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 06.02.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Agave Festival, Marfa, June 1-9
18th Annual Book History Workshop, College Station, June 2-7
Children's Art & Literacy Festival, Abilene, June 6-8
48th Texas Folklife Festival, San Antonio, June 7-9
Fresh Fiction's annual Boas & Tiaras Afternoon Tea and Fresh Fiction Awards, Allen, June 8
Wimberley Book Festival, June 8
Heritage Auctions - Dallas: European Comic Art, June 8-9
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
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
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
MONDAY, JUNE 3:
Austin
BookPeople, TERRY SHAMES speaking & signing A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary, and SC PERKINS speaking & signing Murder Once Removed, 7PM
El Paso
VA Clinic (N. Piedras), Tumblewords Projects: Writing workshop for veterans, their families, and civilians, 3PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 4:
Austin
BookPeople, SARAH DESSEN speaking & signing The Rest of the Story, 7PM [ticketed event]
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New S*it Slam featuring Mia Willis, 7:15PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Ron Tyler discussing and signing WESTERN ART, WESTERN HISTORY, 6PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Randal Maurice Jelks discussing and signing FAITH AND STRUGGLE IN THE LIVES OF FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS, 7PM
Lubbock
Lubbock Christian University, “Apprenticeship In Art — Two Writers” with John R. Erickson (Hank the Cowdog) and S. J. Dahlstrom (Wilder Good), 7PM
Marfa
Crowley Theater, David W. Keller discussing and signing In the Shadow of the Chinatis: A History of Pinto Canyon in the Big Bend, 6PM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5:
Austin
Austin Central Public Library, BookPeople presents RICK ATKINSON speaking & signing The British Are Coming (in conversation with Clay Smith from Kirkus Reviews), 7PM
BookPeople, CHRIS GUILLEBEAU speaking & signing 100 Side Hustles, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Texas Monthly contributor Jay B Sauceda discussing and signing Texas From Above, 12PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Mia Willis, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Sarah Dessen will discuss and sign THE REST OF THE STORY, her new book for young adults, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Clay Risen discussing and signing THE CROWDED HOUR, 7PM
Clear Lake Freeman Library, Houston Noir reading, discussion, and signing with award-winning novelist and fifth-generation Texan Stephanie Jaye Evans, Clear Lake local and long-time law enforcement officer Larry Watts, and editor and Houston’s first poet laureate, Gwendolyn Zepeda, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Martin Walker will sign and discuss the latest Bruno book, The Body In The Castle Well, 6:30PM
Spring Forest Middle School, Blue Willow Bookshop presents Teri Turner discussing and signing her new Whole 30 endorsed cookbook, NO CRUMBS LEFT, 7PM [ticketed event]
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Lacy Johnson discussing and signing The Reckonings, 5PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 6:
Abilene
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Gallery talk and book signing with illustrator Peter Brown, 7PM
Austin
Austin Central Library, Just for Teens: Writer's Masterclass with Sheenika Medard of the Speak Piece Poetry Project, 2PM
BookPeople, JAMES FENELON speaking & signing Four Hours of Fury, 7PM
Malvern Books, a reading with Micah Bateman, Ash Smith, Daniel Eduardo Ruiz, and Matthew Klane, 7PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, The Haunted book signing with Danielle Vega, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Happy Hour with Lacy M. Johnson, author of THE RECKONINGS, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, MBTB Recommends: Publishing Insiders Edition with Penguin Random House sales reps Brian Contine, Liz Sullivan, and Emily Smolarek, UT Press sales rep Gianna LaMorte, and Hachette sales rep Jan Coco Day, 6PM
Spring Branch Memorial Library, Houston Noir reading, discussion, and signing with award-winning novelist and fifth-generation Texan Stephanie Jaye Evans and editor and Houston’s first poet laureate, Gwendolyn Zepeda, 6:30PM
San Marcos
Half Price Books, They Lit: a regional reading and book signing tour featuring emerging southern womxn authors, 7PM
FRIDAY, JUNE 7:
Abilene
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature: "Welcome to the Jungle": dinner with award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown, 6:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, MATTHEW INMAN speaking & signing Why My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your Baby, 7PM [ticketed event]
Malvern Books, Reading for S. Kirk Walsh’s Workshop of Fiction Writers, 7PM
Houston
Discovery Green, WITS presents Youth Performance Poetry Sessions, 6:30PM
Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series Presents featuring Toni Holland, 8:30PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 8:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin SCBWI Monthly Meeting: Mentor Texts as Writing Teachers by author Donna Janell Bowman, 10AM
BookPeople, Guest Story Time with F. ANTHONY FALCON, author of Be Brave, Be Brave, Be Brave: A True Story of Fatherhood and Native American Heritage, 10:30AM
BookPeople, Author GREG GARRETT speaking & signing his books (in conversation with KUT's Jennifer Stayton), 5PM
Malvern Books, the launch of Lance Myers’s Why So Much?, the first publication of Austin-based publishing company Persistence of Vision, with readings from Myers and W. Joe Hoppe, 7PM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Second Saturday Author Signing: San Antonio author Martha Miller signing her memoir, 11AM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Shannon Bream discussing and signing FINDING THE BRIGHT SIDE, 2PM
Pleasant Grove Public Library, Oral Fixation presents "Freedman's Town to Botham Jean: Stories For Racial Healing," 2PM
The Writer's Garret, Summer of Poetry Submit-a-thon, 1PM
Denton
B&N, Local Author Signing: Mike Blackwell, author of Treason, 2PM
Recycled Books, Author Maggie Foster signing Viking Vengeance, 11AM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Gritos: on finding the sources of our voices" with ire’ne lara silva, 12:45PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Ellen Mansoor Collier signing Deco Dames, Demon Rum and Death, 3PM
Houston
Art League Houston, WITS Free Verse Open Mic for teens, 5:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, S.C. Perkins will discuss and sign her new novel MURDER ONCE REMOVED, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Mary Miller reading and signing BILOXI, 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Bev Vincent will sign and discuss Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Alex Zhang discussing and signing Spark, 4PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Revising Your Personal Essay for Publication" with Cameron Dezen Hammon, 1PM
Writespace, Monthly Workshop Open Mic, 7PM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, L. Beam Author Meet & Greet Event, 3PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Reaper: Threat Zero: A Sniper Novel book signing with Nicholas Irving, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Traci Smith signing A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime, 11AM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Jane Chance, 10:30AM
SUNDAY, JUNE 9:
Austin
BookPeople, T. CARLOS ANDERSON speaking & signing There Is a Balm in Huntsville, 7PM
BookWoman, Reading & Signing: Cabañuelas by Norma Elia Cantú, 3PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Volcanic Summer - Under Normal Circumstances this Would Have Never Happened," 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Valerie Dickson will sign her devotional Total Wellness: Healing for the Mind, Body, and Soul: 50 Days of Healing Promises, and Crystal Gore will sign her romantic thriller Don't Look Back, 1PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Legal Issues for Writers" with Mike Farris, 3PM
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.
