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10 DFW Independent Bookstores to Check Out and Stick It To The Man

By Scott Tucker and OthersOctober 7, 2025

Celebrate Banned Books Week at one of these local favorites.

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Vietnamese Writers to Start New Chapter at Inaugural Foreword Literary Festival

By Rhema Joy BellOctober 6, 2025

The new festival aims to spotlight the stories of queer and immigrant voices.

Cassie Nova at story time

Best of Dallas 2025: A Once-Upon-a-Time Storyteller Who Faced the Dragons Herself

By Patrick WilliamsSeptember 25, 2025

Cassie Nova never expected to lead a children’s story time, but she and the kids loved it. Conservatives didn’t.

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Matthew McConaughey Takes Audiences to Church on ‘Poems & Prayers’ Book Tour

Matthew McConaughey Takes Audiences to Church on ‘Poems & Prayers’ Book Tour

By Austin ZookSeptember 23, 2025

Texas’ favorite son makes poetry for your parents’ Facebook algorithm, but he delivers it as charmingly as you’d expect.

Akwete Tyhimba at Pan-African Connection

Best of Dallas 2025: Pan-African Connection Is Where History Won’t Be Hidden

By Patrick WilliamsSeptember 23, 2025

Owner Akwete Tyehimba aims to dispel myths, promote positive images and build community.

Best of Dallas 2025: Deep Vellum’s Founder Opens a Window to the World

By Patrick WilliamsSeptember 22, 2025

Will Evans, the founder of Deep Vellum Books, sees a booming Dallas literary and cultural scene. It just needs to be able to tell its story.

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How Half Price Books is Staying Vigilant in the Fight Against Censorship

By Rhema Joy BellSeptember 19, 2025

Advocates say the mission needs every Texan who values education, not just activist organizations.

Bird’s Might Already Be The City’s Best Book Shop

By Simon PruittSeptember 8, 2025

Located at Preston and Royal, Bird’s Bookstore is a sleek alternative to the dusty bookshops of olde.

Waiting for Britney Spears Author to Pull the Curtain Back on Chaotic Celebrity Coverage

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 28, 2025

Ahead of a book tour stop at Interbang Books, we caught up with author Jeff Weiss as he examines the role he played in invasive celebrity coverage of the early 2000s.

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One Of The Best Literature Festivals In The World Is Heading To Dallas

By Simon PruittAugust 18, 2025

The global literature festival heads to Dallas this fall, with events at the Wild Detectives and the Texas Theatre.

A Guide To Romance Bookstore Day Events in Dallas

A Guide To Romance Bookstore Day Events in Dallas

By Simon PruittAugust 8, 2025

This Saturday, Aug. 9, Dallas bookstores will celebrate Romance Bookstore Day with local authors and giveaways.

Fine Print Magazine Shop Might Be Dallas’ Next Artistic Hub

By Simon PruittJuly 18, 2025

Opening its doors just a stones throw from the Texas Theatre, Fine Print is the magazine shop that Dallas sorely needs.

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Author Kyle Seibel Thinks You’re an Asshole

By Simon PruittJuly 8, 2025

The author will bring his new book, Hey You Assholes, to life next week at Deep Vellum Books.

6 Books To Help Beat The Texas Heat This Summer

By Rhema Joy BellJuly 3, 2025

We figured you could use an escape (or six) from the non-stop barrage of bullshit happening around us at all times.

9 books to read before their 2025 movie adaptations debut

9 books to read before their 2025 movie adaptations debut

By Ofelia MontelongoMay 27, 2025

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

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A Guide to the 2025 ‘Dallas Is Lit!’ Literature Festival

By Simon PruittMay 12, 2025

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

Dallas Art Organizations React To Sudden Government Funding Termination

Dallas Art Organizations React To Sudden Government Funding Termination

By Simon PruittMay 7, 2025

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

Former Dallas Poet Laureate Joaquín Zihuatanejo Is Still Reclaiming Time

By Preston BartaMay 2, 2025

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.

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This Art Gallery and Bookstore Might Be The Hippest Place in Dallas

This Art Gallery and Bookstore Might Be The Hippest Place in Dallas

By Simon PruittApril 22, 2025

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

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Former Observer Staffer Patrick Strickland to Talk About Greece’s Violent Far Right

By Lauren Drewes DanielsApril 21, 2025

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

The Best Comic Book Stores in DFW

By Simon PruittApril 14, 2025

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

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Southwest Review’s Frontera Festival Takes Literature Off Campus

By Desiree GutierrezApril 8, 2025

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

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