2025/2026 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series
The 45th season of the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series will present 10 of the world’s leading authors from September 2025 through May 2026. Season tickets are on sale now!
"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."
"Inprint is one of the top three author venues in the country, and you're my #1 favorite organizer."
"Thank you as ever for being the very best host for our authors!"
The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series is one of the nation's leading literary showcases, featuring an inclusive roster of award-winning fiction writers, poets, memoirists, and essayists.
The 45th season of the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents a wonderful array of carefully curated and dynamic literary evenings from September 2025 to May 2026. The lineup features the world’s leading authors with new work, many appearing in the series for the first time and other favorite returning authors, including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, brittny ray crowll, Kiran Desai, Álvaro Enrigue, Marie Howe, Adam Johnson, Yann Martel, Nina McConigley, Salman Rushdie, and George Saunders. Each evening features the author reading from and talking about their new book, followed by a conversation with a local writer, a book sale and, when possible, a book signing. All readings are conducted in person starting at 7:30 pm and a ticketed online rebroadcast follows a few days later. Details on rebroadcast events coming soon.
For more information about season subscriptions, click here.
In-Person Readings
Season Subscriptions
Online sales of season subscriptions for the 2025/2026 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series have now closed. If you would like to subscribe, please email info@inprint.org or call 721-521-2026.
Premium Subscription $450
- Seating for 1 in the reserved section for each of the Series readings
- Signed books, when available, by all of the season’s featured authors, for pickup at the venue on the night of each event, at Brazos Bookstore after the reading*, or sent via U.S. mail
- Access to the first-served season subscriber book-signing line
- Free parking for all Series readings
- Free access to the online rebroadcast of each reading
- Recognition as a Premium Subscriber in each reading program and on the Inprint website
Premium + Partner Subscription $575
- Seating for 2 in the reserved section for each of the Series readings
- Signed books, when available, by all of the season’s featured authors, for pickup at the venue on the night of each event, at Brazos Bookstore after the reading*, or sent via U.S. mail
- A second copy of Salman Rushdie’s book The Eleventh Hour
- Access to the first-served season subscriber book-signing line
- Free parking for all Series readings
- Free access to the online rebroadcast of each reading
- Recognition as Premium Subscribers in each reading program and on the Inprint website
Classic Subscription $275
- Seating for 1 in the reserved section for all of the Series readings
- A copy of Salman Rushdie’s The Eleventh Hour, George Saunders’ Vigil, and Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody, available for pickup at the venue on the night of the events or at the Inprint office afterwards
- Access to the first-served season subscriber book-signing line
- Free parking for all Series readings
- Free access to the online rebroadcast of each reading
- Recognition as a Classic Subscriber in each reading program and on the Inprint website
General Admission Tickets
General Admission Tickets
General admission tickets for in-person readings and online rebroadcasts are $5 each (unchanged since 1980), except for the Inprint Salman Rushdie Reading, which will cost $40 and which includes a copy of his new book The Eleventh Hour as part of the ticket. Tickets for each reading will go on sale via the Inprint website several weeks in advance of the event. Check each event page for specific on-sale dates.
Students and senior citizens tickets
Students and senior citizens (65+) get free access to in-person readings and online rebroadcasts upon request, except for in-person readings which are sold out and the Januray 12, Inprint Salman Rushdie Reading that includes a book as part of the ticket price. Students and seniors who wish to receive free access to a reading should email info@inprint.org a month prior to the event; such access must be requested one event at a time. Student group tickets are also available to high school and college-level educators; please contact the Inprint office for more information about reserving a block of tickets (info@inprint.org or 713-521-2026).
Online Rebroadcasts
Online rebroadcasts of each of the 2025/2026 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series events will take place a few days after each in person event. Online rebroadcast events will provide access to the recording of the reading for two weeks.
Book Signings and Book Sales
Since 1980, Brazos Bookstore has served as the official bookseller for the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. To receive a 10% discount on books by the 45th season’s featured authors, buy the featured author’s select book on the night of the reading at the Brazos Bookstore table or visit brazosbookstore.com.
Select authors will sign books after the readings. Attendees who would like to have their books signed will be asked to form a line, with season subscribers given priority access to the book-signing line. Inprint reserves the right to limit the number of books an individual may have signed.
Ask an Author
Do you have a question for one of the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series authors? Submit it here. On the morning of each author’s reading the Inprint staff will share these questions with the on-stage conversationalist. Maybe your question will be selected for inclusion in the on-stage conversation!
About the Series
Nationally renowned, the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series has featured more than 400 of the world’s most accomplished literary writers from 38 countries on six continents, including winners of 13 Nobel Prizes, 73 Pulitzer Prizes, 67 National Book Awards, 57 National Book Critics Circle Awards, and 18 Booker Prizes, as well as 23 U. S. Poet Laureates.
Thanks to the Inprint Brown Reading Series, participating in a book event is an exciting and enlightening part of the Houston cultural scene. Thousands of individuals attend the readings annually in person and online, and the Series continues to receive enthusiastic media coverage. Readings are held at the city’s leading performing arts venues, such as the Alley Theatre and Cullen Theater in Wortham Center in Houston’s downtown theatre district and elsewhere.
The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series is generously underwritten by the National Endowment for the Arts. Inprint receives suppoort from The Brown Foundation, Houston Endowment, The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. The series is proud to hold the Margarett Root Brown name in its title. Ms. Brown, an educator who was passionate about books and literature, was one of the The Brown Foundation’s directors when it was formed in 1917, and the Series aims to honor Ms. Brown’s service to Houston, her love of books, and her philanthropic support of the arts.
Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the cost of general admission tickets – $5 since 1980 – has remained the best cultural bargain in town. Free rush tickets are available for students and senior citizens for most readings, and visiting writers ofthen give free talks to area students.
To see highlights from past seasons of the Series, click here.
To see the full list of authors the Series has presented, click here.
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