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 08.09.2020
Please scroll down for the story time section!
SPECIAL EVENTS
Camp Spitfire ONLINE: 2-Week Creative Writing Camp for Kids 8-12, August 3-14
Writers’ League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, August 3-28, ZOOM
EXHIBITIONS
*Midland, Museum of the Southwest, Lonesome Dove, through September 25 (by private appointment)
Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, through January 3, 2021 ONLINE
*Abilene, National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, ENCORE: A Look Back, through September 19
*Canyon, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country, through January 23, 2021
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9:
Murder By the Book, James Lee Burke and John Grisham discussing A Private Cathedral and Camino Winds, respectively, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writespace, workshop: “Poetry for Protest” with Kendra Preston Leonard, 2PM ZOOM
Writing Workshops Dallas, seminar: “Submission Tools & Tricks Starts” with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, 2PM ZOOM
Dallas JCC, Marty Golman discussing The Three-Year Weekend, 7PM ONLINE [fundraiser]
MONDAY, AUGUST 10:
Gemini Ink, From Idea to Publication: The Journey of a Short Story with Jen Knox, 6:30PM ONLINE
Murder By the Book, Matt Goldman discussing Dead West, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay At Home open mic, 8PM ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)
The Blah Poetry Spot, poetry open mic, 8PM ONLINE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11:
The Twig Book Shop, Robert Rivard of the Rivard Report interview with Sheryl Sculley, author of Greedy Bastards, 12PM ONLINE
The Writing Barn, Craft & Community: A FREE Evening of Picture Book Presentations, 6PM ONLINE
The Storybook Garden, story time: 123 Andrés sharing Hello, Friend / Hola, Amigo, 6:30PM CROWDCAST
BookPeople, Farrah Rochon discussing The Boyfriend Project (moderated by BookPeople's Well-Read Black Girl Book Club leaders), 7PM ZOOM
BookWoman, Pandemic Corona: Poems of Shock, Fear, Realization, & Metamorphosis with local author Jennifer Bloom, 7PM ZOOM
Dallas LitNight Reading Series, featuring founder Sanderia Faye, DFW Writers' Workshop host Brooke Martin Fossey, and authors John Bartell, Helen Dent, A. Lee Martinez, Candice Watson, Tahira Dean, and Tracy Underwood, 7PM ZOOM
Deep Vellum Publishing, Jean-Luc Persecuted: Olivia Baes in conversation with Emma Ramadan, 7PM ONLINE
Brazos Bookstore, poet Benjamin Garcia reading from Thrown in the Throat, 7PM ZOOM
Conversations from a Page, Online Literary Salon with Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke discussing How to Save a Life, 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Glen Erik Hamilton and T. Jefferson Parker discussing A Dangerous Breed and Then She Vanished, respectively, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV with Ty Pinkins, Kirk Berry, Avalon Brown, and Monique Hayward, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
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, AUGUST 12:
World Affairs Council – DFW, webinar: Jeffrey Toobin discussing True Crimes and Misdemeanors, 4PM ONLINE
World Affairs Council – Greater Houston, webinar: Robert Reich discussing The System, 5PM ONLINE
Front Street Books, Between the Covers: Jennifer L. Bristol discussing Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas, 5:30PM ZOOM
Interabang Books, a conversation between Julia Heaberlin, bestselling Texas author of We Are All the Same in the Dark, and critically acclaimed filmmaker Rod Lurie, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Dallas Public Library & PEN America, Media Literacy series webinar: Misinformation y Las Noticias: Credible News for Latinx and Spanish-language Communities with James Barragán, Dallas Morning News; Stacy-Marie Ishmael, Texas Tribune; Liz Magallanes, Mi Familia Vota; Nicolás Ríos, Documented, 6PM ZOOM
Inprint, writing workshop: Writing and Medicine with Erika Jo Brown, 6:30PM ZOOM
BookPeople, Christopher Brown discussing Failed State (in conversation with Cory Doctorow), 7PM ZOOM
Dallas JCC, BookFest In Your Living Room webinar with Kevin Kwan, author of Sex and Vanity, 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis and Suzanne Rindell discussing The Lions of Fifth Avenue and The Two Mrs. Carlyles, respectively, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Interfaces ATX, Artist Showcase & Open Mic, 7PM ZOOM
Trinity University Press, Maverick Book Club discussing 300 Tears of San Antonio: Writing Black History with the book's editor and contributors, 7PM ONLINE
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13:
Blue Willow Bookshop, story time: author and illustrator Bruce Hale sharing Clark the Shark, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE #SharkWeek
Patrick Heath Public Library, Olly Neal and Boerne author Jan Wrede discussing Outspoken: The Olly Neal Story, 10AM ONLINE
Houston UNICEF, Carole Lindstrom reading We Are Water Protectors, 4PM ONLINE
UTEP Creative Writing, Somos Writers Summer Series featuring poets Cyrus Cassells and the current Texas Poet Laureate, Emmy Perez, 6PM ONLINE
Interabang Books, Jess Redman and Heather Kassner discussing Quintessence and Forest of Stars, respectively, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Writing Barn, Craft & Community: A FREE Evening of WSS Novel Presentations, 6PM ONLINE
High Plains Poetry Project, literary readings by poets Ryan McSwain and Erik Burdett, 7PM ZOOM
Inprint, workshop: A la brevedad with Mauricio Patrón Rivera, 7PM ONLINE
Austin Bat Cave, Summer Seminar Festival: A Different Way To Make A Writer with Lauren Francis-Sharma, 7PM ONLINE
Blue Willow Bookshop, Alexis Daria in conversation with Sarah MacLean and Sophie Jordan to discuss her novel You Had Me at Hola, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Murder By the Book, Christopher Reich discussing The Palace, 7PM ZOOM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic with Christopher Manes, 7:15PM ZOOM
Brazos Bookstore, Dan Mathews in conversation with Tim Gunn about his memoir, Like Crazy, 7:30PM ZOOM
Laredo BorderSlam, virtual poetry open mic, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writers’ League of Texas, Off the Beaten Craft: "Fetch the Fire: The Art of the Ghazal" with Usha Akella, 8PM ONLINE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14:
World Affairs Council – DFW, webinar: “Third Rail: Is the Electoral College Relevant or a Relic” with authors Jesse Wegman and Tara Ross, 11AM ONLINE
The Writing Barn, FREE Virtual Book Launch with Kwame Alexander and Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume, 1PM ONLINE
The 19th & PEN America, A Conversation on Race and Allyship in America with Robin DiAngelo, author, of White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism and Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, 1PM ZOOM
Dallas Public Library, What I wished I'd Known about Self-Publishing with Karlie Lucas, 4PM ONLINE
Writespace, workshop: “VIP Arts' The Focused Eye” with Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton and Marcell Murphy, 6PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Joseph Reid and J. Todd Scott discussing Departure and Lost River, respectively, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Dallas
*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Pull Up & Park Poetry, 7PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15:
Brazos Bookstore, story time: 123 Andrés sharing Hello, Friend / Hola, Amigo, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Gemini Ink, Writing for the Urgent American Now, A Workshop with John Phillip Santos, 11AM
San Antonio Public Library, Slammin' the Stacks Poetry Workshop with Chibbi Orduña, 1PM ZOOM
Tumblewords Project, workshop: “Hope is a song in a weary throat”: Writing to envision the future with Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva, 1PM ZOOM
Writespace, workshop: “Fiction Feedback Workshop” with ire'ne lara silva, 1PM ZOOM
The Published Page, celebration of Texas romance authors, 7:30PM ONLINE
San Antonio
* The Twig Book Shop, Janet S. Dumas discussing Blessings from My Cats, 11AM OUTSIDE
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16:
Murder By the Book, Houston Chapter of Sisters in Crime (SInC) meeting: Carina Haynes from the Houston Forensic Science Center speaking on "Crime Scene Investigation: The Reality,” 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writespace, workshop: Intermediate Fiction I: Getting (Really) to Know Your Character with Kevin Winchester, 2PM ZOOM
ONLINE STORY TIME
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, DAILY, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, DAILY, 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
Hank the Cowdog, author John Erickson will be reading from his children's series, times vary, YOUTUBE
Houston Public Library, virtual story time, M, W, & F, 11A
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, M-F, 9:30AM; virtual bedtime story, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M-F, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, M-F, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Doseum, virtual story time, T, 12PM
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T & Th, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, T-Th, 10:30AM YOUTUBE
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Access Art & Adventure, T-Th, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Irving Public Library, online story time, Th, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Bibliobar, virtual story time, Sat, 11AM
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 10:30AM 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.
