***NOTE: This event will no longer be livestreamed, but will be available on our website soon.***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Austin, TX – Join the Texas Center for the Book (TCFB) on July 8 at 10 a.m. CT for a free virtual book event! Editors Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester, the creators of the 2025 Texas Great Read for Adults, Viva Texas Rivers! Adventures, Misadventures and Glimpses of Nirvana along Our Storied Waterways, will be interviewed by Michele Chan Santos, TCFB Coordinator, about their beautiful anthology that celebrates Texas rivers. Also joining the conversation are renowned poet Carmen Tafolla and writer and historian Joe Nick Patoski. We will do a live Q&A with webinar attendees at the conclusion of the interview. 

Register for the webinar at https://bit.ly/TXBookChat_Viva.

This webinar is open to the public and suitable for librarians, teachers, outdoor enthusiasts and anyone who holds a special memory of a Texas river in their hearts.

About Viva Texas Rivers! Adventures, Misadventures, and Glimpses of Nirvana along Our Storied Waterways 
More than the lifeblood of our natural world, Texas rivers have nourished the human spirit for as long as people have gathered on their banks. Many of Texas’ leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into an amazing collection.

Ranging from the desert canyonlands of the Rio Grande to the swampy Big Thicket, from crystal clear Hill Country streams to the Red River’s treacherous quicksand, Viva Texas Rivers! showcases many classic writings along with brand new essays written for this volume. Viva Texas Rivers! brings you as close to the living nirvana of a Texas River as you can get without launching yourself into a canoe and following a great blue heron as it glides just above the breaking rapids, leading you around the bend as the river flows onward toward the best places in our hearts.

One of 50 state centers affiliated with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, the Texas Center for the Book is under the direction of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. For more information contact Michele Chan Santos at mcsantos@tsl.texas.gov or visit tsl.texas.gov/centerforthebook.

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The Texas State Library and Archives Commission provides Texans access to the information they need to be informed, productive citizens by preserving the archival record of Texas; enhancing the service capacity of public, academic and school libraries; assisting public agencies in the maintenance of their records; and meeting the reading needs of Texans with disabilities. For more information, visit www.tsl.texas.gov.