Due to COVID-19 cancellations and closings,
most events in this week’s calendar are online.
(* Denotes nonvirtual, on-location events)
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 11.01.2020
Please scroll down for the story time section!
SPECIAL EVENTS
South Texas Book Festival, October 29-November 1, ONLINE
Texas Teen Book Festival, October 31-November 1, ONLINE
25th Annual Texas Book Festival, October 31-November 15, ONLINE
48th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Festival, November 1-22, ONLINE
5th Annual Texas Authors Celebration, November 5, ONLINE
*10th Annual Dobie Dichos, November 6, Oakville
Indie Author Day Celebration, November 7, ONLINE
*A Grave Is Given Supper, November 7-14, Dallas
Lit Crawl Austin, November 7-15, ONLINE
EXHIBITIONS
*National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, “What Might You Do?: Christian Robinson”, through January 21, 2021
*College Station, Texas A&M, “The Eternal Passion: Nicholas A. Basbanes and the Making of A Gentle Madness,” through November 30
Ransom Center, Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, through January 3, 2021 ONLINE
*Canyon, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country, through January 23, 2021
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1:
Malvern Books, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Issue 52 launch party, 2PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, John Connolly discussing The Dirty South and Stuart Neville discussing The Stranger, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, Guided Freewrites instructed by Ariana Brown, 2PM ZOOM
Writespace, Building Blocks for a Strong Memoir with Joyce Boatright, 3PM ONLINE
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Ben Castillo discussing and signing Boxcar Bennie, 12PM OUTDOOR EVENT
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2:
Austin Library Foundation, Badgerdog Memoir & Storytelling Workshop for Adults, 10:30AM
Harris County Public Library, HCPL Writes: NaNoWriMo 2020 opening day with Summer Kiska and Ellias Quinn, 3PM ONLINE
Austin Book Arts Center, drop spine box workshop, 6PM ZOOM
World Affairs Council – DFW, Jim Falk’s conversation with Brother Christopher Savage and Marc Goldberg, co-authors of The Art of Training Your Dog, 6PM ONLINE
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, , 6:30PM ONLINE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay At Home open mic, 8PM ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3:
Murder By the Book, Night of a Thousand Authors presented by the Atria Mystery Bus, ThrillerFest, and Ryan “The Real Book Spy” Steck, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Austin Poetry Slam, virtual open mic, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
The Dock Bookshop, virtual poetry open mic, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE, ZOOM
Puroslam, virtual poetry slam, 10PM ZOOM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4:
ERJCC, Eshkol Nevo discussing The Last Interview, 12PM ONLINE
Fondren Library, Virtual Meet the Author: Julie Gianelloni Connor discussing Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, not the Hike, 6PM ZOOM
Austin Book Arts Center, bookbinding workshop, 6PM ZOOM
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: "Borrowing from Other Genres" with Erika T. Wurth, 6PM ZOOM
Dallas Public Library, Wendi Coffman-Porter discussing Aether Ones, 6:30PM ONLINE
WTAMU, Seth Wieck Virtual Poetry Reading, 7PM
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5:
Edmon Low Library, Dr. Holly Karibo, co-editor of Border Policing, 4PM FACEBOOK LIVE
University of Texas Press, Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson discussing Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back (with Mina Kimes), 6PM ZOOM [registration required]
Interabang Books, Kerri Arsenault discusses Mill Town (in conversation with Ben Fountain and David Searcy), 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Texas Sisters Press, launch of ‘Tis the Season: A Holiday Anthology featuring contributing authors and prizes, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Symposium, 6PM ONLINE
Pflugerville Public Library, NaNoWriMo Romance Writers Panel with Cathy Maxwell, Sophie Jordan, Farrah Rochon, and Kharma Kelley, 6:30PM WEBEX
SMU, Sun & Star: The Belt, Road, and Beyond: Domestic Motivations & Implications for the World with author Min Ye, 6:30PM ONLINE [RSVP]
Murder By the Book, Sara Foster discussing The Hidden Hours, 7PM YOUTUBE
NTTBF, Dynamic Duos Graphic Novel Panel with Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright, Lily LaMotte, and Ann Xu, 7PM ONLINE
The Bookworm Box, Chanda Hahn Live Author Takeover!, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Catholic Literary Arts, Maritain and John Paul II: Art as a Bridge to Faith with Dr. John Hittinger, 7PM
SCBWI North Texas, Webinar: Revising Your Rhymer Picture Book with Tim McCanna, 7PM
Writers’ League of Texas, One Page Salon and Texas Author Celebration, 7:30PM ONLINE
Laredo BorderSlam, virtual open mic, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6:
Sam Houston State, Dateline Democracy: Andrea Mitchell, author of Talking Back, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Bayou City Press, Julie Gianelloni Connor launching the audiobook version of Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike and discussing how to turn a book into an audiobook, 6PM ZOOM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7:
SCBWI Austin, Monthly Meeting: A Different Road to an Illustration Career with Laura Fisk & Crystal Kite Celebration, 9:30AM ONLINE
Writers’ League of Texas, "Caressing the Flame: Writing the Difficult" with ire'ne lara silva, 10AM ONLINE
DEAR Indie, National Authors Day celebration, 10AM ONLINE
Writespace, The Fool’s Journey: A Generative Writing Workshop Using the Tarot with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 10AM ONLINE
Brazos Bookstore, story time: Adam Rex reading On Account of the Gum, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, Writers Be Blockin' with Ebony Stewart, 11AM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Anthony Horowitz discussing Moonflower Murders, 12PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Writespace, Navigating Self-Publishing with Mike Kowis, 1PM ONLINE
Tumblewords Project, writing workshop, 1PM ZOOM
The Writing Barn, The Writer’s Notebook: A Half-Day Class for Teens with Marianne Murphy, 2PM ONLINE
Write About Now, Ask the Shadows to Dance: How to Write 4 Poems in One Class with Clementine von Radics, 2PM ZOOM
Fort Worth Public Library, Pamela Skjolsvik discussing Forever 51, 4PM ONLINE
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Virtual Open Mic, 7PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8:
The Writing Barn, Craft Webinar: Writing a Rollicking Read-Aloud with Tammi Sauer, 11AM ONLINE
Dallas JCC, Book Fest In Your Living Room presents Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy discussing Never Alone, 12PM ONLINE
Write About Now, Angels on Zoloft: Images That Argue with Bill Moran, 2PM ZOOM
Writespace, Building Blocks for a Strong Memoir with Joyce Boatright, 3PM ONLINE
Writing Workshops Dallas, Zoom Seminar: Your Path to Publication with Blake Kimzey, 3PM
Inprint, Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Nick Hornby discussing Just Like You, 4PM ONLINE
Dallas JCC, Book Fest In Your Living Room presents Joan Lunden discussing Why Did I Come Into This Room? A Candid Conversation About Aging, 7PM ONLINE
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Deanna King discussing and signing Saving a Sioux Legacy: The Story of Blaze, 12PM OUTDOOR EVENT
ONLINE STORY TIME
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Harris County Public Libraries - Fairbanks Branch: a variety of story times throughout the week
San Antonio Public Library, children’s story times throughout the week
El Paso Public Library, a variety of children’s programming throughout the week FACEBOOK LIVE
Houston Public Library, virtual story time, daily, times vary
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, T-Th, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Doseum, virtual story time, days & times vary
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
Irving Public Library, online story time, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE
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.
