Bookish events in Texas for the week of January 2-8, 2017:
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Ongoing Exhibits:
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Milagrito Limbs" with Karla Nabil, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
La Mancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp workshop: So You Want to Publish a Book? with Rachel Pilcher, 10AM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
Austin Public Library - Yarborough, Sisters in Crime seminar: "Death by Firearms" with author and consultant Dr. David Ciambrone, 2:15PM
BookPeople, ALEXANDRA BRACKEN speaking and signing Wayfarer and Susan Dennard speaking and signing Windwitch, 2PM
The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville, Dallas, through January 29
Monday, January 2:Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville, Dallas, through January 29
No public events
Tuesday, January 3:
Tuesday, January 3:
Austin
Fort Worth
Austin
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: author and photographer Rhonda Lashley Lopez discusses Don't Make Me Go to Town: Ranchwomen of the Texas Hill Country, 12PM
Houston
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: author and photographer Rhonda Lashley Lopez discusses Don't Make Me Go to Town: Ranchwomen of the Texas Hill Country, 12PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Killeen
Tyku, Words & Wine Wednesdays Spoken Word Open Mic, 8PM
Thursday, January 5:
Killeen
Tyku, Words & Wine Wednesdays Spoken Word Open Mic, 8PM
Thursday, January 5:
Austin
BookPeople, The Rag Editors THORNE DREYER, ALICE EMBREE, and RICHARD CROXDALE speaking and signing Celebrating The Rag: Austin's Iconic Underground Newspaper, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Douglas Box to sign Texas Patriarch, 7PM
Houston
Jung Center of Houston, "Healing Through Deep Listening" with Ginger Clarkson, author of I Dreamed I Was Normal: A Music Therapist’s Journey Through the Realms of Autism, 6:30PM
Friday, January 6:
BookPeople, The Rag Editors THORNE DREYER, ALICE EMBREE, and RICHARD CROXDALE speaking and signing Celebrating The Rag: Austin's Iconic Underground Newspaper, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Douglas Box to sign Texas Patriarch, 7PM
Houston
Jung Center of Houston, "Healing Through Deep Listening" with Ginger Clarkson, author of I Dreamed I Was Normal: A Music Therapist’s Journey Through the Realms of Autism, 6:30PM
Friday, January 6:
Austin
BookPeople, author ALYSSA MALEHORN and illustrator PATRICIA HARDWICK speaking and signing How Old Is Your Soul? and Music of the Butterfly, 7PM
Malvern Books, a reading with acclaimed poets Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum and Jenny Molberg, 7PM
Houston
Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents The Balcony Poets, led by Billie Duncan and Chris Wise, 8:30PM
BookPeople, author ALYSSA MALEHORN and illustrator PATRICIA HARDWICK speaking and signing How Old Is Your Soul? and Music of the Butterfly, 7PM
Malvern Books, a reading with acclaimed poets Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum and Jenny Molberg, 7PM
Houston
Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents The Balcony Poets, led by Billie Duncan and Chris Wise, 8:30PM
Saturday, January 7:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators meeting: Living a Literary Life: Tips and Strategies to Balancing the Chaos with Bethany Hegedus, 10AM
BookPeople, Photographer BYRD WILLIAMS speaking and signing Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family, 3PM
The Dome at Radiance, Texas Women Write (or Wrong!): prose, poetry, and a short play (fundraiser for the Golden Dome of Meditation in the community of Radiance), 7:30PM
BookPeople, Austin Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators meeting: Living a Literary Life: Tips and Strategies to Balancing the Chaos with Bethany Hegedus, 10AM
BookPeople, Photographer BYRD WILLIAMS speaking and signing Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family, 3PM
The Dome at Radiance, Texas Women Write (or Wrong!): prose, poetry, and a short play (fundraiser for the Golden Dome of Meditation in the community of Radiance), 7:30PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Pandora's Box kicks off 2017 with poets Jenny Molberg, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, and Caitlin Pryor, 7PMDenton
B&N - Golden Triangle Mall, multiple author signing: Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, 2PMEl Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Milagrito Limbs" with Karla Nabil, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
La Mancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp workshop: So You Want to Publish a Book? with Rachel Pilcher, 10AM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Alexandra Bracken will discuss and sign WAYFARER, the second book in the PASSENGER series for young adults, 2PMKaty Budget Books, Quarterly Book Talk: Book Club Recommendations, 4PM
Round Rock
Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
San Antonio
B&N - Bandera Pointe, Annette Lindaas-Kanko signs Whence You Came, 1PMThe Twig Book Shop, Debi Cole reads and signs The Homestead, 11AM
Sunday, January 8:
AustinAustin Public Library - Yarborough, Sisters in Crime seminar: "Death by Firearms" with author and consultant Dr. David Ciambrone, 2:15PM
BookPeople, ALEXANDRA BRACKEN speaking and signing Wayfarer and Susan Dennard speaking and signing Windwitch, 2PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Spiritual Renewal," 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all dayMansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day