Twig Book Shop

An Evening of San Antonio Authors with Gretchen Rose, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kimberly Garza Join us at The Twig Book Shop for an engaging evening with three celebrated San Antonio authors. Featured writers include Gretchen Rose (The Jingu Magical Garden), beloved poet and author Naomi Shihab Nye (The Tiny Journalist), and UTSA professor Kimberly Garza (The Last Karankawas). Guests are invited to...

Come to Bakery Lorraine for Deeper Roots - a night of poetry, fellowship and a great time all around. Open Mic Night for those who have written their own words, enjoy someone else's that they would like to share, or just want to hear the spoken work. All are welcome. April's Anchors are Sarah Joy Thompson, author of...

In Petals of My Bones, Emily M. Meier explores concepts of mortality, love, and self-fulfillment. Through poetry, Meier creates speakers who perceive their lives and world through images, feeling, and movement.

Join us for an evening of poetry with some of our most celebrated local poets, Viscount Dunrossil Andrew Morrison, James Dennis and Josh Robbins.

What if the truth about your past was hidden in a world no one else could see? When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sumpter moves from Chicago to the mysterious town of Avalon, Missouri, she's just hoping for a fresh start after the heartbreaking disappearance of her sister, Caroline. But strange dreams, eerie encounters, and unexpected friendships reveal...

Join us for an evening where words breathe, linger, crack open, and shine. The Twig Book Shop invites you to our National Poetry Month Open Mic Night on Tuesday, April 21 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at our shop in the heart of The Historic Pearl. The evening will be anchored by two wonderful voices in the poetry community — published poets Carlos...

This Tangled Body by Carmen Calatayud reads as surreal poetic memoir, navigating family history, war, migration and the grit of relationships. Through lyrical language, she searches for ways to rescue a body that knows pain, addiction and generational trauma. Elegies, love letters and concussions cross paths here, along with planets and stars, demonstrating that the potential...

Author Mike Asmus reads from his collection of lyrical stories and his other unique works of flash fiction and word problems.

Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) 2026 is set for Saturday, April 25, 2026, the last Saturday in April, a national celebration of indie bookstores with special editions, author appearances, and events across the U.S..

Enjoy a Meet & Greet with local author Hannah Cabrera as she signs her Open Me For Adventure Series: The Heroes of Dranlin, Truth Will Out, Search for the Royal Mother, and Magic Within.