A Two Chapter Social

Young professionals turn into bookworms — with bellinis — for Inprint's star-studded author show

By Joel Luks

04.25.13 | 12:32 pm

A stylish literary throng of bookworms were bound together for Inprint's young professionals mixer Monday night. The fourth annual "Books and Bellinis," chaired by Marc Eichenbaum wit ...

Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Jonathan Lethem & John Jeremiah Sullivan

Alley Theatre

04.22.13

The 2012/2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series closes with two nationally acclaimed nonfiction writers, Jonathan Lethem and John Jeremiah Sullivan. Lethem, a MacArthur "genius"

2013 Menil Community Arts Festival & Houston Indie Book Fair

The Menil Collection

04.20.13

The Menil Collection and a group of surrounding arts organizations come together to host an afternoon of art and entertainment that will extend across the Menil campus. Highlighting the divers

Friends of the Harris County Spring Branch Memorial Library's Plant and Book Festival

03.22.13 - 03.23.13

Spruce up the garden and escape with a good book. Plants of every kind and color and a broad range of books will be on sale at this year's two-day Plant and Book Festival in aid of Spring Branc

Houston Public Library Foundation's Sixth annual "Party in the Stacks: Mambo in the Gardens"

Clayton Library

05.05.13

"Party in the Stacks," the Houston Public Library Foundation's signature annual fundraising event, seeks to raise awareness of the Foundation and awareness of the needs of the Library

Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People: Jon Scieszka

02.24.13

Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People presents an afternoon with beloved children's author Jon Scieszka. He will talk about his work and take questions from the audience. The presentat

The Whole Story

Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey looks for a higher purpose in Conscious Capitalism

By Aleksander Chan

02.17.13 | 8:30 am

In his new book, Conscious Capitalism, Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey extols the virtues of a business acumen that values everyone along the production and consumption line. We caught up with h ...

The CultureMap Interview

Going Clear: Lawrence Wright confronts Scientology in controversial new book

By Katie Friel

02.02.13 | 3:50 pm

In case you missed the New York Times profile and book review, the Washington Post’s book review, the Atlantic debacle or the Rock Center segment, Austin-based Pulitzer Prize-winning journali ...

Book Talk

The replacement: Michael Chabon sends Houston's book-loving community into a tizzy

By Tarra Gaines

01.28.13 | 6:46 am

When Zadie Smith had to bow out of the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, there was much disappointment that was soon followed by much rejoicing when Michael Chabon agreed to take her pla ...

engine-obsessed

Tractors are sexy: Octane Press publisher gets motors running with farm equipment books and calendars

By Melissa Gaskill

01.05.13 | 8:15 am

There's a country song about how tractors are sexy. This farm equipment certainly sells a lot of books and calendars for Austin-based Octane Press. Octane focuses on the transportation nic ...