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 02.28.2021
Please scroll down for the story time section
SPECIAL EVENTS
REELpoetry, February 24-28, VIRTUAL
North Texas Teen Book Festival, March 5-6, VIRTUAL
EXHIBITIONS
*Abilene, The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature: A David Small World, February 11-May 22
*Irving, Lonesome Dove, a Humanities Texas traveling exhibition, March 6–July 11
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28:
Writespace, workshop: “Be The Change: Crafting Your Social Justice Essay” with Catherine Vance, 2PM ZOOM
Sisters in Crime – Houston, monthly meeting: writer and editor Tex Thompson will discuss Character Arcs and Architecture, 2PM ZOOM [email for link]
Harris County Library, Centennial Jubilee with the Apollo Chamber Players, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY, MARCH 1:
Austin Bat Cave, workshop: “Short but Mighty: Crafting Flash Nonfiction” with Kate Carmody, 6PM ONLINE
Writespace, workshop: Speculative Fiction I with Charlotte Wyatt, 6PM ONLINE
BookPeople, Ethan Hawke discussing A Bright Ray of Darkness with James McBride, 7PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Blue Willow Books, Justin Deabler discussing Lone Stars with Ernie Manouse, 7PM ZOOM
The Dock Bookshop, Anna Malaika Tubbs discussing The Three Mothers, 7PM CROWDCAST & FB LIVE
Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Stay at Home open mic, 8PM (MST) ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)
TUESDAY, MARCH 2:
SMU, Literature, Law and Leadership: A Conversation with John Grisham, 12:15PM WEBINAR
Austin Book Arts Center, House Book With Pop-Ups (Children’s Workshop), 4PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Books, Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey launch The Old Boat (with Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith), 5PM ZOOM
World Affairs Council – DFW, David Michaelis presents Eleanor, 6PM WEBINAR
Houston Public Library, From The Kitchen To The Living Room at HPL - "Pinch-Dash-Done!", 6:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
BookPeople, Don Bentley presents The Outside Man, 7PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Books, Eric Berger launches LIFTOFF: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (with Andrea Leinfelder), 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, C. J. Box presents Dark Sky, 7PM FB & YT LIVE
National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
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
Boerne
*The Boerne Bookshop, workshop: The Write Side of the Road with Jason M. Waltz, 6PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3:
Conversations from a Page, Literary Salon discussing Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton and The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson, 11AM ZOOM
Assistance League of San Antonio, Lit and Lunch with Paulette Jiles, author of Simon The Fiddler and News of The World, 12PM ONLINE [ticketed]
BookPeople, Tracy Wolff present Covet, 6PM ZOOM
World Affairs Council – DFW, Joby Warrick presents Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America’s Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World, 6PM WEBINAR
Interabang Books, Mark Kurlansky discusses his new book Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and Their Common Fate, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Asia Society Texas & Humanities Texas, Meet the Author: Untold Stories of Female Friendship and Immigration: A Conversation with Lisa See (with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni), 7PM WEBCAST
Murder By the Book, Alex Finlay discussing Every Last Fear with Jennifer Hillier, author of Little Secrets, 7PM YT & FB LIVE
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Anne Lamott presents Dusk Night Dawn, 7PM ONLINE
Trinity University Press, Maverick Book Club: Marfa Garden: The Wonder of Dry Desert Plants with Jim Martinez, Mary Lou Saxon, Jim Fissel, and Martha Hughes; moderated by Rainer Judd of The Judd Foundation, 7PM ZOOM
Schreiner University, Novel, TX: Writers of the Texas Hill Country Lecture Series with W. W. McNeal, author of Hardeman Lodge, 7PM ONLINE [email for link]
The Writing Barn, Craft Webinar: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees When Writing Nonfiction with Martha Brockenbrough, 7PM ONLINE
Sun Poet's Society, Open-Mic Poetry Readings, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Write About Now, online poetry open mic, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE
THURSDAY, MARCH 4:
Austin Book Arts Center, House Book With Pop-Ups (Children’s Workshop), 4PM ZOOM
PEN America, PEN Out Loud and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop with Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with Jia Tolentino, 5PM ONLINE [ticketed]
Houston Public Library, co-authors Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and James Dale discussing We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy, primarily authored by the late Congressman Elijah Cummings (limited book giveaway and live Q&A), 5:30PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Austin Bat Cave, workshop: “Magical Objects & Fabulist Fiction” with Robin Bissett, 6PM ONLINE
Voices de la Luna, Elements of Poetry with Dario, 6PM ONLINE
BookPeople, John J. Jacobson discussing All the Cowboys Ain’t Gone with James Wade, 7PM ZOOM
Blue Willow Books, Mary H. K. Choi discussing Yolk with Shea Serrano, 7PM ZOOM
Brazos Bookstore, Ryan Sitton discussing Crucial Decisions, 7PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Deanna Raybourn presents An Unexpected Peril, Lauren Willig presents Band of Sisters, and Tasha Alexander presents The Dark Heart of Florence, 7PM ZOOM [ticketed]
The Dock Bookshop, Shanora Williams discussing Until the Last Breath, 7PM FB & DOCKTV LIVE
Center for the Study of the American West, 2020 Book Award Virtual Reception & Lecture: What is a Western? with Josh Garrett-Davis, 7PM ZOOM [registration required]
Asia Society Texas, A Transformed Post-Pandemic World: Conversation with author Fareed Zakaria, 7:30PM WEBCAST
Texas Tech, Self-Portrait with Dogwood: A Conversation with Christopher Merrill, 7:30PM ONLINE
Write Art Out, Words & Sh*t featuring FreeQuency, 7:30PM ONLINE
Writers' League of Texas, Literary Chat Box Trivia fundraiser for Texas aid groups working with the effects of Winter Storm Uri, 8PM ONLINE
FRIDAY, MARCH 5:
Patrick Heath Public Library, Madeleine Henry discusses The Love Proof, 10AM ONLINE
Flowersong Press, Marisol Cortez launches Luz at Midnight, 6PM ZOOM [click here to join]
Murder By the Book, Don Bentley discussing The Outside Man with Nick Petrie, author of The Breaker, 7PM YT & FB LIVE
Dallas
*Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 6:
Writers’ League of Texas, workshop: "Anatomy of a Scene: Opening Pages" ONLINE with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, 9AM ZOOM
Fort Worth Library, Alyssa Banta presents The Texas Ranch Sisterhood: Portraits of Women Working the Land, 10:30AM ZOOM
The Writing Barn, Craft Webinar: Writing a Picture Book Biography That Kids Can’t Wait to Read with Laurie Wallmark, 11AM ONLINE
Blue Willow Books, Leslie Lutz will appear in conversation with Daka Hermon and Rosemary Clement Moore to discuss her book Fractured Tide, 1PM ZOOM
Tumblewords Project, writing workshop, 1PM (MST) ZOOM
Public Poetry, Public Poetry’s March Virtual Library Reading, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Blue Willow Books, Adam Silvera in conversation with Ryan La Sala discussing Infinity Reaper, 3PM ZOOM
Murder By the Book, Natasha Preston discussing The Lake and Holly Jackson discussing Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (with Karen M. McManus), 3PM ZOOM [ticketed]
Murder By the Book, Simon Turney and Gordon Doherty discussing Sons of Rome with Kate Quinn, author of The Rose Code, 5PM YT & FB LIVE
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Jeremy Banas presents Celis Beer: Born in Belgium, Brewed in Texas, 11AM OUTDOORS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7:
The Writing Barn, Mini-Retreats for the Weekend Warrior with Claire Campbell, 10AM ONLINE
Writespace, workshop: Be the Change: Crafting Your Social Justice Essay with Catherine Vance, 2PM ZOOM
JCC Dallas, Book Fest In Your Living Room: Mark Gerson discussing The Telling: How Judaism’s Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life with Rabbi Brian Glusman, 3PM ZOOM
Writing Workshops Dallas, Craft Seminar: Your Path to Publication with Blake Kimzey, 3PM ZOOM
Inprint Houston & the Dallas Museum of Art, Margarett Root Brown Reading Series and Arts & Letters Live: Kazuo Ishiguro discussing Klara and the Sun with Jim Shepard, 5PM ONLINE
San Antonio
*The Twig Book Shop, Raquel Hernandez presents At His Table con amor, 12PM OUTDOORS
ONLINE STORY TIME
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, F, 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
Houston Public Library, virtual story time, daily, times vary
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, T-Th, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
The Doseum, virtual story time, days & times vary
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
Irving Public Library, online story time, days & times vary, YOUTUBE
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE
Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 11AM 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.
