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
FOR 07.02.2022 - 07.10.2022
ALL TIMES CENTRAL TIME
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Bookish goings-on in Texas
compiled exclusively by Lone Star Literary Life
While we rebuild our 2022 calendars, you can always find events at your local Texas bookstores, all found on our Texas bookstores page, or visit the Book Clubs in Texas and Texas Writers’ Groups pages to find where bookish people are gathering.
SPECIAL EVENTS (*Denotes In-person Events.)
- Writers' League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
- Kindred Creatives Art & Literary Press, Texas Art and Literary Festival, Lewisville, July 8-10
- Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, through July 31, 2022
- Book Bonanza, Grapevine, July 8-9, 2022
- Greater Austin Comic Con, July 9-10, 2022
EXHIBITIONS (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Claude, Armstrong County Museum, Lonesome Dove Exhibit (Humanities Texas), July 8-19, 2022
*Lake Jackson, Lake Jackson Historical Museum, Shakespeare exhibition, (Humanities Texas), through July 9, 2022
*Austin, Harry Ransom Center, Women and the Making of Joyce's Ulysses, through July 17, 2022
*Austin, Harry Ransom Center, Stories to Tell, through August 15, 2022
*Fort Worth, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth and the Green Book, through August 31, 2022
SATURDAY, JULY 2 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *San Antonio, The DoSeum, Naomi Shihab Nye Reading Cast Away Poems of our Time, 11AM https://www.thedoseum.org/events/event/2427354 |
| *San Antonio, The Twig Book Shop, Vanessa Lopez signs Curiosity Makes the Engineer, 11AM https://www.thetwig.com/ |
| *Alvin, Ba-Con Anime Convention, 12PM, https://www.ba-con.live/ |
| *San Antonio, Half Price Books, North Central, Book Signing with Author BK Greenwood (The Last Roman), 1PM https://www.hpb.com/029 |
| *Houston, Brazos Bookstore, Patrice Barton - BRAVE EVERY DAY, 3PM, https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/person-patrice-barton-brave-every-day |
SUNDAY, JULY 3 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *San Antonio, The Twig Book Shop, Dennis Blocker, Sr. signs The Dogs I've Known in Two Wars, 11AM Dennis Blocker Sr., The Dogs I've Known in Two Wars | The Twig Book Shop |
| *Dallas, The Writer's Garret, Stone Soup Peer Critique Groups - Prose, 2PM, https://writersgarret.org/Stone-Soup-Peer-critique-workgroups/ |
| *Austin, BookPeople, TOM SEGURA - I'd Like to Play Alone, Please, 2:30PM, https://www.bookpeople.com/event/event-tom-segura-id-play-alone-please |
| *Dallas, The Writer's Garret, Stone Soup Peer Critique Groups - Mixed Genre, 3PM, https://writersgarret.org/Stone-Soup-Peer-critique-workgroups/ |
MONDAY, JULY 4 (*Denotes In-person Events)
No events reported
TUESDAY, JULY 5 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *Pflugerville, The Book Burrow pop-up at the Pflugerville Pfarmer's Market, 3PM, https://www.thebookburrowbookstore.com/eventscalendar |
| *Hurst, Hurst Public Library, Trinity Arts Writers Workshop, 6PM, https://www.hursttx.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14265/440?curm=7&... |
| *Houston, Writespace, Fiction 2: The short story workshop, 6PM, https://www.writespacehouston.org/creative-writing.html |
| Texas Sisters Press, Book Launch for Texas author Frankie Hambrick Capers (The Night The Lions Slept), 6PM, ONLINE https://www.facebook.com/txsisterspress/ |
| *Houston, Brazos Bookstore, Alison Wisdom - THE BURNING SEASON, 6:30PM, https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/person-alison-wisdom-burning-season |
| Harris County Public Library, Camp NanoWriMo: Blurb Writing, 6:30PM ONLINE https://www.facebook.com/events/321946060101537/ |
| *Houston, Murder By The Book, Discussion and Signing with Mark Greaney (Armored), 6:30PM, https://www.murderbooks.com/Greaney |
| *Fort Worth, The Dock Bookshop, Open Mic featuring Brown Goddess, 7PM, https://www.thedockbookshop.com/event/dock-open-mic-july |
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *San Antonio, Rock the Read with Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules with authors e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller, 11AM, https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Dev... |
| *Austin, Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Last Gangster In Austin with Author Jesse Sublett, 12PM, https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/visit/calendar/education/high-noon-talk-20220706 |
| *Grapevine, Grapevine Public Library, Virtual Author Visit: Zoom with Tammi Sauer (projected in the library program room) 2PM https://www.grapevinetexas.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=10364&month=7&year=2022... |
| *Austin, BookPeople, e.E. CHARLTON-TRUJILLO & PAT ZIETLOW MILLER (Lupe Lopez), 6PM, https://www.bookpeople.com/event/event-ee-charlton-trujillo-pat-zietlow-... |
| *Houston, Brazos Bookstore, Palmer Memorial Episcopal, Chris Cander Book Launch for A Gracious Neighbor, 7PM https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/person-chris-cander-gracious-neighbor |
| *Houston, Write About Now Poetry, Open Mic 7:30PM, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/write-about-now-poetry-slam-tickets-295858840757 |
THURSDAY, JULY 7 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *Bay City, Nia's Towne Square Restaurant, Book signing with Author Eve Bailey (Bonded-A New Path), 11:30AM https://www.facebook.com/events/536523418214073/ |
| Murder By The Book, Will Dean in Converation with Catherine Ryan Howard, 1PM ONLINE, https://www.murderbooks.com/Dean-Howard |
| *Arlington, George W. Hawkes Downtown Library, Oba William King - The Poetic Storyteller, 1:30PM, https://arlingtonlibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=28113&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2022/07/01 |
| Writing Workshops, Power & Politics in Speculative Fiction, 5PM ONLINE, https://writingworkshops.com/products/power-politics-in-speculative-fiction-6-week-zoom-workshop |
| *Longview, Longview Art Walk, Author Patty Wiseman signing, 5PM https://www.artwalklongview.com/ |
| *San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Charles Darnell (Toward Human), 5:30PM, https://www.thetwig.com/event/charles-darnell-toward-human |
| *Henderson, Rusk County Public Library, Author Talk & Pizza with Jody Hadlock, author of The Lives of Diamond Bessie, 5:30PM, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-tickets-332232736057 |
| Writing Workshops, Haunted Houses: a Generative Fiction, 6PM ONLINE, https://writingworkshops.com/products/haunted-houses-a-generative-fiction-workshop |
| *San Antonio, Gemini Ink, All Things are Alive: Animating the Inanimate, 6:30PM HYBRID https://geminiink.org/events/puppetry-for-writers/ |
| *Arlington, Mike Guinn Entertainment & Arlington Museum of Art, Free & Family-Friendly Open Mic Night, 6:30PM https://www.facebook.com/events/1361000974410531 |
| *Georgetown, Lark & Owl, So You Want To Be A Screenwriter, 6:30PM, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-so-you-want-to-be-a-screenwriter-t... |
| *Houston, Brazos Bookstore, Juli Berwald - Life On The Rocks, 6:30PM, https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/person-juli-berwald-life-rocks |
| *The Woodlands, Village Books. Author Tracy Borgmeyer and STEM Stories Around the Campfire, 6:30PM, https://www.facebook.com/events/575802497396061 |
| *Houston, Murder By The Book, Discussion and Signing for David Ellis (Look Closer), 6:30PM, https://www.murderbooks.com/Ellis |
| *Austin, BookPeople, JESSE SUBLETT - Last Gangster in Austin, 7PM, https://www.bookpeople.com/event/event-jesse-sublett-last-gangster-austin |
| Public Poetry, Pandemic Poems Anthology Book Launch & Reading, 7:30PM ONLINE, https://www.facebook.com/events/552775876389730 |
FRIDAY, JULY 8 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *Grapevine, Book Bonanza, day one of 2, 9AM https://bookbonanzaevent.com/ |
| *Pflugerville, The Book Burrow pop-up at the Three Legged Goat, 6PM, https://www.thebookburrowbookstore.com/eventscalendar |
| *Houston, Murder By The Book, Alison Wisdom in conversation with Ashley Winstead, 6:30PM, https://www.murderbooks.com/Wisdom-Winstead |
| *San Antonio, Gemini Ink, Anything but Silent–A Book Celebration of Dario Beniquez’s Zone of Silence, 6:30PM, https://geminiink.org/events/dario-beniquez-book-celebration/ |
| *Dallas, The Wild Detectives, Author presentation - Janet Hendrickson and A. Kendra Greene, 7PM, https://thewilddetectives.com/events/a-spanish-lexicographer-walks-into-... |
SATURDAY, JULY 9 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| The Writing Barn, Nonfiction Kidlit Confab, Day 1 of 2, 9AM, ONLINE https://thewritingbarn.com/nonfiction-kidlit-confab-2022-schedule/ |
| *Austin, Greater Austin ComicCon, day 1 of 2, 10AM https://www.greateraustincomiccon.com/ |
| *Lufkin, Absolutely Fiction, Author hal evans signing Artyfacts and Come Day In Night, 10:30AM & 1PM https://absolutelyfiction.com/ |
| *Arlington, ACFW DFW presents "Dream...Until Your Dreams Come True" with Betty Woods, Arlington Community Church, 10:30AM, HYBRID https://acfw-dfw.ticketleap.com/dreams-until-your-dreams-come-true/ |
| *San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Devonte Collins (Vanessa Owens & The Bond of Sisterhood), 11AM, https://www.thetwig.com/event/devonte-collins-vanessa-owens-bond-sisterhood |
| *Denton, Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences, Indie Book Fair: Dementia Health Care with Authors Merriott Terry, Matthew Bonander, and Pam Johnson discussing and signing their books about dementia, 11AM https://www.patchoulijoesbooks.com/event/indie-book-fair-dementia-healthcare |
| SCWBI Austin, To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? (Should Not Be the Question) with Author Sue Fliess, 9:30AM ONLINE, https://austin.scbwi.org/events/monthly-meeting-tbd-6/ |
| Writers' League of Texas, Saturday Craft Seminar, "Body Work" with Melissa Febos, 10AM, ONLINE, https://writersleague.org/calendar/wlt-saturday-craft-seminar-body-work-... |
| *San Antonio, ACFW Alamo Chapter, Speaker Susan Meissner - Writing Tight in the Soggy Middle, 10AM, Contact email txjessy1@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CfKouCJr8E3/ |
| *Dallas, The Writer's Garrett, Stone Soup Peer Critque Groups - Prose & Poetry, 10AM https://writersgarret.org/Stone-Soup-Peer-critique-workgroups/ |
| League of Romance Writers, Writing A Synopsis That Works For You With Author Colleen Thompson, 10:30AM, ONLINE, https://www.leagueromwriters.com/monthly-speaker/ |
| *Boerne, Patrick Heath Public Library, Ben English Book Signing, 11AM, https://www.ci.boerne.tx.us/Calendar.aspx?EID=20133&month=7&year=2022&day=9&calType=0 |
| Writing Workshop, The When and Where of Persona: Contextualizing Your Essay in Time and Place, 11AM ONLINE, https://writingworkshops.com/products/contextualizing-your-essay-in-time-and-place-zoom-seminar |
| *Lewisville, Kindred Creatives Art & Literary Press, 1 Year Anniversary Celebration Art & Lit Fest, Social, & Open Mic 12PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kindred-creatives-1-year-anniversary-celebration-tickets-372204663167 |
| Writing Workshop, Thinly Veiled: The Study & Practice of Autofiction, 12PM ONLINE, https://writingworkshops.com/products/the-study-and-practice-of-autofiction |
| *San Antonio, Gemini Ink, The Poetic Voice with Dario Beniquez, 1PM https://geminiink.org/events/the-poetic-voice-with-dario-beniquez/ |
| *Houston, Inprint, Writer's Workshop: Poetry 2022-307, 1PM, https://inprinthouston.org/event/poetry-2022-307-in-person/ |
| *San Antonio, Dead Tree Books, Book Signing with C. Cimmone (Torn Up), 2PM, https://www.deadtreebooks.net/coming-events |
| *Houston, Murder By The Book, Discussion and Signing with Kathy Reichs (Cold, Cold Bones) 3PM, https://www.murderbooks.com/Reichs |
| *Dallas, Interabang Books, Discussion and Signing with Author Hernan Diaz (Trust), 4PM, https://www.interabangbooks.com/event/trust |
| *Dallas, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Author Talk With Nisha Sharma: An After Hours Meet & Greet, 6:30PM https://dallaslibrary.librarymarket.com/event/author-talk-nisha-sharma-after-hours-meet-greet |
SUNDAY, JULY 10 (*Denotes In-person Events)
| *San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Melvin E. Edwards (The Eyes of Texans: From Slavery to the Texas Capitol: Personal Stories from Six Generations of One Family), 11AM, https://www.thetwig.com/event/melvin-e-edwards-eyes-texans-slavery-texas-capitol-personal-stories-six-generations-one-family |
| *San Antonio, Dead Tree Books, Paula Peckham Signing PROTECTED, 2PM https://www.facebook.com/events/5418118028244533 |
| *Houston, Rockafellers Houston (Write About Now), Nu PoeTree Era Sunday Showcase Vol. VII, 6PM (tickets required), https://www.facebook.com/events/421133939607909/ |
RECURRING STORY TIMES (*Denotes In-person Events)
*Taylor, Libros Bookmobile, Family Storytime at The Loose Screw, M, 12:30PM
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Allen Public Library – M-TH at 10:15 via Facebook Live
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, T-Th, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Seguin Public Library – Toddler & Preschool Storytime via Zoom, T & W, 10AM, or for the Whole Family, T at 11:15AM outside
*Bryan, Whimsy & Wild Emporium, children's story time, T & Th, 10:30AM
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
*Fort Worth, Monkey and Dog Books, Story Time, T & F at 10:30AM
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
*Laredo, Laredo Public Library, Toddler Story Time, 10AM & 11AM
Longview Public Library – T, Facebook Live at 10:30AM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
*New Braunfels, The Book Haus, musical story time, T, 10:30AM
*Bridgeport, Bridgeport Public Library, story time, T, 4:30PM; W, 11AM
*Pflugerville, Pflugerville Library, baby time, W, 9AM; story time, W, 10AM
*Midland, Centennial Library, story time, W, 10:30AM & 11:30AM
*Midland, Downtown Library, story time, TH, 10:30AM & 11:30AM
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
*Laredo, Laredo Public Library, story time, TH, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
*Sachse, Sachse Public Library, Baby Bounce Story Time, F, 10:30AM
Boerne Radio, Early Bird story time, Sat., 7:45AM
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat., 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
*Laredo, Laredo Public Library, story time, Sat. 10:30AM & 4PM
*San Angelo, Old Time Books, Children's Story Time on the Patio, Sat., 11AM
*Longview, Books & Barrels, Children's Story Time, 1st, 3rd, & 5th Sat., 10:30AM
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.
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
Irving Public Library, online story time, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
The Doseum, virtual story time, days & times vary.
