Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 10-16, 2017: Special Events:
Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 29-July 30
The LaNana Creek Press Summer Letterpress and Book Art Intensive, Nacogdoches, July 8-August 5
Barrio Writers Summer Workshop, Austin, July 10-15
10th Annual Wild West History Association Roundup, Fort Worth, July 12-15
Archer City Story Center Weekend Workshop: Writing the Nonfiction Book Proposal, July 14-16
ArlingCon: Arlington Public Library's Comic, SciFi & Fantasy Convention, Arlington, July 15
East Texas Writers Guild's 14th Annual Writer's Conference, Tyler, July 15
Texas Sports Hall of Fame 1st Annual Book Festival, Waco, July 15
2017 North Texas Comic Book Show, Irving, July 15-16
Ongoing Exhibits:
Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6-July 16
Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Austin, June 5-August 13
Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams, Abilene, June 8-September 1
George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, San Antonio, June 23-September 4
Austin
BookPeople, DARYL GREGORY speaking & signing Spoonbenders, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Beatriz Williams reads and signs COCOA BEACH, 7PM
Houston
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Brazos Bookstore presents Roxane Gay reading from HUNGER: A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY (in partnership with the Houston Public Library), 8PM
Tuesday, July 11:
Austin
BookPeople, ROXANE GAY speaking & signing Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, 7PM [ticket required for signing line]
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Professor J, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Professor J, 7PM
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting with guest speaker Russell C. Connor, author of Good Neighbors, 7PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series featuring Phobia the Prophet, 8PM
Harker Heights
B&N, The Confusion of Languages book signing with Siobhan Fallon, 7PM
Houston
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Loueva Smith and Elina Petrova, 6:30PMHouston Museum of Natural Science, Kathy Reichs reads and signs Two Nights (in partnership with Murder By the Book), 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Beauty, 7:30PM
Wednesday, July 12:
Austin
BookPeople, DREW MAGARY speaking & signing The Hike, 7PM
BookPeople, DREW MAGARY speaking & signing The Hike, 7PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: Becky Aikman discusses and signs Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma and Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge (in conversation with Chris Vognar of the Dallas Morning News), 7PMHouston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Thursday, July 13:
Austin
BookPeople, ALEXANDRA FULLER speaking & signing Quiet Until the Thaw, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jonathan Moody, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jonathan Moody, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Anna Castle, author of Publish and Perish, and Karen MacInerney, author of Mother's Little Helper, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Poetry Reading: Christopher Stephen Soden, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Poetry Reading: Christopher Stephen Soden, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, David Tomlinson reads and signs The Midnight Man, 5PM
Seabrook
Harris County Public Library - Evelyn Meador, Storyteller Jean Donatto presents “This Train is Bound for Story,” 2:30PM
Sugar Land
Austin
BookPeople, CHRISTOPHER BROWN speaking and signing Tropic of Cancer, and NICKY DRAYDEN speaking & signing The Prey of Gods, 7PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of the debut issue of Kallisto Gaia Press’ literary journal, The Ocotillo Review, 7PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents the GNO Show, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Anis Shivani discussing and signing LITERARY WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY, 7PMMalvern Books, celebrate the launch of the debut issue of Kallisto Gaia Press’ literary journal, The Ocotillo Review, 7PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents the GNO Show, 8PM
Houston
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Rachel Caine meet & greet and book signing, 5PM
Saturday, July 15:
Amarillo
Chase Tower, Texas High Plains Writers meeting: Ryan McSwain, author of Four Color Bleed, discusses self-publishing, 9:30AM
Austin
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "No Direction Home" with Sandy Torrez, 12:45PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Kimber Fountain signing Galveston Seawall Chronicles, 3PM
HoustonB&N - Westheimer Crossing, Diana J. Noble discusses and signs Evangelina Takes Flight, 1PM
Brazos Bookstore, Story time: Local writer Erin Nelsen Parekh reading from BEHOWL THE MOON, 10:30AM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Rachel Caine will sign and discuss Ash and Quill and Stillhouse Lake; Martha Wells will sign and discuss All Systems Red and The Harbors of the Sun, 4:30PM
Southlake
Chase Tower, Texas High Plains Writers meeting: Ryan McSwain, author of Four Color Bleed, discusses self-publishing, 9:30AM
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Karen Norton signing Mom, God's Got This: Jamie's Story, 2PM
BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin Monthly Meeting: Online Writing Contests and the Twitter Book Community with Kit Rosewater and Lindsay Leslie, 10AM
BookPeople, VICTOR EMANUEL speaking & signing One More Warbler: A Life with Birds, 4PM [followed by a bird-watching walk at 6PM]
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author D.M. Williams will sell and sign her novella Love In, Air In, 1PM
BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin Monthly Meeting: Online Writing Contests and the Twitter Book Community with Kit Rosewater and Lindsay Leslie, 10AM
BookPeople, VICTOR EMANUEL speaking & signing One More Warbler: A Life with Birds, 4PM [followed by a bird-watching walk at 6PM]
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author D.M. Williams will sell and sign her novella Love In, Air In, 1PM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, local author Bruce Henderson will sell and sign his Techno-thriller White Pages, 1PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of poet Dylan Krieger’s Giving Godhead (with poet Cindy Huyser), 7PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of poet Dylan Krieger’s Giving Godhead (with poet Cindy Huyser), 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Tracy Lawson signs Revolt: Book Four of the Resistance Series, 3PM
El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, C.C. Long signing Connected Minds, 1PM
El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, C.C. Long signing Connected Minds, 1PM
B&N - Sunland Park, The Broken Spoke signing and talk with Donna Marie Miller, 2PM
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "No Direction Home" with Sandy Torrez, 12:45PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Kimber Fountain signing Galveston Seawall Chronicles, 3PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Story time: Local writer Erin Nelsen Parekh reading from BEHOWL THE MOON, 10:30AM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Rachel Caine will sign and discuss Ash and Quill and Stillhouse Lake; Martha Wells will sign and discuss All Systems Red and The Harbors of the Sun, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Laura Lyles Reagan discusses and signs How to Raise Respectful Parents, 3PM
Pasadena
B&N - Fairway Market, E. Paige Burks signs Return to Royalty, 1PM
Pasadena
B&N - Fairway Market, E. Paige Burks signs Return to Royalty, 1PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Amelinda Casias signs Into the Light of Jesus, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: J.T. Lozano, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: J.T. Lozano, 1PM
Austin
BookPeople, DUNCAN JONES speaking & signing The Zebra Just Couldn't Decide, 3PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Houston
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Daniel Silva discusses and signs House of Spies (in conversation with Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider), 5PMMATCH Houston, Meta-Four Houston vs Houston VIP: Send off Poetry Slam, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss House of Spies, 2PM [line number required]
Pearland
B&N - Broadway, Jessika Hearne signing Growing Up: Life Behind the Chalkboard, 2:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Holly Castillo reads and signs Texas Conquest, 11AM
