Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of January 1-7, 2018:Special Events:
WITS Winter Slam Camp (5th-8th grades), Houston, January 2-4
Ongoing Exhibits:
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibition: The Illustrations of Melissa Sweet, Abilene, November 9-January 27
Happy New Year!
Tuesday, January 2:
Austin
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7PMSan Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee and Project Mayhem, 10PM
Wednesday, January 3:
Wednesday, January 3:
Austin
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Professor Kevin Sweeney discusses Prelude to the Dust Bowl: Drought in the Nineteenth-Century Southern Plains, 12PM
Thursday, January 4:
Sugar LandB&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, January 5:
Friday, January 5:
Austin
BookPeople, Gene Ames Jr. speaking and signing A Wildcatter's Trek, Boyd Taylor speaking and signing Necissities, and Catia Hernandez Holm speaking & signing The Courage to Become, 7PMDallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kij Johnson reads and signs THE RIVER BANK, 3PMMurder By the Book, Thomas Perry will sign and discuss his newest book The Bomb Perry, 6:30PM
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, John & Mackenzie Baldwin signing Almost Gone, 7PM
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, John & Mackenzie Baldwin signing Almost Gone, 7PM
San Antonio
Gemini Ink, a special talk, reading, and book signing featuring four California Latinx writers: Marisol Baca, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, poet Yaccaira Salvatierra, and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, 6:30PM
Saturday, January 6:
BookPeople, SCBWI Austin Monthly Meeting: Making a Book with Jessica Lee Anderson, Madeline Smoot, and Jeff Crosby, 10AMSaturday, January 6:
Austin
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Campfireball Dallas: The Los Angeles-based existential variety show with host, Cory Howard, weaves together performances from local comedians, musicians and storytellers with an immersive, audience driven storyline, 7:30PM
Denton
Wine Squared, Party On! with Spiderweb Salon: meet the new editorial team + performances and open mic, 7PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Writing and Riding The Border: Poems From Your Spinning Wheels" with Lawrence Welsh, 12:45PM
Midland
Midland
The Twig Book Shop, Dirk Weisiger discusses and signs Leave Tomorrow: My Ride to the Bottom of the World, 11AM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, April Houston signing From Damaged to Destined, 1PM
Sunday, January 7:
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, April Houston signing From Damaged to Destined, 1PM
Sunday, January 7:
Austin
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "New Year, New You! Commit to Your Creativity" with Claire Campbell and Bethany Hegedus, 3PM
Dallas
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Houston
Murder By the Book, Robert Crais will sign and discuss The Wanted, 4PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Robert Crais will sign and discuss The Wanted, 4PM
San Antonio
