Recent & Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Reading Between the Wines: Hill Country Pairing
Blanco Library
1118 Main Street
Blanco, TX 78606
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 – 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Hill Country Authors Series with Elizabeth Crook
The Georgetown Public Library
402 W. 8th Street
Georgetown, TX 78626
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 – 2:00 PM CT
Texas State Library and Archives Commission free virtual event
Elizabeth in Conversation with Michele Chan Santos of Texas Center for the Book — followed by live chat Q and A
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Past Book Tour 2023-2024 Events

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 – 7:00 PM CT
BookPeople
In conversation with Sarah Bird
603 N Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78703
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Saturday, November 11 – 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
Texas Book Festival
In conversation with Steve Harrigan
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Tuesday, November 14 – 5:30 PM CT
The Twig Book Shop
In conversation with Naomi Nye
306 Pearl Parkway Suite 106
San Antonio, TX 78215
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November 17-19, 2023
Miami Book Fair
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023 – 7:00 PM CT
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe
215 S 4th St.
Waco, TX 76701
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 – 7:00 PM CT
Wittliff Collections
Texas State University – Alkek Library, 7th Floor
Talbot St, San Marcos, TX 78666
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Thursday, December 7, 2023 – 5:00 PM CT
Lemuria Book Store
4465 I-55 STE 202
Jackson, MS 39206
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Saturday, December 9, 2023
Humanities Texas Book Fair
Austin, TX
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 – 6:00 PM CT
Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 – 7:00 PM CT
Lark & Owl Booksellers
205 West 6th Street Suite 101
Georgetown, TX 78626
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Friday, January 26, 2024
Monkey and Dog Books
3608 W 7th St.
Fort Worth, TX 76107

March 9-10, 2024
Tucson Festival of Books
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Friday, April 5, 2024 – 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Books and Bees Festival
Join us for an intimate VIP evening to kick off the Books and Bees Festival weekend. Meet Elizabeth Crook, the author of The Madstone.
Keystone Bank
13715 Ladera Boulevard
Austin, TX 78738
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Saturday, April 13, 2024
San Antonio Book Festival
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2020 EVENTS

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 – 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Hill Country Author Series
Georgetown Public Library
402 W. 8th Street
Georgetown, TX 78626
512.930.3551
info@folgeorgetown.org
Cost: $15
Tickets: https://folgeorgetown.org/event/hcas-elizabeth-crook

The event will begin with a dessert from the Red Poppy Café; and after Crook’s presentation, she will sign copies of her books and visit with attendees. Several of Crook’s books are available to checkout at the library, and The Which Way Tree will be available for purchase at the event.

Saturday, March 14, 2020 – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Tucson Festival of Books
University of Arizona Campus
Koffler Room 2046
This is a ticketed event.

Putting the Story in History
Three of our most popular historians explore the importance of storytelling in the understanding—and the telling—of history. S.C. Gwynne, Stephen Harrigan and Elizabeth Crook, we’re all ears!

For more information visit the Tucson Festival of Books website

Sunday, March 15, 2020 – 11:30am – 12:30pm
Tucson Festival of Books
University of Arizona Campus
UA Mall Tent
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area – Central Mall (following presentation)

Sagebrush and Subplots
The Old West provides novelists with an interesting stage and true characters, and these three authors—Tea Obreht, Elizabeth Crook and Nancy E. Turner—take full advantage in their recent books. Could these tales have been told in a different time or different place? Let’s ask!

For more information visit the Tucson Festival of Books website

2019 EVENTS

Sunday, October 27, 2019 – 12:15pm – 1:00pm
Texas Book Festival
Sunrise/Sunset: Remembering the Life and Work of Bill Witliff
Capitol Auditorium E1.004 (1100 Congress Avenue)

Bill Wittliff is one of our greatest Texas writers and filmmakers. We were deeply saddened by his passing earlier this year and are grateful for the tremendous body of work he created in his lifetime. Today, his friends and colleagues come together to celebrate his work, including his new book of solar photography, Sunrise/Sunset.
Panelists: Bill Broyles, Elizabeth Crook, Stephen Harrigan, John Spong
Moderator: Steve Davis

Wednesday, October 16, 2019
The LBJ Library
An Evening With S.C. Gwynne and Stephen Harrigan

On Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, best-selling Texas authors S.C. Gwynne and Stephen Harrigan joined us to speak about their latest books. For Gwynne, it was his upcoming release, Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War, and for Harrigan, Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas. The conversation was moderated by author Elizabeth Crook.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2019 – 2:00pm
The Friends of the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
Elizabeth Crook to talk about her writing.
The event will be held in the library’s Level 1 meeting room.
Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.

Monday, June 10, 2019 – 7:00pm
KUT Book Club
Jennifer Stayton, host of KUT’s “Morning Edition,” will visit with Elizabeth about The Which Way Tree, followed by informal Q and A and discussion.
Book People
603 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78703
512 472 5050
Free and Open to the Public
For more information visit the Book People website

Sunday, April 28, 2019 – 3:30-5:30pm
Pima Library Foundation Circle of Book Clubs Author Salon
Enjoy libations, savories and sweets by Appetizing Adventures in a lovely home located in the Tanque Verde Valley
Cost: $60/person
For details on the event and guidelines for registration visit: https://www.pimalibraryfoundation.org/events

Saturday, March 30, 2019 – 3:00 to 4:15pm
Association of Writers and Writing Programs – 2019 Conference
S267. Re-creating the Past: Innovative Research Methods for Historical Fiction
E147-148, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Portland, Oregon
For details on the event, registration, and cost visit: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/15186

2018 EVENTS

August 1 – December 14, 2018
Exhibition: Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction and the Creative Imagination
The Wittliff Collections
Texas State University
7th Floor, Albert B. Alkek Library
601 University Drive

Authors featured in Literary Frontiers include Judy Alter, Celeste Bedford Walker, Sarah Bird, Mark Busby, Sandra Cisneros, Elizabeth Crook, Robert Flynn, Jovita González, Stephen Harrigan, Elmer Kelton, Paulette Jiles, Joe R. Lansdale, Cormac McCarthy, Larry McMurtry, Jan Reid, Edwin “Bud” Shrake, Ann Weisgarber, David Marion Wilkinson, Bill Wittliff, and more. The exhibition was curated by Southwestern Literature curator Steve Davis.

For more information visit the The Wittliff Collections website

Saturday, December 8th, 2018 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Humanitites Texas Annual Holiday Book Fair
Humanities Texas
1410 Rio Grande Street
Austin, TX 78701

Twenty-seven noteworthy authors — including Elizabeth Crook — will visit with the public and sign copies of their latest books, which Humanities Texas will offer for purchase at a discounted price. All proceeds benefit Texas Libraries.

For more information visit the Humanities Texas website

Saturday, October 27th, 2018 – 4:00-4:45pm
Texas Book Festival
Elizabeth in conversation about The Which Way Tree with Sergio Troncoso
Texas Capitol
Capitol Extension room E2.026
1100 Congress Avenue
For more information visit the Texas Book Festival website

Monday, September 24, 2018 – 7:00pm
Elizabeth Crook will be reading from and discussing The Which Way Tree
Floyd and Kathleen Cailloux Campus Activity Center at Schreiner University
Event sponsored by Schreiner University and The Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
Free & open to the public
For information contact the library at 830-257-8422

Sunday, September 23, 2018 – 2:00pm
Reception, Discussion, Book Signing: Elizabeth Crook, Stephen Harrigan and Ann Weisgarber, moderated by Steve Davis, Curator, Southwestern Writers Collection at the Wittliff
The Wittliff Collections
Texas State University
7th Floor, Albert B. Alkek Library
601 University Drive
Free and open to Public
For details please see the link below and RSVP to receive parking instructions http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/events.html

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 – 7:00pm
Why There Are Words — Austin Presents: Some Place Like Home
With Spike Gillespie, Alice Guynn, and Bob Livingston
Malvern Books
613 W. 29th St., Austin
For more information visit the Why There Are Words website

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Saturday, April 7, 2018
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio, TX

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 – 6:00pm
KOOP 91.7 FM Radio
Writing on the Air

Sunday, March 4, 2018 – 12:30pm-1:00pm
KAZI 88.7 FM Radio
Book Talk with Hopeton Hay

Saturday, March 3, 2018 – 3:00pm-5:00pm
Wolfmueller’s Books
229 Earl Garrett
Kerrville, TEXAS 78028

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 – 5:00pm-7:00pm
The Twig
306 Pearl Parkway, Suite 106
San Antonio, TX 78215
For more information visit the The Twig website

Thursday, February, 22, 2018 – 6:00pm
Texas Tales! Hip Hop and Bluegrass! At Off Square Books with Novelist Elizabeth Crook, Soul/Hop Songrwriter Vitamin CEA and Bluegrass Band, Breaking Grass. Free admission.
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655

For more information visit Thacker Mountain Radio website

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 – 7:00pm
Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet St,
Houston, TX 77005

Monday, February 12, 2018 – 7:00pm
Interabang Books
10720 Preston Rd #1009B
Dallas, TX 75230

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 – 7:00pm
Book People
Austin, TX
603 Lamar Blvd
For more information visit the Book People website