A handful of literary events happening this week. The list is not exhaustive, but if you don’t know what’s going on around the literary side of town, here are some events to point you in the right direction!
Monday, January 29th:
- Setting Fires and Burning Trash at University of Texas Asian Studies Center, 4pm
- Story Bar Lab at Story Bar, 6:30pm
- Fort to Famous Open Mic at The Buzz Mill, 9pm
Tuesday, January 30th:
- Authors Meg Gardiner and Mark Pryor speaking & signing Into the Black Nowhere & Dominic: A Hollow Man Novel at BookPeople, 7pm
- Austin Poetry Slam at Spiderhouse Ballroom, 9pm
- Book Club – Heartthrob at Austin Books & Comics, 6:30pm
- GNIreads January Book Club at Wright Bros. Brew and Brew, 7pm
Wednesday, January 31st:
- Hard Word Book Club – The Big Both Ways by John Straley at BookPeople, 7pm
- Author Stefan Merrill Block speaking & signing Oliver Loving at BookPeople, 7pm
Thursday, February 1st:
- Leave it at the Mic at Lucky Chaos Productions, 7:30pm
Friday, February 2nd:
- Michael Pollan: One Writer’s Trip at the Long Center, 8pm
Saturday, February 3rd:
- Malvern Books’ Club: Reading Classics from New York Review Books at Malvern Books, 1:30pm
- Pete Souza Obama: An Intimate Portrait at Paramount Theater, 8pm
- The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: 4th Birthday Edition! at Malvern Books, 7pm
- Speak Piece Workshop at Dougherty Arts Center at 12pm
- ASJA Writers Conference at the University of Texas Thompson Conference Center, 9am
Sunday, February 4th:
- John Vanderslice Book Launch: The Last Days of Oscar Wilde at Malvern Books, 2pm