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 08.25.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Hub City Comic Con, Lubbock, August 23-25
Russian Cultural Center 9th Annual Book Fair, Houston, August 25-30
Brenham BookFest 2019, September 1
EXHIBITS:
The Art of Texas: 250 Years (from the eponymous book), San Antonio, through August 25
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations, Midland, July 5-October 5
Art + Words: Marlo Saucedo and Leslie Gaworecki, Bryan, July 18-September 18
Modernist Networks: The Annette Campbell-White Collection, Austin, August 24-January 5
Humanities Texas exhibit: Shakespeare, Austin, September 1-October 1
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25:
Austin
BookPeople, Deborah Tobola reading and signing Hummingbird in Underworld (in conversation with Lindsay Bing), 5PM
BookWoman, Rachel Monroe discussing and signing Savage Appetites: Four True Crime Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, 3:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Christopher Soden signing his collection of theater critiques My Heart Goes Crack?, and local author Devoreaux Walton signing her self-help book Je Ne Sais Quoi, 1PM
El Paso
Neon Rose Bar, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series presents: Flourish - Spoken Word, 8PM
Houston
Writespace, Workshop: "Author Platforms and Branding: A Hands-On How To" with Dr. Cynthia Childress, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Jan Seides signing Unsung, 12PM
MONDAY, AUGUST 26:
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Rachel Monroe discussing and signing Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Ilona Andrews reading and signing Sapphire Flames, 6:30PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27:
Austin
BookPeople, Karen Olsson discussing and signing The Weil Conjectures, 7PM
The Brewtorium, Austin Liti Limits featuring Ron Seybold and K Wendt, 7PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam Indy Championship (hosted by Christopher Michael), 7:15PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Stone Soup Poetry Workshop with the Writer's Garret, 7PM
El Paso
The Station, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series Open Mic Night, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
The Black Labrador, Houston Writer's House monthly meeting, guest speaker TBA, 6:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Caroline Fredrickson discussing and signing The Democracy Fix, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Kenneth F. Brown discussing and signing What If?, 5PM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28:
Austin
BookPeople, Téa Obreht reading and signing Inland, 7PM [ticketed event]
Cepeda Branch Library, Sharing Stories/Sharing Humanity: A Writing Workshop with Mindy Reed, 7PM
Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature August 2019 Reading with Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now: Compliment Death Match featuring Salt Lake City Slam Team, 7:30PM
The Menil Collection, Noted photographer and co-founder of FotoFest Fred Baldwin reading and signing his memoir, Dear Mr. Picasso: An Illustrated Love Affair with Freedom, 7PM
The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, Brazos Bookstore presents Summer of Walt Whitman Finale Party: Bayou Nature Walk with Laura Conely, founder of Urban Paths, 6:30PM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Ilona Andrews signing Sapphire Flames: A Hidden Legacy Novel, 7PM
Dallas
Haynes and Boone, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth presents James M. Olson, author of To Catch A Spy, 6:30PM [sold out]
El Paso
B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, Last Thursdays El Paso presents: The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Annie Hurley discussing and signing Annie, the Girl Nobody Wanted, 6PM
Cat City Grill, Storytelling: Women in Focus: Real Stories, 5:30PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Teresa Sabankaya discussing and signing The Posy Book: Garden Inspired Bouquets That Tell a Story, 7PM
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Devney Perry Live Author Takeover!, 8PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30:
Austin
BookPeople, David Lagercrantz reading and signing The Girl Who Lived Twice (in conversation with Chandler Baker), 7PM [ticketed event]
MonkeyWrench Books, 2nd Annual Solidarity Party, 8PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Deep Vellum Publishing’s Dallas poet chapbook launch with Edyka Chilomé, Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi, and Mike Soto, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Rudy Francisco, 8PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Allen Steadham signing Jordan's World, 2PM
B&N - Sunset Valley, Author signing: Leila Sales, September Scott, Linsey Miller, and Susan Ochoa Ruiz, 11AM [kids and YA event]
B&N - Sunset Valley, Author Signing: Joan Moran, Lily Lewis, and Christopher Brown, 1PM
B&N - Sunset Valley, Author Signing: Charles Erlandson Jr., April Giauque, Lily Tanzer, and Rhonda Erwin, 3PM
Austin Books & Comics, DC artist David Marquez signing Batman Superman #1, 1PM
BookPeople, Story time: local author Lee Zarniaku reading Ellie’s Car Kindergarten, 10:30AM
Half Price Books - Southpark Meadows, Jim Cole signing Never Cry Again, 11AM
Bedford
Boys Ranch, Trinity Arts Writers Workshop: "Swiss-Army Writer: Screenwriting and Film Development for Authors and Writers" with Daniel Wells, 10AM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Sweeten Your Day The Healthy Way book signing with Allison Catalani, 4PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "When I Was Cruel" with Sandra Torrez, 12:45PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, David Lagercrantz reading and signing The Girl Who Lived Twice, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Lewis E. Cook signing Joe's Alamo Unsung, 3PM
Rockefellers Houston, Write About Now hosting Slam Mania II: Buddy Wakefield vs. Rudy Francisco, 7:30PM
Leander
Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences, Grand Opening, 10AM
Lubbock
B&N, Savant book signing with John D. Richmond, 2PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Dr. Jay Smith signing The Adventures of Chewy the Chihuahua and her Sidekick Cupcake, 2PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Dawn Milson signing Invisible to Invincible, 1PM
Tyler
B&N, Joy K. Massenburge signing A Heart Surrendered, 1PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1:
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Former Dallas Maverick Walter Bond signing Swim!: How a Shark, a Suckerfish, and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentoring, and Next Level Success, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local children's author Kimberly Lawrence signing Calibound, and local suspense author Allen Goodness signing Heaven's Hitman, 1PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
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