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 04.21.2019
Special Events:
12th Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, April 25-28
2nd Annual Lucky for Literacy Bubbles and Bingo Bash, Houston, April 26
Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, McAllen, April 26-27
Second Well-Done Book Fair, Marfa, April 26-28
Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center presents Once Upon a Rhyme WonderWeek, Sugar Land, April 26-May 2
Austin Public Library presents Kids Block Party, April 27
Fred A. Tarpley Memorial Writers Conference, Commerce, April 27
Dallas Lit Hop 2019: Exposition Park Crawl, April 27
ATX Bookstore Crawl, April 27
Independent Bookstore Day, national, April 27
Spring LesFic Mini Festival, Austin, April 28
Exhibits:
30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25
Women of Flatbed: A Retrospective, Austin, January 17-April 28
Our People: The Life and Works of Author Angela Shelf Medearis, Austin, February 2-June 22
Worlds of W O N D E R: David Ezra Stein, Abilene, February 14-May 18
Words/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton, Austin, February 17-May 26
The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts, Dallas, March 1-June 15
Texas Writers: a traveling exhibit by Humanities Texas, San Antonio, April 3-30
SUNDAY, APRIL 21:
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Houston
Discovery Green, WITS hosts Poetry & Pose at Discovery Green, 11AM
MONDAY, APRIL 22:
Arlington
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Boxing = Life book signing with Adrian Clark, 7PM
The Sixth Floor Museum, 70 Years of Texas Television: An Evening with Bobbie Wygant, author of Talking to The Stars, 6PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel, Sky in the Deep book signing with Adrienne Young, 6PM
Houston
Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston (MATCH), Kinder Institute for Urban Research presents Urban Reads: Mick Cornett, author of The Next American City: The Promise of Our Midsize Metros, 7PM
Rice U - Stude Concert Hall, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage, and Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, 7:30PM
UH Downtown, Official release of the 2019 Uproar magazine, 12PM
Richardson
TUESDAY, APRIL 23:
Austin
BookPeople, author Ronna Welch & illustrator DIANA VASSAR speaking & signing The Nimble Cook, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring freshFEMMEs, 7:15PM
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents DFW Unplugged 25th Anniversary Celebration Part 1, 8PM
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, El Día de la Lengua: Literature and Music of Latin America, 6PM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Tayari Jones and An American Marriage, 7:30PM
Half Price Books Mothership, food blogger and recipe artist Christina Lane will discuss and sign her latest cookbook, Dinner Just for Two, 7PM
Heritage Auctions, Illustration Art Signature Auction, 5PM
Interabang Books, Siri Hustvedt reading and signing MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, The Writer's Garret presents a Stone Soup poetry workshop, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM
Tarrant County College - Trinity River, a reading and signing of poet Michelle Hartman's latest books, Wanton Disarray, First Night, and Doors, 7PM
Georgetown
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Local Stories - Books, Inspirations & The Writing Process featuring Bob Holt, Cynthia Bowen, Myra McIlvain, and Mary Bryan Stafford, 7PM
Houston
The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting: "Submitting Short Work" with Holly Walrath, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Iona Whishaw will sign and discuss A Deceptive Devotion, 6:30PM
U Houston, School of Art presents a talk by Rainey Knudson, founder and publisher of Glasstire, 6:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Wild Rescuers: Escape to the Mesa book signing with StacyPlays, 7PM
The Mix, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
Sugar Land
Sugar Land Branch Library, Award-winning historical novelist Ann Weisgarber reading and signing her newest book, The Glovemaker, 7PM
Tomball
Lone Star College, celebrate the release of the 2018-2019 inkling magazine, 2PM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Deborah Burns signing Saturday's Child: A Daughter's Memoir, 7PM
BookPeople, BECKY CROUCH PATTERSON speaking & signing Luckenbach Texas: The Center of the Universe, 7PM
Malvern Books, acclaimed Afro-Brazilian poet Salgado Maranhão and translator Alexis Levitin present their third collaboration, Palávora, 7PM
The North Door, Storytelling: BedPost Confessions presents Kiss & Tell, 8PM
Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature April Reading, 7:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Ari Seth Cohen discusses and signs Advanced Style, 7PM
Temple Emanu-El, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts David Brooks, who will discuss and sign The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, 7:30PM
Denton
UNT Student Union, North Texas Review release party, 6PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen, Brooks Harrington signing No Mercy, No Justice, 6:30PM
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery, Artist Books: A Conversation with Rare Book Librarian Julie Christenson, 5:30PM
Houston
Asia Society Texas Center, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts a breakfast with Dr. Michael Mandelbaum, author of The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, 8AM
Avant Garden, Write About Now: LatinX Mic featuring Gigi Bella, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Kathi Appelt reading and signing ANGEL THIEVES, 7PM
Hyatt Regency Downtown, The Houston Library Foundation proudly presents the Beyond the Page Luncheon with Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give, 12PM
Rubinstein Jewish Community Center, Author Talk with Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Jeffrey Siger will sign and discuss The Mykonos Mob, 6:30PM
U Houston, Poetry & Prose presents a reading by Glass Mountain contributors, 5:30PM
Richardson
THURSDAY, APRIL 25:
Austin
Austin History Center, Andrew M. Busch, PhD, discussing his new book, City in a Garden: Environmental Transformations and Racial Justice in Twentieth Century Austin, Texas, 6:30PM
Malvern Books, The Michener Center for Writers presents an evening with acclaimed poet Cathy Park Hong, 7PM
The North Door, Storytelling: BedPost Confessions presents Kiss & Tell, 8PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Writers’ League of Texas presents Jennifer DuBois ON THE CRAFT OF WRITING: THE SPECTATORS, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Story Collider: Dallas launch, 7PM
El Paso
B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, Barbed Wire Open Mic, 8PM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery, Spring 2019 Issue Release Party of eleven40seven, 5:30PM
Houston
Brasil Houston, Houston VIP Slam: Science & Sonnets, 6:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Nell Freudenberger reading and signing LOST AND WANTED, 7PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Ryan Black, Esther Lin, and Giuseppe Taurino, 8:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Ray Viator signing Houston, Space City USA, 5PM
Spring Branch Memorial Library, Celebrate El día de los niños / El día de los libros with author Kathleen Contreras as she reads from her award-winning bilingual picture book, Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos, 11AM
Irving
South Irving Library, El dia de los ninos / El dia de los libros, 4PM
La Porte
La Porte Public Library, Celebrate El día de los niños / El día de los libros with author Kathleen Contreras as she reads from her award-winning bilingual picture book, Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos, 2PM
Richardson
UTD, A Reading and Conversation with Brazilian Poet Salgado Maranho and his translator Alexis Levitin, 7PM
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Cathlin Shahriary Live Author Takeover!, 7PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 26:
Arlington
UTA - Central Library, Friends of the UTA Libraries presents Dave Lieber, author of AMON! The Ultimate Texan, 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, CATHY CHAPATY speaking & signing Searching for Grasshopper, 7PM
Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Metaphorically Challenged Poetry Remix Open Mic, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading & Open Mic, 7PM
The North Door, Storytelling: BedPost Confessions presents Kiss & Tell, 8PM
Renaissance Hotel, BookSpring presents Storybook Heroes Luncheon, 12PM
UT - Perry-Castañeda Library, an Evening of Indigenous Storytelling: Abiyala & Turtle Island, 5PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Lauren Belmore, Machele Johnson, Kat Moore, and Morgan Smith, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: 25th Anniversary Showcase, 8PM
Interabang Books, Anna Quindlen discussing and signing NANAVILLE: ADVENTURES IN GRANDPARENTING, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Launch Event: Music & Literature No. 9 featuring Swiss author Peter Bichsel and Canadian poet Sylvia Legris, 6PM
Irving
Dupree Theater, NEA Big Read Keynote Presentation: An evening with New Yorker cartoonist and author Roz Chast, 5:30PM
San Antonio
JW Marriott Hill Country Resort, Seamus Mullen, award-winning New York chef, cookbook author, and health and wellness expert, will share his own personal healing journey during Viva Fresh Expo’s Keynote Luncheon, 11:30AM
Our Lady of the Lake, Fajardo-Anstine gives a reading from her forthcoming book, Sabrina & Corina, followed by a discussion, Q&A, and book signing, 6:30PM
UTSA, The Creative Writing Reading Series presents poet Evie Shockley, 6PM
Southlake
B&N, Shelly Brown signing Mustaches for Maddie and Squint, 6PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 27:
Austin
BookPeople, story time with local author Lori Samocha and illustrator Lauri Johnston, sharing their book, W Is for Weird: An Austin Alphabet, 10:30AM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, The Art of Writing Workshops: poetry & prose with D. Ellis Phelps, 1PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Local authors Dan Peeler and Charlie Rose reading and signing their Dragon books + marionettes and crafts, 11AM
Denton
UNT, American Literary Review Graduate Student Reading Series, 6PM
Edinburg
Museum of South Texas History, Preservation Week: Pass the Pages will provide your old books with new life, 10AM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Bebop Impressionism: Breathing Between the Lines" with Richie David Marrufo, 12:45PM
Gufo di Milano, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series presents a Songwriter and Poetry Showcase Open Mic, 7PM
San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso Public Library hosts Dia de los Ninos/Dia de los Libros, 10AM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Tales From the Hood Spoken Word Event, 7PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Clay Coppedge signing Texas Singularities, 1PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, James Glassman signing the Houstorian Calendar: Today in Houston History, 12PM
B&N - River Oaks, Jackie Anders Phoenix signing Field of Mars, 2PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ray Viator will discuss and sign his book HOUSTON: SPACE CITY USA, 1PM
Carnegie Branch Library, International Poetry Celebration, 12PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Pamela Fagan Hutchins will sign and discuss Sick Puppy, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, S.C. Perkins signing Murder Once Removed, 3PM
Stanaker Branch Library, celebrating El Dia de los Niños, 1:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Ten Easy Steps to Writing Timely and Provocative Stories" with Marian Szczepanski, 9:30AM
Irving
East Irving Library, Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros, 2:30PM
Lubbock
B&N, Cowboy book signing with Bob Holt, 2PM
New Braunfels
The Book Haus, One year Anniversary and Independent Bookstore Day, 10AM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Annual poetry reading from entrants in the poetry month contest and members of the Pflugerville Poetry Society, 2PM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Meet & Greet with author Thomas Schulte, 3PM
San Antonio
Gemini Ink, Workshop: "Writing Place: Homelands in Literature" with Kali Fajardo-Anstine, 10AM
Love Shack Boutique, BookishAF: Pop-Up Book Fair, 3PM
San Marcos
Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, Barrio Writers Youth Zine-Making Workshop, 12PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 28:
Austin
BookWoman, Brooke Axtell reading and signing Beautiful Justice, 4PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Dr. Michael F. Weisberg, M.D. signs In the End and The Hospitalist, 2PM
Deep Vellum Books, Michelle Tea presents Astro Baby, 6PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, fantasy thriller author Emma Christopher will sell and sign Project Starfall, and self-help author Amy Susanna Copeland will sell and sign Love & The Art of Saying No: A Journey Out of Co-Dependence, People-Pleasing, & Over-Commitment, 1PM
Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, Oh Austen the Hippo children’s reading hour & author signing with April Spotsville, 2PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas: "How to Find Your Plot: A Storytelling Seminar" with J.R. Forasteros, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, poet John Poch signing Texases, 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
