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 10.13.2019
SPECIAL EVENTS:
25th Annual Women Writing the West Conference, San Antonio, October 10-13
Houston Poetry Fest 2019, October 11-13
15th Annual STAPLE!: The Independent Media Expo, Austin, October 12-13
5th Annual Permian Basin Writers' Workshop, Midland, October 12-13
Illustration Art Signature Auction, Dallas, October 15
16th Annual Lone Star Storytelling Festival, Frisco, October 17-18
Fandemic Comic Con, Houston, October 18-20
Houston Literary Awards Gala, October 19
Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, October 19
Tweens Read, Pasadena, October 19
El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, October 19
11th Annual Georgetown Poetry Festival, October 19
Fall Foliage Festival, Canadian, October 19
EXHIBITS:
A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown, Abilene, June 6-November 1
The Essential J. Frank Dobie, San Marcos, through December 1
Modernist Networks: The Annette Campbell-White Collection, Austin, August 24-January 5
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13:
Austin
BookPeople, Donna Janell Bowman discussing and signing King of the Tightrope, 2PM
BookPeople, Kari Bovée reading and signing Peccadillo at the Palace, 5PM
BookWoman, Book launch for She Rode a Harley with Mary Jane Black, 4PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Wildest Dreams," 4PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain: How Emme the Australian Terrier Changed My Life When I Needed It Most book signing with Rick Crandall, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas-native Sunni Rain signing her autism-awareness book, After Winter Must Come Spring, and Dallas-native self-help author Janet Ellis signing Wake Up!: Break The Generational Cycle And Be Yourself, 1PM
Lucky Dog Books, Texas writer Oliver Sheppard reading and signing Thirteen Nocturnes and The Void Cantos, 4PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Alan Gratz reading and signing his newest book for young readers, Allies, 1PM
Inprint House, Taller de escritura con Patricia Coral (with Tintero Projects), 6PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Texas-native author Dre Williams signing his inspirational self-help book, It's Already Done, 1PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Lisa Leader signing The Man Haters Club: A Bobby Bain Novel, 12PM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14:
Abilene
Abilene Public Library, SCBWI-North Texas Abilene Area Meet-Up: First 200 Words - Drawing Your Reader In, 5:45PM
Austin
BookPeople, KUT Book Club conversation about Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact with author Asher Price, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Benjamin Moser and Sontag: Her Life and Work (in conversation with Ben Fountain), 7:30PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, a conversation with Paul Theroux, author of On the Plain of Snakes, and KERA's Krys Boyd, 7PM
UT Dallas, Athenaeum Review Issue 3 release party, 5:15PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Elin Hilderbrand reading and signing What Happens in Paradise, 7PM
Private home, Conversations from a Page hosting a literary salon with Elin Hilderbrand for her new release, What Happens in Paradise, 8:30AM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15:
Austin
BookPeople, Paul Theroux discussing and signing On the Plain of Snakes, 7PM
Central Presbyterian Church, BookPeople presents Leigh Bardugo discussing Ninth House, 7PM [ticketed event]
Native Hostel, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Peter Nevland, 7:15PM
University of Texas, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series presents Brian Van Reet reading and signing Spoils, 7PM
Writers' League of Texas office, Workshop: "Crafting an Effective Novel Synopsis" with Richard Santos, 6PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council DFW presents Brigadier General Robert Spalding (Ret.) discussing and signing Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept, 6:30PM
Interabang Books, Marc Grossberg reading and signing The Best People, 6PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Spicer discussing and signing The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Lara Prescott reading and signing The Secrets We Kept, 6:30PM
The Printing Museum, WiVLA 25th Anniversary Pop-Up Market and Fundraiser, 5PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, Zach VandeZande, a former MA student at SHSU, returns to read from his new collection of short stories, Liminal Domestic, 5PM
San Antonio
The Alamo, San Antonio Book Festival presents Get Lit with Stephen Harrigan and Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, 6PM
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
Waco
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16:
Austin
BookPeople, Cleo Wade discussing and signing Where to Begin, 7PM [ticketed event]
LBJ Library, an evening with best-selling Texas authors S.C. Gwynne (Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War) and Stephen Harrigan(Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas) (moderated by Elizabeth Crook), 6PM [ticketed event - "Friends" members only]
Monkeywrench Books, ATX Interfaces: Reading & Open Mic featuring Hazem Fahmy, Audrea Diaz, and Sahib Chandnani, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Jennifer duBois, author of The Spectators, 6PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Pico Iyer and his memoir Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells, 7:30PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents Jojo Moyes and The Giver of Stars, 6PM
Interabang Books, Shea Serrano discussing and signing Movies and Other Things, 7PM
UT Dallas, an evening with poet, author, editor, translator, and critic A.M. Juster, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Penguin Teen Game Night with authors Rosaria Munda (Fireborne), Tochi Onyebuchi (War Girls), and Natalie C. Parker (Steel Tide), 6PM [ticketed event]
Houston
John Cooper School, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Spicer discussing and signing The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President, 7PM
Murder By the Book, James R. Benn reading and signing When Hell Struck Twelve, 6:30PM
Rice University, Dr. Sophie Esch discussing Modernity at Gunpoint, 7PM
North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book with Jojo Moyes and The Giver of Stars, 1:30PM [ticketed reception 12:30PM]
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, Open-Mic Poetry Night, 7PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17:
Austin
Austin Book Arts Center, Kyle Schlesinger letterpress presentation, 7PM
BookPeople, Markus Zusak reading and signing Bridge of Clay, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Patricia Eagle discussing and signing Being Mean––A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival, 7PM
Mercury Hall, American Short Fiction presents "The Stars at Night 2019," 8PM [ticketed event; VIP party 7PM]
Texas Exes Alumni Center, Asher Price discussing and signing Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact, 3:30PM
Conroe
Lone Star College - Montgomery, Poets reading from the anthology By the Light of a Neon Moon: Poetry Out of Dance Halls, Honky Tonks, Music Halls, and Clubs, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Thatcher Wine discussing and signing For the Love of Books, 6PM
SMU, lecture by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, author of Charles Dickens and His Circle, 6PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Marc Grossberg reading and signing The Best People, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, John Connolly reading and signing the new Charlie Parker book, A Book of Bones, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, poet Julia Guez reading and signing In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame, 5PM
Kerrville
Wolfmueller's Books, Steven L. Davis signing The Essential J. Frank Dobie, 4PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Susan Schulten discussing and signing A History of America in 100 Maps, 5PM
Waco
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe, Stephen Harrigan discussing and signing Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, 7PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18:
Austin
Malvern Books, Alisar Eido releases her new novel, Wake of War (with special guests Brennan Utley and Kendall Smith), 7PM
Denton
Golden Boy Coffee Co., Liminal Stories: a spiderweb showcase, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Bridge of Clay book signing with Markus Zusak, 7PM
Houston
Lawndale Art Center, Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring Corey van Landingham and Christopher Kempf, 7PM
MATCH Houston, Glasstire presents OFF ROAD: Conversations with Artists Offline featuring Houston-based artist Vincent Valdez and writer and MacArthur Fellow John Keene, 7PM
University of Houston, Creative Writing Program Poetry & Prose New Student Reading, 5:30PM
Rockport
Bella la Brew, October Poetry Open Mic, 6PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Karen Keilt & Tyra Manning discussing and signing The Parrot's Perch & Your Turn: Ways to Celebrate Life Through Storytelling, 5PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19:
Austin
Asian American Resource Center, Workshop: Asian Pacific American Zine-Making, 1PM
BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin Monthly Meeting: Susan Johnston Taylor on Breaking Into Children’s and Teen Magazines, 10AM
BookPeople, Meredith Davis discussing and signing Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk, 2PM
BookPeople, E.R. Bills discussing and signing The San Marcos 10: An Antiwar Protest in Texas, 5PM
Malvern Books, poet Logan Fry releases his new collection, Harpo Before the Opus (with poet Caroline Gormley), 7PM
Corpus Christi
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series hosts Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Gwendolyn Jones-Campbell signing According to Thy Word, Southern Style, and A Day at the Fair, 2PM
Deep Vellum Books, Athenaeum Review Issue 3 launch party, 7PM
Interabang Books, Matthew Louis discussing and signing Mission Transition, 6PM
Pan African Connection, The PH Balance Open-Mic, 6:30PM
El Paso
Armijo Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "The Book of Delights" with Kit Wren, 1PM
Fort Worth
Commonplace Books, Jason Graff releases his new novel, Stray Our Pieces, 2PM
Texas Wesleyan University, A Time to Heal Symposium: Dr. Mathew Knowles discussing and signing Racism from The Eyes of a Child, 9AM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Adan Medrano signing Don't Count the Tortillas, 1PM
Brazos Bookstore, story time with Cheryl Pilgrim, author of Big and Little, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Teen Creative Writing Workshop with Julia Guez, 1PM
Brazos Bookstore, poet Julia Guez reading and signing In an Invisible Glass Case which Is also a Frame, 6PM
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, Rachael Tamayo reading and signing Break My Bones, 4:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing and Drawing: A WIVLA Collaboration" with Andreana Binder and Marie Casamayor, 9:30AM
San Antonio
B&N - Northwoods, M.L. Blackburn signing Bethel Island: Saving Earth, 2PM
B&N - San Pedro, Tammie Jo Shults signing Nerves of Steel, 2PM
Dead Tree Books, G.R. Williamson signing Hell Bound, 10:30AM
The Twig Book Shop, Ava Morgyn signing Resurrection Girls, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Dawn Milson signing Invisible to Invincible, 1PM
B&N - Town Square, John Richmond signing Savant, 4PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20:
Austin
BookPeople, Bethany Hegedus and Tonya Engel reading and signing Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou, 2PM [kids event]
BookPeople, Mark Barr reading and signing Watershed, 5PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Deanna King signing Gracie's Stories and Twist of Fate, 2PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas native Perry Cockerell signing his historical novel, Tatiana's War, and Dallas native YA thriller author Paul Slavonik signing Legacy Drive, 1PM
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night-Dallas Edition presents "Bones," 7:30PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Daniel Chacón reading and signing Kafka in a Skirt: Stories From the Wall, 3PM
Houston
Inprint House, Tintero Projects presents taller de escritura con Mauricio Patrón Rivera, 6PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Finish Strong" with Dr. Cynthia Childress, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, David Mizejewski discussing and signing National Wildlife Federation(r) Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife, 10AM
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.
