Texas Book Festival

The 2025 Texas Book Festival was held on November 8 and November 9 around the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin. The festival featured panels, discussions, and book signings with more than 250 authors and hosts nearly 100 exhibiting vendors from magazines, presses, and other literary organizations. Participating writers included poets Ada Limón and Cecily Parks; fiction writers Marcy Dermansky, Nathan Harris, Brandon Hobson, Miriam Toews, and Bryan Washington; fiction and nonfiction writer Amy Tan; and nonfiction writers Skip Hollandsworth, Ibram X. Kendi, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Most of the festival’s events were free and open to the public; the cost of tickets for select events ranged from $40 to $50. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations included public transportation near the venue; elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; accessible bathrooms; reserved seating; accessible parking; and ASL interpretation for headliner events (and for other programming with advance request). Writers contacted the Texas Book Festival office via phone or e-mail for additional accessibility details.