Holiday Book Fair

2023 Holiday Book Fair


Humanities Texas hosted its thirteenth annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House in Austin on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Twenty-one Texas authors—including Chris Barton, Greg Beets and Richard Whymark, H. W. Brands, Edward Carey, Elizabeth Crook, George Getschow, Xelena González, S. C. Gwynne, Laeken Zea Kemp, Mark Atwood Lawrence, Jardine Libaire, James Magnuson, Taylor Moore, Roger Reeves, Carmen Tafolla, Don Tate, Ron Tyler, Bill Wright and Marianne Wood, and Lawrence Wright—visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.


2022 Holiday Book Fair

Humanities Texas hosted its twelfth annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House in Austin on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Twenty-three Texas authors—including Teresa Palomo Acosta, Chris Barton, Sarah Bird, H. W. Brands, Edward Carey, Adrianna Cuevas, Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester, Xelena González, Stephen Harrigan, John Kerr, Millie Kerr, Annie Montgomery Labatt, Alison Macor, Elizabeth McCracken, Carmen Oliver, Domino Renee Perez, Roger Reeves, Jeremi Suri, Don Tate, Bill Wright, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, and Jennifer Ziegler—visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.

2019 Holiday Book Fair

Humanities Texas held its eleventh annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House on Saturday, December 7, 2019. Twenty-three noteworthy authors, including S. C. Gwynne, Oscar Cásares, Karen Olsson, H. W. Brands, Norma Elia Cantú, Joe Nick Patoski, Steven L. Davis, Ron Tyler, Bethany Hegedus, Sally Wittliff, Don Tate, Asher Price, W. K. Stratton, Vanessa Roeder, Chandler Baker, Kevin Robbins, Mark Pryor, Brian T. Atkinson, Carmen Oliver, Michael Parker, David B. Gracy II, Edward Carey, and E. Lee Walker, visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.

2018 Holiday Book Fair

Humanities Texas hosted its tenth annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House on Saturday, December 8, 2018. Twenty-seven noteworthy authors, including Lawrence Wright, Sarah Bird, H. W. Brands, Elizabeth Crook, Joe Holley, Bill Wittliff, Carrie Fountain, Michael Barnes, Mimi Swartz, Chris Barton, Don Graham, Bethany Hegedus, Kyle Longley, Austin Bay, Kenny Braun, Samantha M. Clark, Xelena González, Paul Woodruff, Bronson Dorsey, Virginia A. Cumberbatch, Leslie A. Blair, Bill Wright, Wyatt McSpadden, Barbara Morgan, Kevin Robbins, Anne R. Keene, and Jennifer Ziegler, visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.

2017 Authors and Titles

Humanities Texas hosted its ninth annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House on Saturday, December 9, 2017. A number of noteworthy authors, including Monte Akers, Michael Barnes, Chris Barton, Olga Campos Benz, Patricia Bernstein, Daina Ramey Berry, John B. Boles, George Bristol, Chad S. Conine, Michael Corcoran, David Courtney, Mike Cox, Greg Garrett, Joseph Huerta, Joe Holley, Michael Hurd, Alison Macor, Donna Marie Miller, Carmen Oliver, William E. Reaves, Kathleen Shafer, Jeremi Suri, Don Tate, Deb Olin Unferth, Mark K. Updegrove, Eddie Wilson, and Jennifer Ziegler, visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.

2016 Authors and Titles

Humanities Texas hosted its eighth annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House on Saturday, December 3, 2016. A number of noteworthy authors, including Lawrence Wright, David Oshinksy, Sarah Bird, H. W. Brands, Stephen Harrigan, Andrea Valdez, S. C. Gwynne, Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz, John C. Kerr, Cecilia García Akers, Chase Untermeyer, Frances Brannen Vick, Chad S. Conine, Jesús F. de la Teja, Katherine Catmull, John T. Montford, Sarah Cortez, Bill Wittliff, John Pipkin, Ire'ne Lara Silva, and Homer Ross Tomlin, visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.

2015 Authors and Titles

Humanities Texas hosted its seventh annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House on Saturday, December 12, 2015. A number of noteworthy authors, including H. W. Brands, Ray Benson, Jan Jarboe Russell, Katherine Howe, Brandon Caro, Don Tate, Karen Olsson, Kirk Lynn, Sarah Cortez, Louisa Hall, Steven Moss, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, Michael Barnes, Jacqueline Kelly, Chris Barton, David Gaines, Elizabeth Harris, Andrew J. Torget, Dave Oliphant, Javier Auyero, Chuck Bailey, Nikki Loftin, and Light Townsend Cummins, visited with the public and signed copies of their latest books.

2014 Authors and Titles

Twenty-one authors participated in the 2014 Holiday Book Fair, including Lawrence Wright, Sarah Bird, James Magnuson, Elizabeth Crook, S. C. Gwynne, Naomi Shihab Nye, Bill Wittliff, Carrie Fountain, M. M. McAllen, Jacqueline Jones, Richard Parker, Margaret Lewis Furse, John Taliaferro, Wayne Thorburn, Emilio Zamora, Bethany Hegedus, Chris Tomlinson, James E. Bruseth, Tracy Dahlby, Steve Wilson, and Debra L. Winegarten. Learn more about last year's featured authors and their books.

2013 Authors and Titles

Over twenty authors participated in the 2013 Holiday Book Fair, including Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis, Stephen Harrigan, Nick Kotz, Joe Nick Patoski, Julian Read, Chase Untermeyer, Jesús F. de la Teja, Jerome Loving, Ricardo C. Ainslie, Sarah Cortez, Nan Cuba, Diana López, Hector Ruiz, Don Tate, and Andrea White. Learn about the authors and titles featured in 2013.

2012 Authors and Titles

Twenty Texas authors participated in the 2011 Holiday Book Fair, including H. W. Brands, Paul Woodruff, Jan Reid, John Spong, Diana Untermeyer, George Bristol, Jacqueline Kelly, Gilbert Garcia, Peter LaSalle, Sarah Cortez, Martha Braniff, John Kerr, Jenna McEachern, and Arturo Madrid. Learn about the authors and titles featured in 2012.

2011 Authors and Titles

Twenty-three Texas authors participated in the 2011 Holiday Book Fair, including noted historian H. W. Brands, Texas Monthly editor Jake Silverstein, and novelists Stephen Harrigan and Oscar Casares. Learn about the authors and titles featured in 2011.