Your only statewide calendar of Texas literary 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 01.31.2021<\/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

Bookworm Festival<\/span><\/span><\/a>, February 1-5, ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Real Places 2021 Conference: Preserving Texas History<\/span><\/span><\/a>, February 3-5, ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/span>2020 Will Rogers Medallion Award Weekend and Banquet<\/span><\/span><\/a>, February 5-6, Fort Worth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

*Corsicana, <\/span><\/span>Pearce Museum, Lonesome Dove<\/em> (a Humanities Texas exhibition)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, through February 20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 31: <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

JCC Dallas, <\/span><\/span>Book Fest In Your Living Room: Gabrielle Glaser presents American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and The Shadow History of Adoption<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, <\/span><\/span>Front Porch Stories<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Bookshop, <\/span><\/span>Lauren Tarshis and Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez launch I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944<\/em> and Crocodile Rescue<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dock Bookshop, <\/span><\/span>Kickoff Black History Month 2021: Dick Gregory and A Conversation with Journalist and News Publisher Cheryl Smith<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM CROWDCAST, FB LIVE <\/span><\/span><\/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, FEBRUARY 2:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

World Affairs Council \u2013 DFW, <\/span><\/span>webinar: Luke Patey presents How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Interabang Books, <\/span><\/span>Amber Royer presents Grand Openings Can Be Murder<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 6PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span>Tami Charles presents Muted<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 6PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookWoman, <\/span><\/span>Amy Gentry launches Bad Habits<\/em> (in conversation with Laura Lippman)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Ryan Serhant launches Big Money Energy: How to Rule at Work, Dominate at Life, and Make Millions<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 6:30PM CROWDCAST<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Jen Yen launches A Taste For Love<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span>Alison Wisdom presents We Can Only Save Ourselves<\/em> (in conversation with Elizabeth Wetmore)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Elle Cosimano and Megan Miranda present Finlay Donovan Is Killing It<\/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<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/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, FEBRUARY 3:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writers\u2019 League of Texas, <\/span><\/span>workshop: “Character Driven and Intricately Plotted Mysteries” with Sherry Thomas<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 6:30PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Cambria Gordon launches The Poetry of Secrets<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span>Syed M. Masood presents The Bad Muslim Discount<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Jane Harper and Greer Hendricks present The Survivors<\/em> and You Are Not Alone<\/em>, respectively<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dallas Museum of Art, <\/span><\/span>Arts & Letters Live: Adam Grant presents\u202fThink Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don\u2019t Know<\/em> (in conversation with Katie Couric)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Barshop JCC, <\/span><\/span>Steven G. Kellman presents Rambling Prose<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ONLINE<\/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, FEBRUARY 4:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bullock Museum, <\/span><\/span>High Noon Talks: Dr. Cristina Salinas presents her award-winning book, Managed Migrations<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 12PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Kate Mosse, author of The City of Tears<\/em>, in conversation with Anthony Horowitz, author of Moonflower Murders<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Alan Gratz presents Ground Zero<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 5PM CROWDCAST <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span>Edward Carey and Gregory Maguire present The Swallowed Man<\/em> and A Wild Winter Swan<\/em>, respectively<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookWoman, <\/span><\/span>Randa Jarrar launches Love is an Ex Country<\/em> (in conversation with Roxane Gay)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Joshua Hood, author of Robert Ludlum\u2019s The Treadstone Exile<\/em>, in conversation with Brian Freeman, author of Infinite<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dock Bookshop, <\/span><\/span>Sadeqa Johnson present Yellow Wife<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM DOCK TV & FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Write Art Out, <\/span><\/span>Words & Sh*t featuring Aris Kian<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7:30PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resistencia Books, <\/span><\/span>Mauricio Novoa launches Memorias from the Beltway<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 5PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writers\u2019 League of Texas, <\/span><\/span>“After Hours” with Authors featuring Charlotte Gullick, Stacey Swann, and James Wade<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>John Hart, author of The Unwilling<\/em>, in conversation with A. J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window<\/em><\/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, FEBRUARY 6:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writers\u2019 League of Texas, <\/span><\/span>workshop: “The Novel Hatchery: From Idea to the Page” with Stacey Swann<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 10AM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brazos Bookstore, <\/span><\/span>story time: Jason June reads Porcupine Cupid<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 11AM FACEBOOK LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BookPeople, <\/span><\/span>story time: Avery Monsen reads I Am the Longest Dog<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 11:30AM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Willow Books, <\/span><\/span>Charles Trevino presents Seaside Stroll<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM ZOOM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Michael Koryta, author of Never Far Away<\/em>, in conversation with Sandra Brown, author of Thick as Thieves<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writespace, <\/span><\/span>workshop: LGBTQ+ workshop with Justin Jannise<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tumblewords Project, <\/span><\/span>workshop: \u201cAgainst Love Poems\u201d with Kit Wren<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM (MST) ZOOM <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fort Bend County Libraries, <\/span><\/span>Voices of Diversity with Local Authors: interview with Tonya Duncan Ellis, author of the Amazon-bestselling Sophie Washington children\u2019s book series<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 2PM ONLINE [registration required]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Public Library, <\/span><\/span>Dr. Tyina Steptoe presents Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 6PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder By the Book, <\/span><\/span>Texas Cozy Panel with Amber Royer, Rebecca Adler, Wendy Lyn Watson, Melissa Ramirez (aka Melissa Bourbon and Winnie Archer), and Diane Kelly<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM YT & FB LIVE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Writespace, <\/span><\/span>Just Begin: a Workshop to Boost Creativity with Karleen Koen<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 5PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

*The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span>J. D. May presents Factor 7<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, 11AM OUTDOOR EVENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7: <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malvern Books, <\/span><\/span>The Lion & the Pirate Unplugged virtual, inclusive open mic<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM ZOOM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SCBWI North Texas, <\/span><\/span>A Day in the Life of an Editor with Samantha Gentry<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 1PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Irving Public Library, <\/span><\/span>NEA Big Read: Poetry for Everyone Panel Discussion with Dr. Sylvia Vardell from TWU, former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton, Dallas slam poet Joaquin Zihuatanejo, poet Naomi Shihab Nye, and poet Padma Venkatraman<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 7PM ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

*The Twig Book Shop, <\/span><\/span>Emily English Medley presents From the Moon I Watched Her<\/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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