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Due to COVID-19 cancellations and closings,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n each event in this week\u2019s calendar is online.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Don’t see your book or literary event here? Email Events@lonestarliterary.com<\/a><\/u> <\/u>with your complete info two weeks in advance of the issue in which your event is scheduled, and we’ll include it.<\/strong><\/p>\n Bookish goings-on[line] in Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by<\/span> Texas Book Lover<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FOR THE WEEK OF 04.19.2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n * * *<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n *NEW* <\/span>Please scroll down for the story time section!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n * * *<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SPECIAL EVENTS:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n National Library Week<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> April 19-25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Texas Library Association Annual Conference<\/a><\/u><\/span>,<\/span> online, April 21-22<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Valley International Poetry Festival<\/a>, online, April 23-26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Heritage Auctions Dallas, Illustration Art<\/span><\/a>, April 24<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n National Poetry Month<\/span><\/a>, April 1-30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SUNDAY, APRIL 19:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Gemini Ink, <\/span>Voices of Recovery workshop<\/span><\/a>, 10AM VIA ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Writing Barn, <\/span>You Are A Poet: Half-Day Poetry Class with Susan Niz<\/span><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Writespace, <\/span>workshop: \u201cIncluding the Mysterious in Your Writing\u201d with Julie Herman<\/span><\/a>, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Writing Workshops Dallas, <\/span>Free Zoom Seminar: \u201cAsk an Author of Color: From Publishing to Writing Characters of Color, and Everything In-Between\u201d with Alex Temblador<\/span><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MONDAY, APRIL 20:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Texas Book Festival, YA story time with Julissa Arce, author of Someone Like Me<\/em><\/span><\/a>, 10AM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Biblioba, quarantine vitual hangout with YA fantasy authors Zoraida Cordova and Mark Oshiro<\/a>, 1PM INSTAGRAM LIVE <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, <\/span>Stay At Home open mic<\/span><\/a>, 8PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Blah Poetry Spot, <\/span>virtual open mic<\/span><\/a>, 8:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TUESDAY, APRIL 21:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Writing Barn, <\/span>Ask An Agent Webinar with Lauren Spieller of TriadaUS Agency (Q+A and First Paragraph Panel)<\/span><\/a>, 11AM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Texas Book Festival, Literary Lunch Break with chef Ned Baldwin, co-author of How to Dress an Egg<\/em><\/span><\/a>, 12:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n WITS, <\/span>WITS U Virtual Poetry Writing Workshop for high schoolers<\/span><\/a>, 5:30PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Bibliobar, virtual hangout with Tif Marcelo, author of Once Upon a Sunset<\/em><\/a>, 6PM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n LitNight Dallas Reading Series, local poets and a suprise guest (hosted by hosted by Sebastian Hasani P\u00e1ramo and Darius Ajai Frasure)<\/a>, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE, ZOOM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Dock Bookshop, <\/span>virtual poetry open mic<\/span><\/a>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n South Texas Literacy Coalition, story time with author Ron Ramirez<\/a>, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Texas Book Festival, Literary Lunch Break with H. W. Brands, author of Haiku History<\/em><\/a><\/span>, 12:30PM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Conversations from a Page,<\/span> online literary salon with Brooke Fossey, author of The Big Finish<\/em><\/span><\/a>, 1PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n WITS, <\/span>WITS U Virtual Poetry Writing Workshop (6-8th Grade),<\/span><\/a> 5:30PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Writers\u2019 League of Texas, <\/span>workshop: “Writing Beyond What You Know” ONLINE with Richard Santos<\/span><\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Trinity University Press, <\/span>Dear America<\/span><\/em> virtual town hall with Ellen Bass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alison Deming Hawthorne, and Simon Buntin<\/span><\/a>, 7PM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBookish Texas \u2022 Events Around the State<\/h1>\n
The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings, lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State<\/em><\/h3>\n