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 02.09.2020
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Austin Anarchist Book Fair, February 9
Sin Muros Latinx Theatre Festival, Houston, February 13-16
Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock, February 15
EXHIBITS:
Yuyi Morales: Soñadora, Abilene, November 14-May 28
Cuban Comics in the Castro Era, Austin, December 6-March 1
Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, Austin, February 1-July 19
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9:
Austin
BookPeople, E. R. Bills discussing and signing Pendulum Grim, 5PM
Dallas
B&N – Preston/Royal, Margie Woods signing Happy Tunes, 2PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Crystal Allison Gore signing her romantic thriller, Silver Heart, and Demeshia Lavette signing her memoir, Refined, 1PM
Pan African Connection, workshop and book signing: Transform Your Mind and Discover Your Purpose, Vision, and Legacy, 1PM
Granbury
Arts & Letters Bookstore, Lori Wilde signing her Twilight, Texas series, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Blair Imani discussing and signing Making Our Way Home, 4PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “The Body and the Essay” with Rebecca A. Spears, 3PM
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Write a Great Novel Synopsis” with Amber Royer, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, J. E. Kilpatrick signing The Year of My Novela, 12PM
Stephenville
Chapel on the Bosque, the Pickers & Poets Singer-Songwriter series featuring Courtney Patton, 4PM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10:
Abilene
Abilene Public Library, SCBWI-North Texas are meet-up, 5:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Rick Wilson discussing and signing Running Against the Devil, 7PM
The LINE Hotel, American Short Fiction’s Lit City with Oscar Casares and Karen Russell, 7PM
Malvern Books, Austin Community College Creative Writing Department’s Literary Coffeehouse, hosted by Charlotte Gullick, 7PM
UT, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series presents poet Evie Shockley, 7PM
College Station
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Letters Aloud: “Love Me or Leave Me” with letters written by Mark Twain, Frida Kahlo, Charles Bukowski, George Carlin, Virginia Woolf, Napoleon Bonaparte, and “a nice kid who grew up to be Slash,” 7:30PM
Interabang Books, David Kessler discussing and signing Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, 6PM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11:
Abilene
Texas Star Trading Co., Penny Parker Klostermann signing There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight, 4PM
Arlington
College Park Center, Maverick Speaker Series presents an evening with Common, hip-hop recording artist, actor, film producer, poet, and activist, 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Helena Woodard discussing and signing Slave Sites on Display, 7PM
BookWoman, Blair Imani discussing and signing Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream, 7PM
Flat Track Coffee, Chicon Street Poets present the Living Room Lit Open Mic, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave’s Story Department presents “BFFs,” 7:30PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Amanda Arista, 7PM
Dallas
Chocolate Secrets, Sanderia Faye’s LitNight Dallas Reading Series, 7PM
Interabang Books, Kathleen Kent launches The Burn (Detective Betty #2), 6PM
Temple Emanu-El, Aaron Family JCC presents Pamela Nadell, author of America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Open Mic Poetry Night, 8PM
Houston
Warehouse Live, the Moth StorySLAM presents “Love Hurts,” 7:30PM
San Angelo
Angelo State, local authors Dr. John Garrett and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. (retired) Tom Nurre signing Goodfellow Air Force Base, 10:30AM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM
Urban Ecology Center Gathering Hall, Gemini Ink presents “Urban Wild,” an evening of poetry and photography celebrating nature with local poets Wendy Barker, John Phillip Santos, Francis Trevino, and Mobi Warren, 6:30PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12:
Arlington
UT Arlington, Patrick Burkart discussing Why Hackers Win, 12PM
Austin
BookPeople, Gary Barker discussing and signing The Museum of Lost Love, 7PM
College Station
Dallas
Interabang Books, Writing Workshops Dallas presents LitTalk: Exploring Identity in Fiction: Alex Temblador moderating a panel that includes Julie Murphy, Hafsah Faizal, and Sanderia Faye, 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry featuring Robin Turner and Emma Ramsey, 7:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now poetry presents the Petty Weight Championship, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed will discuss and sign Yes No Maybe So, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Lidia Yuknavitch discussing and signing Verge: Stories, 6:30PM
Cy Twombly Gallery, an intimate reading with the renowned and award-winning poet Carl Phillips, 7PM
Houston Maritime Museum, “Darwin's Naturalist Journey Aboard Beagle” with author Dr. Scott Solomon, 6PM
Midtown Arts and Theatre Center, Urban Reads: Steven Higashide discussing and signing Better Buses, Better Cities, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Kate Winkler Dawson discussing and signing American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI, 6:30PM
Rice University, Heather Boushey discussing Unbound: How Economic Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It, 5:30PM
University of Houston, UH Creative Writing presents Carl Phillips’s Craft Talk: Pattern + Variation, 7PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, Suicide Prevention Speaker Event: motivational speaker and author Kevin Hines, 2PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series presents professor, lawyer, and author David R. Dow, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Berry to Beans, Sun Poet’s Society open mic poetry readings, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Ryan Houser discussing and signing Thru Hiking the AT, 5PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13:
Austin
Austin Book Arts Center, workshop: Bookbinding Happy Hour for Teachers, 6PM [You don’t have to be a teacher, but teachers earn CPE.]
BookPeople, Laura McKowen discussing and signing We Are the Luckiest (in conversation with Sarah Hepola), 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Sequoia Maner, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Tracey S. Phillips & Josephine Blacke, 7PM
St. Edward’s U, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents author Karen Russell, 6PM
Burnet
Herman Brown Free Library, Coffee Talks: Robin Doughty and Matt Turner discussing and signing Unnatural Texas? The Invasive Species Dilemma, 1:30PM
Clarendon
Clarendon College, Clarendon Chamber Banquet featuring author Jodi Thomas, 6PM
Dallas
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dr. Omer Bartov discussing the anatomy of a genocide, the focus of his most recent book about the town of Buczacz, Ukraine, during the Holocaust, 7PM
Interabang Books, Taylor Stevens discussing and signing Liars’ Legacy, 6PM
Laredo
Gallery 201, Laredo BorderSlam presents the Pro/Anti Valentine’s Day Slam, 9:30PM
Midland
Midland College, a special guest lecture author presentation and Valentine's chocolate celebration with Linda Thorsen Bond, 6PM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14:
Arlington
UT Arlington, LeAnna Schooley and Tom Kellam discussing Wanted in America: Posters Collected by the Fort Worth Police Department, 1898–1903, 7:30PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Girls’ Night Out: Valentine’s Day, 8PM
Margo Jones Theatre, “A View From the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” with poet/performance artist Al Staggs, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, panel discussion on the Peruvian magazine AMAUTA and the avant-garde networks of Latin America, 6:30PM
El Paso
Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Series Open Mic Night, 8:30PM
San Antonio
University of the Incarnate Word, Frank Bennack discussing Leave Something on the Table and Other Surprising Lessons for Success in Business and in Life, 10AM
Waco
Fabled Bookshop & Café, Melissa Copp signing Raising Wheels, 6PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15:
Austin
Austin Book Arts Center, workshop: Book Hospital, 1PM
BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin Monthly Meeting: Color Palettes with Mark Mitchell, 10AM
BookPeople, Vanessa Roeder discussing and signing The Box Turtle, 2PM
BookPeople, Kate Winkler Dawson discussing and signing American Sherlock (in conversation with Becka Oliver from Writers’ League of Texas), 5PM
Half Price Books – N. Lamar, Texas-native and children's author Shannon Mokry signing Bubbles and the Big Race, 1PM
Infinite Monkey Theorem, Austin Poetry Brothel presents an immersive literary cabaret with special guest Gabino Iglesias, 8:30PM
St. Edwards U, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: "Twisting Facts into Stories: Reality in Fiction and Nonfiction" with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, 10AM
Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting with guest speaker Christa Pandey, 1:30PM
Dallas
B&N – Preston/Royal, Josh Martin and Walt Ferris singing Adam and Eve, 2PM
Interabang Books, Nancy Churnin discussing and signing Beautiful Shades of Brown, 1PM
Interabang Books, Catana Chetwynd discussing and signing Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend, 6PM [SOLD OUT]
El Paso
UTEP Centennial Museum, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Against Love Poetry” with Kit Wren, 1PM
Frisco
B&N – Stonebriar, Neal Shusterman signing The Toll (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Arc of a Scythe Series #3), 2PM
Houston
Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Artist Talk with illustrator Aya Kakeda, 3PM
Writespace, workshop: “Writing the Immigrant and International Experience” with Onyinye Ihezukwu, 9:30AM
Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, Keith R. Rees launches Legend at Lanana Creek, 1PM
San Angelo
Eggemeyer's General Store, Eric Braeden signing of his memoir I'll Be Damned, 2PM
San Antonio
B&N – La Cantera, Norma Garcia signing In Spite Of My Disability, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, K. K. Martinez signing Dark Sun Rising, 11AM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16:
Austin
BookPeople, George Vance McGee discussing and signing The Nation We Live In, 5PM
BookWoman, Amanda Johnstone hosting the TORCH: Wildfire Reading Series: KB + Community Open Mic, 3PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Fred Zuker signing Standing Tall & Looking Good: One Soldier’s Life & Lessons Learned from 1068-71, and Frank Myer signing Don’t Put The Cart Before The Unicorn: How To Survive and Thrive in The Online Dating World, 1PM
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night – Dallas edition, 7PM
Fort Worth
Leaves Books & Tea, An Afternoon with Authors: Maz Maddox, Fabiana Martinez, Michele McCarthy, and C.A. Szarek discussing “Writing Because You Have To,” 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Richard Bell discussing and signing Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home, 4:30PM
Murder By the Book, A panel of Houston Sisters in Crime published authors will share their secrets to success, 2PM
San Antonio
Trinity University, Role of Cultural Heritage Preservation in Gentrification: a panel including Austin author and photographer John Langmore, 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Robb Kelly signing Daddy, Daddy Please Stop Drinking, 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.
