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
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.
Bookish goings-on in Texas
compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life
FOR THE WEEK OF 08.04.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Houston Shakespeare Festival, August 2-11
Book Bonanza! 2019, Grapevine, August 9-10
EXHIBITS:
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
The Art of Texas: 250 Years (from the eponymous book), San Antonio, through August 25
Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations, Midland, July 5-October 5
Art + Words: Marlo Saucedo and Leslie Gaworecki, Bryan, July 18-September 18
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4:
Austin
BookPeople, Lisa Sandlin reading and signing The Bird Boys, 2PM
BookPeople, Pierce Brown reading and signing Dark Age, 6PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Frederick Williams and Lane Denton discussing and signing Bayard and Martin: A Historical Novel About Friendship and the Civil Rights Movement, 3:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Edinburg
Museum of South Texas History, Sunday Speaker Series: Author and researcher Jorge Luís García Ruíz will present “Texas. The False Origin of the Name,” 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: "Word Crafting: Zine-Building with Art and Words" with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, 3PM
MONDAY, AUGUST 5:
Austin
BookPeople, Matthew Kepnes discussing and signing Ten Years a Nomad, 7PM
Houston
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting: "Creating Wonderland: The Alice in Wonderland Commission" with writer and sculptor Bridgette Mondgeon, 7PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6:
Austin
BookPeople, Andy Campbell discussing and signing Queer X Design, 7PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam New Ish Slam featuring Outspoken Bean, 7:15PM
The North Door, One Page Salon: host Owen Egerton with guests Robin Chotzinoff, Joel Weinbrot, David R Perkins, Adam Soto, Shelly Leuzinger, and Tim Ziegler, 7:30PM [BYOP]
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Outfox reading and signing with Sandra Brown, 7PM
Interabang Books, Lisa Sandlin reading and signing The Bird Boys, 6PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Matthew Kepnes discussing and signing Ten Years a Nomad, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam Summer Showdown featuring Ayokunle Falomo, 9:30PM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7:
Austin
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: History Through Comics with UT doctoral student Josh Abraham Kopin, exploring works by an Austin cartoonist named Jack Jackson, 12PM
Malvern Books, Suyi Davies Okungbowa reading and signing his new release, David Mogo, Godhunter (with Austin writer Jack Kaulfus), 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Queen Sheba, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, poet Janaka Stucky reading and signing Ascend Ascend, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Laura Lippman reading and signing Lady in the Lake, and Shari Lapena reading and signing Someone We Know, 6:30PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Fiction Writing Series, Part II: "Boogers and All: Creating Believable Characters with retired professor Tracey Lander-Garrett," 6PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas Seminar: "The Playwrights Toolbox" with Paul Kalburgi, 10:30AM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Julie Kibler reading and signing Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, 5PM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8:
Austin
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Robin Carstensen, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Joseph Reid (False Horizon) and Meg Gardiner (Into the Black Nowhere), 7PM
Baytown
Sterling Municipal Library, Lisa Sandlin reading and signing The Bird Boys, 6PM
Canyon
Burrowing Owl Books, High Plains Poetry Society presents a reading and Q&A with Amarillo mystery writer Natrelle Long, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Hetal Vasavada discussing and signing Milk & Cardamom, 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Verónica Gerber Bicecci presenting her new book in which she combines visual art and literature, Migrant Words (Palabras Migrantes), 7:30PM
Fort Worth
Southwest Regional Library, Third Thursday Jazz: Spoken Word, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Julie Kibler reading and signing Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Dr. Jody Edward Ginn discussing and signing East Texas Troubles, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Robert Crais reading and signing A Dangerous Man, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, John Casey discussing and signing Raw Thoughts: A mindful fusion of literary and photographic art, 5PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Reavis Wortham reading and signing Hawke’s Target, 5:30PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Patrick Strickland discussing and signing Alerta! Alerta!, 7PM
Houston
B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Michael Weisberg discussing both his journey of practicing medicine and his recently released novel, In The End, 6PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Abigial Owen signing The Rogue King, 2PM
BookPeople, Picture Book Celebration with Carmen Oliver (Bears Make the Best Math Buddies), Kathi Appelt (Max ... Attacks!), and Varsha Bajaj (The Home Builders), 2PM
BookPeople, Christina Soontornvat reading and signing Diary of an Ice Princess, 5PM
Malvern Books, poet John Casey reading, and signing Raw Thoughts (with poet Jack Bresette-Mills), 7PM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, San Antonio Romance Authors R.C. Alvarez, Patricia W. Fischer, Molly Mirren, Sasha Summers, Elizabeth Ann West, and Teri Wilson will sign their latest books, 11AM
Conroe
2nd & Charles, Local Author Celebration featuring picture-book authors Christina Hammons & Shannon, 12PM
Dallas
Dallas Public Library, JFK Assassination: Exploration of the Unexplained: Author Robert Groden gives insight on various JFK Assassination theories that differ from the official explanation, 2PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Things I Learned" with Gene Keller, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Meet Dawn Milson, local author of Invisible to Invincible, 4PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Jim Labove signing Sunrise Over Keith Lake, 2PM
Houston
Art League Houston, Writers In the Schools presents a Free Verse Open Mic, 5:30PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Sameer Garach reading and signing The Bull Option, 4:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Horror Intensive: A Generative Workshop" with Charlotte Wyatt, 1PM
Writespace, Monthly Workshop Open Mic, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, T. Carlos Anderson signing There Is a Balm in Huntsville: A True Story of Tragedy and Restoration from the Heart of the Texas Prison System, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Ayah Sayyed signing Sabeel and her Superheroes, 1PM
Tyler
B&N, Bert Lindsey signing Quick Tender and Razor Sharp, 1PM
Half Price Books, local children’s author J.E. Lindsay Jr. signing 31 Ways To Use Leftover Pizza, 3PM
Waco
B&N, Dave Campbell signing Dave Campbell's Favorite Texas College Football Stories, 2PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11:
Austin
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Too-Woke Insomniac," 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, steampunk sci-fi author Sarah Mensinga signing Currently, and sci-fi author Alexis Lantgen signing her short story collection, Sapience, 1PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen reading and signing Love and Death Among the Cheetahs, 2PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Introducing Characters: A Hands-On How To" with Joy Preble, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Kristen Henry signing Guiding Questions: Productive conversations and planning for instructional coaches, administrators, and teachers, 12PM
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.
