Readers and writers can enjoy author panels, poetry readings, and hands-on workshops at the inaugural Temple TALE festival this March.

TEMPLE, Texas — Ravenous readers, get ready!

The Temple Public Library hosts its inaugural Temple TALE – Texas Author & Literature Experience – festival on Saturday, March 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. The event is free, bringing in authors and poets to one of Central Texas’s popular public libraries.

Event organizers said the event will feature author talks, poetry readings and panel discussions on the library’s main stage. Additionally, Texas poet Dwight Gray will open and close the event with readings highlighting themes of creativity and community. 

Attendees will also experience a reading with children’s author Tonee B. Shelton (“The Scared Frog Takes the Leap,” 2025); an author panel comprised of Jay S. Bell, Johny Compton, Dan Elder, Dwight Gray and Glenn Hightower; and a featured program with author and veteran Sarah Doran (“Sleeping Giants,” 2024), a book that explores stories honoring military families. 

Participants will have an opportunity to do creative activities all afternoon. Children who are eight-years-old and older can create and bind their own books and teens can design original zines for the Temple TALE Zine Collection. Adults will have the chance to perform bookbinding techniques while making their own travel journals.

The Temple Public Library is inviting the community to the inaugural Temple TALE, Texas Author & Literature Experience, the library’s first-ever writers’ festival. The event will bring together readers, writers and creatives of all ages for an afternoon of author talks, poetry, hands-on activities and a celebration of Texas storytelling.


Full details:

WHAT: Temple TALE – Texas Author & Literature ExperienceWHEN: Saturday, March 7, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.WHERE: Temple Public Library, located at 100 W. Adams Ave.ACTIVITIES: author talks, poetry readings, panel discussions, book readings  

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