Texas Star Trading Blog

Four local and area writers will be at Texas Star this Saturday, April  20, from 1-3 p.m. for a Saturday Signings event. We hope to do this from time to time -- showcasing several local authors together. Three authors of children’s books and a murder mystery novelist will be featured ...
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Beto O’Rourke, author of We’ve Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible, will be in Abilene for a book signing promoting voter registration and voting rights on Sunday, May 5, from 1-3 p.m. at Texas Star Trading Company, 174 Cypress Street downtown. The Abilene ...
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Janice Six, retired associate pastor at Abilene’s First Central Presbyterian Church, has written Confessions of a Female Pastor and Other Prayers of the People. The book ($16.99 paperback) is a collection of about 70 short essays, each one accompanied by a prayer. The prayers are divided into seven sections ...
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Charlie Hukill, an Abilene, Texas, artist and theater instructor, will sign copies of his new book, "Nuclear Family Fallout," Saturday, Nov. 4, at Texas Star. Along with the book signing, Charlie will also have a number of his original paintings for sale. The event will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m ...
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John Erickson, author of the Hank the Cowdog book series, will sign copies of his newest book Saturday, Oct. 28, at Texas Star Trading Co. The book signing is from Noon-2 p.m. "The Secret Sleeping Powder Files" is #80 in the series. John is always a popular guest at our ...
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The new 2023 State Capitol Christmas Ornament is now available at Texas Star. This year's ornament features the trolley, which provided transportation in Austin at the turn of the century. As always, the ornaments are high quality, attractively packaged in a custom box and include an information card. We are ...
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