Texas Book Festival

Some highlights from the upcoming Texas Book Festival.

Saturday, October 30

Joyce Carol Oates. Reading and Q&A. 9:30am. Capitol Auditorium.

Laurie Lynn Drummond. Reading and Q&A. 10:30am. Capitol Extension Room E2.010.

Death Row Reality. Ricardo Ainslie, Long Dark Road: Bill King and Murder in Jasper, Texas. Ralph Blumenthal, Miracle at Sing Sing: How One Man Transformed the Lives of America's Most Dangerous Prisoners. Panel discussion moderated by Larry Fitzgerald. 12:30pm. Senate Chamber.

What's so Funny About Politics? Jim Hightower and Molly Ivins. Panel discussion moderated by Evan Smith. 2:00pm. House Chamber.

Sunday, October 31

Sunday Morning Talking Heads. Lou Dubose and Jan Reid, The Hammer: Tom DeLay, God, Money and the United States Congress. Robert Bryce, Cronies. Glenn Smith, Politics of Deceit. Panel discussion moderated by Gary Chapman. 11:00am. House Chamber.

Seymour Hersh. Interviewed by Evan Smith. 12:15pm. Paramount Theatre.

50 Years of the Texas Observer. Ronnie Dugger, Geoff Rips, Jake Bernstein, Nate Blakeslee, Char Miller, Lou Dubose, Robert Bryce, Karen Olsson. Panel discussion moderated by Molly Ivins. 3:15pm. Paramount Theatre.