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 09.08.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Latinidades: A Festival of Solo Shows, Dallas, August 29-September 8
National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Lubbock, September 6-8
Hay Festival Forum Dallas Literary Festival, September 7-8
Texas Word Wrangler, Giddings, September 12-14
The Tom Bird Method Retreat: Write Your Book In a Weekend, Houston, September 12-14
Jaipur Literary Festival, Houston, September 13-14
East End Comic Fan Festival, Houston, September 13-15
Dallas Fort Worth Book & Map Show, Fort Worth, September 14-15
EXHIBITS:
"The Stars Are Ours: Infinite Diversities in Science Fiction and Fantasy," College Station, through September 20
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, SEPTEMBER 8:
Austin
BookPeople, Kathryn Gonzales and Karen Rayne discussing and signing Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You, 2PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, self-help author Debbie Van Allen signing Do It First, Do It Right, 1PM
Denton
Harvest House, Spiderweb Salon presents Denton Zine & Art Party 2019, 3PM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Central Library, Banned Books Film Series: Fahrenheit 451, 2PM
Portland
Books Ink, Book lovers and their friends will be walking over the harbor bridge on the 100th official BridgeWalk, 8:30AM
Sugar Land
Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, Newsman Dave Ward discussing and signing his memoir, Good Evening, Friends: A Broadcaster Shares His Life, 1:30PM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9:
Abilene
Abilene Public Library, North Texas SCBWI workshop: "How to Critique and Take Criticism" with Kylie Peters, 5:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, "Crime Fiction in Any Size" with authors Edwin Hill, Puja Guha, and Carl Vonderau in conversation with Scott Montgomery, 7PM
Malvern Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic featuring novelist Britta Jenson, 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Timothy Faust discussing and signing Health Justice Now, 7PM
Interabang Books, Elyssa Friedland reading and signing The Floating Feldmans, 6PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Some Places More Than Others book signing with Renee Watson, 9AM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite reading and signing Dear Haiti, Love Alaine, their new book for young adults, 7PM
Royal Sonesta, Greater Houston World Affairs Council hosts David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur, discussing and signing Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet, 7PM
Irving
South Irving Library, bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson discussing her newest book, Some Places More Than Others, with bestselling author Julie Murphy, followed by an audience Q&A, book sales, and signing, 7PM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10:
Austin
Austin Central Library, AIA Austin presents Design Talks with Vishaan Chakrabarti, author of A Country of Cities, 11:30AM
BookPeople, Ryan T. Higgins reading and signing Bruce's Big Storm, 6PM [kids event]
BookWoman, Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writers on #MeToo featuring readers Shelly Oria, Deb Olin Unferth, Rachel Heng, Maya Perez, and Nia KB, 6:30PM
Chez American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series presents Lee Walker, author of Imagination House - An Entrepreneurial Life, 6PM [ticketed event]
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department presents "Resist," 7:30PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Andrew Horneman, 7:15PM
Palomino Coffee, Living Room Lit with Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin, 7PM
Dallas
Chocolate Secrets, Sanderia Faye's LitNight Reading Series featuring Harry Hunsicker, Kathleen Kent, Suzanne Frank, Daniel J. Hale, and Fran Lockhart Hillyer, 7PM
Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture: "Lone Star Cinema - The Film Industry in Texas" with John Slate, Dallas city archivist and published scholar of Texas film history, 12PM
El Paso
The Station, Barbed Wire Series Open Mic Night, 8PM
Farmers Branch
Brookhaven College Geotechnology Institute, Charles Kruvand discussing and signing Riverwoods: Exploring the Wild Neches, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Dear Haiti, Love Alaine book signing with Maika and Maritza Moulite, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli reading and signing their new series, Hi, Jack!, 5PM [kids event]
Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM presents "Lessons," 7:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, The PuroSlam 29 Again! Hootenanny, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Gayle Brennan Spencer discussing and signing Haunting the Graveyard: Unearthing the Story of the Coker Settlement, 5PM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11:
Dallas
Interabang Books, Alex Counts discussing and signing Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind, 6PM
Unity of Dallas, Sangeet Millennium presents Declare World Peace: Celebration of World Music, Dance and Poetry, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight poetry reading with Mark Noble and V.P. Crowe, 7:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now: Poetry Open Mic featuring Alex Tha Great, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Asher Price discussing and signing Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact, 6:30PM
San Antonio
University of the Incarnate Word, Distinguished Speaker Lecture: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King discussing and signing Beneath a Ruthless Sun, 7PM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12:
Arlington
University of Texas, Half Price Books presents Neil Patrick Harris discussing The Minor Third plus a magic performance, 7PM [ticketed event - includes a signed copy]
Austin
BookPeople, Patrick Radden Keefe discussing and signing Say Nothing, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Gabrielle Langley, 7:15PM
Lazarus Brewing Company, LOGOS Poetry Collective presents an evening of poetry and conversation featuring U.S. Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye and Texas Poet Laureate Carrie Fountain, 7:30PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night featuring David Odle, reading from Markus, and Dustin McKissen, reading from The Poor and The Haunted, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Andrew Gross reading and signing The Fifth Column, 6PM
Fort Worth
Ella Mae Shamblee Library, Banned Books Film Series: The Color Purple, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Conor Bracken reading from and signing his poetry collection Scorpionic Sun, [reception at 5:30PM]
River Oaks Bookstore, Diane Manning discussing and signing Deceitful Lies: The Investigations of Reporter Melinda Henderson Volume I, 5PM
Wilchester Elementary School, Blue Willow Bookshop presents Drew and Jonathan Scott, better known as the Property Brothers, reading and signing their new picture book Builder Brothers, Better Together, 5PM [ticketed event]
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Diane Gonzales Bertrand reading and signing The Story Circle, and Mobi Warren reading and signing The Bee Maker, 5PM
Our Lady of the Lake University, poetry and comedy with Javier Ávila's "The Trouble with My Name," 6:30PM
Victoria
University of Houston, American Book Review Reading Series presents poet and essayist Ladan Osman, 11AM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Jim Fissel, Martha Hughes, Jim Martinez, Mary Lou Saxon, and Dallas Baxter discussing and signing Marfa Garden: The Wonders of Dry Desert Plants, 6PM
Austin
BookPeople, Atticus discussing and signing The Truth About Magic, 7PM [ticketed event]
Malvern Books, "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice" with Chaitali Sen, featuring Oscar Cásares, author of Where We Come From, 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Pegasus Reading Series with poets John Poch, Corey Marks, Loretta Diane Walker, and Clara Bush Vadala, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Girls Night Out featuring Crush, 8PM
Interabang Books, Steve Luxenberg discussing and signing Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, 6PM
Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Poets on the X+ Reading Series & Open Mic featuring V.P. Crowe, 7PM
El Paso
Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Series Open Mic, 8PM
Fort Worth
Ridglea Library, Banned Books Film Series: The Great Gatsby, 3PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Sarah Adleman reading from and signing her poetry collection The Lampblack Blue of Memory: My Mother Echoes, 6:30PM
Mind, Body & Soul, Workshop: EFT Healing For Animals and Their Humans with Joan Ranquet, author of Energy Healing for Animals, 10AM
Murder By the Book, Andrew Gross reading and signing The Fifth Column, 6:30PM
Rockport
Bella la Brew, Aransas County Poetry Society Open Mic featuring Eddie Vega, 6PM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14:
Austin
Austin History Center, Meet Ed Crowell, author of Barton Creek, 2PM
B&N - Arboretum, Neil Bockoven signing Moctu and the Mammoth People: An Ice Age Story of Love, Life, and Survival, 2PM
BookPeople, SCBWI Monthly Meeting - The SWEET SPOT: Writing Chapter Books that are "Just Right" for young readers with Christina Soontornvat, plus Crystal Kite Award presentation, 10AM
BookPeople, P.J. Hoover reading and signing The Hidden Code, 2PM
BookPeople, Neil Bockoven reading and signing Moctu and the Mammoth People, 5PM
Malvern Books, the launch of Esteban Rodríguez’s debut poetry collection, Dusk & Dust, with Leanna Petronella, Saul Hernandez, and Gabino Iglesias, 7PM
St. Edward's U, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "The Agent Search: Tips, Tricks, and Timeless Advice" with Becka Oliver, 9AM
St. Edward's U, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Publishing 101: What Authors Need to Know about the Publishing Business" with Leila Sales, 1:30PM
College Station
TAMU Memorial Student Center, Dave South signing You Saw Me On the Radio: Recollections and Favorite Calls as the Voice of Aggie Athletics, ?
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, April Spotsville signs Oh Austen the Hippo, 1PM [kids event]
Interabang Books, Jared Chapman reading and signing Didi Dodo Future Spy: Robo Dodo Rumble, 1PM [kids event]
Interabang Books, W. Caleb McDaniel discussing and signing Sweet Taste of Liberty, 6PM
Pleasant Groove, Poetry Open Mic featuring McAllen Poet Laureate Edward Vidaurre, 6PM
2616 Commerce Event Center, Dallas Hope Charities presents Brunchin' in N'awlins with Matthew Riemer, co-author of We Are Everywhere, 10:30AM [ticketed event includes a signed copy of the book]
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "The Shape of Friendship" with Lucy Hopple, 12:45PM
Houston
Art League Houston, WITS: Free Verse Open Mic, 5:30PM
B&N - River Oaks, Greg Upah signing Sales Talks, 1PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Kallisto Gaia Press presents Texas Poets reading and signing the 2020 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM
Brazos Bookstore, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham reading and signing Best Friends, 3PM [kids events]
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Mind, Body & Soul, Workshop: Animal Communications for Beginners with Joan Ranquet, author of Communication with all Life, 10AM
Murder By the Book, William Kent Krueger reading and signing This Tender Land, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Billy M. Copeland discussing and signing Growing Up Lucky: A Young Magician's Travels in the American Civil War, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Deanne Wagner White signing How Can They Ever Get Along?, 4PM [kids event]
Writespace, Workshop: "Guided Art and Writing Tour at Sawyer Yards Second Saturday" with Holly Walrath, 1PM
Rockwall
LaMadeleine, North Texas SCBWI workshop: "All About Submissions" with Rosie Pova, 11AM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Meet and Greet with author J.W. Orchard, 2PM
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Second Saturday Convivio: Parenthood, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Robin Singh signing Servant: How It Was Written, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Charles W. Page book signing, 1PM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Leila Merrill, 10:30AM
The Woodlands
B&N, Little Autumn Rose: A Day in the Secret Forest book signing, 1PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15:
Austin
BookPeople, Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham reading and signing Best Friends, 2PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Cathy Chapaty reading, signing, and discussing Searching for Grasshopper: A Martial Artist's Quest for Peace, 3:30PM
Casa de Resistencia, poet Mónica Teresa Ortiz at "Before the Borders: A Community Arts Event," 11AM
Malvern Books, an afternoon with Bat City Review, 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author Lyndsey Rhea signing The Uprising of the Unbound, and local author Alan Burton signing Go to the Games with Humble: Kern Tips and the Golden Age of SWC Radio, 1PM
The Wild Detectives, a performance in which sound and poetry converge with Barbara Lázara and Sara Raca, 7PM
Edinburg
Museum of South Texas History, Sunday Speaker Series: author Juan P. Carmona discussing The Alton Bush Crash, 2PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, King Here: Never Too Old, Too Rich Or Too Anything to Meet Jesus book signing with Trish Porter Topmiller, 1PM
Fort Worth
Central Library, Banned Books Film Series: The Great Gatsby, 2PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Frankly in Love book signing with David Yoon, 2PM
Houston
Congregation Emanu El, The Progressive Forum presents Bill McKibben, principal creator of the climate movement and author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?, 7:30PM [ ticketed event; book signing follows]
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Inprint celebrates the stories of our elders: a reading, 2PM
Mind, Body & Soul, Workshop: Animal Communications for Beginners with Joan Ranquet, author of Communication with all Life, 10AM
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.
