Pouring Over Books
15th Annual Pouring Over Books – March 1, 2026
On Sunday, March 1, 2026, the Friends will host the 15th Annual Pouring Over Books fundraiser at The Prospect House in Dripping Springs. This event is our biggest fundraiser and will include a discussion and book signing with acclaimed Texas author Elizabeth Crook, author of six novels. Her latest work is the The Madstone, a riveting tale placed in the Texas hill country of the late 1800s. Live music as well as an online auction!
Guests will be offered complimentary fine wines, infused water and premium teas, as well as delicious bites.
The event runs from 3PM to 5:30PM. The silent auction ends at 4:30PM so winning bidders can collect their prizes at the event. Join us for this joyful event to benefit our community library!
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How We Help
A new record amount of $30,000 was donated in 2025 for library equipment, programs, and services.
13,000 Active library patrons use our local Dripping Springs Community Library to access library equipment, programs, and services, early learning software, summer programs, musical concerts, an expanded eReader program, a Maker’s Space, and so much more.
In 2025, some of the Friends donated money was spent on:
- $13,000 for Summer Programming including the purchase of 10 ukuleles, Professor of Universe, Wildlife on the Move, and more…
- Viewsonic large screen teleconferencing system
- Podcasting equipment for library patrons to checkout
- Summer Reading and 1000 Books Before Kindergarten prizes
- Community Wildflower Center passes for patrons
- Upgrade outdoor play space with new chairs and sensory tables.
The Dripping Springs Community Library is an essential resource. Look at these numbers:
Featuring Acclaimed Texas Author
Elizabeth Crook
Elizabeth Crook is the author of six novels and a recipient of the Texas Book Festival’s prestigious Texas Writer Award, the Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Texas Institute of Letters, and, along with Richard Linklater, Sandy Duncan, Dennis Quaid and others, the 2024 Texas Medal of Arts. She has received a Spur Award from Western Writers of America and the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, among others. Her most recent novel, The Madstone, was praised by the Washington Post as “the perfect adventure to curl up with on some desolate winter night,” and The Which Way Tree was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “a ripping adventure with a show-stopping finale,” and by O, The Oprah Magazine, as “a heart-pounding adventure” with a “tough-as-nails orphan in pursuit of frontier justice” whom “you’ll follow to the ends of the earth.” The Washington Post has said that “Crook is a master at rustling up competing forces to create cinematic calamities,” and the New York Times has dubbed her “a treasure of Texas letters whose voice recalls the likes of Charles Portis and Mark Twain.”
Crook is based in Austin. elizabethcrookbooks.com
14th Annual Pouring Over Books – Feb 23, 2025
On Sunday, February 23, 2025, the Friends hosted the 14th Annual Pouring Over Books fundraiser at The Prospect House in Dripping Springs. This event included a discussion and book signing with acclaimed Texas author Lynda Rutledge, author of bestselling book West With Giraffes. Live music provided by Jerry Kirk, as well as an online auction and door prizes!
How We Helped in 2025
The Friends presented a check to the library for $30,000 in 2025 for library equipment, programs, and services.
In 2025, some of the Friends donated money was spent on:
- $13,000 for Summer Programming and Prizes
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- 3D Printer ( now offering 3D printing services to patrons)
- ‘Stay Sharp Kits’ that promote adult memory and cognition skills
- Master Gardeners Healthy Outdoor Communities Initiative (to fix up the beds in front of the library)
- Thinkery Passes (free admission for patrons to Austin’s most popular children’s museum)
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