Annual Dinner
Join us for the
2022 Texas Book Award Dinner
Honoring
Julia E. Sweig
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
The Friends of the TCU Library, in partnership with the TCU Press, will honor best-selling author, scholar and entrepreneur Julia Sweig as the 2022 Texas Book Award winner.
The presentation will be at the Texas Book Award Dinner on Wednesday, April 13 at the Kelly Center.
A cocktail reception begins at 6:30 pm, with dinner at 7 pm and author presentation to follow.
Cost to attend is $40.
RSVP by April 5 to Shelda Dean at s.dean@tcu.edu.
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight.
A New York Times bestseller.
A magisterial portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, and a major re-evaluation of the profound yet underappreciated impact the First Lady’s political instincts had on LBJ’s presidency.
Previous Annual Dinners
March 22, 2018—Friends of the TCU Library Annual Dinner
Featuring Donna Marie Miller, author of The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk, James White, owner of The Broken Spoke, and Ben Stafford Rodgers, cowboy musician/singer/actor.
March 17, 2015—Friends of the TCU Library Annual Dinner
Featuring Peter Stark, adventure and exploration writer and author of Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire, A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
April 16, 2013—Friends of the TCU Library Annual Dinner
Denim & Diamonds
Honoring Rick Bass, winner of the 2013 TCU Texas Book Award for his book A Thousand Deer.
April 21, 2012—Friends 40th Anniversary Dinner
Harlan Crow Library
March 21, 2011—Friends of the TCU Library Annual Dinner
Honoring historian and author Sam C. Gwynne, winner of the 2011 TCU Texas Book Award.
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Contact Shelda Dean
via email: s.dean@tcu.edu
via phone: 817-257-6109