Image from SpyYard Texas Book FestivalSaturday November 3 - Sunday, November 4Downtown Austin [map]Free[info]We didn't think ten tips for the Texas Book Festival were enough, so here are ten more to help complicate things and confuse you you navigate the throngs of bibliophiles stalking the Austin streets this weekend. Keep in mind that seating and space is limited at most of these events. Arrive early and often! Saturday 10:00 - 10:45 Kristin Gore (Senate Chamber)......

This weekend, while many of our friends are shaking their fists across town at the Fun Fun Fun Fest, the bookworms among us will climb the Capitol steps to get our “shhh!” on at the Texas Book Festival. We’ve waited all year for this, the biggest literary event in Austin. All the great local writers will be on hand, along with a smattering of nationally recognized authors. For anyone looking for a thorough introduction to......

Usually, street closures around the Capitol hail the arrival of one of Austin's many street festivals, where you can listen to a wishy-washy blues-rocker do his best to channel Stevie Ray Vaughn while you eat a turkey leg amongst a sea of fanny-packed families and homemade jewelry vendors. But once a year it means it's Texas Book Festival time. As literary events go in this town, it is the big one. For two days......

Jenna Bush presented her book, Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, along with a short video about UNICEF to an audience of more than 300 this Wednesday. The book's photographer, Mia Baxter, was also present, but did not speak to the audience. By all accounts, Jenna Bush is not pregnant as Wonkette has been reporting; it's just her taste for baggy, sack-like clothing. Photos by Joel Nihlean and Thomas Smith If you can't view......

Jenna Bush, one of Austin's native daughters and progeny of our current president, wrote a book. We'll pause here for the knee-jerk snickering, eye-rolling, jokes, and so on. Ok. Now let's move on with an open mind and not judge her by the sins of the father, but instead by her own merits. Jenna's book, Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, is based on her experiences interning for UNICEF. It's the true story of a......

Reformed hard-partying first daughter and UT Austin grad Jenna Bush has just signed to HarperCollins to publish what's being billed as a "young-adult, narrative non-fiction project." Though having spent less than half a year as an intern with UNICEF's Educational Policy department in South America, the former elementary school teacher found inspiration in the children of Central and South America. She now teaches at a shelter in Panama. "These young people have faced extreme hardships......

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......

Yesterday morning Indiana finally joined the rest of us in our switch to Daylight Savings Time. We still haven't fully switched over and are walking around in a haze today. Jill Carroll came home to the States yesterday. She has spoken out some about her captors in Iraq, saying that they forced her words during captivity. Some Travis County officials think that we should put the toll roads up for a vote. Austin's only......