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Littles Storytime

Wednesdays @ 10am in the children's section

Sam's Bookshop Trivia Night

Thursday, August 29th @ 6:00PM

First Light Wine Night - JAMS

Monday, September 16th @7:00PM

Chess Club

Wednesdays @ 5pm

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bookshop Biergarten w/ Zee's Wiener System

Bookshop Block Party

Wine Night: Jammy

Joey Fauerso: You Destroy Every Special Thing I Make

Plant-Based Happy Hour at Nixta Taqueria w/ Joe Yonan

Francis Collins: The Road to Wisdom

Joe Yonan: Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking

Intermezzo Release Party

Rick Jervis: The Devil Behind the Badge

Yuri Herrera: Season of the Swamp

First Light Book Club: Small Rain

Naomi Shihab Nye & Marion Winik: I Know About a Thousand Things

Darius Atefat-Peckham: Book of Kin

Justine Doiron: Justine Cook

Sarah Lewis: The Unseen Truth

PAST EVENTS

Bookshop Biergarten w/ Zee's Wiener System

First Light Book Club: Same As It Ever Was

Meet Your Texas Reps

Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley: Secure Relating

Summer Movie Night: Clueless

Alina Grabowski: Women and Children First

Back to School Popsicle Social

Teacher Happy Hour

POSTPONED: Queertowne Live! with KB Brookins & SG Huerta

Brand & Design by the Book

First Light Book Club

Kids Summer Reading Adventure Party

Summer Movie Night: Dirty Dancing

Jean Jones: For Style That Endures

Edy Massih: Keep It Zesty

Sarah Hymanson & Sara Kramer: Kismet Cookbook

Jeff Nichols & Bryan Schutmaat: VANDALS

Greg Marshall: Leg

Kathryn E. O'Rourke & Ben Koush: Home Heat Money God

American Short Fiction: Spring Issue Launch Party

Jean Lin & Brooke Holm: What We Keep

Meet the Author: Virginia Miller Reeves

Colombe Schneck: Swimming in Paris

Megan Kimble: City Limits

Dr. Priya Nalkur: Stumbling Towards Inclusion

Jesse Griffiths: The Turkey Book

Creative Writing MFA Showcase

[SOLD OUT] Elise Loehnen: On Our Best Behavior

Kathleen Blackburn: Loose of Earth

Shain Shapiro: This Must Be the Place

Audrey Golden: I Thought I Heard You Speak

Frederick Luis Aldama: Through Fences

A Reading Life: Carrie Brownstein & Liz Lambert

Szilvia Molnar: The Nursery

Anna Bliss: Bonfire Night

Ben Fountain: Devil Makes Three

Brent Clifton Album Release Party

WILDSAM Magazine Launch

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Justine's

Pictures of the Empty Page

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Meanwhile Brewing

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Lolo

William Abranowicz, Author of "Country Life"

Author Reading : Alex Auder

Author Reading: Loren Grush

Author Reading : Stephanie Saldana

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Hyde Park Ice Cream Social

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Flitch Coffee

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Tiny Grocer

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Texas Playboys v. The Parakeets

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Texas Playboys v. The Switch

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Saint Elmo Brewing Co.

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors

Hello Writers,
Near and Far

Interested in reading at First Light? We're always game to hear proposals for events! Give us an introduction to your book and a sense of what kind of turnout you might expect. We'd love to make something happen.