Press Releases
Join us for Mayor Will Wynn's Event with the Author Tuesday, April 17. Meet Stephanie Elizondo Griest and discuss her book Around the Bloc.

Mayor’s Book Club Releases Schedule of Programs and Special Events. Programs start on March 28, 2007.

View the video of the press conference held at the Austin City Store, City Hall in downtown Austin. If video fails to load, download it HERE

2007 Mayor’s Book Club launches with first time selection of female author: Stephanie Elizondo Griest's Around the Bloc.

Mayor Will Wynn and the Library announce book title for the 6th Annual Citywide Reading Campaign.

In The News
Russian-inspired literature at the Mayor's Book Club. - The Daily Texan - 4.5.07

Mayor's Book Club begins with UT alumnus' memoir - The Daily Texan - 3.28.07

First female author chosen for book club - The Daily Texan - 2.9.07

Alcalde escoge libro de joven escritora latina - ¡Ahora Si! - 2.8.07 (PDF)

Mayor's Book Club Announced on KEYE Channel 42 - 2.6.07 (Video)
If video fails to load, download it HERE

Visit our previous Mayor's Book Club resource guides online:
Spring 2006: The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Spring 2005: Writing Austin's Lives by Metro Austin Residents
Spring 2004: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Spring 2003: Holes by Louis Sachar
Spring 2002: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

To view what other cities across the country are reading visit
The Center for the Book