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 06.09.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
West Texas Writers' Academy, Canyon, June 10-14
Friends of the Abilene Public Library Book Sale, June 14-16
Greater Austin Comic Con, June 15-16
Juneteenth Book Sale, Austin, June 15
McKinney Book Fest, June 15
EXHIBITS:
Our People: The Life and Works of Author Angela Shelf Medearis, Austin, February 2-June 22
The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts, Dallas, March 1-June 15
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
SUNDAY, JUNE 9:
Austin
BookPeople, T. CARLOS ANDERSON speaking & signing There Is a Balm in Huntsville, 7PM
BookWoman, Reading & Signing: Cabañuelas by Norma Elia Cantú, 3PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Volcanic Summer - Under Normal Circumstances this Would Have Never Happened," 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Valerie Dickson will sign her devotional Total Wellness: Healing for the Mind, Body, and Soul: 50 Days of Healing Promises, and Crystal Gore will sign her romantic thriller Don't Look Back, 1PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Legal Issues for Writers" with Mike Farris, 3PM
MONDAY, JUNE 10:
Austin
BookPeople, MARY MILLER speaking & signing Biloxi, 7PM
Casa de Resistencia, Reading and Conversation: Lilia Rosas discusses her new book, Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal, with Shennette Garrett-Scott, 7PM
El Paso
VA Clinic (N. Piedras), Tumbleword Projects: Writing workshop for veterans, their families, and civilians, 3PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Stephen Markley reading and signing OHIO, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Rose Sherman Williams with Rebecca Ebner Hoag discussing and signing Letters to Rose: A Holocaust Memoir With Letters of Impact and Inspiration, 5:30PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 11:
Austin
Austin Central Public Library, AIA Austin presents Design Talks with author Zoë Ryan, curator of architecture and design at the Art Institute of Chicago, 11AM
Austin Central Public Library, NICOLE DENNIS-BENN speaking & signing Patsy (on conversation with Clay Smith from Kirkus Reviews), 7PM
BookPeople, RAMIT SETHI speaking & signing I Will Teach You To Be Rich, 7PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Author Series featuring Wyatt McSpadden and Texas BBQ: Small Town to Downtown, 6PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department: Under New Management, 7:30PM
Palomino Coffee, Chicon Street Poets hosts Living Room Lit, 7:15PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Glori B, 7:15PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring novelist Ann Fields, 7PM
Dallas
Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society presents Brown Bag Lecture: June Naylor, author of Texas Landmark Cafes, 12PM
Interabang Books, Stephen Markley reading and signing OHIO, 6PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Craft Night with author Katherine Center, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ocean Vuong in conversation with Bryan Washington about his debut novel, ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS, 7PM
Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM presents "Chemistry," 7:30PM
White Oak Music Hall, Houston Symphony presents Resilient Sounds: A Collaboration of Music, Art, Dance, Poetry, and Prose, 7:30PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Story time with Cate Berry, author of Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime, 10AM & 11AM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam Team Welcome Home Slam, 9:30AM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12:
Austin
Austin Books & Comics, Release party: Donny Cates signing Silver Surfer Black #1, 5PM
BookPeople, ELLIOT ACKERMAN speaking & signing Places and Names, 7PM
Corpus Christi
The Exchange, Poetry Night: Pride, 8PM
Cypress
Harris County Public Library, Houston Noir: An Interactive Reading Event with Houston's first poet laureate, Gwendolyn Zepeda, and Houston's third poet laureate, Deborah DEEP Mouton, 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Mike Maden signing Tom Clancy's Enemy Contact, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live presents architecture critic for the Dallas Morning News and 2018 Nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award Mark Lamster discussing and signing The Man in the Glass House: Phillip Johnson, 7PM
Interabang Books, Larry Enmon reading and signing CITY OF FEAR, 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry Reading featuring Kendra Greene and Matthew Klane, 7:30PM
Denton
Spiderweb Salon HQ, LOVE IS: a spiderweb salon + PRIDEDENTON zine workshop, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now: Pride Open Mic and Book Release Show featuring Chibbi, 7:30PM
B&N - River Oaks, Dave Ward signing Good Evening, Friends: A Broadcaster Shares His Life, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Joel Edward Goza discussing and signing AMERICA’S UNHOLY GHOSTS, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, a special evening story time with Terri Sabol reading Oscar and Emmy Weather a Hurricane, 6:30PM
Midland
Opal's Table, Permian Basin Bookies Wine & Words Dinner benefiting the Recording Library of West Texas, where volunteers read for the blind and disabled, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Art Markman discussing and signing Bring Your Brain to Work, 5PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 13:
Austin
BookPeople, ART MARKMAN speaking & signing Bring Your Brain to Work, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Viktoria Valenzuela, 7:15PM
Bryan
SEAD Gallery and Bookshop, Author Talk: Delores Crum presenting her debut book, 7 Simple Strategies for Successful Living, 6:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, a special event with humorist and comedian David Sedaris celebrating the paperback release of CALYPSO, 7PM [ticketed event]
Interabang Books, Lisa Lewis discussing and signing FEED THE BABY HUMMUS, 6PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Story time: Megan and Jorge Lacera share their picture book ZOMBIES DON'T EAT VEGGIES!, 10AM
Brazos Bookstore, Elliot Ackerman discussing and signing PLACES AND NAMES, 7PM
Italian Cultural & Community Center, Louis F. Aulbach and Linda C. Gorski of the Houston Archaeological Society present "Ostia Antica, The Port City of Ancient Rome," followed by a book sale and signing, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Mike Maden signing Tom Clancy Enemy Contact, 6:30PM
Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, an evening with 81-year old East Texas writer Glenda Watters and her book My Life Takes Up Too Much Of My Time, 6PM
Navasota
Muddy Water Bookstore, Poetry Reading, 7PM
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Penelope Ward Live Author Takeover, 7PM
FRIDAY, JUNE 14:
Austin
BookPeople, DAVID SEDARIS speaking and signing Calypso, 6PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Reading & Workshop: Building Polyam-Fam! (Biological or Chosen) with Koe Creation, 7PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Girls Night Out featuring Mia Willis, 8PM
Mighty Fine Arts, Wordspace presents Poets On X+ Free For All, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Tembi Locke discussing and signing FROM SCRATCH, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Nina Laurin will sign and discuss The Starter Wife, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Continental Cafe and Event Center, 2nd Verse San Antonio presents HTX Slam Team: Sophia Mae Lisud Conopio, Saida Carter, Marie Brown, and David Baumgardner, 9PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 15:
Austin
Cepeda Branch Library, Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle, 1PM
Dallas
Dallas Public Library, "Exploration of the Unexplained: Ghost Stories" with author Oscar Mendoza, 1PM
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, presenting theSkimm’s debut book, How To Skimm Your Life, 6:30PM
Interabang Books, Stewart Cohen discussing and signing SEEING RED, 6PM
Hampton Library, Oral Fixation presents "Freedman's Town to Botham Jean: Stories For Racial Healing," 2PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Divided Time" with Zyme Oné, 12:45PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, A. Hardy Roper and his newest Parker McLeod thriller, Bad Moon Rising, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Spring Forest Middle School student Alex Zhang will discuss and sign his novel SPARK, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Rosanne Parry reading and signing her children's book A WOLF CALLED WANDER, 3PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Larry Enmon will sign and discuss City of Fear, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Jillian Coburn discussing and signing her memoir, My Ugly Truth: Life Beyond Abuse, 3PM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Denise LeBlanc signing and discussing He Was: A memoir of a father's journey through the stages of Alzheimer's, written from the heart of his daughter, 3PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Poetry Summer: Sharon Ankrum, Cyra Dumitru, and Wendy Barker, 3PM
San Antonio Central Library, Meet the Author: Oscar Cásares discussing and signing Where We Come From, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Brian Salmon signing The Birth Guy's Go-To Guide for New Dads: How to Support Your Partner Through Birth, Breastfeeding, and Beyond, 11AM
Tyler
B&N, Betty Hamilton signing Twilight Never Sleeps, 2PM
Watauga
Half Price Books, mystery author Deanna King will sign Twist of Fate, 1PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 16:
Austin
Malvern Books, Bloomsday: celebration of the life of James Joyce, with short readings from Ulysses (sign up in store on the day if you’d like to read) and suitably Irish snacks, 2PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Mary King will her satirical novel Personal Appearances Are Everything, and children's author Kimberly Lawrence will sign Calibound, 1PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Mack McCoy signing Rough Way to the Highway, 12PM
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.
