The Texas Book Festival is Wonderful!

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Austin, Texas has a wonderful book festival every year around this time. Many well known authors are brought in to pitch their latest book. This is done in and around our State Capitol. The criteria for being invited to attend is that the author or book has to have some connection to Texas. The author has to have been born or lived in Texas or the book has to have a Texas Connection plus the book has to have been published in the present or previous year. There are books on every topic imaginable . I always learn so much. The discussions are informative, interesting and entertaining. I especially like the C-Span tent. There is some irony here. Laura Bush began this festival when George W. was still Governor. When they went to Wash D.C., she organized one there. In the meantime, the liberals and Democrats took over the Texas Book Festival and that is how it remains today but Laura Bush's name is still on the festival as Honorary Chairperson. Many of the authors coming in take issue with her husband and his presidency. This must be very hard for her. I have only been to this book festival so I have nothing to compare it to. I would like to go to one in another city. Have you ever been to a book festival? What was it like?