2025 Holiday Book Fair authors gather on the front porch of the Byrne-Reed House.
Guests enjoyed coffee and a bake sale of donated and homemade treats.
Holiday Book Fair authors visit with members of the public and sign copies of their latest books.
Emily Bolf and Geoff Peveto, coeditors of Screen to Screen: The Poster Art of Austin City Limits, visit with author Gary A. Keith.
Chris Barton with his book We Match!
Jennifer L. Bristol, author of Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas, looks through a copy of Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office with one of the book's authors Mark Lambert.
Holiday Book Fair guests visit with C. Prudence Arceneaux about her book Proprioception: Poems.
Vanessa Roeder talks with young Holiday Book Fair guests about her book Narwhal vs. Kindergarten.
Stephen Harrigan with two of his recent books: An Anchor in the Sea of Time and Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century.
Lawrence Wright, author of The Human Scale, signs a copy of his book for a Holiday Book Fair visitor.
Lucas Schaefer (left), author of The Slip, visits with Humanities Texas Board Member John Morán González.
(From l to r:) Humanities Texas Board Member Elizabeth Chapman and her son, Co-Director of Education Liz James, and Director of Public Programs Kelsi Tyler.
Gloria Amescua shares her book Abuelita's Song with a Holiday Book Fair guest.
Former Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette and poet C. Prudence Arceneaux.
Fernando A. Flores signs a copy of his book Brother Brontë.
(From l to r): Humanities Texas team members Eduardo Gutierrez, Bethany Offer-Moscoso, Kindell Hardin, Kristina Kissel, and Jade Trent ensured the check-out table ran smoothly.
Noelle Paulette (left) visits with Callie Collins, author of Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine.
Emily Hunt Kivel with her book Dwelling.
Gary A. Keith, author of Austin Blues, with Holiday Book Fair visitors.
Carrie R. Moore, author of Make Your Way Home: Stories, and Kate Winkler Dawson, author of The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne visit with a Holiday Book Fair guest.