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Lone Star Lit News: A Self-Portrait, frontier art, mysteries afoot — and more! 09.23.2023

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LONE STAR REVIEW

A Self-Portrait in the Year of the High Commission on Love by David Biespiel

From Chris Manno’s review:

“Biespiel stakes out the no-man’s land between the short story, novella, and novel with a beautifully poetic narrative”

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TEXAS READS

Mystery

Texas author Anita Dickason shares mysteries filled with danger and supernatural thrills — and trouble brewing in Texas!

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TEXAS TALKS

with Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham

Texas A&M University Press’s Christine Brown interviews Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham about Comanches, Captives, and Germans: Wilhelm Friedrich’s Drawings from the Texas Frontier on The Bookmark.

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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.

CONTINUING POP-UP BLOG-HOP
Rip the Sky by Mark Packard, through October 13, 2023.

UPCOMING BOOK BLOG TOUR
The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent by Ann Jacobus, beginning September 26, 2023.

VISIT THE TOUR PAGE FOR SCHEDULES, LINKS, & FREE BOOKS

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BOOKISH TEXAS

September 23 – October 1, 2023

The only weekly, statewide calendar of Texas book events. SERIOUSLY.

We’re sharing over 150 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.comPLAN YOUR WEEK

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SEPTEMBER TEXAS BOOKS PREVIEW

As autumn struggles to awaken, September’s stubbornly warm breeze brings us a bevy of new Texas-connected books. Whether you’re looking for a murderous mystery or mesmerizing memoir to read during a muted football game, fall into terrific titles with Lone Star Lit. READ ON!

Texas Books Preview

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COMING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The October 2023 Texas Books Preview

LAST CALL if you have a Texas-connected title publishing in October, 2023. Be sure to let us know by EOB Monday, September 25, 2023 so we can include your book.
Email Publicity@LoneStarLiterary.com.

Listings are always free, but you can Boost your title to get even more coverage for as little as $10. LEARN MORE

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ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE

If you haven’t already done it, then CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE, for subscriber-only content and to never miss a bookish-Texas thing.

Bookish News about the Texas literary scene, including the Will Rogers Medallion Awards finalists and the Boerne Book Festival.

Video Spotlights of the latest book trailers, including Loren Steffy’s The Big Empty.

The Twig Book Shop’s September Roundup roundup

Bookish Humor created exclusively for Lone Star Lit by Chris Manno.

ALWAYS ON OUR WEBSITE
— Our Writers’ GroupsTexas Bookstores, and Book Clubs in Texas pages list hundreds of writers’ groups, writers’ organizations, booksellers, and book clubs hyperlinked to their websites, and conveniently listed by city. You’re welcome! (Your group or bookstore missing? Email us at Info@LoneStarLiterary.com and we’ll get your group added.)

DID YOU KNOW
We’re on Goodreads, where you can check out our READ and TO-READ shelves.
Lone Star’s Proof & Polish Shop is taking submissions.
We’re booking 2023 full Lone Star Book Blog Tours for November dates and later, with select October dates for blitzes.

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