The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings, lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State

 

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

by Texas Book Lover

FOR THE WEEK OF 07.26.2020

Please scroll down for the story time section!

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

5th Annual Authors Marketing Event, July 25-26, ONLINE

Harris County Public Library’s 1st Annual Summer Authorama, July 28-31, FACEBOOK LIVE

Middle Ground book fest, August 1-2, YOUTUBE

 

EXHIBITIONS

Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, Austin, February 1-August 30 ONLINE

*National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, ENCORE: A Look Back, June 11-September 19

 

SUNDAY, JULY 26:

Writespace, workshop: “Writing History: Yours and Others'” with Jessica Handler, 12PM ZOOM

Writing Workshops Dallas, Seminar: Best Book Launch Ever with Shayla Raquel, 6PM ZOOM

 

MONDAY, JULY 27:

The Writing Barn, Virtual Book Launch for Mayor Pete – The Story of Pete Buttigieg with author Rob Sanders, illustrator Levi Hastings, and editor Christian Trimmer, 1PM

Gemini Ink, From Idea to Publication: The Journey of a Short Story with Jen Knox, 6:30PM ONLINE

BookPeople, Jeff Abbott discussing Never Ask Me (in conversation with Meg Gardiner), 7PM ZOOM

Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay At Home open mic, 8PM ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)

The Blah Poetry Spot, virtual open mic, 8:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE

 

TUESDAY, JULY 28:

Brazos Bookstore, Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang discussing Not Your All- American Girl, 5PM INSTAGRAM LIVE

Voices de la Luna, Writing Workshop: Found Poems with Jimmy Adair, 6PM ONLINE

Writers’ League of Texas, "Crafting an Effective Novel Synopsis" ONLINE with Richard Santos, 6:30PM [sold out]

Writing Workshops Dallas, seminar: How to Read a Poem with Michigan Quarterly Review Assistant Editor Justin Balog, 6:30PM ZOOM

National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV featuring Rhonda Lawson, Joylynn Ross, d. E. Rogers, and Belinda Mays, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE    

Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Paulette Jiles discussing Simon the Fiddler with Naomi Shihab Nye, 7PM ONLINE [ticketed event]

Austin Bat Cave, Summer Seminar Festival: Mapping Identity through Personal Narrative with Zaina Arafat, 7PM ONLINE

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, JULY 29:

World Affairs Council – DFW, webinar: Ezekiel J. Emanuel discussing Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?, 11AM

Interabang Books, Anne Bogel discusses Don't Overthink It, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE

Inprint, writing workshop: Writing and Medicine with Erika Jo Brown, 6:30PM ZOOM

Writers’ League of Texas, "Crafting an Effective Novel Synopsis" ONLINE with Richard Santos, 6:30PM [sold out]

BookPeople, David Bowles discussing Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky (in conversation with Oscar Cásares), 7PM ZOOM

Brazos Bookstore, John Freeman discussing The Park (in conversation with Lacy Johnson), 7PM ZOOM

Murder By the Book, Brian Freeman and Joshua Hood discussing Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Evolution and Robert Ludlum’s The Treadstone Resurrection, respectively, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE

Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE

Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE

 

THURSDAY, JULY 30:

San Antonio Public Library, Empowering young children in the midst of a pandemic with Tedi McVea, author of I Know About Germs, 4PM ONLINE

Gemini Ink, Writing Toward More Socially Just Futures, A Poetry Workshop with Emmy Pérez, 6:30PM ZOOM

BookPeople, Lindsay Ellis discussing Axiom's End (in conversation with Angelina Meehan), 7PM ZOOM [ticketed event]

Austin Bat Cave, Summer Seminar Festival: Writing Comedic Personal Essays with Sophia Benoit, 7PM ONLINE

Brazos Bookstore, Christina Soontornvat discussing A Wish in the Dark (in conversation with Saadia Faruqi), 7PM INSTAGRAM LIVE

Murder By the Book, John Fram discussing The Bright Lands with special guest Dennis Michel, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE

Inprint, workshop: Crónicas: contar la vida with Ana Emilia Félker, 7PM ZOOM

Laredo BorderSlam, virtual poetry open mic, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE

Writers’ League of Texas, Ask Us Anything: Genre Fiction LIVE WEBINAR, 8PM ZOOM

 

FRIDAY, JULY 31:

Brazos Bookstore, Alberto Chimal (author), George Henson (Alberto’s translator), and Frank Garrett discussing The Most Fragile Objects, 7PM ZOOM

Murder By the Book, Stan Parish discussing Love and Theft with Peter Nowalk, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE

Dallas

*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Pull Up & Park Poetry, 7PM

 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1:

Gemini Ink, Voices of Recovery Workshop, 10AM ZOOM

Murder By the Book, Samantha Downing and Alice Feeney discussing He Started It and His & Hers, respectively, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE

Tumblewords Project, workshop: “Let's write some poetry with Covid-19” with León De la Rosa Carrillo, 1PM ZOOM  

Houston Public Library, Public Poetry’s 1st Saturday Reading Series, 2PM ONLINE

Malvern Books, David Meischen launching Anyone’s Son: Poems, 7PM ZOOM

Writers' League of Texas, One Page Salon & People of Color in Publishing Fundraiser LIVE WEBINAR with Owen Egerton, Chen Chen, Manuel Gonzales, Joanna Klink, Nina McConigley, and Rachel Barchus, 8PM 

Honey Grove

*Hidden Grove RV Park & Campground, Alyne Bailey launching Red Hard Hat in Construction in an outdoor, masked, social distancing, drive-up event, 10AM

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2:

Writespace, workshop: “Poetry for Protest” with Kendra Preston Leonard, 2PM ZOOM

Gemini Ink, Voices of Recovery Workshop, 2:30PM ZOOM

Writing Workshops Dallas, seminar: The Travel Essay with Alex Temblador, 6PM ZOOM

 

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.

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