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 06.30.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 27-July 28
EXHIBITS:
Showtime: Photographs of Music Legends by Watt Casey Jr. (from his book, My Guitar Is a Camera), Lubbock, May 31-July 21
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
SUNDAY, JUNE 30:
Austin
Resistencia Books, Cabañuelas: A reading and book signing with Norma Elia Cantú, 5PM
The Writing Barn, SCBWI-Austin Character Workshop: "The Protagonist On the Page" with agent Jennie Dunham, 5PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Tiffany King will sign her memoir, My Story: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and suspense author Lewis B. Smith will sign The Gnostic Library: A Capri Team Adventure, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Scholastic Summer Read-A-Palooza!, 3PM
Denton
Green Space Arts Collective, Sundown + Spiderweb: Performance and Expression workshop, 1PM
Houston
Writespace, Workshop: "Crafting Unconventional Narratives" with Mark Haber, 3PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Grant Writing Fundamentals" with Megan Harrison, 3PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Twinkle Zaman signing Love Notes, 1PM
The Good Kind Southtown, Good Poems at the Good Kind featuring Naomi Shihab Nye (with San Antonian Evan Beaty and San Marcos’ Vanessa Couto Johnson), 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, R.A. Reynolds signing 91 Day Fiancee Marriage: Love or Green Card, 12PM
MONDAY, JULY 1:
Austin
BookPeople, Reavis Wortham reading and signing Hawke's Target, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Find Waldo Local 2019, 10AM
Murder By the Book, Katherine Howe reading and signing The Daughter of Temperance Hobbs, and Lauren Willig reading and signing The Summer Country, 6:30PM
Night Heron, Big Reveal Happy Hour: Inprint will reveal the author lineup for the 2019-20 Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 5:30PM
Navasota
Muddy Water Bookstore, Find Waldo Local Begins, 10AM
TUESDAY, JULY 2:
Austin
BookPeople, Chandler Baker reading and signing Whisper Network, 7PM
Malvern Books, the launch of Murder on the Third Try, the third installment in K.P. Gresham’s Pastor Matt Hayden mystery series, 7PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon with Walter Moore, Adam Lefton, Lance Myers, and Keith Ruckus, 7:30PM [BYOP]
Dallas
Lucky Dog Books, Stone Soup Mixed Genre workshop with the Writer's Garret, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Writing Workshops Dallas Happy Hour, 6PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Mohamed Asem discussing and signing Stranger in the Pen, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, BookCulture: Mexico, 11AM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Brandon Davis discussing and signing A Soldier's Path, 5PM
Waco
B&N, MonsterStreet book launch party and signing with J.H. Reynolds, 5PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3:
Austin
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Gary Pinkerton discussing Trammel’s Trace: The First Road to Texas From the North, 12PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now: Poetry Open Mic featuring Ayokunle Falomo, 7:30PM
THURSDAY, JULY 4:
Austin
Malvern Books, Independence Day at Malvern Books--there will be cake, 10AM
FRIDAY, JULY 5:
Alpine
Front Street Books, WK "Kip" Stratton discussing and signing The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film, 6PM
Austin
Malvern Books, a homecoming reading from Austinite Dr. Walter Moore, author of the poetry collection, My Lungs Are a Dive Bar, 7PM
SATURDAY, JULY 6:
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "In Search of Ghost in the Paso del Norte" with Carlos Nicolas Flores, 12:45PM
Houston
Bracewell Neighborhood Library, Public Poetry Reading Series featuring Autumn Hayes, Vincent Cooper, Katherine Hoerth, and Melissa Studdard, 2PM
Brazos Bookstore, Deborah DEEP Mouton reading and signing her new poetry collection, Newsworthy, and Lupe Mendez reading and signing his debut poetry collection, Why I Am Like Tequila, 6PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Denise Richter signing 100 Things to Do in San Antonio Before You Die, 2nd Edition, 11AM
Tyler
Half Price Books, fiction author Lewis Smith signing The Gnostic Library, 1PM
SUNDAY, JULY 7:
Austin
Malvern Books, the Lion and the Pirate Unplugged, an inclusive open mic, 1PM
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam presents The Battle of the Slams 2019!, 3PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author T.D. Walker signing her poetry collection Small Waiting Objects, and local children's author Kena Sosa signing The Unhuggables, 1PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Amy Bearce signing Shortcuts, 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.
