Your only statewide calendar of Texas bookish events<\/p>\n

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Due to COVID-19 cancellations and closings,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

most events in this week\u2019s calendar are online.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(* Denotes nonvirtual, on-location events<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bookish 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

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 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 01.03.2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please scroll down for the story time section<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPECIAL EVENTS<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writing Retreat, <\/span><\/span>Empower 2021: Two Days of Artistry & Intent to Start Your New Year<\/span><\/span><\/a>, January 9-10 ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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EXHIBITIONS<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*National Center for Children\u2019s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, <\/span><\/span>\u201cWhat Might You Do?: Christian Robinson\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/a>, through January 21, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Canyon, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, <\/span><\/span>Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country<\/span><\/span><\/a>, through January 23, 2021 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*San Antonio, McNay Art Museum, <\/span><\/span>Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love<\/span><\/span><\/a>, through January 24, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Freeport, <\/span><\/span>Freeport Historical Museum, Lonesome Dove<\/em> (a Humanities Texas exhibition)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, January 4-30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3: <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Writing Barn, <\/span><\/span>workshop: How to Build a Story: A Collaborative Writing Class for Kids 8-12 with Leila Sales<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 2PM ONLINE           <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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MONDAY, JANUARY 4:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, <\/span><\/span>Stay at Home open mic<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 8PM (MST) ZOOM (YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Ann Patchett presents The Dutch House<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Rachel Hawkins and Megan Miranda present The Wife Upstairs<\/em> and The Girl from Widow Hills<\/em>, respectively<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

National Black Book Festival, <\/span><\/span>Black Authors Matter TV with Lorisa Bates<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SCBWI Austin, <\/span><\/span>Webinar: Learn Everything About Picture Books with Miranda Paul<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Poetry Slam, <\/span><\/span>virtual open mic<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dock Bookshop, <\/span><\/span>virtual poetry open mic<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 8PM INSTAGRAM LIVE, ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Puroslam, <\/span><\/span>virtual poetry slam<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 10PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span>Ryan T. Higgins presents Spring Stinks<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 4PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span>Andrew Cotter presents Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Alexandra Bracken presents Lore<\/em> (in conversation with Susan Dennard)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trinity University Press, <\/span><\/span>Maverick Book Club: How the Gringos Stole Tequila<\/em> and The Spirit of Tequila<\/em> with Chantal Martineau and Joel Salcido<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sun Poet’s Society, <\/span><\/span>Open-Mic Poetry Readings<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write About Now, <\/span><\/span>online poetry open mic<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 8PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Voices de la Luna<\/span><\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/span>workshop: Elements of Poetry with Dario<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 6PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span>Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents The Freezer Door<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Barshop JCC, <\/span><\/span>In Case You Get Hit By A Bus: A Plan to Organize Your Life Now for When You’re Not Around Later<\/span><\/span><\/em> with Abby Schneiderman, Adam Seifer, and Gene Newman<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ONLINE <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Lee Goldberg and Matt Coyle present Bone Canyon<\/em> and Blind Vigil<\/em>, respectively<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Heroes Lounge, <\/span><\/span>Dallas Poetry Slam<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 8PM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SCBWI Austin, <\/span><\/span>Monthly Meeting: Take Control of Your Writing Life with Author P.J. Hoover – Online<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 9:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writers\u2019 League of Texas, workshop: <\/span><\/span>“The Straight-Up Skinny on How to Submit to Literary Journals” with M. M. Adjarian<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Printing Museum, <\/span><\/span>workshop: Alternatives for Relief Printing in Letterpress<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 11AM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tumblewords Project, <\/span><\/span>workshop: \u201cSpectrum: Life on a Sliding Scale\u201d with M\u00f3nica G\u00f3mez<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM (MST) ZOOM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span>Rudy Garcia presents Shrimp Tales: Port Isabel and Brownsville Shrimping History<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 11AM OUTDOOR EVENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 10: <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span>launch of Boyd Taylor\u2019s The Pronghorn Conspiracy<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 4PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span>Raquel Hernandez presents At His Table con amor<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 12PM OUTDOOR EVENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ONLINE STORY TIME<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Texian Books, <\/span><\/span>tiny Texians story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Harris County Public Libraries – Fairbanks Branch: <\/span><\/span>a variety of story times throughout the week<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

San Antonio Public Library, <\/span><\/span>children\u2019s story times throughout the week<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

El Paso Public Library<\/span><\/span>, a variety of children\u2019s programming<\/span><\/span><\/a> throughout the week FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Houston Public Library, <\/span><\/span>virtual story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, daily, times vary<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lark & Owl Booksellers, <\/span><\/span>Super Silly Story Time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, M, W & F, 9:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Leaves Books & Tea, <\/span><\/span>read-aloud story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, T-Th, 2PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Doseum, <\/span><\/span>virtual story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, days & times vary<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dallas Public Library, <\/span><\/span>children\u2019s story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, T & Th, 10:30AM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

North Richland Hills Library<\/span><\/span>, virtual story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, T, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Old Town Books, <\/span><\/span>children\u2019s story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, T & F, 10:30AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Laredo Public Libraries, <\/span><\/span>story time live<\/span><\/span><\/a>, days & times vary, YOUTUBE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Irving Public Library, <\/span><\/span>online story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, days & times vary, YOUTUBE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span>Miss Anastasia online story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, F, 10:30AM INSTAGRAM LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span>virtual story time<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Sat, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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