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[line] in Texas
compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life
FOR THE WEEK OF 05.17.2020
Please scroll down for the story time section!
SPECIAL EVENTS:
San Antonio Book Festival & DoSeum present a Virtual Book Fest for Kids & Teens, May 15-19
EXHIBITIONS ONLINE
Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, Austin, February 1 – August 30
SUNDAY, MAY 17:
Brazos Bookstore, Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek, in conversation with Katherine Center, 1PM
BookPeople, Emma Straub discussing All Adults Here, 2PM ZOOM
The Writing Barn, Tied up with a Bow – The Short Story as a Gift to the Reader and Writer with Amy Emm, 2PM
Writing Workshops Dallas, seminar: “#OwnVoices: Helping Writers of Color Get Published” with Alex Temblador, 7PM ZOOM
MONDAY, MAY 18:
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Esther Safran Foer discussing I Want You to Know We’re Still Here with Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 4PM ZOOM [ticketed event]
JCC Dallas, Ariel Burger discussing Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom, 5:30PM ZOOM
Granbury Writers’ Bloc, Cathy Rueter presents “Writing with Rubber Bands: Creating Tension in Story,” 6:30PM ZOOM
Inprint, Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Emily St. John Mandel discussing The Glass House and Colum McCann discussing Apeirogon online with Maggie Galehouse, former Houston Chronicle book editor, 7PM [ticketed event]
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay At Home open mic, 8PM ZOOM
The Blah Poetry Spot, virtual open mic, 8:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
TUESDAY, MAY 19:
World Affairs Council - DFW, Jonathan Karl discussing Front Row at the Trump Show, 11AM ZOOM
BookPeople, Dragon Party: Mari Mancusi and Henry Clark discussing Dragon Ops and What We Found in the Maze and How It Saved a Dragon, 4PM ZOOM [ticketed event]
WITS, Workshop: “Different Alphabets” (grades: 9-12) with Keagan Wheat, 5:30PM ZOOM
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: "The Horror (writing)! The Horror (writing)!" with Owen Egerton, 6:3PM ZOOM
Austin Poetry Slam, virtual open mic, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
The Dock Bookshop, virtual poetry open mic, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE, ZOOM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20:
Brazos Bookstore, Erin Entrada Kelly discussing We Dream of Space, 3PM ZOOM
World Affairs Council – Greater Houston, Live Webinar with Q&A: White House Warriors with John Gans, 5PM
WITS, workshop: “Dramatic and Mundane” (grades: 6-8) with Omer Ahmed, 5:30PM ZOOM
Interabang Books, LitTalk: “Writing Memoir: Your Story Matters” panel discussion with Sarah Hepola, Tracy Walder, and Kendra Allen, moderated by Alex Temblador, 6PM ZOOM
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: "The Straight-Up Skinny on How to Submit to Literary Journals" with M. M. Adjarian, 6:30PM ZOOM
BookPeople, Lauren McGoodwin discussing Power Moves, in conversation with Laura Youngkin, 7PM ZOOM [ticketed event]
Trinity University Press, Virtual Town hall: Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy featuring contributors Pam Houston, Elena Passarello, Elizabeth Bradfield, and Arthur Sze, 7PM ZOOM
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
THURSDAY, MAY 21:
The Writing Barn, Editor Insight Session with Neal Porter of Holiday House, 10:30AM
BookPeople, John Grisham dicussing Camino Winds, 12PM ZOOM
Allen Public Library, writer, reporter, and historian Rusty Williams will discuss the famous Apollo 13 saga for the first time publicly in a virtual presentation, 4PM
UTEP, Words On a Wire’s Tim Z. Hernandez and Daniel Chacón host a “Words Under Quarantine” panel with author Natalia Sylvester, Lee Merrill Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press, and William Clark of Literary Book Shop, 6PM ZOOM
JCC Houston, Alan Zweibel discussing Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Cibolo Nature Center & Farm, Jennifer Bristol discussing Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas, 7PM ZOOM
The Dock Bookshop, Dock Radio with author N’Tyse, 7PM
The Bookworm Box, Aileen Erin Live Author Takeover, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo BorderSlam, virtual poetry open mic, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Writers' League of Texas, May Third Thursday: Well Versed: Reading & Writing Poetry with Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz and Sasha West, 8PM ZOOM
FRIDAY, MAY 22:
The DoSeum, Author Series: Jessie Oliveros reading The Remember Balloons, 11AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
World Affairs Council – DFW, Ben Buchanan discussing The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics, 11AM ZOOM
Texas Book Festival, Literary Lunch Break with Rebekah Manley, author of Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates: A Picture Book Parody for Adults, 12:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Brazos Bookstore, Meg Medina reading and discussing Merci Suárez Changes Gears with Joy Preble, 3PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
BookPeople, Don Zolidis discussing War and Speech, 4PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Murder By the Book, Scott Turow discussing The Last Trial, and Mark Pryor discussing The Bookseller, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
SATURDAY, MAY 23:
WITS, Young Writers Workshop in partnership with Discovery Green (grades: 3-5) with James Hershberger, 10:30AM ZOOM
Interfaces, Artists On Series workshop: "Natural Solutions to Climate Change: Food, Gardens, and Farming" with poet/essayist Soups, 12PM ZOOM
BookPeople, Romancing Texas: Love and Laughter in the Lone Star State (A Virtual Panel) with Sajni Patel (The Trouble with Hating You), Farrah Rochon (The Boyfriend Project), and Carly Bloom (Cowboy Come Home), 5PM ZOOM [ticketed event]
New Braunfels
*The Book Haus, writing workshop with Jenny Irish, 3PM CANCELLED
*The Book Haus, Author Visit: Jenny Irish reading from and signing I Am Faithful, 5PM CANCELLED
SUNDAY, MAY 24:
Union Avenue Books, Jeannette Brown reading and discussing The Illusion of Leaving, 2:30PM ZOOM
Writing Workshops Dallas, seminar: “The Best Book Launch Ever” with Shayla Raquel, 6PM ZOOM
ONLINE STORY TIME
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, DAILY, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, DAILY, 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
Hank the Cowdog, author John Erickson will be reading from his children's series, times vary, YOUTUBE
Houston Public Library, virtual story time, M, W, & F, 11A
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, M-F, 9:30AM; virtual bedtime story, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M-F, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, M-F, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Doseum, virtual story time, T, 12PM
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T & Th, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, T-Th, 10:30AM YOUTUBE
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Access Art & Adventure, T-Th, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Irving Public Library, online story time, Th, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Bibliobar, virtual story time, Sat, 11AM
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 10:30AM 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.
