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 07.26.2020
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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.
