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 04.18.2021
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Mega Corazón: San Antonio’s annual Poetry Month celebration, April 5-30, VIRTUAL
The Dock Bookshop’s annual Spring Fling, April 16-18, VIRTUAL
20th Annual Poetry at Round Top, April 19-23, VIRTUAL
14th Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, April 22-25, VIRTUAL
Texas Library Association Annual Conference, April 22-24, 2021 VIRTUAL
Independent Booksellers Day, April 24, HYBRID (click for map of participating Texas stores)
2nd Annual National Antiracist Book Festival, April 24, VIRTUAL
EXHIBITIONS
*Abilene, The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature: A David Small World, February 11-May 22
*Irving, Lonesome Dove, a Humanities Texas traveling exhibition, March 6–July 11
SUNDAY, APRIL 18:
Sisters in Crime, April Meeting: Kelly Riddle, a private investigator who owns his own firm, will discuss "Understanding the Mysteries of Private Investigations," 2PM ZOOM [email for link]
Interabang Books, Shelly Anand presents Laxmi’s Mooch, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, John Spietz reading and signing Thrill Chase, 12PM OUTDOORS
MONDAY, APRIL 19:
BookPeople, Admiral William H. McRaven discusses The Hero Code with James Patterson, 6PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Austin Book Arts Center, case binding workshop, 6PM ONLINE
Murder By the Book, April Agora and Polis night with editor Chantelle Aimée Osman, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Gabriela Garcia presents Of Women and Salt, and Kaitlyn Greenidge presents Libertie (in conversation with Mira Jacob), 7PM ONLINE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay at Home open mic, 8PM (MST) ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)
TUESDAY, APRIL 20:
Murder By the Book, Will Dean, author of The Last Thing to Burn, a in conversation with Shari Lapena, author of Not a Happy Family, 1PM FB & YT LIVE
BookPeople, Gregory Curtis presents Paris Without Her: A Memoir, 6PM ZOOM
Austin Book Arts Center, closed structure binding workshop, 6PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Books, President George W. Bush discusses Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants with Valerie Koehler, 7PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Brazos Bookstore, translator Philip Boehm discusses The Passenger, by Ulrich Alexander Bochwitz, with Mimi Swartz, 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, A. E. Osworth, author of We Are Watching Eliza Bright, in conversation with Tiphanie Yanique, author of Monster in the Middle, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
SCBWI Austin, Webinar: Revising From Manuscript to Novel with Ashley Hope Pérez, 7PM
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, APRIL 21:
Austin Bat Cave, workshop: Writing for Children with Carol Mitchell, 12:30PM ZOOM
BookPeople, Elizabeth McCracken presents The Souvenir Museum, and S. Kirk Walsh presents The Elephant of Belfast, 6PM ZOOM
Interabang Books, Gregory Curtis presents Paris without Her, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Trinity University, Stieren Arts Enrichment Series presents Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans, 6:30PM ZOOM
Writers’ League of Texas, “Crafting an Effective Novel Synopsis” ONLINE with Richard Z. Santos, 6:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Brazos Book Club: Mark Haber speaks with Martin Riker, author of Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return, 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Anne Hillerman, author of Stargazer, in conversation with Dean "Miranda" James, author of What the Cat Dragged In, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
Fresh Fiction, Video Book Club with Author Amy E. Reichert, 7PM ONLINE
Trinity University, Dr. Ruben Espinosa launches Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism, 7PM ZOOM
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Longview
*Books & Barrels, Spoken Word Poetry, 6PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 22:
World Affairs Council – Greater Houston, Speaker of the House John Boehner presents On the House, 5PM ONLINE
BookPeople, Sergio Troncoso (editor) presets Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds, 6PM ZOOM
SMU, Sarah Milov speaks about her new book, The Cigarette: A Political History, 6PM ONLINE
The Writing Barn, Elevating Queer Voices: LBGTQIA+ Writers in Community with Jason June, Adib Khorram, Sara Ryan, and Diana M. Pho (moderated by Aileen Johnson and Evan Griffith, 6PM ONLINE
Austin Book Arts Center, closed structure binding workshop, 6PM ZOOM
Brazos Bookstore, Kevin Prufer discusses The Art of Fiction, and Craig Morgan Teicher discusses Welcome to Sonnetville, New Jersey, 7PM ZOOM
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, Spring Community Read: Exile Music with Jennifer Steil, 7:30PM ONLINE
Interabang Books, Nigella Lawson discusses Cook, Eat, Repeat with Yotam Ottolenghi, 8PM ONLINE
Writers’ League of Texas, WLT On the Writing Life: Channeling Anxiety & Depression into Creativity with Heather Harper Ellett, 8PM ZOOM
Boerne
*The Boerne Bookshop, Wine and Write, 7PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 23:
Center for the Study of the Southwest, Dr. Jennifer Marshall presents The Little Art Colony and US Modernism, 12:30PM ONLINE
Murder By the Book, Kris Calvin, author of All that Fall, in conversation with Gayle Lynds, author of The Assassins, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
Dallas
*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 24:
Houston Public Library, Always Write: a Houston Poet Laureate workshop, 11AM ZOOM
The Bookworm Box, Lacey Dailey LIVE Author Takeover, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE
ACFW – The Woodlands, workshop: How to Get into Screenwriting with Rene Gutteridge, 12PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Best Novel Edgar Nominee Panel with Deepa Anappara, Caroline B. Cooney, Richard Osman, Ivy Pochoda, Kwei Quartey, and Heather Young, 1PM FB & YT LIVE
Tumblewords Project, workshop: “Prose Poetry/It’s Enough” with Kimberly Klorer, 1PM (MST) ZOOM
San Antonio Public Library, storytelling workshop for queer voices led by local wordsmith Chibbi Orduña, 1PM ONLINE
Brazos Bookstore, Ellen Leventhal and Blythe Russo launch A Flood of Kindness, 3PM ZOOM
San Antonio Public Library, Rhythm & Rhyme - Creative Writing Workshop with poets Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson and Nick Blevins, 5:30PM ONLINE
Brazos Bookstore, poets Fady Joudah and Wayne Miller present their new poetry collections, Tethered to Stars and We the Jury, respectively, 7PM ZOOM
Tumblewords Project, National Poetry Month reading hosted by Richie David Marrufo, 7PM ZOOM
Fort Worth
* Monkey & Dog Books, Sandra Rhoads will discuss and sign her latest YA fantasy novel, Realms of Light, 2PM
Houston
* The Sam Houston, Timothy Gene Sojka discusses and signs Payback Jack, 11AM
Longview
*Books & Barrels, Meet local author Susan Byrde, 3:30PM
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Tana Holmes presents (Not) Scary Stuff at the Doctor's Office, 11AM OUTDOORS
*Angie K Books, Meet & Greet with poet Fernando Rover, Jr, 2PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 25:
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.
