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Events Saturday-Sunday, October 16-17 -- Austin, Texas Texas Book Festival The Texas Book Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary with a star-studded lineup of 226 authors, including Abraham Verghese. The Book Festival is free. Headlining authors also include Pulitzer prize-winners Eugene roginson and Michael Cunningham, Sam Harris, Alton Brown, Joyce Maynard, Meg Cabot, Matt de la Pena, Jennifer Egana dn Justin Cronin. News and political junkies can hear from P.J. O'Rourke, Karl Robe, Jonathan Alter and William Jelani Cobb, and from journalists Michele Norris, Ian Frazier, Jake Silverstein, Robert Bryce and S.C. Gwynne. Interested in reading up before the Festival? If you purchase books this weekend at any Barnes & Noble store in the coutnry and online from August 27-31, a percentage of your purchase will benefit the Texas Book Festival when you present this coupon at checkout.   abrahamverghese.com and all contents within are copyright by Abraham Verghese, unless otherwise noted.