Event Schedule
Check out the list of featured programs and author signings for the 2026 Boerne Book Festival set for Saturday, October 3 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Storytelling and other entertainment will take place throughout the day at the Amphitheater stage.
Featured
Programs
The following featured programs will be held in the Library Community Room. Authors will be available to sign books at the conclusion of their panels next to the book sales tent.
10 a.m. | Art Above Everything
Authors: Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Natalia Treviño
Moderator: Isaac Grigar
11 a.m. | Elmer Kelton Centennial
Authors: John Bradshaw, Kathryn Jones, James Wade
Moderator: James R. Dennis
12 p.m. | Gather 'Round: Gatherings in Texas and the Southwest | 12 p.m.
Authors: Donna Christopher Ingham, Bernadette Nason, Jean Granberry Schnitz
1 p.m. | Mari Mancusi Program: New Dragon City Books
Author: Mari Mancusi
2 p.m. | Writers' League of Texas Presents: Obsessed With Texas
Authors: Drew Buxton, Jess Cannon, Lucas Schaefer
Moderator: James Wade
3 p.m. | Hill Country Baseball: Past and Present
Authors: Rick Brooks, Richard W. Butler Jr., Tim Christ, Stan Leech
Moderator: Paul Barwick
Author
Signings
Check out the schedule for author signings and take note of where each signing will take place.
Author Signing Tent & Library Community Room Schedule
10:45 a.m.
Authors: Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Natalia Treviño
Location: Author Signing Tent
11:45 a.m.
Authors: John Bradshaw, James Dennis, Kathryn Jones, James Wade
Location: Author Signing Tent
12:45 p.m.
Authors: Donna Ingham, Bernadette Nason, Jean Schnitz
Location: Author Signing Tent
1:45 p.m.
Author: Mari Mancusi
Location: Author Signing Tent
2:45 p.m.
Authors: Drew Buxton, Jess Cannon, Lucas Schaefer, James Wade
Location: Author Signing Tent
3:45 p.m.
Authors: Rick Brooks, Richard W. Butler Jr., Stan Leech
Location: Community Room
Writers' League of Texas Tent Schedule
9:30 a.m.
Authors: D.K. Mellot, J. Aaron Courts, Ruth E. Stitt
Location: Writers' League of Texas Tent
11 a.m.
Authors: E.T. Jasso, Charles Petri, Erica Vipond
Location: Writers' League of Texas Tent
12:30 p.m.
Authors: Nina Duridanova, Lauren Walthour, Daniel Jameson, Bill Gaupp
Location: Writers' League of Texas Tent
Texas A&M Press Tent Schedule
10 a.m.
Authors: Brent Evans, John Freud
Location: Texas A&M Press Tent