2009 Houston Indie Book Festival

Through a collaboration with Gulf Coast, Domy Books, and CLMP, NANO Fiction is proud to sponsor the second annual Houston Indie Book Festival, Sunday May 10 at Domy Books (1709 Westheimer at Dunlavy).

Completely Free! Doors open at 10 a.m. and close at 5.

Show Mom how smart and cultured you’ve become this Mother’s Day by taking her to the Indie Book Fest. The event features Houston and Austin-area independent publishers, magazines, and booksellers, all selling their wares at deeply discounted prices.

Chicago and New York may be known for their literary and publishing communities, but the Houston Indie Book Festival is here to give them a run for their money, showcasing some of the best presses, magazines, and booksellers Texas has to offer. This year’s Indie Book Fest will feature tables hosted by the booksellers, magazines, presses, and literary organizations listed below.

Bookstores: Brazos Bookstore, Kaboom Books, Murder by the Book, Blue Willow Bookshop, Sedition Books, The Menil Bookstore, and Heights Books-Libros.

Magazines: Gulf Coast, NANO Fiction, Bat City Review, Pebble Lake Review, Art Lies, Glass Mountain, and R2.

Independent Publishers: Effing Press, Arte Publico Press, Blue Cubicle Press, Bright Sky Press, Panhandler Publishing, NAACPencils, and Projective Industries Press.

Literary Organizations: Inprint, the Houston Public Library, Nuestra Palabra, and the Creative Writers Collective.

Gift certificates and other items (including signed copies of Dave Eggers’s What Is the What and Nick Hornby’s Slam) will be raffled off throughout the day. Houston’s best and brightest writers–Robert Cremins, Sophie Rosenblum, David MacLean, Glenn Shaheen, and others–will read from their work on the hour every hour. Take a much-needed break and see what Houston’s bibliophiles have to offer! You might walk away with that Mother’s Day gift you forgot to buy.

Visit the facebook page to see who else is coming and keep yourself posted about new developments.