Literary
Chicana Author To Share Testimony During Book Reading
Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet St, HoustonAcclaimed LGBTQ+ author Emma Pérez will read from her new book, Testimony of a Shifter, at Brazos Bookstore (2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005) at 6:30 pm Friday, April 26, 2024. This fascinating speculative narrative delving into gender transmutation and discrimination has been lauded by Booklist as the “queer, feminist dystopian novel readers have been …
Literacy Now Hosts Tenth Annual Guild Luncheon, Celebrate Reading! Fiesta
The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, HoustonLiteracy Now, a non-profit organization empowering children and families through literacy and life skills, will host its 10th Annual Literacy Now Guild Luncheon, Celebrate Reading! Fiesta, at the Junior League of Houston. Luncheon Chairs Shelby Doehring and Dawn Zieren along with the Literacy Now Guild will join keynote speaker, Belinda Mays, award-winning author and speaker, …
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in Houston 5/13
Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd., HoustonThe Progressive Forum is pleased to present preeminent public intellectual Fareed Zakaria, who will discuss his upcoming book, Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present. Paying attendees will receive a free copy of Age of Revolutions, and Zakaria will sign books at the evening’s conclusion.