The #TXBookChat series offers brief discussions and programs with authors, librarians, and literary professionals. These informal conversations offer a quick look into different aspects of the state’s literary world and showcase Texas authors, themes and books.

#TXBookChat LIVE: September 9, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Indelible Austin: Selected Histories author Michael Barnes

Join us for our next installment of #TXBookChat LIVE, with author Michael Barnes! This event will be hosted in the Public Event Space at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building, Capitol Complex, 1201 Brazos St., Austin. 

A live, in-person interview of author and journalist Michael Barnes, discussing his four-volume series of Austin history, Indelible Austin. These volumes “explore the links between Old Austin and New Austin.” The books do not, in the author’s words, “treat the city as a subject of nostalgia but rather bring real stories of its people, places, and culture into the present.” Michael Barnes is a native Texan who earned his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. For the Austin American-Statesman, he writes about the city's people, places, culture, and history.
This event is free and open to the public.

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More information on planning your visit—including parking, accessibility, and other Texas history and library research resources available on-site—is available at www.tsl.texas.gov/visit. Please allow time for parking and checking in at the front reception desk; we advise arriving about 15 minutes early.

Past #TXBookChat Discussions