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 07.21.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 27-July 28
“In Response to the River” Creative Writing Workshops for 4th-8th graders with Gemini Ink, San Antonio, July 23-August 1
Putting Pen to Paper: Creative Writing Intensive for Teens at the Writing Barn, Austin, July 22-August 2
Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, July 23-28
3rd Annual All the Books Author Event, Houston, July 27
Texas Latino Comic Con, Dallas, July 27
EXHIBITS:
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
The Art of Texas: 250 Years (from the eponymous book), San Antonio, through August 25
Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations, Midland, July 5-October 5
Art + Words: Marlo Saucedo and Leslie Gaworecki, Bryan, July 18-September 18
SUNDAY, JULY 21:
Austin
BookWoman, Barbara Beery discussing and signing Bad Day Ice Cream, 2PM
Paramount Theatre, An evening with best-selling author Bill Bryson, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas Contemporary, Workspace presents a spoken word open mic in conjunction with Francesco Clemente’s "Watchtowers, Keys, Threads, Gates exhibition," 3:30PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, fitness author Alice Ann Dailey signing Dailey Strengthening: 6 Keys to Balance Core Muscles for Optimal Health, and Tracey Pugh signing her parenting book, Socially Wize Parenting: The No-Fuss Simple Approach to Parenting, 1PM
Houston
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva discussing The New Girl with Jamie Gangel, 7PM [ticketed event]
Kaboom Books, Gentle Hour 7: Houston's monthly morning reading series does evening, 6PM
Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva reading and signing The New Girl, 1PM
MONDAY, JULY 22:
Houston
Archway Gallery, Writing Workshop with Houston Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 6PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Poetry Reading with Aby Kaupang and Octavio Quintanilla, 5PM
TUESDAY, JULY 23:
Austin
First Baptist Church of Austin, Texas Book Festival and BookPeople present Colson Whitehead reading and signing The Nickel Boys, 7PM [ticketed event]
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam's Happy Slam! featuring Roscoe Burnems, 7:15PM
Boerne
Tusculum Brewing Company, Patrick Heath Public Library presents "Lattes on the Library" with , 10:30AM
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam's DFW Unplugged Anniversary Show, 8PM
Interabang Books, Sheila Morataya discussing and signing Yo soy único e irrepetible, 6PM
The Wild Detectives, the Writer's Garret presents a Stone Soup Poetry Workshop, 7PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Central Library, Meet the Author: fifth presidential inaugural poet, Richard Blanco, presents his latest collection, How to Love a Country, 6:30PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24:
Austin
BookPeople, Chuck Klosterman reading and signing Raised in Captivity (in conversation with Shea Serrano), 7PM [ticketed event]
The North Door, Storytelling: Bedpost Confessions presents "Second Skin," 8PM
Dallas
DART's Westmoreland Station, The Writer's Garret's Rail Writer's Community Ride, 9AM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Central Library, Julie Kibler reading and signing Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, 6:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now: Poetry Open Mic featuring Roscoe Burnems, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Summer Poetry Salon: a bilingual collaboration with local poet Roberto Tejada, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Rosella Coffee Co., Kallisto Gaia Press presents The Ocotillo Review Volume 3.2 reading and submissions acceptance event, 7PM
San Antonio Central Library, Macondo Workshop faculty reading, 6:30PM
THURSDAY, JULY 25:
Austin
Malvern Books, Chaitali Sen interviewing Daisy Hernández, co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, 7PM
The North Door, Storytelling: Bedpost Confessions presents "Second Skin," 8PM
Canyon
Burrowing Owl Books, Poetry Circle with High Plains Poetry Project, 7PM
Carrollton
DART's Trinity Mills Station, The Writer's Garret's Rail Writer's Community Ride, 9AM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Julie Kibler reading and signing Home For Erring and Outcast Girls, 7PM
El Paso
B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, Last Thursdays El Paso presents Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Hawke's Target book signing with Reavis Z. Wortham, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, J. Ryan Stradal discussing and signing The Lager Queen of Minnesota, 7PM
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Inprint interactive writing workshop and reading for Stonewall 50, 5:3PM
Laredo
Gallery 201, Laredo Border Slam Souled Out Summer!, 9PM
Midland
Midland County Downtown Library, Carolina Storyteller performance, 1:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Casey Chapman Ross discussing and signing True to Form, 5PM
FRIDAY, JULY 26:
Austin
BookPeople, Lydia Slaby discussing and signing Wait, It Gets Worse (in conversation with Alexis Jones), 7PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading and Open Mic, 7PM
The North Door, Storytelling: Bedpost Confessions presents "Second Skin," 8PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Sexual Avengers Battle, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Mike Vance discussing and signing Mud and Money, 6:30PM
Jones Hall, Tobin and Mills present New York Times best-selling author and Emmy-winning television personality Iyanla Vanzant, 8PM
Katy Budget Books, RITA Awards Ceremony Watch Party, 6PM
SATURDAY, JULY 27:
Austin
BookPeople, Comics Workshop for Teens with author Joy Lin, 1PM [registration required]
BookPeople, Alex Espinoza discussing and signing Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime, 5PM
Casa de Resistencia, Living Brown: A Day of Cultural Reconnection & Celebration, 10AM
Malvern Books, celebrating the launch of C. S. Woolwine’s debut novel, Cyclic, 7PM
Coppell
Cozby Library and Community Commons, Create a Zine with Spiderweb Salon, 2PM
Dallas
AT&T Performing Arts Center, #HearHere presents New York Times best-selling author and Emmy-winning television personality Iyanla Vanzant, 8PM
DART's Camp Wisdom Station, The Writer's Garret's Rail Writer's Community Ride, 9AM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Work-in-Progress, Existentialism, and Future Landscapes" with Carlos Nicolas Flores, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Meet Genie Massey, author of Murdered Without Cause, 1PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Steven D. Malone signing Murder In the Brothel Garden, 2PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Hawke's Target book signing with Reavis Z. Wortham, 2PM
Houston
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Mineral Wells
The Market 76067, hometown hero Al Wallace signing One For the Coyotes, 11AM
Navasota
Muddy Water Bookstore, Find Waldo Local Grand Finale, 2PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas Seminar: "Our Homes: Windows to the World, Mirrors of Ourselves" with Eden Elieff, 10AM
San Antonio
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Theatre, Aztlan Libre Press presents the book launch for The Canción Cannibal Cabaret & Other Songs by Amalia Ortiz, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Patty York Raymond signing The ABCs to Ranching and It's Too Windy, 11AM
SUNDAY, JULY 28:
Austin
BookPeople, Kris Lackey reading and signing Greasy Bend, and Bill Kring reading and signing Degüello, 2PM
Coldtowne Theater, Austin Film Festival presents Pitch Day workshop and party, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrating the launch of Ron Seybold’s memoir, Stealing Home, 1PM
Malvern Books, a reading and exhibit celebrating the launch of the latest issue of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review with keynote poet Alex Lemon, 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, children's author Charles B. Rowe signing The Adventures of Hank and Friends, and Dez Tovar signing her thriller The Bellowing Hollers, 1PM
San Antonio
Tobin Center, Iyanla Vanzant: Acts of Faith Remix Tour, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Terry L. Braddock signing The Stump: My Way Out of Chicago's South Side, 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.
