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 09.29.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
American Christian Fiction Writers Annual Conference, San Antonio, September 26-29
Monster-Con, San Antonio, September 28-29
38th Annual American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, Dallas, October 3-5
SCBWI - North Texas Fall Retreat, Waxahachie, October 4-6
Waco WORDFEST, October 4-6
West Texas Book Festival, Abilene, October 4-6
Boerne Book & Arts Festival, October 5
Houston Loves Books: An Indie Romance Book Binge, October 5
Red River County Public Library’s Author Showcase, Clarksville, October 5
San Anto Zine Fest 2019, San Antonio, October 5
Houston Indiepalooza, October 5-6
EXHIBITS:
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
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 29:
Austin
BookPeople, Paul Tough discussing and signing The Years That Matter Most, 5PM
BookWoman, Marion Winik reading and signing The Big Book of the Dead, 2:30PM
Malvern Books, Amber Elby reading and signing Trouble Fires Burn, with special guest author Carol Beth Anderson, 1PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Meet the authors of Brain Damaged: Two-Minute Warning for Parents, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas-native poet Sara Bawany signing (W)holehearted, and Dallas-native poet Linda Ann Suddarth signing The Hidden Wilderness, 1PM
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Storytelling Night, 7:30PM [submit your story here]
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Sergio Troncoso reading and signing A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, 4PM
Fort Worth
Central Library, Banned Books Film Series: To Kill a Mockingbird, 2PM
Houston
B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Freddy Cruz signing When America Fell Silent, 2PM
Brazos Bookstore, Attica Locke reading and signing Heaven, My Home, 5PM [happy hour 4PM]
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents Meg Medina and Merci Suárez Changes Gears (with the bilingual Inprint Poetry Buskers and Jasminne Mendez of Tintero Projects), 3PM
Murder By the Book, Kyle Mills reading and signing Lethal Agent, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, children's and suspense author Deanna King signing her children’s book, Gracie's Stories, as well as her suspense novel, Twist of Fate, 1PM
Richardson
Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Write Flash Fiction" with Eden Elieff, 3PM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:
Austin
BookPeople, Raymond Caballero discussing and signing McCarthyism vs. Clinton Jencks (in conversation with Mayor Steve Adler), 7PM
Cleburne
Cleburne Public Library, Julie Kibler reading and signing Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, 6:30PM
Dallas
First United Methodist Church, Arts & Letters Live presents Kristin Hanna, author of The Great Alone (in conversation with author Kathleen Kent), 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Philip Boehm discussing and signing his new translation of Darkness At Noon (in conversation with Christian Emden), 6:30PM
Meadow Wood Elementary School, Blue Willow Bookshop presents Max Brallier reading and signing The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade, 5PM [kids event]
Irving
South Library, Dear Sweet Pea launch party with Julie Murphy, 7PM
San Antonio
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla discusses his exhibit, "FRONTEXTOS," 6PM
University of the Incarnate Word, "Borders and Identity": a discussion with Norma Elia Cantú, author of Cabañuelas, 5:30PM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1:
Austin
BookPeople, Max Brallier reading and signing The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade, 6PM [kids event]
BookWoman, Soul Notes II: poetry and sound meditation with g'beda Tonya Lyles, 7PM
Bullock Museum, a conversation between Stephen Harrigan and Dan Rather about Harrigan's new book, Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, 7PM
Central Presbyterian Church, BookPeople presents Jacqueline Woodson discussing Red at the Bone (in conversation with Maya Smart), 7PM [ticketed event]
Half Price Books - Southpark Meadows, YA author Cy Young signing Death Load Onions, 1PM
Lazarus Brewing Co., LOGOS no. 15 featuring poets Victoria Prescott and Chucky BLK, 7:15PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
The North Door, 6th anniversary of Owen Egerton's One Page Salon, 7:30PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Casey Gerald presents There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Half Price Books, Syfy science columnist and sci-fi author Wil McCarthy discussing and signing Antediluvian, 7PM
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW presents Josh Campbell discussing and signing Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The FBI Today, 6:30PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Fierce Reads Fall 2019 Tour: Sara Faring (The Tenth Girl), - L.L. McKinney [A Dream So Dark (The Nightmare Verse Book 2)], Margaret Owen (The Merciful Crow), and Katie Rose Pool (There Will Come a Darkness), 7PM
The Menil Collection, Book Launch and Discussion: Cy Twombly, Treatise on the Veil, 1970, 6PM
San Antonio
Central Library, Meet the Poet: Chibbi Orduña, member of PuroSlam and founder of Laredo Border Slam, 6PM
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Raymond Caballero discussing and signing McCarthyism vs. Clinton Jencks (in conversation with San Antonio Express-News columnist Elaine Ayala), 5PM
The Witte Museum, the DoSeum presents the 10th Annual Outside the Lunchbox Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World, 11:30AM [ticketed event]
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2:
Austin
BookPeople, Josh Campbell discussing and signing Crossfire Hurricane, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Mary S. Black discussing Secrets in the Dirt: Uncovering the Ancient People of Gault, 12PM
Malvern Books, an evening with Austin-based poet Usha Akella (in conversation with Chaitali Sen), 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Max Brallier reading and signing The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade, 6PM [sold out]
SMU, Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics With Gretchen Carlson, author of Be Fierce and Getting Real, 8PM
Denton
University of North Texas, UNT Visiting Writers Series presents Laird Hunt, 8PM
Houston
Amegy Bank Tower, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Fatima Bhutto discussing and signing New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop, 6:30PM [Use code "WAC10" for $10 off your ticket.]
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam featuring April Neal, 7:30PM
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Brazos Bookstore presents Kristin Hannah discussing The Great Alone (in conversation with Katherine Center), 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Murder By the Book, David Rosenfelt reading and signing the newest Andy Carpenter novel, Dachshund Through the Snow, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Chicanas Read the Poetry of Healing, 7PM
Igo Library, Igo Mystery Club Author Event with Susana K. Marsch, 6:30PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3:
Austin
BookPeople, Naomi Klein discussing and signing On Fire (in conversation with Andrea Valdez of the Texas Observer), 7PM [ticketed event]
Canyon
WTAMU, Poetry Reading: “Language, Literature and Loss” with Jenn Givhan and Vanessa Angélica Villareal, 6PM
Dallas
Anjelika Dallas Theater 7, Dallas Videofest's Docufest presents a screening of the new Flannery O'Connor documentary, Flannery, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, poet Joe Milazzo presents From Being Things, To Equalities In All, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Leslie Jamison discussing and signing Make It Scream, Make It Burn, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Heather Harper Ellett reading and signing Ain't Nobody Nobody, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Brendan and Timothy McNulty signing The Meanest Man in Congress, 5PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series presents poet francine j. harris, 7:30PM
Victoria
University of Houston, American Book Review Reading Series presents Christine Hume, 11AM
Waco
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe, a Q&A with Jeremy Everett, author of I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis, 7PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Jerry Lackey presents the Pioneers of Texas’ Frontier series, 6PM
Austin
BookPeople, Augusten Burroughs discussing and signing Toil & Trouble, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Loving, Grieving & Surviving: Poetry of Community & Mental Health with Jen Yanez-Alaniz, Carmen Tafolla, Jen Mendoza, ire'ne lara silva and Ilza Garcia, 7PM
Boerne
Tusculum Brewing Company, cocktail reception with Stephen Harrigan, author of Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, 6PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Interabang Books, John Eisenberg discussing and signing The League, 6PM
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, a conversation with Anne Farris Rosen, co-author of Deep South Dispatch, 1:30PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Lani Sarem signing Handbook for Mortals, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Mark Haber reading and signing Reinhardt's Garden, 6PM
Discovery Green, WITS Youth Performance Poetry Session, 6:30PM [kids event]
Murder By the Book, Raymond Khoury reading and signing Empire of Lies, 6:30PM
San Antonio
UTSA, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Oscar Cásares, author of Where We Come From, 7PM
Tyler
Half Price Books, Hugo Award winning writer Timothy Zahn discussing and signing Thrawn: Treason, 4PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5:
Austin
Austin Public Library, Badgerdog young authors reading, 1PM
Half Price Books - Southpark Meadows, Texas-native and children's author Shannon Mokry signing The Little Purple Porcupine and Saving Gardenia, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Stephanie Goehring’s chapbook, from The Water [Inaudible], as well as Malvern’s sixth birthday, 7PM
St. Edward's U, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Throw More Stones: How to Build Your Character Through Conflict" with Samantha M. Clark, 10AM
Dallas
Central Library, "A Haunting at the Central Library": Linda Anthony Hill, author of The Anchor is the Key, 2PM
The House of Rebirth, Velvet: The Rebirth - An Intimate Performance Series & Benefit, 8PM
Interabang Books, Muslim women author panel featuring Sara Bawany [(W)holehearted], Afshan Malik (Pieces), and Tayyaba Syed (The Blessed Bananas), 1PM
Denton
The Bearded Monk, American Literary Review Lightning Round Reading, 4PM
El Paso
Armijo Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Writing Flash Fiction and Non-Fiction to Build Longer Narrative Books" with Lex Williford, 1PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Chris O’Shea Roper and Tom Linton signing Legacy of the Early Gulf Coast Cowboys, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ava Morgyn launches her new YA novel, Resurrection Girls, 11AM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Eddie Jackson discussing and signing his new cookbook, Game-Day Eats, 3PM
The Book Scene, Freddy Cruz signing When America Fell Silent, 1PM
Discovery Green, WITS Young Writers Workshop, 10:30AM [kids event]
Freed Montrose Library, Public Poetry Library Reading Series featuring Daniel Carrington, Dede Fox, Gabrielle Langley, and Jasminne Mendez, 2PM
Kaboom Books, Escritores Cronopios Houston presents "Letras de otoño," 6PM
Moody Center, Inprint's Poetry Buskers at Moonlight at the Moody, 7PM
Writespace, Workshop: "What We Talk About When We Talk about Clichés" with Matthew Hefti, 9:30AM
Writespace, Workshop: "Micro Essay" with Justin Jannise, 1PM
Midland
Centennial Library, a performance and book signing with John Erickson, author of the Hank the Cowdog series, 10:30AM
Haley Memorial Library, Annual Fall Storytelling Gathering, all day
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Reynaldo Garay signing When Eagles Fly, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Ed Crowell signing Barton Creek, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Jeff Morris signing Legion Rising, 1PM
Sugar Land
B&N, Sharon Hanzik signing Raccoons Don't Use Spoons, 2PM [kids event]
Waco
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe, Celebrate the grand opening of Fabled Bookshop & Cafe with books, treats, and special activities, all day
Webster
The Woodlands
B&N, Lost Restaurants of Houston book signing with Paul Galvani, 1PM
Yoakum
Carl and Mary Welhausen Library, Writer's League of Texas workshop: "Texas Writes" with Stacey Swann and Jessica Wilbanks, 10AM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6:
Austin
BookWoman, Kallisto Gaia Press Read-a-Thon Celebration, 4PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate inclusive open mic, 1PM
Dallas
First United Methodist Church, Arts & Letters Live: Ann Patchett presents The Dutch House, 7PM [ticketed event]
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Horror Author Panel: a special All Hallows author panel with four local horror/fantasy authors signing their works, 1PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, A Tale of Magic...(B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Chris Colfer, 2PM
Houston
Inprint House, Taller de escritura con Raquel Abend Van Dalen (with Tintero Projects), 6PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Michael Earney signing The A to Z Book of Wildflowers, 12PM
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.
