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 10.25.2020
Please scroll down for the story time section!
SPECIAL EVENTS
South Texas Book Festival, October 29-November 1, ONLINE
Texas Teen Book Festival, October 31-November 1, ONLINE
25th Annual Texas Book Festival, October 31-November 15, ONLINE
48th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Festival, November 1-22, ONLINE
EXHIBITIONS
*National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, “What Might You Do?: Christian Robinson”, through January 21, 2021
*College Station, Texas A&M, “The Eternal Passion: Nicholas A. Basbanes and the Making of A Gentle Madness,” through November 30
Ransom Center, Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, through January 3, 2021 ONLINE
*Canyon, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country, through January 23, 2021
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25:
Murder By the Book, Lee Child and Andrew Child discussing The Sentinel, 2PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, Harlan Coben discussing The Boy from the Woods, 7PM ZOOM
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Steven Limon signing Mary's Lamb and Molly and the Octopod, 12PM OUTDOOR EVENT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26:
Austin Book Arts Center, workshop: drop-spine box, 6PM ZOOM
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Brittany Barnett discussing A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom, 6:30PM ONLINE
Malvern Books, Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick, featuring Nicky Drayden, author of Escaping Exodus, 7PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Bryan Washington launches Memorial (in conversation with Jason Reynolds), 7PM ZOOM
Inprint, Brit Bennett discussing The Vanishing Half, 7PM ONLINE
Murder By the Book, Crooked Lane Books presents Sarah Warburton (Hurry Home), Roz Nay (The Monsters We Make), Kali White (Once Two Sisters), and Jody Gehrman (Girls Weekend), 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Dock Bookstore, Dock Power Hour with Mary-Frances Winters, author of Black Fatigue, 7PM CROWDCAST, FACEBOOK LIVE
Literati Bookstore, At Home with Literati: Jenny Bhatt discussing Each of Us Killers: Stories and Suman Mallick discussing The Black-Marketer’s Daughter, 7PM ONLINE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay At Home open mic, 8PM ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)
Granbury
* Arts & Letters Bookstore, Writers’ Bloc meeting: Kat Calaway discussing Professional Branding Photography for Writers, 7PM [also on ZOOM]
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27:
Lunch with a Librarian, Katie Proctor launches My Storied Year (in conversation with Kristy Hill), 12PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Austin Bat Cave, Upside Down: Writing the Familiar into Strange with Roohi Choudhry, 6PM ONLINE
Austin Book Arts Center, making book cloth, 6PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Jimmy Fallon launches 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas!, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
SMU, Lindsay M. Chervinsky discussing The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, 6PM ONLINE
BookPeople, Shock the Vote ATX/Tales from Your Crypt: Original Tales of Terror with Owen Egerton, Joe Brundidge, and Lady Grim Reaper, 7PM ZOOM
BookWoman, Book Launch: Death, Reflections from Sisters of the Holy Pen, 7PM ZOOM
Radio San Marcos, Judy Alter discussing Saving Irene and more, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Nandini Bhattacharya discussing Love’s Garden (in conversation with Indira Ganesan), 7PM ZOOM
National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV with Gresha Lewis, Radiah Hubbert, Ronald Bonner, and Bernard Lee Jr., 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture, Questions of Culture: Words Into Action Conversations with Writers featuring Fowzia Karimi and A. Kendra Greene, 7PM ONLINE
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Bryan Washington discussing Memorial (in conversation with Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Age), 7PM ONLINE
JCC Dallas, Nancy Grace discussing Don’t Be a Victim, 7PM ONLINE
Trinity University, Children's Book Reading with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, author of Fauja Singh Keeps Going, 7:30PM ONLINE
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
Longview
*Barron’s, Kimberly Fish signing Comfort Foods, 10AM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28:
Austin Book Arts Center, bookbinding workshop, 6PM ZOOM
Front Street Books, Between the Covers: Horror novelist Andy Davidson, author of In the Valley of the Sun and The Boatman’s Daughter, 5:30PM ZOOM
TAMU, Dr. Valerie Hudson discussing The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide, 5:30PM ZOOM
Interabang Books, Trammell Crow and Bill Shireman discussing In This Together, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: "Character Development in Memoir: How to Deepen the Story" with Charlotte Gullick, 6:30PM ZOOM
Austin Library Foundation, MBC Reading & Roundtable: Crime, Mystery & the Birth of American CSI with Richard Santos, Laura Griffin, and Kate Winkler Dawson, 7PM ONLINE
BookPeople, Bryan Washington discussing Memorial, 7PM ZOOM [ticketed]
The Writing Barn, Craft Webinar: Unputdownable Nonfiction with Christina Soontornvat, 7PM ONLINE
Blue Willow Bookshop, Angie and Alli Simpson discussing Clouds (in conversation with Cody Simpson), 7PM ZOOM
McKinney Public Library, Kim Powers discussing Rules for Being Dead, 7PM ZOOM
Gemini Ink & Writing Workshops Dallas, Big Texas Read: Fowzia Karimi’s Above Us the Milky Way, 7PM ZOOM
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Austin
* University of Texas Club, Witches Night Out: Ghosts of Bad Dates Past with author Rebekah Manley, 6PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29:
Healthier Texas Summit, Health Haves & Health Have Nots in the Time of COVID-19 with author Dr. Sandro Galea, 9AM ONLINE
BookPeople, Mari Mancusi discussing Frozen II: Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr (in conversation with Jen Calonita), 4PM ZOOM
The Writing Barn, Introduction to Horror Writing with Madison Estes, 6PM ONLINE
World Affairs Council - DFW, Fareed Zakaria discussing 10 Lessons For The Post Pandemic World, 6PM ZOOM
Voices de la Luna, Writing Workshop with Mobi Warren: Thread and Nectar, 6PM ONLINE
Harris County Public Library, Looking for the Answers: Latinx Authors Amplify Teen Voices with Anna Garcia Schaper, Richie Narvaez, and Alex Temblador, 6:30PM ONLINE
Austin Library Foundation, MBC Poetry Workshop: The Nightgown & Other Poems by Taisia Kitaiskaia, 7PM ONLINE
BookPeople, Tori Eldridge discussing The Ninja’s Blade, 7PM ZOOM
The Writing Barn, Bad Dates and Good Publishing: The Literary Launch of Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates with Rebekah Manley (author) and Catarina Oliveira (illustrator), featuring guests Natalie Lakosil & Claire Sielaff, 7PM ONLINE
Brazos Bookstore, Sara Faring discussing White Fox (in conversation with Andrea Bartz), 7PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Brazos Bookstore, Aaron Fagan discussing A Better Place Is Hard to Find, 7PM ZOOM
Katy Budget Books, Virtual Meet and Greet with Marissa Meyer, author of Instant Karma, 7PM ZOOM [sold out]
Murder By the Book, Stephen Spotswood discussing Fortune Favors the Dead, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Trinity University Press, The End of the World as We Know It: The Nonfiction of Apocalypse: authors Beth Peterson and Matt Donovan in Conversation, 7PM ZOOM
WTAMU, Dr. José Limón presents “From the Streets of Laredo to the Palo Duro Canyon and Other Texas Stories,” 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Allen Library, Mitchel Whitington discussing Ghosts of North Texas and Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods, 7:30PM ONLINE
Trinity University, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Interreligious Engagement with authors Simran Singh and Najeeba Syeed, 7:30PM ONLINE
Laredo BorderSlam, virtual open mic, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Katy Budget Books, Talk to Your Kids: A Virtual Parenting Panel with author Dr. Abi Gewirtz, Michelle Watson-Canfield, PhD, and Shafia Zaloom, 8PM ZOOM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30:
Fort Worth Public Library, Libby Copeland discussing The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, 4PM ONLINE
Dallas
*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Glowetry, 8PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31:
Writers’ League of Texas, "Getting Started or Restarted: A Writer's Guide to Moving Forward" with Faylita Hicks, 10AM ONLINE
Brazos Bookstore, story time: Anne Lambelet reading The Poisoned Apple, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writespace, Write Your Nanowrimo Novel! with Icess Fernandez Rojas, 1PM ONLINE
Tumblewords Project, workshop: “Pandemic - Día de los Muertos” with Raquel B. Mejía, 1PM ZOOM
Museum of South Texas History, Ghosts of Rio Grande Valley with Dr. David Bowles, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Waco
*Fabled Bookshop & Café, J. H. Reynolds signing Monsterstreet #4, 10AM OUDOOR EVENT
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1:
Malvern Books, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Issue 52 launch party, 2PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, John Connolly discussing The Dirty South and Stuart Neville discussing The Stranger, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writespace, Building Blocks for a Strong Memoir with Joyce Boatright, 3PM ONLINE
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, Max Brooks discussing author Devolution, 7:30PM ZOOM
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Ben Castillo discussing and signing Boxcar Bennie, 12PM OUTDOOR EVENT
ONLINE STORY TIME
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, F, 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
Houston Public Library, virtual story time, daily, times vary
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, T-Th, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Doseum, virtual story time, days & times vary
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
Irving Public Library, online story time, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 11AM 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.
