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 09.15.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
East End Comic Fan Festival, Houston, September 13-15
Dallas Fort Worth Book & Map Show, Fort Worth, September 14-15
Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio, September 20-22
FenCon XVI: Gateway to the Future, Irving, September 20-22
DFW Literary SoulFEST, Fort Worth, September 21
Banned Books Week 2019, nationwide, September 22-28
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
The Essential J. Frank Dobie, San Marcos, through December 1
Modernist Networks: The Annette Campbell-White Collection, Austin, August 24-January 5
Humanities Texas exhibit: Shakespeare, Austin, September 1-October 1
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
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16:
Austin
Dallas
Resource Center, World Affairs Council DFW presents Bob Satawake discussing and signing Breaking Protocol, 6:30PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, #ElPasoStrong Author Event with Brian Vukadinovich & R.A. Monday, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Dina Nayeri discussing and signing The Ungrateful Refugee, 6:30PM
Cullen Performance Hall, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Colson Whitehead reading from The Nickel Boys, followed by an interview with Houston author Bryan Washington, plus a book sale and signing, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Rice University, author Dr. Sami Schalk presents "504 and Beyond: The Disability Politics of the Black Panther Party," 4PM
Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: "Strong Female Characters" with Melissa Lenhardt, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Christopher Phillips, PhD. discussing and signing A Child at Heart: Unlocking Your Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason at Every Age and Stage of Life, 5PM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17:
Austin
BookPeople, Lara Prescott reading and signing The Secrets We Kept (in conversation with Elizabeth McCracken), 7PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinal 2019 hosted by Jomar Valentin, 7:15PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Tracy Chevalier reading and signing A Single Thread, 7:30PM
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council DFW presents "Declassified: Secret Literature" with Lea Carpenter, 6PM
Interabang Books, Esteban Rodriguez reading from and signing his poetry collection, Dusk and Dust, 6PM
El Paso
The Back Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series presents: Writers & Músicos for Migrant Justice, 9PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Bohemeo's, Glass Mountain reading and open mic, 7PM
Round Rock
Round Rock Public Library, get the buzz on forthcoming books with Penguin Random House at Book Buzz, 7PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, David Odle reading and signing Markus, 5PM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18:
Austin
BookPeople, Rachel Brathen discussing and signing To Love and Let Go, 7PM [ticketed event]
Carver Library, Workshop: Come As You Are Writing Series: "Writing Your Truth" with Badgerdog's Mac Irvine, 6:30PM
Ransom Center, Poetry on the Plaza: Actors from the London Stage, 12PM
Monkeywrench Books, ATX Interfaces reading and open mic featuring annalyse gelman, Loyce Gayo, and Nour Al Ghraowi, 7PM
Conroe
Lone Star College, Montgomery County Literary Council presents poet David Baker, 7PM
Dallas
George W. Bush Presidential Center, U.S. Supreme Court justice. Justice Neil Gorsuch discussing his upcoming book, A Republic, If You Can Keep It, 6:30PM [ ticketed event]
Interabang Books, Denaye Barahona discussing and signing Simple Happy Parenting, 6PM
SMU, The Bridge Builder Lectures: "The Bridge of Faith and Religion: The Necessity of Viewpoint Diversity in American Higher Education" with author Eboo Patel, 12PM [ticketed event]
SMU, The Bridge Builder Lectures: "The Bridge of Politics: Anger, Mourning and Empathy in American Politics" with author Dr. Arlie Hochschild, 7PM [ticketed event]
SMU, The Bridge Builder Lectures: "The Bridge of Racial Difference" with author W. Kamau Bell, 7PM [sold out]
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University, 7th Annual Crossroads Lecture on Faith and Public Life: activist Mary DeMuth, author of We Too: How the Church can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam featuring Teresa Johnson, 7:30PM
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, Open-Mic Poetry Night, 7PM
San Antonio
University of the Incarnate Word, Looking back at "No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed" and Co-creating the Future": a panel including author Dr. Cynthia Orozco, 6:30PM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19:
Arlington
University of Texas, 2nd Annual Human Library, 12PM
University of Texas, Maverick Speakers Series: "The State of the American Presidency" with Bob Woodward, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Austin
BookPeople, Bridget Farr reading and signing Pavi Sharma's Guide to Going Home, 6:30PM [kids event]
BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas presents "Learning to Write by Watching TV?" with Wendi Aarons, Samantha M. Clark, Eugene Fischer, and Scott Von Doviak, 7PM
BookWoman, Hilah Johnson discussing and signing The Little Local Texas Cookbook, 7PM
grayDUCK Gallery, The Literary Witches Oracle launch party with Taisia Kitaiskaia and Katy Horan, 7PM
LBJ Library, the Tom Johnson Lectureship presents U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, discussing A Republic, If You Can Keep It, 6PM
Plaza Colombian Coffee, Corazón, a fundraiser for Resistencia Bookstore/Red Salmon Arts: silent arts and crafts auction and readings featuring Carmen Tafolla, Oscar Casares, Natalia Sylvester, ire’ne lara silva, Alejandro Puyana, Leticia Urieta, and Marilyse Figueroa, 7PM
Ransom Center, "Why Should We Read Ezra Pound?" with author Daniel Swift, 4PM
College Station
Texas A&M, Halbert W. Hall Speaker Series on Science Fiction and Fantasy: Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Rebecca Roanhorse presenting “Diverse Voices in Speculative Short Fiction,” 5:30PM
Corpus Christi
Texas A&M, Windward Review reception, reading, and open mic, 6PM
Dallas
Ashton Gardens, TWU Nancy P. and Thaddeus E. Paup Lecture Series: author and former Secret Service agent Kathryn Childers, 7:30AM
Interabang Books, Lara Prescott reading and signing The Secrets We Kept, 6PM
UT Dallas, Anlin Ku Lecture Series: "The Woman Who Could Not Forget" with Dr. Ying-Ying Chang discussing her daughter, author Iris Chang, and her works, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, an evening of poetry with Joseph Campana and David Baker, 6:30PM
Gallery Sonja Roesch, official book release of Ariane Roesch's memoir and how-to guide, How to Build: a House, a Life, a Future, 6PM
Private home, Conversations from a Page hosting the Houston book launch for Mary Laura Philpott's I Miss You When I Blink and Katherine Center's Things You Save in a Fire, 8:30AM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Nick White, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Parman Library, "Legendary Monsters in Texas" with author Ken Gerhard, followed by a book signing, 6:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Kathryn Schwille discussing and signing What Luck, This Life, 5PM
San Marcos
Texas State University, the Lindsey Literary Series presents a reading with Luis J. Rodríguez, 3:30PM
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Lilly Wilde Author Takeover, 7PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Raymond Caballero reading and signing McCarthyism vs. Clinton Jencks, 6PM
Arlington
University of Texas, Friends of the Libraries presents Julie Kibler, author of Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Jonathan Safran Foer discussing and We Are the Weather (in conversation with Megan Kimble from the Texas Observer), 7PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Dallas Baptist University, Arts & Letters Live and the World Affairs Council DFW present General Jim Mattis, 26th United States Secretary of Defense, discussing and signing Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Deep Vellum Books, poet Amanda Galvan Huynh reading and signing Songs of Brujería, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Wayne Henry, 8PM
The Wild Detectives, punk rock legend John Doe (X) reading and discussing his latest book, More Fun in the New World, 7:30PM
El Paso
Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Series Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Gretchen Hirsch discussing and signing Gertie Sews Jiffy Dresses, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Nevada Barr reading and signing What Rose Forgot, 6:30PM
Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, the KAP reading series presents Luis J. Rodríguez, 7:30PM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Dan Schilling author meet & greet, 5PM
San Antonio
Franky Diablos, PuroSlam Roadshow, 7PM
Our Lady of the Lake University, Anthony Head discussing and signing Spirit: The Life and Art of Jesse Treviño, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, W. Caleb McDaniel discussing and signing Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America, 5PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Frank Gertcher signing his murder mystery series, 12PM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21:
Austin
BookPeople, Guest story time with Mary Sullivan, author of My Name Is Wakawakaloch!, 10:30AM
BookPeople, Amy Long discussing and signing Codependence (in conversation with Amy Gentry), 2PM
BookPeople, Ian Brennan discussing and signing Silenced By Sound, 6PM
Carver Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring guest speaker Joyce Gullickson, poet, co-producer of the Georgetown Poetry Festival, and editor of Blue Hole, 1:30PM
Malvern Books, L.B. Deyo reading and signing The God-Damned Fool, 7PM
St. Edward's U, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Layering: A Structured Approach to Revision" with Chaitali Sen, 10AM
Brady
McCulloch County Library, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Texas Writes" with Meg Gardiner and Rachel Starnes, 10AM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Ben Folds reading and signing his first book and memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons, 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Gerardo Delgadillo reading and signing Fractalistic, 1PM
Pan African Connection, Brandi Brown launches The Masked Verity, 1PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Pick an e-Equanimity, Enlightenment, Emancipation" with Lucy Hopple, 12:45PM
El Paso Public Library, Meet Texas football legend and author Robert "Radar" Holt, 4:30PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, local author Edward Graves signing It Took What It Took, 12PM
Haltom City
Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum, Half Price Books and Scholastic present award-winning New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Dav Pilkey in celebration of the release of his newest book, Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, 2PM [sold out]
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Jennifer Mathieu launches The Liars of Mariposa Island, her new novel for teens, 1PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Lawndale Art Center, Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring Ilya Kaminsky, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Freddy Cruz reading and signing When America Fell Silent, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Harvard-trained psychiatrists Carlin Barnes and Marketa Wills discussing and signing Understanding Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health Disorders for Family and Friends, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "The Ins and Outs of Great Sex Scenes" with Marian Szczepanski, 9:30AM
Writespace, Workshop: "Worldbuilding" with Charlotte Wyatt, 1PM
Irving
East Branch Library, Hispanic heritage celebration featuring author Claudia Rueda, 2:30PM
Lubbock
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Rie Anders author meet & greet, 3PM
San Antonio
Institute of Texan Cultures, Mary S. Black discussing and signing Secrets in the Dirt: Uncovering the Ancient People of Gault, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Erik Mehlen signing Did Dinosaurs Have Dentists? and Do Penguins Have Pediatricians?, 10:30AM [kids event]
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Margaret Bryant signing Who Rescued Whom, 1PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22:
Austin
BookPeople, John Vercher reading and signing Three-Fifths, and Jamie Mason reading and signing The Hidden Things, 2PM
Malvern Books, Texas State University faculty reading with Steve Wilson, Kathleen Peirce, Roger Jones, John Blair, and Cecily Parks, 4PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Frank Gertcher signing books from his murder mystery series, 11AM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas-native poet David Gibbons signing Frayed, and Dallas-native author Allison Catalani signing her new healthy cookbook, Sweeten Your Day The Healthy Way, 1PM
Interabang Books, Rosemary Wells reading and signing Max and Ruby and Twin Trouble, 1PM [kids event]
Fort Worth
Central Library, Banned Books Film Series: The Lord of the Rings, 2PM
Leaves, An Afternoon with Authors featuring Misty Hayes, D.H. Jonathan, Deanna King, and Lori Ann Stephens, 2PM
Houston
B&N - Town & Country, Healthy as F*ck: The Habits You Need to Get Lean, Stay Healthy, and Kick Ass at Life book signing with Oonagh Duncan, 1:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Finding The Right Voice in your Writing" with Joy Preble, 3PM
Richardson
Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Author Platform 101: Building Your Brand without Selling Your Soul" with JR Forasteros, 3PM
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.
