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 05.16.2021
Please scroll down for the story time section
SPECIAL EVENTS
*1st Annual Southside Book Fair, San Antonio, May 16
Read Across Texas Author Event, May 19, ONLINE
Heritage Auctions Dallas: Manuscripts, May 19, ONLINE
EXHIBITIONS
*Leander, Texas Writers, a Humanities Texas traveling exhibition, May 3-31
*Irving, Lonesome Dove, a Humanities Texas traveling exhibition, March 6–July 11
*Abilene, The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature: A David Small World, February 11-May 22
SUNDAY, MAY 16:
Murder By the Book, Sisters in Crime Meeting: Luci Zahray will speak on "Classical Poisons," 2PM ZOOM
BookPeople, Dr. Jane Goodall and New York Times bestselling author Peter Wohlleben discuss Wohlleben’s new book, The Heartbeat of Trees (moderated by Donna Seaman), 6PM ONLINE [ticketed]
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Rolfe Stibbe presents The Isle of the Dragon: The Last Flight of the Bugs Bunny, 12PM OUTDOORS
MONDAY, MAY 17:
BookPeople, Stacey Abrams presents While Justice Sleeps (in conversation with Sarah Michelle Gellar), 5PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Austin Book Arts Center, workshop: limp vellum binding, 6PM ONLINE
Murder By the Book, May Agora and Polis Night, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay at Home open mic, 8PM (MST) ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)
TUESDAY, MAY 18:
BookPeople, May Cobb presents The Hunting Wives (in conversation with Riley Sager, author of Survive the Night), 6PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Books, Emiko Jean launches Tokyo Ever After (in conversation with David Yoon), 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Chelsea Mueller presents Prom House, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Pip Williams presents The Dictionary of Lost Words (in conversation Simon Winchester), 7PM ONLINE
The Dock Bookshop, Ben Philippe presents Sure I’ll Be Your Black Friend, 7PM CROWDCAST
Brazos Bookstore, Jennifer Weiner presents That Summer, 7PM ZOOM
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, MAY 19:
The Writing Barn, Craft Webinar: Using Your Anger to Write Multi-Layered Realistic Fiction with Ann Braden & Nancy Paulsen, 1PM
BookPeople, Nicholas Solis presents The Color Collector, and Candy Wellins presents The Stars Beckoned: Edward White's Amazing Walk in Space, 6PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Bookshop, John Green presents The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (in conversation with Hank Green), 6PM ZOOM [ticketed]
World Affairs Council – DFW, Daniel Levin presents Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East, 6PM ZOOM
Austin Bat Cave, workshop: No Room For Fear: Writing What Scares You with Dana De Greff, 6PM ZOOM
Austin Book Arts Center, workshop: drum leaf binding, 6PM ZOOM
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: “What Authors Need to Know: Marketing and Publicizing Your Book” with Katharine Duckett, 6:30PM ZOOM
Fort Worth Public Library, Writer's Workshop with Jason Hensel, 6:30PM ZOOM
Harris County Public Library, Public Poetry presents Poetry Live, 7PM ONLINE
Blue Willow Books, Jeff Guinn releases War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion (in conversation with Judge Ken Wise), 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, May Cobb presents The Hunting Wives (in conversation with Amy Gentry), 7PM FB & YT LIVE
Fresh Fiction, Video Book Club with Author Kelly Bowen, 7PM ONLINE
JCC Dallas, BookFest In Your Living Room: Senator Amy Klobuchar presents ANTITRUST: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age, 7PM ZOOM
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
San Antonio
* Jandro's Garden Patio, The Blah Blah Blah Poetry Spot open mic, 8:30PM
THURSDAY, MAY 20:
BookPeople, No Place For Hate® Book Talk with Hena Khan, author of Amina’s Song, 10AM ZOOM
Texas Book Festival, Literary Lunch Break: Carrie Fountain presents The Life, 12:30PM INSTA LIVE
Trinity University Press, The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 with Anneliese M. Bruner, the author’s great-granddaughter; author Scott Ellsworth, and Professor Carey Latimore, 6:30PM ZOOM
The Writing Barn, Creative Black Joy for the Black/African American Writer, 6:30PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Books, Steven Raichlen launches How to Grill Vegetables, 7PM ZOOM
Brazos Bookstore, Brenda Peynado presents The Rock Eaters (in conversation with Dantiel Moniz), 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Ben H. Winters, author of The Quiet Boy, in conversation with Jonathan Ames, author of A Man Named Doll, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
Writers’ League of Texas, May Third Thursday: The Great Outdoors: Bringing the Natural World into Your Writing with Matt Bell, David Marquis, and Julie Poole, 8PM ZOOM
FRIDAY, MAY 21:
The Dock Bookshop, Tamika D. Mallory presents State of Emergency + panel discussion, 6PM CROWDCAST [ticketed]
San Antonio
*Angie K Bookstore, Black Writers of San Antonio presents: Mixbook Vol. 1 Book Release Party, 6PM
Dallas
*The Wild Detectives, A Pedestrian´s Recent History of Dallas with Zac Crain, 7PM
*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
SATURDAY, MAY 22:
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: “Writing a Kickass Screenplay” with Owen Egerton, 10AM ZOOM
Gemini Ink, Crafting the Short Story: Idea to Final Draft with JP Goggin, 10AM
Tumblewords Project, workshop: “White Space & the Ruckus of Line” with Aldo Amparán, 1PM (MST) ZOOM
Brazos Bookstore, Brazos Book Club with Chelsea G. Summers, author of A Certain Hunger (in conversation with Mark Haber), 2PM ZOOM
The Dock Bookshop, Sadhguru presents Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny (in conversation with Kunal Nayyar), 6PM ONLINE [ticketed]
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Jessica Thompson reading and signing A Caterer's Guide to Love and Murder, 11AM OUTDOORS
New Braunfels
*The Book Haus, author visit with Joanne Easley, 2PM
SUNDAY, MAY 23:
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Joe Aguilar reading and signing For You, For Me, For Us, 12PM OUTDOORS
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.
