Books

Before these flicks hit the big – and small – screens, check out the books that inspired them.

The annual literature celebration promises slam poetry, a book fair, live jazz and a conversation with former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

Deep Vellum is one of the local groups that must proceed without the grant money promised by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The city’s first-ever poet laureate looks back on a year of his groundbreaking book, Occupy Whiteness and its prescience for the times we’re in now.

Curated by Tessa Granowski, Nature of Things and OOps bOOks opened this month with a joint Dave Hickey installation.

Strickland will sign and talk about his new book You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave at Half Price Books April 26.

At these North Texas shops, escapism is only a book away.

The free event brings some of Latin America’s biggest stars, including the Argentine band Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado.

With an upcoming gig in Dallas and a new novel on the way, the bestselling author remains as busy as ever.

The woman-owned shop specializing in fiction and children’s books opened quietly this month.

Zines like Rejected Pro Wrestlers and So I Party in Deep Ellum littered the Dallas Contemporary last weekend.

Not likely, says a UCLA professor who traced the evolution of Black neighborhoods over 50 years.

The Booked Up building in Archer City is now home to the Larry McMurtry Literary Center, which has the Texas book scout’s shop collection for donations to the foundation.

The first rule of Movie Club is you do talk about it. A lot.

The preservation nonprofit has found a permanent home at South Side at Lamar.

Dallas women prefer their reads extra spicy.

Writers and artists of DFW are invited to attend this free event from Apprentice Creative Space.

The adult-focused book fair will present 10 local authors, vendors and the Gin Austen cocktail.

The artiest mall in the U.S. doesn’t have a place for bibliophiles.

Instead of a modern-farmhouse-style, burlap-filled hotel, the legendary bookstore will house writers at the Archer City workshop.

DFW will be treated to a New York-sized slice of wit when Fran Lebowitz stops by.

The esteemed annual Hay Festival has tripled its capacity for 2024.