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 10.27.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Texas Book Festival, Austin, October 27
Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, October 27
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture 2019 Education Forum, October 28-29
50th Anniversary Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, Dallas, October 31-November 3
Dobie Dichos, Oakville, November 1
Alamo City Comic Con, San Antonio, November 1-3
iWrite Anniversary Luncheon and Book Signing, Houston, November 2
2019 Comic Indie Con, Houston, November 2
Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, November 2-13
Tyler Comic Con, November 2-3
EXHIBITS:
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
The Essential J. Frank Dobie, San Marcos, through December 1
Modernist Networks: The Annette Campbell-White Collection, Austin, August 24-January 5
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27:
Amarillo
575 Pizzeria - Hillside, Haiku Death Match, 4PM
Austin
BookWoman, TORCH Poetry Reading: Lauren K. Alleyne presents her new collection, Honeyfish, 2PM
Malvern Books, a conversation with visiting translator Rosalind Harvey about her latest work, Juan Pablo Villalobos’s The Other Side, 4PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Meet the authors of Camel Crazy: A Quest for Miracles in the Mysterious World of Camels, 3PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas-native children's author Leah Santa Maria signing her Christmas book, Always The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and Dallas-native Danna Joyce Williams signing her Christian fiction book, Rest For The Weary: Shelter From The Storm, 1PM
Houston
Inprint House, Tintero Projects presents taller de escritura con Ana Emilia Félker, 6PM
Writespace, Workshop: "In Search Of . . . The Elusive Lyric Essay" with Catherine Vance, 3PM
Lubbock
Josey Books, Josey Books & Records 1-Year Birthday Celebration, all day
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Texas-native author Doris Bell Lang signing True Heart Forgiveness: Learning to Forgive Yourself and Others & Find True Freedom, 1PM
San Antonio
B&N - Northwoods, C.A. Clark signing The Oath, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, David L. Peche discussing and signing San Antonio's Historic Hotels, 12PM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28:
Austin
Ground Floor Theatre, The Bulb Story Slam, 7:30PM
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Buddy Wakefield, 8PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Andy Griffiths will reading and signing The 117-Story Treehouse, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Saeed Jones discussing and signing How We Fight for Our Lives, 6:30PM
Jung Society, An Evening of Poetry with francine j. harris and Meg Day, 7PM
Mongoose vs. Cobra, Brazos Bookstore presents Jung Young Moon reading and signing Seven Samurai Swept Away In a River (in conversation with Taylor Davis Van-Atta, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Steph Cha reading and signing Your House Will Pay, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Jeanie Sanders discussing and signing Book of the Dead, 5PM
The Woodlands
B&N, Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left's Plot to Remake America book signing with Jeanine Pirro, 6PM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29:
Austin
BookPeople, Ryan Holiday discussing and signing Stillness Is the Key, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, poet Evangeline reading and signing Love Letters from an Insomniac, 7PM
Cheer Up Charlies, Bat City Review Monster Mash, 7PM
Hogg Memorial Auditorium, Five-time No. 1 New York Times bestselling-author Brené Brown joining the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation for a conversation called "Daring Athletes: Embracing Courageous Leadership in the Age of Toughness," 6:30PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam Halloween Show with Jomar Valentin and featuring ATX Drag Superstars, 7:15PM
Canyon
Barrel & Pie, The Legacy reading: “Weird Stories and Dark Tales,” 9PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Bohemeo's, Glass Mountain reading and open mic, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Josh Campbell discussing and signing Crossfire Hurricane, 6:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel, River Oaks Bookstore presents CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discussing his latest book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Amazing Space Race, 7PM
Cullen Performance Hall, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing The Water Dancer, 7:30PM [ticketed event - SOLD OUT]
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Lord Brown discussing Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization, 6:30PM [ticketed event]
The Montrose Center, Blue Willow Bookshop presents Adam Rippon discussing his new memoir, Beautiful On the Outside, 7PM [ticketed event]
Murder By the Book, Yrsa Sigurdardottir reading and signing The Reckoning, and Michael Stanley reading and signing Shoot the Bastards, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
Trinity University, Distinguished Lecture Series: author General Stan McChrystal presents "The Changing Geopolitical Landscape," 7:30PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, The Autoimmune Protocol Comfort Food Cookbook: 100+ Nourishing Allergen-Free Recipes book signing with Michelle Hoover, 7PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30:
Arlington
UTA, alumnus Shaun Hamill reading and signing Cosmology of Monsters, 12PM
Austin
BookPeople, James Haley reading and signing The Devil in Paradise, 7PM
Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature Reading with Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM
Dallas
Highland Park Village, World Affairs Council DFW presents Sid Balman Jr. reading and signing Seventh Flag, 6PM
Hyatt Regency Dallas, Bouchercon Literary Gala Fundraiser for Literacy: A Conversation with James Patterson, 6PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam featuring R.J. Wright, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Pete Souza discussing and signing Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents, 6PM
Lawndale Art Center, The Unsung Masters Series & Music & Literature with Meg Day, Niki Herd, and Taylor Davis-Van Atta, 6:30PM
Moody Center for the Arts, River Oaks Bookstore presents a celebration of the publication of Glenn O’Brien’s Intelligence for Dummies and the launch of ZE Books (The evening will feature readings by noted Houston authors.), 7PM
Murder By the Book, Amy Stewart reading and signing Kopp Sisters On the March, 6:30PM
Rice University, Gray/Wawro Lecture in Gender, Health, and Well-being: Dr. Ann Gleig, author of American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity, 6:30PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, Jennifer Sperry Steinorth: A Reading, 5PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series presents David Sedaris and Calypso, 7PM [ticketed event]
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Sergio Troncoso in conversation with Carmen Tafolla about his new story collection, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, 5PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31:
Arlington
Arlington Music Hall, Half Price Books Mother Ship presents an evening with popular YouTube comedians Rhett & Link discussing their new book, The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek, 7PM [ticketed event]
Austin
Austin Books & Comics, Trick or treat at ABC, 4PM
Austin Books & Comics, Halloween Party: horror, music, and art, 6PM
BookPeople, Eva Chen and illustrator Derek Desierto reading and signing Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure, 6PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, 8PM
Dallas
Cremona Bistro, Half Price Books Mother Ship presents a luncheon and toy drive with Karen White, author of The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street, 12PM [ticketed event]
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Halloween Mystery Panel featuring authors Mindy Mejia, Wendy Walker, Meg Gardiner, and Kimberly Belle, 7PM
Houston
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Hallowreading, 8:30PM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1:
Austin
BookPeople, Tegan and Sara Quin signing High School, 12:30PM [voucher required - SOLD OUT]
BookPeople, André Aciman reading and signing Find Me, 7PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Highland Park Village, World Affairs Council DFW hosting Bret Baier discussing and signing Three Days on the Brink, 12PM
Fort Worth
Commonplace Books, Sid Balman Jr. reading and signing Seventh Flag, 6PM
Georgetown
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Dia de Los Muertos Open-Mic Poetry Night, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Leanna Petronella reading and signing her poetry collection The Imaginary Age, 6:30PM
Discovery Green, Youth Performance Poetry Session, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Karen White reading and signing The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street (in conversation with Katherine Center), 6:30PM
Wortham Center, David Sedaris presents Calypso, 8PM [ticketed event]
San Antonio
University of the Incarnate Word, Images and Memories: Celebrating Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago's Words - "A Storyteller's Dialogue," followed by a book signing, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Eduardo Garrigues & Garaldo Poyo discussing and signing "I Alone": Bernardo Galvez's American Revolution & A Latino Memoir, 5PM
Waco
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe, Ruth Chou Simons discussing and signing Beholding and Becoming: the Art of Everyday Worship, 7PM [ticketed event]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2:
Abilene
Texas Star Trading Co., Julie Kibler signing Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, 10AM
Texas Star Trading Co., Mark McDonald signing Beyond the Big Shootout: 50 Years of Football’s Life Lessons, 12PM
Austin
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret to Successful Story Structure" with Jill Chamberlain, 10AM
B&N - Arboretum, Ruth Chou Simons signing Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship, 2PM
BookPeople, Carole Bumpus discussing and signing Searching for Family and Friends at the French Table, 5PM
Half Price Books - Southpark Meadows, King Jerome signing Volume 1 of King Jerome's Library, 12PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate inclusive open mic, 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Bouchercon World Mystery Convention Authors Panel featuring thriller authors Jack Carr, Mark Greaney, Brad Taylor, Marc Cameron, Anthony J. Tata, and K.J. Howe (moderated by Nick Petrie), 2PM [ticketed signing line]
Denton
The Bearded Monk, American Literary Review Reading Series, 4PM
Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Spiderweb Salon presents "Spider Dead," 7PM
El Paso
Armijo Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Día de los Muertos: Remembering Their Stories, even Pets" with Raquel B. Mejía, 1PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, writers workshop, 11:30AM
TCU, Ron Tyler discussing The Art of Texas: 250 Years, 10:30AM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Ervin Mendlovitz signing his two books focusing on Galveston’s 1900 storm, a novel and a collected oral history, 2PM
Houston
B&N - Town & Country, Marc Grossberg signing The Best People, 2PM
Brazos Bookstore, Casey Giles reading and signing Indifferents, 6:30PM
Houston Museum of African American Culture, a book launch event for Dr. Bertie Simmons's new book, Whispers of Hope, The Story of My Life, 5PM
Murder By the Book, Ava Morgyn reading and signing Resurrection Girls, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Tyler Broussard discussing and signing My Haunted Life: True Tales of a Texas Weirdo, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Micki Fine reading and signing her new picture book, May All People and Pigs Be Happy, 4PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Introduction to Memoir Writing" with Pat Baldwin, 9:30AM
Writespace, Workshop: "Personal Essay: Investigating the Self" with Alex Wukman, 1PM
Kerrville
Butt-Holdsworth Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "The Craft and Business of Writing" with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 10:30AM
Leander
Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences, National Author’s Day: Texas authors included in the 2019 Texas Shorts: A Collection of Short Stories by Texas Authors will chair a series of panels on the process of completing books, 11AM
San Antonio
Central Library, Celebrated Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago will discuss her life and literary career, followed by a book signing, 10:30AM
The Twig Book Shop, Rachel Toalson signing The Woods, 11AM
San Marcos
Half Price Books, Cy Young signing Onions and Deathload, as well as his Aesop's Fables CD for children, 1PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Deanna King signing Twist of Fate, 1PM
Webster
B&N, Marcy Smith signing Little Autumn Rose, 2PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3:
Austin
BookPeople, Cate Berry reading and signing Chicken Break!, 2PM
BookPeople, Sergio Troncoso reading and signing A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son (in conversation with W. K. Stratton), 5PM
BookWoman, Roma Calatayud-Stocks discussing and signing A Symphony of Rivals, 3:30PM
Riverbend Centre, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton discussing The Book of Gutsy Women (in conversation with Cecile Richards), 3PM [ticketed event]
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling-author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, discussing and signing her latest release, Cilka's Journey, 7PM [ticketed event]
Garland
Half Price Books, Double Barrel Texas Tour: bestselling thriller authors Reavis Z. Wortham and John Gilstrap reading and signing Hawke's Target and Total Mayhem, respectively, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Bettina Elias Siegel discussing and signing Kid Food, 5PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Find an Agent" with Joy Preble, 3PM
Leander
Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences, NaNoWriMo Writers' Refuge, 11AM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Submission Tools and Tricks" with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Suanne Schafer signing Hunting the Devil, 12PM
San Marcos
The Wittliff Collections, a reception and program celebrating the new exhibition "Blessings and Besos: Photographs by Bill Wittliff" and the new book Sunrise Sunset: Solargraphs from Plum Creek, 2PM
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.
