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Celebrate Texas Authors: These world record attempts will place a spotlight on Texas authors, bringing deserved recognition to your hard work and dedication. It’s a unique opportunity to celebrate our collective achievements and elevate the status of Texas literature on a global platform.
Promote Your Work: Participating in these record-setting events will provide substantial publicity for your books. Media coverage and social media buzz generated by the event will increase visibility for your work, potentially reaching new audiences and readers.
Community Building: This event is a chance to strengthen the bonds within our community. Working together towards a common goal fosters a sense of camaraderie and mutual support. It’s an excellent way to network with fellow authors, share experiences, and build lasting relationships.
Inspire Future Generations: By being part of this momentous occasion, you will inspire aspiring writers and future generations of Texas authors. Your involvement will show them the possibilities within our literary world and encourage them to pursue their own writing dreams.
Historical Significance: The records we set will become a part of our shared history, commemorated and celebrated for years to come. Being a part of this legacy is a rare and special opportunity that we can all cherish.
Enhance TAIH’s Mission: Your participation aligns with the mission of the Texas Authors Institute of History to preserve, promote, and celebrate the literary works and accomplishments of Texas authors. It will significantly contribute to our goal of highlighting the importance of literature in Texas culture and history.
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Texas World Records*
LSF25 will be a fun event for everyone, but we want to make it even more enjoyable and world breaking.
We are in the works to try and break five world records on that weekend.
Saturday, June 7, 2025 we hope to create the World Record for:
Most authors reading consecutively from their books - The most authors reading consecutively is 111, at the Irish Writers' Centre, Dublin, Ireland, on 15-16 June 2012. The 111 writers, including Nobel Prize Laureate Seamus Heaney and Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle, read from their work in slots of 15 minutes each over 28 continuous hours before an aggregate audience of 1,280. The event was also streamed live over the internet without interruption.
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, we would like to break the world record for the following:
Most Indie Authors Gathered in One Place
Most Black Authors Gathered in One Place
Most Hispanic/LatinX Authors Gathered in One Place
Most Female Authors Gathered in One Place
Most Male Authors Gathered in One Place
*Guinness World Records, is currently not associated with this program. We must pay a fee for each record. Until the fee $25,000 is paid, they are NOT officially associated with this event.
The one-time cost for non-TAIH members is $50 per author. This helps us cover the cost for renting space, Guinness fees, and much more.
We will have a full detail package that authors will get listed soon.
You can pay your registration fee here.
June 2026
Largest donation of books in 24 hours – the minimum requirement is 274,325 total number of books.
This event is scheduled to coincide with the Texas Authors Fall Jubilee. The 2026 event will be held at Barton Creek Mall. Due to limited space, we can only accommodate 45 authors at this event.
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5th Lone Star Festival 2026
In 2025, our annual celebration of Texas Creatives, the Lone Star Festival, is relocating to Austin, Texas on June 5 - 7, 2026. If you're interested in being part of this event, we're now accepting $50 deposits to secure your spot for the two-day festival at a total vendor cost of $255.
NOTE: Author vendors will be included in the World Record events at NO additional cost.
This non-refundable deposit ensures you lock in this incredibly low festival fee and guarantees additional advertising starting in June 2024. Don't miss out on this opportunity to save big! Reserve your space with a deposit today, for only $50. The balance of the vendor space will be required to be paid in full by May 1, 2026.
To reserve your space, you have two payment options below. We do ask that you send an email to
The above is subject to change without notice. Deposits lock in the guaranteed vendor space fee as listed above. Vendor fee is expected to increase over the next few months.
Make your $50 reservation deposit here: PayPal Credit Card Debit Card Extended Payments
Make Full payment here, which includes the Pay Later feature to help spread out your payments.
Musicians:
If you're interested in performing during the event, please contact us at
Payment:
To participate in the 2024 event, email your picture, short bio, and details of your book or artistic item to
Upon receipt, we will invoice you the $150 vendor registration fee.
Payment must be received within 24 hours of the invoice for proper inclusion in the system.
Our Commitment to Our Vendors
We are committed to promoting authors and artists on our site, providing extensive advertising for a low vendor fee. Join us for an unforgettable Lone Star Festival experience!
Rain or Shine Event:
This event will be held regardless of rain or shine. Therefore, there are no refunds of any type. The money received from the vendor registration is considered as a donation for the Texas Authors Institute of History, Inc., a 501.c.3 non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas.