Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series
bringing the page to the stage

 The 2012/2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series begins in September. Authors presented in our upcoming season will include T. C. Boyle, Junot Diaz, Emma Donoghue, Terrance Hayes, Jonathan Lethem, James Salter, Zadie Smith, and Jesmyn Ward. Stayed tuned as more details become available in the coming weeks.
 

“Inprint has brought the royalty of world literature to town . . . John Updike, John Irving, Louise Erdrich, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sandra Cisneros — those are just a few of the A-list authors who have read for the Inprint Brown Reading Series.” Houston Chronicle

The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series just completed its 31st season. Nationally renowned, the Series has featured more than 300 of the world’s most accomplished literary writers, including winners of 55 Pulitzer Prizes, 49 National Book Awards, and six Nobel Prizes.

The Series—featuring literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction—has made going to a reading an exciting and enlightening cultural activity in Houston. Last year, more than 5,000 people attended the Series. Houston Chronicle Book Editor Maggie Galehouse wrote of the Series, “These authors—these books—are the equivalent of a rock star line-up.”

The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series is generously underwritten in large part by The Brown Foundation, Inc. Margarett Root Brown, an educator who was passionate about books and literature, was one of the Foundation’s directors when it was formed in 1917. The Series is proud to honor Mrs. Brown’s service to Houston and her philanthropic support of the arts.

Each season Inprint presents seven readings from September through April, featuring one or two authors at each event. The featured author(s) read from their work at a downtown Houston theater on a Monday evening, followed by an on-stage interview by a local writer/scholar and a book sale and signing, at which audience members can meet the author(s).

Thanks to the support of our donors, the cost of general admission remains the best cultural bargain in town at $5, with free rush tickets for students and senior citizens. Some of the visiting writers also give craft talks at the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, and Houston Community College, which are free and open to the public.