SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL

A festival leader is taking a job in D.C.

The human body is both a marvel and pretty gross. And that is what inspired Mindy Thomas to co-author the book “Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body.”

After its sudden cancellation in 2020, San Antonio’s mega-celebration of the written word is back with a stacked deck of nearly 200 authors. This year’s...

Kristin Hannah, the author of “The Four Winds,” will be featured at San Antonio’s Book Festival.

The UNited States and the former Soviet Union had many confrontations during the Cold War. That reality is what inspired Admiral James Stavridis to write his book, “2034: A Novel of the Next World War.” The U.S. Navy veteran and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO said he believes Cold War literature helped prevent a full-on war between the U.S. and Soviet Union. However, the Admiral also noticed the rising tensions with China, and how some people are calling it a Second Cold War. “Be part of that international world support those international organizations, they’re flawed. You can get a copy of “2034: A Novel of the Next World War” here.

The San Antonio Book Festival will feature more than 100 authors from around the country in 2021. But we don’t have to go far to hear from one of those authors.

From Kanye West to Johnny Cash, artists have a storied history of visiting prisons and that includes author Nic Stone.

click to enlarge Courtesy Photos / San Antonio Book FestivalJeff VanderMeer, Nic Stone and Kristin Hannah (left to right) are among the authors appearing at the 2021 San Antonio Book Festival. Among the other writers slated to appear are Nic Stone, author of the No. 1best-selling young-adult book, and Kristin Hannah, best-selling author of the, a novel set in Texas during the Great Depression.After the 2020 San Antonio Book Festival was canceled due to the pandemic, this year it will be held as a virtual event.The 2021 event has also added its first lit crawl, a virtual block party for book lovers. The gathering will feature a conversation with the minds behind, an anthology about some of the world’s top female comedians, plus a cocktail demo.A full list of the 2021 San Antonio Book Festival’s participating authors is available online . Registration is free via the festival's website Locally owned retailer Nowhere Bookshop will serve as the official bookseller for the festival.

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) is excited to announce its 2021 author lineup and events schedule, which includes nearly 200 local, regional, and national authors who will be participating in the festival, as well as an event new to San Antonio, Lit Crawl. The free virtual festival will feature award-winning authors like Sandra Cisneros, Walter Isaacson and Kristin Hannah. “When I look at this year’s book festival lineup and programming, the word that comes to mind is ‘abundance,’” said Lilly Gonzalez, SABF’s executive director. The shirt, book-themed with San Antonio flair, can be purchased here. AdA full list of the 2021 San Antonio Book Festival’s participating authors is available to view here.

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Book Festival has announced that the 2021 event will take place online, but in-person sessions are possible depending on COVID-19 trends. The 2021 festival will take place from April 9-11, bringing in 75 authors from the local to the national level. This will be the first time the festival will take place online, organizers said Thursday. If we have to be virtual, we’re focusing on ways to make the online experience as close to the real thing as we can.”The free festival will take place on Accelevents.com. A virtual festival was held for teens and kids in May after 2020′s in-person festival was canceled.

click to enlarge Unsplash / Jess BaileyWith the pandemic unlikely to abate anytime soon, virtual events are likely to stay in style well into 2021.The latest San Antonio event to take its 2021 plans digital is the San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) . Previously held at the San Antonio Public Library's central campus and the nearby Southwest School of Art, next year's event will instead be held on the Accelevents platform.The online festival will take place April 9-11 and feature a lineup of more than 75 local, regional and national authors with programming geared toward readers of every age group. It’s another year that we don’t get to celebrate books in person with our Festival friends. But the safety of our attendees, writers, moderators and volunteers is our first priority. If we have to be virtual, we’re focusing on ways to make the online experience as close to the real thing as we can.”

SAN ANTONIO – Another popular festival has been canceled. The Tejano Conjunto Festival, which was supposed to take place May 13-17 at the Guadalupe Theater and Rosedale Park, was officially canceled on Wednesday, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center announced. Every year the popular festival draws thousands of fans to listen to over 30 of the most popular and emerging bands. Other festivals canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic include the Poteet Strawberry Festival, the San Antonio Book Festival and Fiesta 2020. 18 at-home reading suggestions from the San Antonio Book FestivalCOVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new virus, stands for coronavirus disease 2019.

From local politics and culture to national news that hits close to home, San Antonio Current has been keeping San Antonio informed for years. Its never been more important to support local news sources. A free press means accountability and a well-informed public, and we want to keep our unique and independent reporting available for many, many years to come. If quality journalism is important to you, please consider a donation to San Antonio Current. Every reader contribution is valuable and so appreciated, and goes directly to support our coverage of critical issues and neighborhood culture.

The audiobook subscription service is currently running a promotion that will put money directly in the pockets of independent booksellers. Youll get two audiobooks for the price of one ($14.99), and 100% of the payment will go directly to the bookstore of your choice. We're incredibly lucky that we have such a great community of book club members because that support is sustaining us and our employees until we can open, Lawson told the. With local luminaries including San Antonio Poet Laureates past, present and future Carmen Tafolla, Octavio Quintanilla and Andrea Vocab Sanderson plus National Book Award Finalist John Phillip Santos and Amalia Ortiz of the Cancin Cannibal Cabaret, the stacked lineup is definitely worth checking out. The livestream will be divided into two sessions a youth-focused morning stream and a general audience stream in the evening.