The 16th Annual Texas Book Festival is no stranger to crowd-pleasing authors and this year’s lineup does not disappoint.

POSTED BY prbythebook ON October 5, 2011

By Emily Southard-Bond

Do you like__?

a.) Books,

b.) Celebrities

c.) Libations

d.) Chuck Palahniuk

Read on, if you answered YES to any of the above!

The Texas Book Festival is pulling out the big guns with a bevy of bestsellers, celebrity authors, favorable newcomers and the very first Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl.

The Texas Book Festival site has a nifty Calendar with descriptions of each speaker, along with the ability to add events to your own more personalized calendar. With a stellar lineup of well over 200 authors, creating a must-see list can be a daunting task. Who to see? Which books to buy?

Rest assured, PR by the Book has you covered! After all, we have the inside scoop with Marika Flatt serving on the festival’s committee. Flatt also has the honor of introducing Director/Writer/Emmy winner and children’s author, William Joyce on Saturday, Oct. 22^nd.  Joyce will discuss his latest children’s book, The Man in the Moon (Guardians of Childhood) and an upcoming project with DreamWorks. Check out the link below for our personal calendar.

PR by the Book’s Texas Book Festival Must-See Calendar

And for those of you needing to know the after-hours situation, the festival is throwing the first-ever Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl, which will take readers and writers through the trendy Eastside of Austin for readings, book signings and cocktail slinging-good-times with 20 of the festival’s authors (several big names).

The festival begins Saturday, October 22^nd and ends Sunday, October 23^rd. The event is free and open to the public; however, I recommend checking out the Texas Book Festival’s site to become a member for added perks, which include a “fast pass” to the front of the line at panels and in the signing tents.

Happy Reading!

Tags: Marika Flatt, Texas Book Festival, Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl, The Man in the Moon, William Joyce

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Websightings: Janice Van Dyck on About.com!

POSTED BY tolly ON November 18, 2010

Check it out! Our author, Janice Van Dyck (Finding Frances) has a contributed article up on About.com ((and specifically, their Women’s Issues section), one of the most highly-trafficked sites on the web. Much of Janice’s writing centers on life transitions, and here, she talks about four different types of “beginnings” we’re asked to make. Here’s [...]

Tags: about.com, janice van dyck, websightings

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A first for PR By the Book: Booking a horse for interview!

POSTED BY tolly ON October 22, 2010

One of our dear authors, Lynn Reardon, is currently on tour to promote her book Beyond the Home Stretch, which shares real-life stories from LOPE (Lone Star Outreach to Place Ex-Racers). Lynn founded LOPE to help horses who had hung up their “racing shoes” to find homes with loving families, and with an event this [...]

Tags: janice van dyck, lynn reardon, TV interview

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Web Sightings: Alex Hiam talks to Inc.

POSTED BY elaine ON September 7, 2010

Steven Slater, Jet Blue’s most famous ex-employee, took America’s workforce by storm a few weeks ago when he quit his job in the most memorable way. His story became quite the media sensation, elevating him to hero status among the working class. A story this popular gave publicists the opportunity to offer commentary from their [...]

Tags: online media, Web Sightings

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Web Sightings: NYT shout out for B&H

POSTED BY stephanie ON July 8, 2010

We love a great headline, especially ones that accompany our clients’ stories. This week in our weekly “Web Sightings” series, we bring you a punchy headline and a story from Friday’s New York Times Technology pages. This religion-turned-technology trend article was two months in the making. A little bit of persistence (but not the annoying [...]

Tags: book publicity, online hit of the week, Web Sightings

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