Texas Book Festival Award Helps Teen Collection

Due to a generous grant awarded to the George W. Hawkes Central Library from the Texas Book Festival, the library has been able to purchase and update many nonfiction titles in mythology, history and biography that are of interest to teens.  These titles are available for checkout now!

About the Texas Book Festival

The Texas Book Festival celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas and imagination.

The Texas Book Festival was established in 1995 by First Lady Laura Bush, a former librarian and an ardent advocate of literacy. Mrs. Bush created a task force to plan the book festival to honor Texas authors, promote the joys of reading and serve to benefit the state's public libraries. The first Festival took place at the Capitol in November 1996; the Festival has quickly evolved into one of the premier literary events in the country, annually hosting over 200 Texas and nationally known authors. Approximately 40,000 visitors participate annually in a weekend of author readings and presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and musical entertainment at the State Capitol in Austin.