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 by Lone Star Literary Life

FOR THE WEEK OF 07.25.2021

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SPECIAL EVENTS (*Denotes In-person Events.)

*Galveston, Bbaravado Ink, Pop-Up Book Fair, 11AM,  July 27

SCBWI Summer Conference, The BIG FIVE – OH! July 29 – August 2, Zoom

Tejas Storytelling Virtual Conference, July 30 – August 1

*Kilgore, Texas Shakespeare Festival, through August 1st

Writers’ League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, through July 29, Virtual [Registration Required]

*Fort Worth, Monkey and Dog Books, Fort Worth Book Hunt, through July 31

EXHIBITIONS (*Denotes In-person Events.)

*Waxahachie, Texas Writers, A Humanities Texas Exhibition, August 1-31

*Huntsville, Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas, A Humanities Texas traveling Exhibition, through August 7

*McAllen, Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas of World War II, A Humanities Texas Exhibition, through September 28

SUNDAY, JULY 25 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

*San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Jessica Villanueva, Billy and Jake: The Beginning of a New Friendship, 12PM

Writespace Houston, Writing Violence, 1PM

MONDAY, JULY 26 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

The Writing Barn, Pen to Paper: Online Writing Intensive for Teens, 11AM

*Boerne, Patrick Heath Public Library, Monsters of Texas, 1PM

Thomasville Public Library, Book Page Art, 2PM

*Laredo, Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library, Laredo Mobile Letterpress Workshop, 2PM

Murder By The Book, Mystery and Thriller Mavens Presents Karin Slaughter - Virtual Event, 4PM YouTube & Facebook Live

The Dock Bookshop, Africa and African Diaspora Literary Series: Author Ayesha Harruna Attah, 6PM

Austin Book Arts Center, Drop Spine Box, 6PM

Gemini Ink, Open Writers Lab with Dario Beniquez and Robert Allen, 6:30PM Zoom

Harris County Public Library & Blue Willow Bookshop, Authorama: Yaa Gyasi in conversation with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, 7PM Facebook Livestream

Blue Willow Bookshop, Justina Ireland | Star Wars The High Republic: Out of the Shadows, 7PM Zoom [Registration Required]

TUESDAY, JULY 27 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

Austin Public Library & Asian American Resource Center, Summer Storytime: Celebrating APA Families & Stories, 10AM

Harris County Public Library & Blue Willow Bookshop, Authorama | Ricia Anne Chansky and Yarelis Marcial Acevedo, 11AM

Murder By The Book, Mystery and Thriller Mavens Presents Miranda Beverly-Whittemore - Virtual Event, 2PM Facebook Live & YouTube

Murder By The Book, Mystery and Thriller Mavens Presents Brad Parks - Virtual Event, 3PM Facebook Live & YouTube

Harris County Public Library, WITS Writing Workshop for Kids: The Art of Memoir, 4PM

BookPeople, VIRTUAL EVENT: KAROLINA WACLAWIAK - Life Events, 6PM

*Houston, Public Poetry, Happy Hour Brainstorming Jam Session! 6PM

Brazos Bookstore, VIRTUAL - N.K. Jemisin - THE CITY WE BECAME in conversation with Mikki Kendall, 7PM Crowdcast

Murder By The Book, David Swinson in conversation with Joseph Finder - Virtual Event, 7PM Facebook Live & YouTube

Fabled Bookshop, Byron and Carla Weathersbee Discuss Together: Building a Godly Marriage, 7PM

Harris County Public Library & South Houston Branch Library, Authorama & Camp NaNoWriMo Present: Authors of HCPL!, 7PM

National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter First Anniversary Celebration, 7PM

*Austin, Austin Poetry Slam, Austin Poetry Slam Hosted by Christopher Michael, 8PM [Registration STRONGLY Encouraged]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

Patrick Heath Public Library, Susannah Charleson Author Program, 10AM

Harris County Public Library & Blue Willow Bookshop, Authorama | David Yoon, 5PM Facebook Livestream

*Fort Hood, Words Unite Bookstore, Book-Signing with Author Quiana Walker, 5PM

*Dallas, Interabang Books, Robert Schwab Book Signing at Interabang Books, 6PM

Austin Book Arts Center, Bookbinding One, 6PM

Harris County Public Library & Blue Willow Bookshop, Authorama | Megan Miranda 7PM Facebook Live Stream

Murder By The Book, Brian Freeman in conversation with Tom Colgan - Virtual Event, 7PM Facebook Live & YouTube

Fresh Fiction, Video Book Club with Author Chantel Guertin, 7PM Eventbrite

*Austin, Kick Butt Coffee, Texas is the Reason Book Signing Afterparty! 7PM

Katy Budget Books, The Duke Goes Down - Virtual Launch, 8PM Zoom

*San Antonio, Write Art Out Inc & Jandro’s Garden Patio, The BLAH POETRY Spot, 8PM

THURSDAY, JULY 29 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

Texas State Library and Archives Commission, #TXBookChat - Texas Author Project Program and Winners, 11AM

*Boerne, The Book Haus, Book Stacks Craft, 1PM CANCELLED

Harris County Library, WITS Writing Workshop for Kids: A 1980s Book & the Experiment, 4PM

Harris County Public Library & Blue Willow Bookshop, Authorama | Peter Reynolds, 5PM Facebook Livestream

*Dallas, Interabang Books, Dr. Marvin J. Stone - When to Act and When to Refrain, 6PM

World Affairs Council of Greater Houston, Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away, 6PM [Ticketed]

*Fort Worth, Forth Worth Public Library, Author Series - Lyle Blackburn, 6:30PM

Harris County Public Library & Blue Willow Bookshop, Authorama | Caroline Kepnes, 7PM Facebook Livestream

Murder By The Book, Richard Lange in conversation with Ben H. Winters - Virtual Event, 7PM Facebook Live & YouTube

The Bookworm Box, Samantha Baca LIVE Author Takeover!, 7PM

*Boerne, The Boerne Bookshop & The Write Side of the Road, Last Thursday WINE & WRITE, 7PM

*El Paso, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, Old Sheepdog Brewery presents: The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM

FRIDAY, JULY 30 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

*McAllen, Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center, Kaboom Comic Book Night, 3PM

*Alpine, Front Street Books, Author Sid Balman LIVE during Viva Big Bend! 6PM

*Dallas, The Wild Detectives, Talking Dirty After Dark, 9PM

SATURDAY, JULY 31 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

*New Braunfels, The Book Haus, Christmas in July – Author Stacey Golightly, 10AM

*Granbury, Arts & Letters Bookstore, Harry Potter Birthday Party, 10AM

*San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Toni Draper, Wildfire, 11AM

*Bonham, Creative Arts Center, Kimberly Packard – Book Signing, 12 PM

ACFW – Woodlands, Kim Woodhouse—Self-Editing, 12PM Zoom

*Boerne, The Boerne Bookshop, Wondra Chang Book Signing, 1PM

Writespace Houston, How Characters Drive Story, 1PM Zoom

Tumblewords Project, Healing through Poetry & Magia: merging ancient practices with creativity as medicine for the wound, 2PM

*San Angelo, Old Town Books, Book Signing and Discussion with Rebecca Aidala, 3PM

Brazos Bookstore, Virtual - Maggie Smith – GOLDENROD, 7PM Zoom

Wordspace, Wordspace Lit Hop Series 2021 with Griselda Castillo and Friends, Joey Cloudy and Clancy Manuel, 7PM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 (*Denotes In-person Events.)

*San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Allison Speer, Faith Flies and Theodore the Turkey Who Found a Zoo, 12PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Virtual Open Mic (Captioned), 1PM Zoom

Writers Garret, Stone Soup Prose, 2PM Zoom

Writespace Houston, Writing Short: Mini Memoir, 3PM Zoom

STORY TIMES (*Denotes In-person Events.)

Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE

Seguin Public Library – Toddler & Preschool Storytime via Zoom on Tuesdays & Wednesdays 10AM, or for the Whole Family Tuesdays at 11:15AM outside

Allen Public Library – Monday thru Thursdays at 10:15 via Facebook Live

Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM

Longview Public Library – Every Tuesday via Facebook Live at 10:30AM

North Richland Hills Library, virtual story time, T, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE

*New Braunfels, The Book Haus, musical story time, T, 10:30AM

Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE

Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE

The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia online story time, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE

Brazos Bookstore, virtual story time, Sat, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE

*Fort Worth, Monkey and Dog Books, Story Time, T, F & Sat at 10:30AM

Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, T-Th, 2PM 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.

Laredo Public Libraries, story time live, days & times vary, YOUTUBE

Irving Public Library, online story time, days & times vary, YOUTUBE

The Doseum, virtual story time, days & times vary.