Due to COVID-19 cancellations and closings,
most events in this week’s calendar are online.
(* Denotes nonvirtual, on-location events)
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
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.
Bookish goings-on in Texas
compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life
FOR THE WEEK OF 06.28.2020
Please scroll down for the story time section!
SPECIAL EVENTS
1st Writers’ League of Texas UnConference, June 26-28, ONLINE
EXHIBITIONS
Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer, Austin, February 1-August 30 ONLINE
*National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, ENCORE: A Look Back, June 11-September 19
SUNDAY, JUNE 28:
Houston Chapter of Sisters in Crime, screenwriter Michelle Mower discussing "The Craft of Screenwriting: Crime Stories," 2PM ZOOM
Writing Workshops Dallas, Seminar: “Writing Poetry for our Current World” with Lindsay Tigue, 7PM ZOOM
MONDAY, JUNE 29:
Levy Park Houston, Workshop: Literacy and Photography with Fotofest, YAH, and Levy Park, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
LOGOS, poets Camille Dungy and Aimee Nezhukumatathil, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
BookPeople, Emily Nussbaum discussing I Like to Watch (in conversation with Taffy Brodesser-Akner), 7PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Chanel Cleeton will appear in conversation with Valerie Koehler to discuss her novel The Last Train to Key West, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Katherine Sharp Landdeck discussing The Women with Silver Wings, 7PM ONLINE
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Queer Voices Part 1: AWP20 off-site reading of queer prose and poetry, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE, YOUTUBE
Murder By the Book, Leah Konen and Kimberly Belle discussing All the Broken People and Stranger in the Lake, respectively, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay At Home open mic, 8PM ZOOM
The Blah Poetry Spot, virtual open mic, 8:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
TUESDAY, JUNE 30:
Voices de la Luna, Writing Workshop: The Prometheus Myth & The Pandemic with Jim Brandenburg, 5:30PM ZOOM
Interabang Books, S. A. Chakraborty launching The Empire of Gold, final installment of the Daevabad epic fantasy trilogy, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Murder By the Book, Riley Sager discussing Home Before Dark with Crime by the Book's Abby Endler, 6:30PM ZOOM [ticketed event]
BookPeople, Lara Prescott discussing The Secrets We Kept (paperback release) (in conversation with Angie Kim), 7PM ZOOM
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Queer Voices Part 2: AWP20 off-site reading of queer prose and poetry, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE, YOUTUBE
Laredo Public Libraries, Local Author Spotlight: Gume Laurel III sharing his anthology of poems about love and heartbreak within the LGBT+ community, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Preservation Houston, History in Print author series: David Bush and Jim Parsons discussing their award-winning book Fair Park Deco: Art and Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition, 7PM ONLINE
Austin Poetry Slam, virtual open mic, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
The Dock Bookshop, virtual poetry open mic, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE, ZOOM
Puroslam, virtual poetry slam, 10PM ZOOM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1:
Texas Book Festival, Literary Lunch Break with Richard Santos talking to Michael Zapata, author of THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU, 12:30PM, INSTAGRAM LIVE
BookPeople, Tim O'Brien discussing Dad's Maybe Book, 7PM ZOOM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Conor Knighton discussing Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park (in conversation with author, musician, and podcast host Rhett Miller), 7PM ONLINE [ticketed event]
Murder By the Book, Ellie Alexander discussing Nothing Bundt Trouble, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
THURSDAY, JULY 2:
Patrick Heath Public Library, workshop: "Five Friends You Didn’t Know You Had: Spanning the Globe Through Poems" with award-winning author and poet Naomi Shihab Nye, 11AM ZOOM
World Affairs Council – DFW, webinar: Christian Brose discussing The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare, 11AM
Voices de la Luna, workshop: Elements of Poetry with Dario, 6PM ZOOM
Austin Bat Cave, On Place: Regional Writing & Home Narrative in Fiction with Kristen Arnett, 7PM ONLINE
Murder By the Book, Reavis Wortham and John Gilstrap discussing Hawke’s Fury and Hellfire, respectively, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo BorderSlam, virtual poetry open mic, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
FRIDAY, JULY 3:
Dallas
*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Pull Up & Park Poetry, 7PM
SATURDAY, JULY 4:
Granbury
Arts & Letters Bookstore, Debbie Taylor signing her children's book Little Van Gogh, CANCELLED
SUNDAY, JULY 5:
Awful Good Writers, performance and writing workshop with Q&A featuring Ebony Stewart with Amir Safi and the poets of Write About Now (part of the Heavy Hitters Festival), 1PM ONLINE
ONLINE STORY TIME
Texas Monthly, bedtime story, DAILY, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, DAILY, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Harris County Public Libraries - Fairbanks Branch: a variety of story times throughout the week
San Antonio Public Library, children’s story times throughout the week
El Paso Public Library, a variety of children’s programming throughout the week FACEBOOK LIVE
Hank the Cowdog, author John Erickson will be reading from his children's series, times vary, YOUTUBE
Houston Public Library, virtual story time, M, W, & F, 11A
Katy Budget Books, virtual story time, M-F, 9:30AM; virtual bedtime story, 7:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M-F, 10AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, M-F, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Doseum, virtual story time, T, 12PM
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T & Th, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, T-Th, 10:30AM YOUTUBE
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Access Art & Adventure, T-Th, 1PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Irving Public Library, online story time, Th, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Bibliobar, virtual story time, Sat, 11AM
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
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.
