Bookish Texas • Events Around the State
The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings, lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State
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Bookish goings-on in Texas
compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life
FOR THE WEEK OF 05.26.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Writefest, Houston, May 27-June 2
Dallas Festival of Books & Ideas, May 28-June 1
Friends of the Dallas Public Library Book Sale (supporting summer reading programs), May 31-June 1
Friends of the Fort Worth Public Library Book Sale, May 31-June 2
Agave Festival, Marfa, June 1-9
Authors in the Parks, various locations, June 1
18th Annual Book History Workshop, College Station, June 2-7
EXHIBITS:
Our People: The Life and Works of Author Angela Shelf Medearis, Austin, February 2-June 22
The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts, Dallas, March 1-June 15
SUNDAY, MAY 26:
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
MONDAY, MAY 27:
Dallas
Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society presents a Historic City Tour: "Running with Bonnie and Clyde," with author John Neal Phillips, 9AM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Memorial Day Poetry Readings, 12PM
TUESDAY, MAY 28:
Austin
BookPeople, VIRGINIA REEVES speaking & signing The Behavior of Love, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam presents the 2019 Southern Fried Scrimmage, 7:15PM
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents DFW Unplugged, 8PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Stay Sexy & Read interactive event celebrating the release of Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How to Guide from the creators of the #1 podcast “My Favorite Murder,” 7PM
Interabang Books, Terry Shames reading and signing A RISKY UNDERTAKING FOR LORETTA SINGLETARY, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Writer's Garret present the Stone Soup Poetry Workshop, 7PM
The Writer's Garret, Rail Writers Open House for new teaching artists who have an interest in facilitating workshops and chaperoning DART rides for youth ages 5-18, 6PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting featuring Tex Thompson and "The Gift of Place: Making Space for Your Next Extraordinary Breakthrough," 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Jo Watson Hackl reading and signing Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, 5PM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29:
Austin
Central Presbyterian Church, BookPeople presents ADMIRAL WILLIAM MCRAVEN speaking and signing Sea Stories, 7PM [ticketed event]
Terrazas Branch Library, Chicon Street Poets presents Aural Literature May Reading, 7:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Scott Pelley discussing and signing TRUTH WORTH TELLING, 7PM
El Paso
Fountains at Farah, Author signing event with Jeff Snyder Constance Moore Ophelia Phillip Tasha Askew Lisa Capreilli Eli Greenbaum, 5PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Meta-Four Houston, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Virginia Reeves reading and signing THE BEHAVIOR OF LOVE, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Terry Shames will sign and discuss A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary, and Carolyn Haines will sign and discuss Game of Bones, 6:30PM
THURSDAY, MAY 30:
Austin
BookPeople, EMMA BERQUIST speaking & signing Missing, Presumed Dead, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Abbigail N. Rosewood will discuss and sign her novel IF I HAD TWO LIVES, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, State of the Art: A Discussion on Art Criticism organized by Gulf Coast, 6:30PM
Irving
San Antonio
Carmen De la Calle, Meditations on the Mind and Mouth: Jazz and Poetry with a Purpose featuring Andrea “VOCAB” Sanderson, 7:30PM
FRIDAY, MAY 31:
Austin
BookPeople, LORENE CARY speaking & signing Ladysitting, 7PM
BookWoman, Book Talk & Reading: Misogyny, Projective Identification, and Mentalization by Karyne Messina, 7PM
George Washington Carver Museum, KAZI Book Review 10th Anniversary: Hopeton Hay in conversation with Dr. Randal Jelks, author of FAITH AND STRUGGLE IN THE LIVES OF FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali, 6:30PM
Hearth & Soul ATX, A Mile Above Texas book signing with Jay B. Sauceda, 5PM
Dallas
Heroes Grill, Dallas Poetry Slam presents: Glowetry, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Writefest Keynote with Phong Nguyen, 6PM
Paris
The Blind Pig, Grand Opening Speakeasy Soiree, 8PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 1:
Austin
BookPeople, ROGER DOOLEY speaking & signing Friction, 2PM
BookPeople, S. CRAIG WATKINS speaking & signing Don't Knock the Hustle, 5PM
Casa de Resistencia, A Poetry Reading: Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, 2PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Open Mic featuring Jeff Moyer and Cook & Rose, 7PM
Dallas
Bachman Lake Public Library, Oral Fixation presents "Freedman's Town to Botham Jean: Stories For Racial Healing," 2PM
Deep Vellum Books, Nadia Arioli presents SIGNS TAKEN FOR WONDERS, 3:30PM
Interabang Books, Typewriter Rodeo: get your own personalized poem on the spot, 10:30AM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Other People's Lives" with Kit Wren, 12:45PM
Houston
Anya Tish Gallery, A Rosy Afternoon with sculptor William Cannings and Catherine Anspon, author of Texas Artists Today, 3PM
B&N - River Oaks, Newsman Dave Ward signing his memoir, Good Evening, Friends: A Broadcaster Shares His Life, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Walt Whitman’s Birthday Party reception, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Denizens of the Dark signing with Laura Elvebak, Cash Anthony, C.J. Sweet, Leif Carl Behmer, and L. Stewart Hearl, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, launch of Elina Petrova's newest poetry collection, Desert Candles, 4:30PM
San Marcos
Half Price Books, Dr. Michael Nelson Miller will sign Red, White, and Green: The Maturing of Mexicanidad, 12PM
San Antonio
B&N - Northwoods, JD Broyhill signing Alexis Snipperdoom: Power Plays, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Irma Mathis signing A Father Takes All: Four Generations of Growing Up in Single Mother Homes - Grace Abounds, 11AM
Larder at Hotel Emma, Paula Disbrowe signing Thank You for Smoking: Fun and Fearless Recipes Cooked with a Whiff of Wood Fire on Your Grill or Smoker, 10AM
Tyler
Half Price Books, Keri Baskin will sign her books The Movement, The Pursuit, and The Restoration, 3PM
Watauga
Half Price Books, Christian fiction author Fred Dickerson will sign copies of his series, 1PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 2:
Austin
BookPeople, CASSY JOY GARCIA speaking & signing Cook Once, Eat All Week, 2PM
BookWoman, Reading & Signing: Born in the Bed You Were Made by Brooklyn James, 4PM
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, Gwen and Janna Lusk reading and signing their children's book, Fishkin, 1PM
Malvern Books, release of Skye Jackson’s new chapbook, A Faster Grave, with readings by Jackson, Benjamin Aleshire, and Josh Denslow, 2PM
Malvern Books, Readings from Donna M. Johnson’s Personal Narrative Workshop, 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Christopher Rector will sign his memoir, The Cook: Memoirs of an Army Cook in Cold War Germany, and inspirational author Adrienne Mullins will sign her memoir, Just Being Honest: Revealing the Truth. Releasing the Shame, 1PM
Interabang Books, Jo Watson Hackl reading and signing SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYBE, 1PM
Denton
B&N, Treason book signing with Mike Blackwell, 2PM
Houston
Spring Forest Middle School, Blue Willow Bookshop presents Admiral William H. McRaven will discuss his new book, SEA STORIES: MY LIFE IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS, 3PM [ticketed event]
Lubbock
Buddy Holly Center, Watt M. Casey Jr. discussing his book My Guitar is a Camera, in conjunction with an exhibition of his photography, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Break into Ghostwriting" with Blake Atwood, 3PM
Watauga
Half Price Books, children's author Charles B. Rowe will sign The Adventures of Hank and Friends, 1PM
Don't see your book or literary event here? Email Events@lonestarliterary.com with your complete info two weeks in advance of the issue in which your event is scheduled, and we'll include it.
