Trinity River Book Festival is an annual event that celebrates community, authors and books while promoting literacy, reading and imagination. TRBF is held in September in honor of National Literacy Month. This year the Trinity River Book Festival will take place on Saturday, September 16th from 8:00 am-2:00 pm.
The festival will kick off with Run-To-Read 5K/1K Run/ Walk at 8:00 am, followed by Mega Book Club Meet-Up, author presentations, live performances and Poetry in the Park. Also, there will be children’s story time, author booths, food vendors and more. There will be over 30 authors covering a spectrum of genres including middle school and children picture books, young adults, romance, mystery, thrillers, sci-fi, western, cooking, self-help, faith and inspiration, poetry, memoirs, motivation and more.
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RUN To READ, 5K & 1K supports literacy programs and promotes health and fitness for the young and old in recognition of National Literacy Month. The activities for this day are for individuals, families, clubs, social groups, etc. From literacy to reading to the literary arts, families and communities can thrive and experience a positive social environment!!!
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Mexican Independence
Day - Richard Gonzales and Marion
Surles moderated by Alexander Montalvo
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Reading the West Book Award Winners
The Texas Center for the Book at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission has chosen Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter, illustrated by Daniel Miyares, as the 2023 Texas Great Read Youth Selection and West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge as the 2023 Texas Great Read Adult Selection.
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My Brother's Keeper (MBK) initiative to ensure that all boys and young men of color have opportunities to improve their life outcomes and overcome barriers to success. In 2017, MSK was established to provide those same opportunities to all girls and young women of color.
Guided by the principles of human compassion and dignity, Refugee Services of Texas welcomes refugees, immigrants, and other displaced peoples and supports them in integrating and thriving in their new communities.
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RINITY RIVER BOOK ESTIVAL
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NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
2023
Thursday, September 15 and ends on Saturday, October 15
FEATURED BOOKS
Alda P. Dobbs is the author of the historical novels
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna and its followup, The Other Side of the River (September 2022). Her debut novel received a Pura Belpre Honor and is a Texas Bluebonnet Master List selection. Alda was born in a small town in northern Mexico but moved to San Antonio, Texas as a child. She studied physics and worked as an engineer before pursuing her love of storytelling. She’s as passionate about connecting children to their past, their communities, different cultures and nature as she is about writing.
In 1913, during the Mexican Revolution, twelve-year-old Petra Luna and her family flee their burning village. They cross desert plains and battlefields, desperate to escape the wrath of the Federales. Every night, when Petra closes her eyes, she hangs tight to her dreams. In one of them, she can read, and she reads everything – books, newspapers, EVERYTHING. But all of her dreams will have to wait as long as she stays true to her promise to Papa.
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna was inspired by the experiences the author’s great-grandmother endured during the Mexican Revolution.
Having escaped the Mexican Revolution, Petra Luna’s story continues as her and her family try and make a new life in America. The Other Side of the River is an entirely different world and, like all immigrants to this new land, Petra must adapt to survive. Her strength and courage will be tested like never before as she fights for herself, her family, and her dreams.
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Trinity River Book Festival would like to thank Texas Today NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth For Supporting National Literacy Month
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