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Littles Storytime

Wednesdays @ 10am in the children's section

Sam's Bookshop Trivia Night

Thursday, December 26th @ 6:00PM

First Light Wine Night: JUST DESSERTS

Monday, December 16th @7:00PM

Chess Club

Wednesdays @ 5pm

UPCOMING EVENTS

December 26, 2024

January 9, 2025

Kate Winkler Dawson: The Sinners All Bow

January 16, 2025

Beth Garrabrant: Things Shouldn't Be So Hard

January 28, 2025

Kyle Paoletta: American Oasis

PAST EVENTS

December 16, 2024

Wine Night: Just Desserts

December 15, 2024

Santa's Coming to First Light

December 14, 2024

Holiday Movie Night

December 8, 2024

Bookshop Biergarten w/ Zee's Wiener System

December 6, 2024

First Light Book Club: Antarctica

December 3, 2024

BY THE BOOKS: Public Art in the World

December 1, 2024

First Light Treelighting

November 20, 2024

Michelle Mirsky w/ Adriene Mishler: HERE, NOW

November 19, 2024

Tara Chapman: For the Bees

November 16, 2024

Steven Weinberg: What is Color?

November 14, 2024

Daron K. Roberts: Microwins

November 12, 2024

Sarah Lewis: The Unseen Truth

November 9, 2024

Justine Doiron: Justine Cooks

November 7, 2024

José Ralat: American Tacos

November 4, 2024

Darius Atefat-Peckham: Book of Kin

October 27, 2024

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

October 26, 2024

Halloween Movie Night

October 24, 2024

Katie Anania: Out of Paper

October 22, 2024

POSTPONED Justin Torres: Blackouts

October 21, 2024

Samuel Woolley: Manufacturing Consensus

October 20, 2024

Bookshop Biergarten w/ Zee's Wiener System

October 17, 2024

Queertowne Live! with KB Brookins & SG Huerta

October 15, 2024

Julio Lucero: Abuelita I Am Your Grandson

October 11, 2024

Catherine O'Connor: Dust Covered Lies

October 8, 2024

Katherine Packert Burke: Still Life

October 5, 2024

Bat City Review: Issue 20 Launch

October 4, 2024

First Light Book Club: Small Rain

October 3, 2024

Yuri Herrera: Season of the Swamp

October 2, 2024

Rick Jervis: The Devil Behind the Badge

September 24, 2024

Intermezzo Release Party

September 22, 2024

Joe Yonan: Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking

September 21, 2024

Francis Collins: The Road to Wisdom

September 19, 2024

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

September 18, 2024

Joey Fauerso: You Destroy Every Special Thing I Make

September 14, 2024

Bookshop Block Party

September 6, 2024

First Light Book Club: Same As It Ever Was

September 5, 2024

Meet Your Texas Reps

August 28, 2024

Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley: Secure Relating

August 24, 2024

Summer Movie Night: Clueless

August 20, 2024

Alina Grabowski: Women and Children First

August 18, 2024

Back to School Popsicle Social

August 16, 2024

Teacher Happy Hour

August 13, 2024

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

February 16, 2024

Szilvia Molnar: The Nursery

February 10, 2024

Anna Bliss: Bonfire Night

February 6, 2024

Ben Fountain: Devil Makes Three

January 30, 2024

Brent Clifton Album Release Party

January 25, 2024

WILDSAM Magazine Launch

December 7, 2023

November 20, 2023

November 18, 2023

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Justine's

November 12, 2023

Pictures of the Empty Page

November 12, 2023

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Meanwhile Brewing

November 11, 2023

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Lolo

November 2, 2023

William Abranowicz, Author of "Country Life"

October 20, 2023

Author Reading : Alex Auder

October 11, 2023

Author Reading: Loren Grush

September 12, 2023

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

February 25, 2023

Pop-Up Bookshop @ Saint Elmo Brewing Co.

February 11, 2023

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.