National Book Awards Festival

Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and Sam Houston State University, and sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing.

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Lowman Student Center Theater
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Mainstage Reading and Author Discussion
6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Book Signing (author's books available for purchase)

Join National Book Award-honored authors:

Derrick Barnes (The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze)
Esther Lin (Cold Thief Place)
Sam Sax (Yr Dead)

Moderated by Giuseppe Taurino, Executive Director of Imprint.

Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and Sam Houston State University, and sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing.