The Annual Book & Author Luncheon is the Foundation’s main fundraiser and will be held at the New Braunfels Civic Convention Center on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Doors will open at 10 a.m. for early viewing of silent auction items and seating.
Four carefully selected Texas authors will speak during the luncheon, and you will have the opportunity to buy their books as well as purchase raffle tickets and bid on silent auction prizes. This year promises to be our best luncheon yet, with additional tables and a bigger room! Our theme will be the Wizard of Oz. We strongly urge you to become a valued sponsor in 2024. The library is a jewel in our community, providing lifelong opportunities for learning and growth, and we need the support of valued community members such as yourself.
Each year, this is a sell-out event! Get your tables now!
Meet the 2024 Authors
Julia London
Author, Austin, Tx
Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous works of romantic fiction and women’s fiction. She is the recipient of the RT Bookclub Award for Best Historical Romance, and a six-time finalist for the RITA award for excellence in romantic fiction. She lives in Austin, Texas with two teens, a Beagle, and an astonishingly big pile of books.
Julia Rosenfeld’s fascination with recipes and ingredients led her to pepper her writing career with gastronomic gigs, including fourteen years as the restaurant reviewer for San Antonio Magazine, a few as the local Zagat editor, and a few as the writing instructor at The Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio. In 2014, she coauthored her first cookbook, Texas Hill Country Cuisine: Flavors from the Cabernet Grill Texas Wine Country Restaurant, with chef Ross Burtwell. Since 2015, she has introduced countless guests to the city’s chefs, artisans, and producers through her culinary tour company, Food Chick Tours.
Lindsay Leslie is the award-winning children’s author of SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A LIBRARY, DUSK EXPLORERS (an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner, Bank Street Best Book of 2021 with Outstanding Merit, and Amazon Editors’ Pick), NOVA THE STAR EATER, THIS BOOK IS SPINELESS, and ROCK AND MOSS: THE PHYSICS OF FRIENDSHIP. Her next picture book, GUS ❤ THE BUS (illustrated by Geeta Ladi), is slated for summer 2025 with Sleeping Bear Press. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, sci-fi/fantasy novelist Ryan Leslie, two teenagers, two fur-beasts, and a guinea pig.
Lynda Rutledge is the bestselling author of West with Giraffes, translated into 15 languages and selected by Library of Congress-affiliated Texas Center for the Book as their 2023 Great Read. She’s also the author of Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale, winner of the 2013 Writers League of Texas Fiction Award which was adapted into a 2019 French film starring Catherine Deneuve and the newly-released Mockingbird Summer set in 1964 on the eve of the Sixties’ massive cultural change.
Sponsorship is available at the Silver, Gold, and Diamond levels. Benefits include special recognition as a sponsor of the event, a permanent engraving on the NBPL donor wall, VIP table for 10 with sponsor designation, and recognition in event marketing materials. Please click the link below to learn about the benefits of each sponsorship level.
The library is a jewel in our community, providing lifelong opportunities for learning and growth, and needs the support of valued community members such as yourself.
We appreciate your support of our public library and hope to see you at the Luncheon!
$75.00 – $7,500.00
Please select your sponsorship level or individual ticket.
