The Book Festival is proud to present its annual Literary Feast: the Book Appétit luncheon, featuring comedian PAULA POUNDSTONE. Don’t miss this special opportunity—our 2017 event sold out. The singular fundraiser for the Book Festival, the 2018 Book Appétit luncheon will be held at the Witte Museum’s Mays Family Center. Special thanks Honorary Chair: Erika Prosper, […]
Tickets available via Ticketmaster! SABF is proud to bring The Moth Mainstage back to San Antonio on Friday, April 6. Stories are important—whether they're told in books, like those presented at the Book Festival, or in the age-old tradition of true stories told live. Stories are what unite us. Come join us at the Majestic […]
It's our 6th anniversary, and we are working hard on the 2018 Book Festival—bigger, better and more bookish than ever! Central Library & Southwest School of Art 600 Soledad St San Antonio, TX 78205
Our four Book It! authors have been revealed! Book It! Luncheons are an opportunity to sit down to an intimate lunch with a Festival author and eight companions. They’re based on the premise that everyone needs to eat while they’re at the Book Festival, so why not dine with a Festival author? For the 6th annual […]
The San Antonio Book Festival proudly presents Get Lit with Mimi Swartz, author of Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart. Swartz will be joined in conversation by Bonnie Petrie, bioscience and medicine reporter at Texas Public Radio. After audience Q&A, there will be book sales and signing, courtesy of The Twig Book Shop. Join […]
UPDATE 10/10: This event will be live streamed. The San-Antonio Express-News will be at GET LIT with Julián Castro to live stream the event, which will be hosted on their Facebook page. Texas Public Radio will also be in attendance recording the event, and will available on their website following the event. UPDATE 9/25: This […]
The Book Festival is proud to present its annual Literary Feast: the Book Appétit luncheon, featuring historian RON CHERNOW. Don’t miss this special opportunity. The singular fundraiser for the Book Festival, the 2019 Book Appétit luncheon will be held at the Witte Museum’s Mays Family Center. PLUS! Enter our special raffle to win FOUR premium tickets to […]
Tickets available via Ticketmaster and the Majestic Theatre box office on Friday, February 22. For the third year in a row, SABF is proud to bring The Moth Mainstage to San Antonio as part of Book Festival weekend. Stories are important—whether they’re told in books, like those presented at the Book Festival, or in the age-old tradition […]
It's our 7th anniversary, and we are working hard on the 2019 Book Festival—bigger, better and more bookish than ever! Central Library & Southwest School of Art 600 Soledad St San Antonio, TX 78205
Our Book It! authors have been revealed! Have you made your lunch plans for April 6? Why don't you Book It! with a Festival author at Club Giraud? Book It! luncheons are an opportunity to sit down to an intimate lunch with a Festival author and eight companions. These luncheons are growing in popularity every […]
In collaboration with Trinity University Press, the San Antonio Book Festival proudly presents GET LIT with Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today and the author of The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty. Page will be joined in conversation by Karen Tumulty, political columnist for The Washington Post. Barbara Pierce […]
In partnership with THE ALAMO, the San Antonio Book Festival proudly presents GET LIT with Stephen Harrigan, New York Times best-selling author of Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas. Harrigan will be joined in conversation by Clay Smith, SABF's Literary Director. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big […]
