The world – not just Austin, you old hippies, but the – has always been weirder than we think. Which is why the website is such a compelling place to visit and browse: It shows us stuff about this planet and its inhabitants that can boggle any mind ..read more

, one of the largest literary festivals in the country, announced its lineup of more than 200 authors. The fest returns to Austin with a mix of virtual and in-person events over nine days starting on October 23 and is, as always, free and open to the public ..read more

Following last months’ unveiling of on West Seventh Street, DC Comics offers its own celebration of the late Austin artist Daniel Johnston ..read more

Austin's genre fiction community will walk into the future a little slower today, as it has been announced that Willie Siros, bookseller and convention pioneer, died Jan. 5 at the age of 69 ..read more

Time to get out of the dandelion patch: FOX has announced it's developing a new animated adaptation of , the Pulitzer-winning cartoon strip by UT alum Berkeley Breathed, from the animation studio behind ..read more

Start putting your 2023 calendar together: SXSW has just announced the first speakers for its 37th annual conference, running March 10-19 ..read more

You want to read books that enrich your life? That make you think, make you laugh, maybe make you cry or rage on behalf of the characters and situations therein? Here are five recent and compelling works of wordcraft to fulfill that desire, to make you glad that everything storywise is not about what’s hot on Netflix or HBO or whatever right now ..read more

More literary gold for Austin: Local author Elizabeth Crook has been named as the recipient of this year's Texas Writer Award. She will receive the award at this year's Texas Book Festival (Nov. 11-12 ..read more