Council Archive
Click on the links below to see the TIL officers and council members for each decade. 1939-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019 2020-present
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TIL Council 2010-2019
2010-2011 President: Darwin Payne, DallasVice President: Fritz Lanham, HoustonSecretary: W. K. (Kip) Stratton, Round RockTreasurer: James Hoggard, Wichita FallsRecording Secretary: Betty Wiesepape, Richardson Councilors:T. Lindsay Baker, Rio VistaTy Cashion, HuntsvilleRobert Compton, GarlandSteve Davis, San MarcosKate Lehrer, Washington, D.C.Frances Neidhardt, ShermanCarmen Tafolla, San AntonioAndrés Tijerina, Austin 2011-2012 President: Darwin Payne, DallasVice…
Awards 1939-1949
Years indicate when annual TIL meetings took place. Until 1955, eligible books were published between August 1 of the meeting year and the previous August 1. 1939 Book of the Year (Nonfiction): Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver (Little, Brown, 1939), by J. Frank Dobie. 1940 Book of the Year (Nonfiction): Captain Lee…
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Latest News Congratulations to the 2022 winners of the TIL’s Literary Awards: Heath Dollar, Babette Fraser Hale, Lise Olsen, Rodney Gómez, César L. de León, Nicholas Keefauver Roland, David Bowles and Raúl the Third, Varian Johnson, Divya Srinivasan, David Bowles, Dagoberto Gilb, and Skip Hollandsworth. Celeste Bedford Walker received the TIL’s 2022…
Awards 1970-1979
1970 Carr P. Collins Award for Best Nonfiction Book ($1,000): No Quittin’ Sense (University of Texas Press, 1969) by C. C. White, as told to Ada Morehead Holland. Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Fiction Book ($1,000): Beachhead in Bohemia: Short Stories (LSU Press, 1969) by Willard Marsh. Friends of the Dallas Public…
Official TIL Press Releases
Responses to Issues November 4, 2021—Response to politically motivated attacks on books across Texas. July 6, 2021—Response to the cancellation of the Forget the Alamo book event at the Bullock Museum. May 21, 2021—Response to Leander ISD’s decision to exclude certain books from all student book clubs. June 5, 2020—Response…
