Texas Center for the Book

Texas Libraries Launch Local Author Contest

The Texas Center for the Book is pleased to join in the announcement of a local author contest that will accept submissions of adult and young adult fiction, to be recognized as the top indie-published e-books in Texas by the Texas Author Project. Winners in each category will receive $1,000, as well as: Honors at the 2023 Indie Author Day reception Opportunities to promote the winning title at Texas public libraries Inclusion in a full-page […]

Texas Libraries Launch Local Author Contest

The Texas Center for the Book is pleased to join in the announcement of a local author contest that will accept submissions of adult and young adult fiction, to be recognized as the top indie-published e-books in Texas by the Texas Author Project. Winners in each category will receive $1,000, as well as: Honors at the 2023 Indie Author Day reception Opportunities to promote the winning title at Texas public libraries Inclusion in a full-page […]

Teen Bookfest by the Bay Named 2022 Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award Winner

The Texas Center for the Book has announced that the Teen Bookfest by the Bay is the recipient of the seventh annual Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award. This $2,000 award honors a qualified 501(c)(3) organization that has made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in Texas and is modeled on the Library of Congress’ annual literacy awards. View a video about this year’s winner. Funded by the Texas Library and Archives Foundation, Inc., the 2022 Literacy Awards […]

Texas Center for the Book Celebrates Lone Star Día with Grants to Libraries

The Texas Center for the Book has announced this year’s Lone Star Día, April 30, and will partner once again with First Book, the largest online community of educators serving kids living in poverty, to bring multicultural children’s books to Texas libraries through its grant program. The Lone Star Día Grant is designed to support libraries and literacy nonprofits serving children in need, providing $200 in book credits to allow them to purchase diverse titles […]

Students Invited to Participate in 2021-2022 Letters About Literature Texas Competition

The Texas Center for the Book (TCFB) has launched the 2021-2022 Letters About Literature Texas contest, a program that invites students to respond to authors of books or poetry who have touched their lives. The contest is open to Texas students in grades 4 through 12. Students, educators, and families: join the Texas Center for the Book in promoting the joys of reading and writing! Participants select a book, book series, essay, play, poem, short […]

South Texas Literacy Coalition Named 2021 Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award Winner

The Texas Center for the Book has announced that the South Texas Literacy Coalition is the recipient of the sixth annual Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award. This $2,000 award, which honors a qualified 501(c)(3) organization that has made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in Texas, is modeled on the Library of Congress’ annual literacy awards. View a video about this year’s winner. Funded by the Texas Library and Archives Foundation, Inc., the 2021 Literacy Awards […]

Texas Center for the Book Announces Four New Literary Landmarks

The Texas Center for the Book (TCFB) at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) today announced four new Literary Landmarks, to be unveiled across the state in special ceremonies this fall and winter: Theodis “Ted” Shine, Jr. Literary Landmark, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, Texas John Avery Lomax Literary Landmark, John A. Lomax Amphitheater, Meridian, Texas Gloria E. Anzaldúa Literary Landmark, University of Texas Rio Grande […]

Texas Center for the Book Seeking Nominations for $2,000 Literacy Award

The Texas Center for the Book is seeking qualified nonprofit organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in Texas for the Fifth Annual Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award. The winning organization will receive a $2,000 cash award to assist in its future work promoting reading and combating illiteracy. Additionally, at least one honorable mention recipient will be awarded $500. The award provides public recognition to 501(c)(3) organizations that are committed to addressing […]

Read Across Texas 2021 Titles Now Available to Texans as Free E-Books from E-Read Texas

The Texas Center for the Book (TCFB) invites libraries, community nonprofits, and readers statewide to join in its 2021 reading campaign, Read Across Texas: Recovery. This year, thanks to the E-Read Texas partnership with Biblioboard, access to the e-book versions of We Fed an Island, All of a Sudden and Forever, and Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here will be available to all Texas residents in May and June by visiting www.tsl.texas.gov/readacrosstexasebooks. The TCFB will also host a free, […]

Texas Center for the Book Holds 5th Annual Texas Authors Celebration Online

The Texas Center for the Book has announced that the fifth annual Texas Authors Celebration will take place online on November 5, at 7:30 p.m. The public are invited to attend virtually. This yearly event kicking off the Texas Book Festival features Texas authors in conversation. The 2020 celebration will begin with a door prize drawing and host introductions, the Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award ceremony (made possible by the Texas Library and […]