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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 05.05.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Amarillo Arts Fest, May 10-12
Comicpalooza, Houston, May 10-12
Listen to Your Mother, San Antonio, May 11
O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, Austin, May 11
4th Annual Frisco Book Fest, May 11
EXHIBITS:
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
SUNDAY, MAY 5:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Alex Sheen signing Because I Said I Would, 1PM
BookPeople, KATE WILLIAMS & MICHELLE CAMPBELL speaking & signing Let's Go on Safari!, 2PM
BookPeople, SEHBA SARWAR speaking & signing Black Wings (in conversation with Liliana Valenzuela), 5PM
BookWoman, a night of translated poetry with acclaimed poet and recent Guggenheim Fellow Cyrus Cassells, 4PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate Unplugged Open Mic, 1PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
The Wild Detectives, Bard's Birthday Bash: To Know or not to Know, 7PM
Edinburg
Museum of South Texas History, Sunday Speaker Series: Emma Gonzalez discussing Field Mice-Memoirs of a Migrant Child, 2PM
Houston
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Outline Your Novels" with D.L. Young, 3PM
Irving
West Irving Library, NEA Big Read Irving 2019: Memoir Writing Workshop with author, editor, and public speaker Lisa Dale Norton, 1PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: Submitting to Journals & Magazines with Mag Gabbert, 3PM
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: The Alchemy of Character with Jaye Wells, 3PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Ernest D Hernandez signing The Legend of Azul, 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, Norma Elia Cantu signing Cabanuelas, 12PM
MONDAY, MAY 6:
Austin
Malvern Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic, 7PM
Dallas
Architecture and Design Exchange, a book signing and evening honoring the publication of The Open-Ended City, a collection of articles written by the late architecture critic David Dillon and edited by UTA architecture historian Kathryn E. Holliday, 6PM
Bugatti Ristorante, Friends of the SMU Libraries Annual Dinner and Meeting featuring Rena Pederson and The King of Diamonds, 6PM [ticketed event]
Fort Worth
Thomas Place Community Center, Poet J. Todd Hawkins at Poets of Tarrant County May meeting, 10AM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Newbery-winning author Kelly Barnhill will discuss and sign THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Sehba Sarwar reading and signing BLACK WINGS, 7PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting: "Increase Your Text Appeal" with Aileen Kirkham, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Francis Hicks discussing and signing The Long Ride: Learning About Life From An Outlaw Biker, 5PM
TUESDAY, MAY 7:
Amarillo
Amarillo Public Library, Jodi Thomas launches The Little Teashop on Main, 4:30PM
Austin
Attabar ATX, 1 Year of Hearsay Poetry! Open Mic, 8PM
BookPeople, ERIC SILVERSTEIN speaking & signing The Peached Tortilla, 7PM [ticketed event]
Central Library, a visit with cookbook author, culinary anthropologist, and self-identified ethnogastronomer Diana Kennedy as she shares stories from her fifty years of traveling and cooking in Mexico, 12PM
Hotel Ella, Hotel Ella Salon Series: a Recent Studies Indicate Happy Hour for the Harried & Hopeful with Sarah Bird, 6PM
Malvern Books, Pterodáctilo presents: Poetry & Ptamales Party, 6PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton hosts One Page Salon with Ethan Azarian, Grant Cross, David Jewell, Jedah Mayberry, and Brad Powell, 7:30PM
The Peached Tortilla, Eric Silverstein is offering a taste of dishes directly from his highly anticipated cookbook, The Peached Tortilla: Modern Asian Comfort Food from Tokyo to Texas, with a limited-time coursed Cookbook Menu, 5PM
Prohibition Creamery, Book Tips and Sips with Maya Perez and Amy Gentry, along with Texas Book Festival Literary Director Julie Wernersbach, 5:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Houston VIP Slam, 7:15PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Louis Bayard reading and signing COURTING MR. LINCOLN, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Broken Throne: A Red Queen Collection book signing with Victoria Aveyard, 6:30PM [ticketed event]
Georgetown
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Conversation with Natalia Sylvester, author of Everyone Knows You Go Home, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Molly Dillon, Noemie Levy, Elle Celeste, Taylor Lustig, and Jaimie Woo discussing and signing YES SHE CAN, 7PM
Italian Cultural and Community Center, New York Times best-selling author Dianne Hales presents her new book La Passione - How Italy Seduced the World, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Houston Noir launch with Tom Abrahams, Stephanie Jaye Evans, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Reyes Ramirez, Icess Fernandez Rojas, Sehba Sarwar, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, and Gwendolyn Zepeda, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam 20 Year Anniversary, 9:30PM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8:
Austin
BookPeople, ROBERT KNOTT speaking & signing Robert B. Parker's Buckskin, 7PM
Malvern Books, ACC Creative Writing's Rio Review literary release party, 7PM
The Peached Tortilla, Eric Silverstein is offering a taste of dishes directly from his highly anticipated cookbook, The Peached Tortilla: Modern Asian Comfort Food from Tokyo to Texas, with a limited-time coursed Cookbook Menu, 5PM
Dallas
Latino Cultural Center, WordSpace presents the TransNational Impressions reading series featuring Rosemary Catacalos, 2013 Texas State Poet Laureate, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry featuring MH Clay and Opalina Salas, 7:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now: Poetry Slam featuring Reema Yeager, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Thank-o-Rama bus tour featuring Mo Willems' beloved characters, Elephant and Piggie, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Alan Bruton discussing and signing COLOR PROBLEMS, 7PM
Houston Public Library, FACT TO FICTION: HOUSTON NOIR panel featuring the editor of HOUSTON NOIR, Gwendolyn Zepeda, with contributors Tom Abrahams, Sehba Sarwar, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, and Stephanie Jaye Evans, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Laird Barron will sign and discuss Black Mountain, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Trinity U, Coleen Grissom and Margaret Atwood’s “Discussion of Life and Literature," 11AM [ticketed event benefits scholarship fund]
THURSDAY, MAY 9:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Paula King-Harper signing Prosperous Living Devotional, 7PM
BookPeople, LAIRD BARRON speaking & signing Black Mountain, 7PM
BookPeople, WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS presents "On the Business of Writing" with literary agent Kirby Kim, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet, editor, educator, and life coach K. F. Anthony, 7:15PM
Central Library, Rachel Kushner will discuss The Mars Room with author Deb Olin Unferth, 7PM
Elisabet Ney Museum, Heidi Pitre: "A Permanent Record" opening day (ink drawings on vintage library cards shows how they uniquely merge art and literature, nostalgia and history, and recycling and reusing), 12PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night: Joe Giordano book launch with Kathryn Lane and Phil Hewitt, 7PM
The Peached Tortilla, Eric Silverstein is offering a taste of dishes directly from his highly anticipated cookbook, The Peached Tortilla: Modern Asian Comfort Food from Tokyo to Texas, with a limited-time coursed Cookbook Menu, 5PM
Riverbend Centre, "Tell Me More" will feature a lively conversation with best-selling authors (and friends) Jen Hatmaker and Kelly Corrigan, 6PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Cook Once, Eat All Week: 26 Weeks of Gluten-Free, Affordable Meal Prep to Preserve Your Time & Sanity book signing with Cassy Joy Garcia, 7PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins will be joined in conversation by Rachel Caine, the bestselling author of The Morganville Vampires series and the Great Library series; Hawkins will also sign her novel Her Royal Highness, 7PM
Interabang Books, Tricia Barker discussing and signing Angels in the OR, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser will discuss and sign her new picture book LAMBSLIDE, 5PM
Murder By the Book, Hilary Davidson will sign and discuss One Small Sacrifice, 6:30PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Author Visit: Aurora Rising Tour with Jay Kristoff, Astrid Scholte, and Laure Eve, 7PM
San Antonio
Cody Library, Meet the Author: Jim Denning, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Sehba Sarwar reading and signing Black Wings, 5PM
Tahoka
Tahoka City County Library, brunch with Jodi Thomas, author of The Little Teashop on Main, 10AM
FRIDAY, MAY 10:
Austin
BookPeople, Kids Book Club with LYNDA MULLALY HUNT, author of Shouting at the Rain, 6PM
BookPeople, DR. JOHN GILLIS, JR and DR. LYNETTE GILLIS speaking & signing Powerhouse, 7PM
Malvern Books, Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice with poets ire’ne lara silva and Marilyse Figueroa, 7PM
The Peached Tortilla, Eric Silverstein is offering a taste of dishes directly from his highly anticipated cookbook, The Peached Tortilla: Modern Asian Comfort Food from Tokyo to Texas, with a limited-time coursed Cookbook Menu, 5PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, poet Roja Chamankar reading from and signing Dying in a Mother Tongue, 7PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, popular book-loving YouTube personality Christine Riccio discusses her debut novel, Again, but Better, with fellow popular booktuber Jesse the Reader, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Masterpiece hosts Girls Night Out, 8PM
Margo Jones Theatre, Naked Girls Reading: Legalize It, 8PM
Mighty Fine Arts, Wordspace presents Poets on X+ showcase and open mic featuring Joey Cloudy, 8PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Robert Knott will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's Buckskin, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, An Evening with Houston food writer David Leftwich, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Wendy Barker & Octavio Quintanilla Poetry Reading, 5:30PM
SATURDAY, MAY 11:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Eric Silverstein signing The Peached Tortilla, 2PM
BookPeople, CARMEN OLIVER speaking and signing A Voice for the Spirit Bears, and DEBBIE GONZALES speaking and signing Girls with Guts, 2PM
BookPeople, E. LEE WALKER speaking & signing Imagination House, 6PM
Malvern Books, Austin Audio Fiction: Introduction to Local Fiction Podcasts, 7PM
The Peached Tortilla, Eric Silverstein is offering a taste of dishes directly from his highly anticipated cookbook, The Peached Tortilla: Modern Asian Comfort Food from Tokyo to Texas, with a limited-time coursed Cookbook Menu, 5PM
St. Edward's U, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Creating Buzz for Your Book" with Isobella Jade, 10AM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Second Saturday Author Signing with Shawn Settle, 11AM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Mo Willems’ characters Elephant, Piggie, Knuffle Bunny and Pigeon bring the Thank-o-Rama! Bus Tour, 11AM
Interabang Books, Bill Wright discussing and signing THE WHOLE DAMN CHEESE, 1PM
Pan African Connection, The Purge: Mental Awareness Open-Mic, 6:30PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Writing Short" with Carol Cross, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Monkey and Dog Books hosts a story walk: celebrate National Public Gardens Week with award-winning children's book writer Dianna Hutts Aston, author of A Butterfly Is Quiet, 10AM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Story time: Lambslide with Robin Preiss Glasser, 11AM
Highland Village
B&N, Meet Author Patricia Bell, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Cassy Joy Garcia will discuss and sign COOK ONCE, EAT ALL WEEK, 1PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
McGovern-Stella Link Library, Stella Link Reopening Celebration, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Book signing with Melissa Algood, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Darynda Jones will sign Summoned to Thirteenth Grave, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Sam Brown signing Unique Eats and Eateries of Houston, 3PM
Writespace, Monthly Workshop Open Mic, 7PM
Richardson
Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with Magan Vernon, 4PM
San Antonio
Pearl Studio, Gemini Ink presents "From Seed to Page: Developing New Ideas for Writing About Food" with David Leftwich, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Danielle Ledezma signing Izzy in El Mareo, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, book signing and discussion with G.G. Hesterberg, author of Stories by the Seashore, 10AM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Ce Jac, 10:30AM
SUNDAY, MAY 12:
Austin
The Peached Tortilla, Eric Silverstein is offering a taste of dishes directly from his highly anticipated cookbook, The Peached Tortilla: Modern Asian Comfort Food from Tokyo to Texas, with a limited-time coursed Cookbook Menu, 5PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Houston
Congregation Emanu El, The Progressive Forum presents An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond, who will discuss his book, Upheaval:Turning Points for Nations in Crisis, 3PM
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.
