This weekend, downtown Austin will be abuzz with the Texas Book Festival. Over the course of this two-day event, over 40,000 people will descend on Austin to take part in readings and presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and musical entertainment.Here are a few events that caught our eye. There's so much more to see, so check out the full schedule of events here.SATURDAYThe Dust Bowl: An Illustrated History10:00 - 10:45 / Capitol Auditorium Room E1.004with writer and Ken Burns collaborator Dayton DuncanMod: Helen ThompsonThe Onion Book of Known Knowledge11:00 - 11:45 / The Sanctuary at First United Methodist ChurchYou will learn everything at this eventMod: Cindy WidnerD. T. Max: "Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace"12:30 - 1:15 / Capitol Auditorium Room E1.004Max, a staff writer at The New Yorker, speaks with Megan Barnard, Assistant Director for Acquisitions and Administration at the Ransom Center, about his biography of David Foster Wallace. Wallace's papers reside at the Ransom Center.SUNDAYHidden America: The Unseen People Who Make America Work12:30 - 1:15 / Capitol Extension Room E2.030with Jeanne Marie LaskasMod: Cyndi HughesLatinometro.com & TBF present Taco Politico2:00 - 3:00 / Lone Star TentThe testy politics of Tex-Mex food with Gustavo Arellano and Jeffrey PilcherMod: Addie Broyles