AT THE ND. Move over, super neat bands and quirky indie film marathons! This weekend there are indie literature festivals popping up all over the country and the ND is hosting Austin’s weekend-long Indie Lit Roadshow. more ›

American Short Fiction's Fall issue is their 49th and their launch party will feature a free keg of Lone Star beer - you earned it, people! Now that we've gotten past the workaday deals, lets get to the real business: universally famous for giving you the choicest words in short fiction, American Short Fiction is getting their good friends together at Domy Books on Saturday, Nov 13 for some real live readings. And by good friends, we mean musician Bill Callahan is reading from his first novel,Letters to Emma Bowlcut, contributors Mary Miller and Dalia Azim will read from their work in the issue and intelligentsia darling Timothy Willis Sanders will read from his upcoming collection, Orange Juice. more ›

The third-calendar-month-awesomeness of March can be celebrated in a variety of ways: NCAA brackets, SXSW and Truck Month will do for some, but others may need more convincing. Thanks to Peer Pressure: Indie Presses Unite, the unenthusiastic can find something to celebrate as March is also Small Press Month! This Saturday, March 27th at Club Deville, American Short Fiction will host a lively celebration of Austin's finest small presses featuring readings from Monofonus Press, Black Buzzard Press, Dalton Publishing and Effing Press . Come hear fiction, poetry, music and banter with the wordiest kids you know. more ›

Since his death on January 27th, JD Salinger's physical departure from the world has been coupled with the devastation of knowing that we truly will not be hearing from the author ever again. As fiercely private as he was, Salinger continued to cultivate a devoted following and the hope that he would produce one final work continues to hang heavy amongst them. more ›

Tonight at Joe’s Coffee on South Congress next to the San Jose, Austinist favorite Owen Egerton and a likely Austinist soon-to-be-favorite Doug Dorst will be reading and other shenanigans to celebrate the Fall Issue of American Short Fiction. Their cahooting will be accompanied by the decidedly Austin tones of Blood Country (formerly Chili Cold Blood), who appear to have a swell sense of humor about their motherfuckin’ selves. Words, music, and the potential for public wrestling betwixt the two writers are all practically inevitable. This is a splendid trifecta display of Austin creativity, and the potential for the accidental production of a unified singularity of said creativity which would cause an implosion of all that we know is, well, actually that idea is completely absurd. And absurdity is the name of tonight’s game. more ›