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 02.16.2020
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA), Brownsville, February 22-29
5th Annual People’s Poetry Festival, Corpus Christi, February 27-29
Book Lovers’ and Texana Collectors’ Breakfast (124th Annual Meeting of the Texas State Historical Association), Austin, February 27
LibraryPalooza: That Author Thing!, San Antonio, February 29
Pop Con, San Antonio, February 29
EXHIBITS:
Yuyi Morales: Soñadora, Abilene, November 14-May 28
Cuban Comics in the Castro Era, Austin, December 6-March 1
Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, Austin, February 1-July 19
Blue Star Contemporary's Exhibitions Highlight the Written Word, San Antonio, February 7-May 3
The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion, Fort Worth, February 18-May 17
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23:
Austin
BookPeople, Debbie Trominski discussing and signing Rich Slow is My Homeboy, 5PM
Malvern Books, a public reading with the South Austin Writers Workshop, 1PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Clay Wonnell signing his humorous golf book, Sandbaggery, 1PM
Interabang Books, John Allman discussing and signing A Is for Audra, 1PM
El Paso
Mona Bar of Modern Art, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández discussing and signing Migrating to Prison, 4:30PM
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People presents Alan Gratz discussing and signing Allies, 3PM
Visionary Heights, Poetry Around Houston workshop, 1PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Write Magical Realism” with Alex Temblador, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Andrés de la Casa Huertas and Javier García del Moral (founders of Dallas’s The Wild Detectives bookstore) signing Reading Quirks-Weird Things That Bookish Nerds Do!, 12PM
Sugar Land
B&N, Rachael Tamayo signing Break My Bones, 2PM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24:
Austin
BookPeople, Mannette Morgan discussing and signing Finding Your Voice, 7PM
Beaumont
Lamar University, Literary Reading Series presents poet Walter Bargen, author of My Other Mother’s Red Mercedes, 5:30PM
Dallas
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, “The History of Civil Rights in America: A 21st Century Perspective” with author Dr. Christopher Lebron, 6:30PM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: “Texas Bound” with Allison Tolman reading Jenny Lawson and Naomi Shihab Nye, Christie Vela reading Sandra Cisneros, and Ruben Carrazana reading Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 7:30PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Meg Gardiner discussing and signing The Dark Corners of the Night, 6:30PM
Rice University, Ann Weisgarber discussing and signing The Glovemaker and The Promise, 7PM
Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: "Enter Stage Right: Playwriting Basics" with David Douglas, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Mo Saidi discussing and signing Esther and the Genius, 5PM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25:
Amarillo
Burrowing Owl Books, An Evening with the Author: Jodi Thomas interviewing Bill Briscoe, 5PM
Austin
BookPeople, Jerry Mitchell discussing and signing Race Against Time, 7PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Ari, hosted by Kevin W. Burke, 7:15PM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Percussion & Prose, 6:30PM
College Station
Texas A&M, Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week: Professor Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. presents “Fair Use and the Citizen Author,” 2PM
Dallas
Richland College, World Affairs Council-DFW presents Tracy Walder, former CIA officer and FBI agent, author of The Unexpected Spy, 6:30PM [SOLD OUT]
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Mardi Gras-PHAT Tuesday Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Belin Chapel, Stephen Harrigan discussing and signing Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, 5PM
Bohemeo’s, Glass Mountain reading plus open mic, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Kristen Simmons discussing and signing Scammed (in conversation with Mary Lindsey), 6:30PM
Katy Budget Books, Kerrelyn Sparks’s launch party for How to Love Your Elf, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Joshua Hood discussing and signing Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Resurrection, 6:30PM
Rice University, “Biography and the History of Slavery in West Africa” with author Dr. Sandra E. Greene, 6PM
United Way of Greater Houston, World Affairs Council presents Farah Pandith discussing and signing How We Win: How Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, and Social Media Can Defeat the Extremist Threat, 7PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26:
Austin
BookPeople, Holly Whitaker discussing and signing Quit Like a Woman (in conversation with Sondra Primeaux), 7PM
Terrazas Branch Library, Chicon Street Poets presents Aural Literature featuring Sunny Leal and Maryan Nagy Captan, 7:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Jerry Mitchell discussing and signing Race Against Time, 6PM
SMU, Women of Color and the Power of Narratives Event: A Tribute to Toni Morrison, 5:30PM
UT Dallas, “Zip Codes, Genetic Codes, and Envisioning an Equitable Culture of Health” with author Dr. Sean Valles, 7:30PM
El Paso
Pershing Inn, El Velvet Elvis Open Mic Night, 8PM
Harker Heights
B&N, story time and sing-along with Rickey Pittman and Rio Grande Valley ABC, 6PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now’s 6 Year Wanniversary Poetry Pizza Party featuring Yaw, hosted by Ebony, 7:30PM
McAllen
B&N – Palms Crossing, Dr. Hillrey Dufner signing My Peace I Leave With You, 3PM
San Antonio
Berry to Beans, Sun Poet’s Society open mic poetry readings, 7PM
TAMU SA, 3rd annual African American Read In, 11AM
San Marcos
Wittliff Collections, “Three Chords and the Truth” with Bill Malone, author of Country Music U.S.A., 5:30PM
The Woodlands
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27:
Austin
BookPeople, Deborah Kesten discussing and signing Whole Person Integrative Eating, 7PM
Lazarus Brewing Co., LOGOS Collective featuring poets Christian Wiman and Nate Klug, 7:30PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Kim Yideum presents a bilingual reading of Blood Sisters with translator Jiyoon Lee, 7:30PM
Denton
El Paso
B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 9PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kate Murphy discussing and signing You’re Not Listening ( in conversation with Inprint’s Rich Levy), 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Steve Berry discussing and signing his new Cotton Malone thriller, The Warsaw Protocol (with audio narrator Scott Brick), 6:30PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Sadie Hoagland, Bruno Rios, and Aris Kian Brown, 8:30PM
San Antonio
Trinity University, "Architecture and Urbanism in the Museum: Legacies and Futures of Activism" with author Barry Bergdoll, 5:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, poet Alex Salinas discussing and signing Warbles (with Cyra Dumitru), 5PM
San Marcos
Texas State University, a reading and signing with Erika L. Sánchez, author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, 3:30PM
Waco
Fabled Bookstore & Café, local author Justin Rosolino signing Idiot: Sojourning Soul, 7PM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Ben H. English discussing and signing Destiny’s Way, 6PM & 7:30PM
Amarillo
B&N, Rye Curtis signing Kingdomtide, 7PM
Austin
BookPeople, William Magnuson discussing and signing Blockchain Democracy, 7PM
Casa de Resistencia, Platica on Community Violence & Healing: An evening with the Institute of Chicana/o Psychology and Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, author of Yolqui, a Warrior Summoned from the Spirit World: Testimonios on Violence, 7PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social Anthology release party, 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Leila Chatti, Keith Flynn, Chloe Honum, Dustin Pearson, Kim Yi-Deum, and Jiyoon Lee, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
Latino Cultural Center, an evening with Farid Matuk, author of the poetry collections This Isa Nice Neighborhood and The Real Horse, 7PM
Maggiano's Little Italy, Half Price Books hosting lunch with New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry, who will discuss and sign his latest book, The Warsaw Protocol, 11:30AM
El Paso
Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Series Open Mic Night, 8:30PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Susan Elia MacNeal discussing and signing The King's Justice, the latest in her Edgar-nominated Maggie Hope series, 6:30PM
TBH Center, Open Mic Night hosted by Juan Villareal, 7:30PM
Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, a reading and signing with Erika L. Sánchez, author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, 7:30PM
Laredo
2nd & Charles, Open Mic, 5PM
McAllen
B&N – Palms Crossing, Dr. Stephen A. Missick signing The Saint Jude Thaddeus Storybook, 6PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29:
Austin
B&N – Arboretum, story time and book signing with JoAnn Matthews, 11AM
BookPeople, The Craft + Business of Writing with Writers’ League of Texas: Austin Edition, 3PM
Half Price Books – Southpark Meadows, John Baltisberger signing his urban fantasy novels, Inhuman Error and Artifice of Flesh, as well as his poetry collection, Configuration Discordant, 1PM
Malvern Books, Julie Howd releases her chapbook, Threshold, 7PM
Monkeywrench Books, ABC zine printing party, 3:30PM
Norris Conference Center, Austin Romance Writers of America workshop: “Elevate Your Novel Through Criteria-Driven Story Development” with Larry Brooks, February 29
St. Edwards U, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: "Writing Beyond What You Know" with Richard Santos, 10AM
College Station
Dallas
B&N – Preston/Royal, Jackie Anders signing Phoenix: Field of Mars, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury and her co-author, and son, Tyler Russell, discussing and signing the second installment of the beloved Baxter Family Children series, Finding Home, 2PM
El Paso
UTEP Centennial Museum, Tumblewords Project workshop: “The Art of the Thank You Note” with Mónica Gómez, 1PM
Houston
Aurora Picture Show, Space City Slam Prelim #1, 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Vanessa Roeder reading and signing her picture book The Box Turtle, 11AM
Brazos Bookstore, An Evening with Patrick Stockwell and Jennifer Sperry Steinorth discussing and signing The Light Here Changes Everything, 6:30PM
Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Inprint House, una noche de lectura con Raquel Abend van Dalen, como parte de la serie de lecturas en español de Inprint, Escritores en la casa, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Kathy L. Murphy discussing and signing The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Bonnar Spring discussing and signing Toward the Light, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Mark Lardas discussing and signing Vanished Houston Landmarks, 3PM
Leander
Patchouli Joe’s Books & Indulgences, Leander Author Panel: Michael Angel, Amanda Kai, Aaron Gallagher, Tricia L. Sanders, and Susan Niz discussing writing and publishing and signing their books, 4:30PM
New Braunfels
The Book Haus, Local Author Visit with Misha Elliott, 10AM
The Book Haus, book signings with Lindsey Renee Backen and John Layne, 2PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Find Your Narrative Voice” with Eden Elieff, 1PM
San Antonio
B&N – La Cantera, David Peche signing San Antonio's Historic Hotels, 1PM
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, a reading and plática with Lydia R. Otero, author of In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer, 6PM
Tha Event Center, a photography exhibit, poetry reading, and book signing of Labyrinth, the debut poetry collection from San Antonio author and writer Fernando Rover Jr., 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, Scarlett Ryan Foster signing The Aztec Adventure, 11AM
SUNDAY, MARCH 1:
Austin
B&N – Arboretum, Casey Chapman Ross signing her new coloring book, I Am an Activist, 2:30PM
BookPeople, Marissa Meyer discussing and signing the Lunar Chronicles series, 5PM [ticketed event]
Malvern Books, Sarah Harris Wallman releases her story collection, Senseless Women, winner of the 2019 Juniper Prize for Fiction (with guests Ashleigh Pedersen and Jaime DeBlanc-Knowles), 1PM
Malvern Books, Poet-Scientists: Lisa Rosenberg discussing and signing A Different Physics, and Adrienne Drobnies discussing an signing Salt and Ashes, 4PM
Malvern Books, a bilingual reading with Kim Yideum and Jiyoon Lee, author and translator respectively, of the novel, Blood Sisters, 6PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Jonathan Johnson signing his children’s book, Stars of the Bible, and Misty Hayes signing the newest book in her Blood Dagger series, Tree of Souls, 1PM
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Interabang Books presents Karen Blumenthal discussing and signing Jane Against the World, and Melanie Sumrow discussing and signing The Inside Battle, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
McAllen
B&N – Palms Crossing, local author J.T. Lozano signing his science-fiction books, 3PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Write Your Business Book Outline” with Jennifer Locke, 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.
