Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 4-10, 2016:
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Special Events:
Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 5-8
North Texas Comic Book Show, Dallas, July 9
Ongoing Exhibits:
Tuesday, July 5:
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Dr. Venugopal K. Menon signs My Mother Called Me Unni: A Doctor’s Tale of Migration, 4PM
Brazos Bookstore, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads from and signs FUEGO, 7PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, “The Youth Diarists of ‘Salvaged Pages,’” with Alexandra Zapruder, editor of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers` Diaries of the Holocaust, followed by book signing, 6PM
Murder By the Book, Anna Silver will sign and discuss Songbyrd, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Donna Birdwell reads and signs Shadow of the Hare, 6PM
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Ken Wilson presents In Their Own Words: The Messages of Early 20th Century Texas Real Photo Postcards, 11:30AM
Dallas
Murder By the Book, Sara Rosett will sign and discuss the newest Ellie Avery mystery, Marriage, Monsters-In-Law, and Murder, 4:30PM
Writespace, Coptic Stitch Bookbinding: Create Your Own Notebook with Layla Al-Bedawi, 9:30AM
Writespace, Jumpstart Your Writing with Andreana Binder, 2PM
Pearland
B&N - Broadway, Tammy Hale signs The Burning Kiss, 12PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Twisted Legacy," 4PM
Bedford
Half Price Books, local author Nic Stevens will sell and sign Tripping Over Moonlight, 1PM
Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM
Special Events:
Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 5-8
North Texas Comic Book Show, Dallas, July 9
Ongoing Exhibits:
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
Monday, July 4:Happy Independence Day!
Tuesday, July 5:
Austin
The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon with Carolyn Cohagan (author of TIME ZERO), Southpaw Jones, Amy Gentry (GOOD AS GONE), Curtis Lucianii, Tyson Midkiff, special Skype Guest the New York TImes Best Selling author Sarah Hepola, plus Bryan Green, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling romance author Abbi Glines will participate in a Q&A and sign her book Up in Flames, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling romance author Abbi Glines will participate in a Q&A and sign her book Up in Flames, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]
Fort Worth
Austin
BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author WILLIAM JOYCE speaking & signing Ollie's Odyssey, 6PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Vicki Tongate discusses her new book, Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens, 12PM
BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author WILLIAM JOYCE speaking & signing Ollie's Odyssey, 6PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Vicki Tongate discusses her new book, Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens, 12PM
HOST Publications, APLFF presents: Imagery & Specificity Workshop with Amanda North, 6:30PM
Malvern Books, Brian Foley (The Constitution) reading with local writers Stephanie Goehring, Travis Tate, and Marlon Hedrick , 7PM
Houston
Malvern Books, Brian Foley (The Constitution) reading with local writers Stephanie Goehring, Travis Tate, and Marlon Hedrick , 7PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, First Comes Love book signing with Emily Giffin, 7PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, Gerald S. Kaplan Endowment Lecture presents Professor Lawrence R. Douglas, author of The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial, followed by book signing, 6PM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk, Peregrin Wildoak signs Go Gentle into That Good Night- The Esoteric Dimensions of Death, 7PM
Thursday, July 7:
Holocaust Museum Houston, Gerald S. Kaplan Endowment Lecture presents Professor Lawrence R. Douglas, author of The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial, followed by book signing, 6PM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk, Peregrin Wildoak signs Go Gentle into That Good Night- The Esoteric Dimensions of Death, 7PM
Thursday, July 7:
Austin
BookPeople, Writers DAVID TODD & JONATHAN OGREN speaking & signing The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People, 7PM
BookPeople, Writers DAVID TODD & JONATHAN OGREN speaking & signing The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Dr. Venugopal K. Menon signs My Mother Called Me Unni: A Doctor’s Tale of Migration, 4PM
Brazos Bookstore, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads from and signs FUEGO, 7PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, “The Youth Diarists of ‘Salvaged Pages,’” with Alexandra Zapruder, editor of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers` Diaries of the Holocaust, followed by book signing, 6PM
Friday, July 8:
Austin
BookPeople, Avid Outdoorsman M. M. WOLTHOFF speaking & signing The West Texas Pilgrimage, 7PM
Houston
Inprint House, First Friday Poetry featuring Stella Brice, 8:30PMHouston
Murder By the Book, Anna Silver will sign and discuss Songbyrd, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Donna Birdwell reads and signs Shadow of the Hare, 6PM
Saturday, July 9:
BookPeople, Austin SCBWI meeting: Expanding Your Toolbox: How NonFiction and Fiction Writers Use the Same Craft Tools Differently with Cynthia Levinson and Lindsey Lane, 10AM
BookPeople, Austinite RED WASSENICH speaking & signing Keeping Austin Weird: A Guide to the (Still) Odd Side of Town, 3PM
BookPeople, Austinite RED WASSENICH speaking & signing Keeping Austin Weird: A Guide to the (Still) Odd Side of Town, 3PM
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Ken Wilson presents In Their Own Words: The Messages of Early 20th Century Texas Real Photo Postcards, 11:30AM
Dallas
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Zyme One: "Memories of My Melancholy Cholas," 12:45PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Joy Jones signs The Last Madam: A Legend of the Chicken Ranch, 2PM
Highland Village
B&N, Life Builders book signing, 1PM
Galveston Bookshop, Joy Jones signs The Last Madam: A Legend of the Chicken Ranch, 2PM
Highland Village
B&N, Life Builders book signing, 1PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Meet the Author and Illustrator James Martin and Catherine Compson: M.U.T.T.: Multiple Utility Tactical Teams, 1PMB&N - Westheimer, From Damaged to Destined book signing with April D. Houston, 12PM
Murder By the Book, Sara Rosett will sign and discuss the newest Ellie Avery mystery, Marriage, Monsters-In-Law, and Murder, 4:30PM
Writespace, Coptic Stitch Bookbinding: Create Your Own Notebook with Layla Al-Bedawi, 9:30AM
Pearland
B&N - Broadway, Tammy Hale signs The Burning Kiss, 12PM
Plano
The Twig Book Shop, Maxam Waxaw reads from and signs his new poetry collection Canto. 1-4, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Debra Monroe discusses and signs My Unsentimental Education, 6:30PM
WacoRufi's Cocina, Waco Poets Society featuring Julieta Corpus, 7PM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Speak!Poet veterans presentation, 10:30AM
B&N, Melanie Chrismer signing Lone Star Legacy: The Texas Rangers Then and Now, 11AM
B&N - Preston/Park, From Mom to Me Again: How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and Reinvented the Rest of My Life book signing with Melissa Schultz, 4PM
Round Rock
Half Price Books, local author Jodi L. Porter will sell and sign her children's book Night and Day, 1PM
San Antonio
Gemini Ink, Workshop: Life Becomes Art: Form in the Essay & Memoir with Debra Monroe, 10AMRound Rock
Half Price Books, local author Jodi L. Porter will sell and sign her children's book Night and Day, 1PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Maxam Waxaw reads from and signs his new poetry collection Canto. 1-4, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Debra Monroe discusses and signs My Unsentimental Education, 6:30PM
Waco
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Speak!Poet veterans presentation, 10:30AM
B&N, Melanie Chrismer signing Lone Star Legacy: The Texas Rangers Then and Now, 11AM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Carolyn Gray signs 365 Days of Gratitude, 2PMSunday, July 10:
Austin
Austin Public Library - Yarborough, Sisters in Crime panel discussion with Martha Carr, Noreen Cedeno, Doris Christian, and Francine Paino, 2:15PM
BookPeople, SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP featuring: Varian Johnson, Paige Britt, and Jennifer Ziegler, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Stilton!, 2PM
BookWoman, Jenuine Poetess, founder of Waco Poets Society and ITWOW International, reading & signing Blood Stories, 3PM
Austin Public Library - Yarborough, Sisters in Crime panel discussion with Martha Carr, Noreen Cedeno, Doris Christian, and Francine Paino, 2:15PM
BookPeople, SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP featuring: Varian Johnson, Paige Britt, and Jennifer Ziegler, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Stilton!, 2PM
BookWoman, Jenuine Poetess, founder of Waco Poets Society and ITWOW International, reading & signing Blood Stories, 3PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Twisted Legacy," 4PM
Bedford
Half Price Books, local author Nic Stevens will sell and sign Tripping Over Moonlight, 1PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, WordSpace presents Looped, featuring poems or prose by Jennifer Whalen, Darryl Ratcliff, Courtney Marie, Christopher Hughes, Fatima Hirsi, and Edyka Chilomé, 7:30PM
Houston
The Landing Theatre Company, WRITING THE ADAPTATION, A Master Class with Alvaro Saar Rios, 6PM
Houston
The Landing Theatre Company, WRITING THE ADAPTATION, A Master Class with Alvaro Saar Rios, 6PM