Due to COVID-19 cancellations and closings, each event in this week’s calendar is online.
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[line] in Texas
compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life
FOR THE WEEK OF 04.05.2020
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Mega Corazón 2020, April 6
BookCon: Virtual Read-a-Thon benefitting Binc, April 11
National Poetry Month, April 1-30
SUNDAY, APRIL 5:
Brazos Bookstore, Jessica Anthony discussing Enter the Aardvark (in conversation with Amanda Uhle), 1PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
MONDAY, APRIL 6:
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Houston SCBWI, monthly meeting: “Using the Uncanny: Creating Horror that Packs a Punch” with Kathleen Bagley writing under the pen name of Kate Pentecost, 7PM VIA ZOOM
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
The Blah Poetry Spot, virtual open mic, 8:30PM VIA ZOOM
TUESDAY, APRIL 7:
Shelton Williams, author of Washed In the Blood about the Odessa, Texas, "Kiss and Kill Murder," will discuss the case with Angelika Reeve, co-star of the TV show Bye, Bye, Betty, and Stephanie Tibbets, who led the "Betty the Ghost Tours" at Odessa High School, 9AM VIA ZOOM (ID: 236-991-7506, password 357341)
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Texas Book Festival, children's story time: Raquel Ortiz reading When Julia Danced Bomba, 10AM INSTAGAM LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Access Art & Adventure: reading and art project, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
World Affairs Council-DFW, webinar: Ben Hubbard discussing MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman, 11AM VIA ZOOM
Texas Public Radio, Worth Repeating presents “Outta Time”: Stories of close calls, time crunches, the big project and the final destination, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8:
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Blue Willow Bookshop/Half Price Books, "Reinventing and Subverting the 'Chosen One' Narrative" with Veronica Roth and Charlie Jane Anders, 1PM VIA TWITCH.TV
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writers’ League of Texas, "Memoir in Miniature: The Art of the Personal Essay" Online with M. M. Adjarian, 6:30PM
The Writing Barn & Interfaces, Live Online Reading and Open Mic featuring Bianca Perez and Joe Brundidge, 7PM
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
THURSDAY, APRIL 9:
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Writing Barn, Ask An Agent Webinar with Rubin Pfeffer, 11AM
Texas Book Festival, literary lunch break: Natalia Sylvester reading from Running, 12:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Access Art & Adventure: reading and art project, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Bookworm Box, Karina Halle Live Author Takeover!, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Cry Havoc Theater Company, Project Ghostlight virtual storytelling open mic, 7PM VIA ZOOM
Laredo BorderSlam, open-mic poetry, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Koraly Dimitriadis, 7:15PM VIA ZOOM
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
Writers' League of Texas, webinar: "Ask Us Anything: Editing & Revising" with Becka Oliver and Stacey Swann, 8PM VIA ZOOM
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
FRIDAY, APRIL 10:
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum, virtual story time, 9:30AM VIA ZOOM
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
World Affairs Council-DFW, webinar: Thurston Clarke discussing Honorable Exit: American Heroism and the Fall of Saigon, 11AM VIA ZOOM
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, virtual happy hour reading includes Richard Santos, author of Trust Me, 5PM VIA ZOOM
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
SATURDAY, APRIL 11:
Austin SCBWI Monthly Meeting: “Pitch Yeah! Conference Prep” with author Adrianna Cuevas, 10AM
American Christian Fiction Writers, ACFW DFW featuring Kathryn McClatchy, 11AM VIA ZOOM
Inklings Publishing, webinar: how authors can make a difference in their communities with social media, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Bibliobar, virtual story time, 11AM
Fresh Ink Austin, workshop: “Crafting Powerful Language” with Jaime DeBlanc-Knowles, 1PM GOOGLE HANGOUT
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 12:
Katy Budget Books, virtual bedtime story time, 7:30PM
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.
