LONE STAR LISTENS Retro Interview with David Bowles Originally featured February 16, 2019. Author David Bowles on order among chaos and lifting the voices of Mexican Americans READ MORE | LONE STAR LIT EVENTS SPOTLIGHT | Will Rogers Medallion Awards Panel Discussion: Editors and publishers will discuss trends in Western fiction and nonfiction during a panel open to the public as part of the Will Rogers Medallion Award (WRMA) festivities. The panel is free to the public, though seating is limited. The panel will discuss the publishing industry as a whole and the popularity of the Western genre specifically, including trends and needs. Additionally, the participants will cover what they look for in submissions and in successfully promoting a book once it is published. The panel will be moderated by award-winning western author Preston Lewis and his award-winning editor wife Harriet Lewis, both WRMA board members. | SCHEDULED PANELISTS:
Left to Right. Top Row: Jessica Sharpe of Bethany House Publishing; David Lauterborn, editor, Wild West Magazine; Chris Enss, acquisition editor, TwoDot; Ronald Chrisman, director, University of North Texas Press; 2nd Row: Bill Markley of True West Magazine; Mike Bray, CEO, Wolfpack Publishing; Thomas Lemmons, editor-in-chief, Texas A&M University Press; Third Row: Nick Wale, chief publicist, Dusty Saddle Publishing; Casey Cowan of Roan & Weatherford Publishing Associates; Ben Gibson of The History Press; and Kristine Hall, publisher, Lone Star Literary Life. ** Saturday, October 21, 2023
1-3PM
Aloft Hotel, 334 W. Third St, Fort Worth
Free & open to the public; limited seating | BOOKISH TEXAS October 7-15, 2023 The only weekly, statewide calendar of Texas book events. SERIOUSLY. We're sharing over 160 events, special events, and exhibitions (plus story times) this week, like we do every week, just fer grins. Please help keep us and LSLL readers in the loop by sending forthcoming events to us at: Events@LoneStarLiterary.com. PLAN YOUR WEEK | LONE STAR LIT BOOK SPOTLIGHT | In a small West Texas town on the cusp of the new millennium, a lifelong cowboy wonders if a new semiconductor plant will ensure a future for his son or eliminate the only way of life he's ever known.
Loren C. Steffy's award-winning novel, The Big Empty, is now available in paperback, with a new afterword that looks at how the book's themes relate to real-world issues such as water rights, energy supply, and the urbanization of rural areas. | LONE STAR BOOK BLOG TOURS ON TOUR THIS WEEK Our Lone Star Book Blog Tours reach more than 100,000 visitors every month with author interviews, book reviews, giveaways, promotions, guest posts, book trailers, and more. UPCOMING BLOG TOUR
Pringle Prawn by Michael Scott Clifton. Starts October 10, 2023. CONTINUING BLOG TOUR
Dead by Proxy by Manning Wolfe. Through October 12, 2023. CONTINUING POP-UP BLOG-HOP
Rip the Sky by Mark Packard. Through October 13, 2023. VISIT THE TOUR PAGE FOR SCHEDULES, LINKS, & FREE BOOKS | IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OCTOBER TEXAS BOOKS PREVIEW As we wait for the weather to catch up with the calendar, prepare for fall with October’s Texas-connected titles. While awaiting resplendent trees and cooler temps, fall into a cozy mystery or apocalyptic thriller, introspective poetry or enlightening nonfiction, or just laugh away the heat with a side-splitting comedy. Whichever your whim, find your next great read with Lone Star Lit! READ ON! |  Learn More | COMING NOVEMBER 4, 2023 The November 2023 Texas Books Preview Have a Texas-connected title publishing in November, 2023? Be sure to let us know by EOB Monday, October 30, 2023 so we can include your book.
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