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 08.08.2021
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SPECIAL EVENTS (*Denotes In-person Events.)
Delightfully Dirty in Dallas 2021, August 14th [Ticketed]
EXHIBITIONS (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Waxahachie, Texas Writers, A Humanities Texas Exhibition, August 1-31
*Orange, Welcome to Color: Stark Cultural Venues Coloring Book, Stark Museum of Art, through September 25
*Eastland, Lonesome Dove, A Humanities Texas Exhibition, Through October 15
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*San Antonio, The Twig Book Shop, Betty Swem, I Rise and Jena Parker: The Final Resolution, 12PM
*Dallas, The Mix Creative Space, Free Altered Art Workshops - Workshop 2 - Altered Books - Pop up and Inserts, 12PM
Malvern Books, Lone Star Lit Book Club at Malvern Books with Author K.P. Gresham, 1PM
Defunkt Magazine, Virtual Workshop w/Arielle Cottingham, 2PM [Registration Required]
*Dallas, Color Snack Creative Studio, Watercolor Snacks: Book Launch Celebration, 2PM
Writespace Houston, How to Get Published in Literary Journals, 3PM
MONDAY, AUGUST 9 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
Progressive Rising Pheonix Press, National Book Lovers' Day Song & Story Time, 8:30AM
Austin Bat Cave, Going from Ideation to Publication: A Crash Course + Q&A with Mateo Askaripour, 6PM
Texian Books, Book Lover's Day Trivia Night, POSTPONED
Murder By The Book, MTM Presents David Bell - Virtual Event, 6PM
*San Marcos, San Marcos Public Library, Altered Book Art, 6PM
*Montgomery, Wine & Design, Book Lovers Day - Shabby Chic, 6:30PM [Ticketed]
Murder By The Book, MTM Presents Isabella Maldonaldo - Virtual Event, 7PM
Blue Willow Books, Chandler Baker and Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, 7PM [Registration Required]
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
San Antonio Public Library, Anna Meriano and Writing for Children, 11AM [Registration Required]
*Houston, Greater Houston Pachyderm Club, Lunch Mtg & book signing w/Jean Becker, 11:30AM
*Laredo, The Phoenix Bookstore, Family Yoga & Story Time, 5PM [Ticketed]
BookPeople, VIRTUAL EVENT: MARY ADKINS - Palm Beach In conversation with Lucas Schaefer, 6PM
Austin Bat Cave, From Plot to Print — Starting a Writing Career with One Perfectly Planned Project with Jacquelyn Mitchard, 7PM
Blue Willow Books, Courtney Ellis | At Summer's End, 7PM [Registration Required]
LitNight Dallas, LitNight Reading Series hosted by Tina McElroy Ansa, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, VIRTUAL - Not YA Mama’s Book Club with author A.S. King, 7PM
*Dallas, Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG), “The ABCs of Getting Your Book Published”, 7PM [In-person & Online]
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe, Fabled's Book Club Discusses Haven Point, 7PM
Murder By The Book, Naomi Hirahara in conversation with Cara Black - Virtual Event, 7PM
Aaron Famil JCC, Cultural Market & Scribd, BookFest In Your Living Room and Scribd Present: Margaret Atwood, Two Scorched Men in Conversation with Holly Firfer, 7PM
National Black Book Festival, Black Authors Matter TV, 7PM
Texas Book Festival, Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth Present MEADOWLARK, 7:30PM
*Boerne, Patric Heath Public Library, Sound Meditation, 7:30PM
*Arlington, Create Arlington, An Evening With Stephonia W Roberts . One of Texas's hardest working speakers/poets, 7:30PM [Ticketed]
*Austin, Austin Poetry Slam, APS Open Slam Hosted by Tova Charles, FEATURING Christopher Michael, 8PM [Registration Encouraged]
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Fort Worth, Monkey and Dog Books, Teachers Night – The Wellman Project, 5PM
*Boerne, Patric Heath Public Library, Writers' Roundtable, 6PM
Bilingual MFA in Creative Writing- UTEP, Independent Conversations: Starting Your Own Press, 6PM
Fort Worth Public Library, Comic Book Week: Artists Panel Discussion, 6:30PM
Blue Willow Books, Amy McGrath | Honor Bound, 7PM [Registration Required]
Brazos Bookstore, VIRTUAL - Sid Balman Jr. – MURMURATION, 7PM
Murder By The Book, Joanna Schaffhausen and Chevy Stevens in Conversation - Virtual Event, 7PM
The Writing Barn, Perfecting The Picture Book II with Carmen Oliver (ONLINE), 7PM [Registration Required]
*Houston, Write About Now, Poetry Open Mic, 7:30PM [Ticketed]
*San Antonio, Write Art Out Inc., Blah Blah Blah Poetry Spot, 8PM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Bedford, Bedford Library, Bedford Library Friends Book Sale, 10AM
Katy Budget Books, Yours Cheerfully Advice Show with AJ Pearce, 5PM
*Dallas, Interabang Books, I SEE YOU BIG GERMAN: Dirk Nowitzki and What He Means to Dallas (and Me) – Zac Crain, 6PM
*Corsicana, Art & Seek, After Hours Book Launch, David Searcy, 6PM
BookPeople, VIRTUAL EVENT: TAO LIN - Leave Society - In conversation with Deb Olin Unferth, 6PM
*Boerne, The Boerne Bookshop & The Write Side of the Road, 2nd Thursday Monthly Writing Class, 6PM
Harris County Public Library, Jim Gill Presents "May There Always Be Us," Written & Illustrated by Young Readers at HCPL! 6PM
The Printing Museum, Beginner Block Printing, 6PM [Registration Required]
Fort Worth Public Library, Ben Napier, David Doub, Hector Rodriguez and Taylor Shelton King writing and publishing comic books and graphic novels panel. 6:30PM
Austin Bat Cave, Ekphrasis with Maryan Nagy Captan, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, VIRTUAL - Ashley Nelson Levy - IMMEDIATE FAMILY, 7PM
Murder By The Book, Camilla Trinchieri in conversation with Terry Shames - Virtual Event, 7PM
Bookworm Box, J.D. Hollyfield LIVE Author Takeover! 7PM
BookWomen, 2nd Thursday Poetry + Open Mic featuring Robin Reagler, 7:15PM
Writers’ League of Texas, New Member Orientation August 2021, 7:15PM followed by Member Meet-up August 2021, 8PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Abilene, Lone Star Dry Goods, Taylor Moore book signing, 2PM
*Pearland, Pearland Library, Adult Writers Group, 6:30PM
*Waco, Fabled Bookshop & Café, Back to School Teacher Night at Fabled, 5PM
*Bandera, Bandera County Library, Dennis Allyn signing Bandera Politics, 5PM
Murder By The Book, Killer Humor Cozy Panel - Virtual Event, 7PM
The Dallas Poetry Slam, Poetry Slam & Open Mic, 8PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Garland, The Urban Market, Author Sharon Jones-Scaife signing her Li'l Marco and Maddie books, 9AM
*Irving, Irving Public Library, Teachers and Friends Book Sale, 9AM
*Corpus Christy, Comics Plus, Free Comic Book Day's 20th Anniversary, 9AM
*Fort Worth, Fort Worth Public Library – Reby Cary, Grand Opening - Reby Cary Youth Library, 9:30AM
The Writer’s Garret, Stone Soup Prose & Poetry, 10AM
*Harlingen, South Texas Literacy Coalition & Harlingen Public Library, Harlingen Story Walk and FREE Book Distribution, 10AM
League of Romance Writers, “Awesome – Authors on the Web” with Lisa Norman, 10:30AM
ACFW DFW, Your Writing Voice with Chris Bohon, 10:30AM [Ticketed]
SCBWI North Texas, Webinar: Layering in Layers in PBs w/Wendi Silvano, 11AM
*Midland, Midland County Centennial Library, James R. Dennis will read from and sign his new book, Listening Devices, 11AM
*Austin, Belinda Mays – Book Launch Celebration, 11AM
*San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Harriet Romo and William Dupont, Bridging Cultures: Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, CANCELLED
Houston Public Library, HPL Presents Meg Medina, 11AM
*Fort Worth, Celebration Party & Event Center, Book Presentation for I Am A Little Ball with Author Fatima Tharp, 11AM
*Houston, The Printing Museum, FAMILY FUN: LEGO PRINTING (IN-PERSON), 12:30PM
*Austin, HPB, LEWIS SMITH BOOK SIGNING, 1PM
*New Braunfels, The Book Haus, Author Visit with MJ Slate, 1PM
Writespace Houston, Digging the Well: Building Emotional Content in Our Work with Matthew Hefti, 1PM
Fort Worth Public Library, Interview with Kenny Keil, 2PM
*Houston, High Volume Music Live, POP UP EXTRA Book & Vinyl Signing, 2PM
*El Paso, Tumblewords Project, Creating Transforming Moments in Poetry, 2PM
*San Antonio, San Antonio Public Library, Potranco Writers Group, 3PM
Wordspace, Dallas Lit Hop @Lucky Dog Books with Jeffrey Liles, 3PM
*Fort Worth, Fort Worth Public Library, Author Series - Micha Archer, 4PM
*Lewisville, Kindred Creatives Art and Literary press, A Night of Poetry, Featured Poets and Open Mic, 7PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 (*Denotes In-person Events.)
*Fort Worth, Black Coffee, Pop Up Shop/Book Signing with Author Brieanna Lightfoot Smith, 10AM
*San Antonio, The Twig Bookshop, Jasmine Paul, A Boy, a Budget, and a Dream, 12PM
Sisters In Crime Houston, August Online Event: “Are you a methodical writer, mystery maverick, or both?” with Author Lisa Haneberg, 2PM
The Writer’s Garret, Stone Soup Prose, 2PM
*Montgomery, Adventure Kids Playcare Woodforest, Tooth Collector Fairy Book Launch Celebration! 2PM
Brazos Bookstore, VIRTUAL - Middle Grade Book Club with Leah Cypess, 3PM
Writespace Houston, Small Press, Big Dreams: What an Indie Press Wants Writers to Know, 3PM
*Cedar Park, Forward Thinking Women, Forward Thinking Women "Forget the Alamo" Book Club with author Jason Stanford, 4PM
*Galveston, Nia Cultural Center Inc, The Absolute | Live Spoken Word Poetry, 6PM [Ticketed]
STORY TIMES (*Denotes In-person Events.)
Lark & Owl Booksellers, Super Silly Story Time, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Allen Public Library – M-TH at 10:15 via Facebook Live
Leaves Books & Tea, read-aloud story time, T-Th, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE
Seguin Public Library – Toddler & Preschool Storytime via Zoom, T & W, 10AM, or for the Whole Family, T at 11:15AM outside
Dallas Public Library, children’s story time, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM
*Fort Worth, Monkey and Dog Books, Story Time, T, F, & Sat at 10:30AM
Old Town Books, children’s story time, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE
Longview Public Library – T, 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
*Midland, Centennial Library, story time, W, 10:30AM & 11:30AM
*Midland, Downtown Library, story time, TH, 10:30AM & 11:30AM
Texian Books, tiny Texians story time, 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
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.
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.
