Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of January 8-14, 2018: Special Events:
2018 Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend, Nacogdoches, January 11-14
Ongoing Exhibits:
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibition: The Illustrations of Melissa Sweet, Abilene, November 9-January 27
Monday, January 8:
Houston
Spring Street Studios, Tooth & Tail: a staged reading and discussion with local playwright Elizabeth A. M. Keel, 7:30PM
Tuesday, January 9:
Austin
BookPeople, E.R. BILLS speaking & signing Texas Far and Wide, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department presents "Out With the Old, In With the New", 8PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring ZAI Album Release (Host: Tova Charles), 7:15PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring publisher and award-winning author Anita Dickason, 7PM
Dallas
Interbang Books, Jack Repp discussing and signing Dreams and Jealousy: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp, 7PMHome Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department presents "Out With the Old, In With the New", 8PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring ZAI Album Release (Host: Tova Charles), 7:15PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring publisher and award-winning author Anita Dickason, 7PM
Dallas
Denton
Spiderweb Salon HQ, LOW POWER RADIO zine workshop, 7PM
Houston
San Antonio
The Mix, Puroslam!, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Kimberly Fish reading and signing Comfort Plans, 5PM
Wednesday, January 10:
Austin
The Twig Book Shop, Kimberly Fish reading and signing Comfort Plans, 5PM
Wednesday, January 10:
Austin
BookPeople, BILL MINUTAGLIO and STEVE DAVIS speaking & signing The Most Dangerous Man in America, 7PM
The Vortex, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED5 hosted by The Poetic Butcher, 6:55PM
Houston
The Vortex, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED5 hosted by The Poetic Butcher, 6:55PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, Professor Peter Hayes discussing Why?: Explaining the Holocaust, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Brad Taylor will sign and discuss Operator Down, 6:30PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, Professor Peter Hayes discussing Why?: Explaining the Holocaust, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Brad Taylor will sign and discuss Operator Down, 6:30PM
Thursday, January 11:
Austin
BookPeople, AMIE KAUFMAN and MEAGAN SPOONER speaking & signing Unearthed (in conversation with Amy Tintera), 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Leticia Urieta (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Rob Reynolds (Wire Mother Monkey Baby) and REYoung (Margarito and the Snowman), 7PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Rob Reynolds (Wire Mother Monkey Baby) and REYoung (Margarito and the Snowman), 7PM
Burnet
Herman Brown Free Library, Coffee Talks Series presents Vanetta Chapman, author of the Shipshewana Amish Mystery Series and the Pebble Creek Amish Series, 1:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Bill Minutaglio & Stephen L. Davis discussing and signing THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA, 7PM
Rudyard's Pub, Houston Public Poetry presents The PM Show featuring poets Chris Diaz, Sharon Marie Olson Rosales, Chris Wise, and Juliane Tran, 6:30PM
Plano
Congregation Anshai Torah, JCC Dallas Bookfest series presents Randy Susan Meyers reading and signing The Widow of Wall Street, 7PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Carver, "Afro Pens and Conversations" (part of Dreamweek), 6:30PM
Sugar Land
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Carver, "Afro Pens and Conversations" (part of Dreamweek), 6:30PM
Sugar Land
BookPeople, MELISSA HARTWIG speaking & signing Whole 30 Fast and Easy!, 7PM
Malvern Books, "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice" featuring poet, playwright, and activist Nikki Luellen (in conversation with writer, educator, and Borderless founder Chaitali Sen), 7PM
Houston
Malvern Books, "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice" featuring poet, playwright, and activist Nikki Luellen (in conversation with writer, educator, and Borderless founder Chaitali Sen), 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Anna Meriano reading and signing LOVE, SUGAR, MAGIC, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Banned Books Discussion Group: how book banning happens, why it’s a problem, and what it’s looked like historically and in the present. If you’re interested in how the community can get involved in the current local situation involving The Hate U Give, come join in the conversation and find out what we can do as concerned community members, 7PM
Saturday, January 13:
Apanas Coffee & Beer, NeoSoul Poetry Slam featuring Rage Almighty, 6PMSaturday, January 13:
Alvarado
Alvarado Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents a "Texas Writes" workshop with Texas authors Jeramey Kraatz and Karen Witemeyer, 10AM
Austin
Alvarado Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents a "Texas Writes" workshop with Texas authors Jeramey Kraatz and Karen Witemeyer, 10AM
Austin
BookPeople, Special Guest Author Story Time: Cristee Cook reading Your Hands Can Change the World, 11:30AM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author Victorious Grace will sell and sign copies of her inspirational memoir, In the Hands of a Loving Father, 1PM
Dallas
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
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Alvin L. Sallee signing Galveston Wharf Stories: People, Places, and Progress, 2PM
Houston
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Alvin L. Sallee signing Galveston Wharf Stories: People, Places, and Progress, 2PM
Houston
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press presents the New Year Shindig 2018 with poets Anis Shivani, Kingsley, Victor “Birdman 313” Johnson, and Mark Jodon, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Dirk Weisiger discussing and signing Leave Tomorrow: My Journey to the Bottom of the World, 3PM
Plano
B&N - Preston Colonnade, Polly Holyoke signing The Neptune Promise, the final book in her award-winning Neptune Trilogy for children, 2PM
Richardson
Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with Sabrina A. Fish (Diomere's Exile) and C.A. Szarek (Crossing Forces series), 3:30PM
Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press presents the New Year Shindig 2018 with poets Anis Shivani, Kingsley, Victor “Birdman 313” Johnson, and Mark Jodon, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Dirk Weisiger discussing and signing Leave Tomorrow: My Journey to the Bottom of the World, 3PM
Plano
B&N - Preston Colonnade, Polly Holyoke signing The Neptune Promise, the final book in her award-winning Neptune Trilogy for children, 2PM
Richardson
Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with Sabrina A. Fish (Diomere's Exile) and C.A. Szarek (Crossing Forces series), 3:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Our Family Reads: The Mayor’s Book Club Kick Off, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Aaron Pratt and Javier Zamora reading and signing J.J. and the Steel Dragon, 11AM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Outspoken Bean, 10:30AM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Karen Norton signing Mom, God's Got This: Jamie's Story, 2PM
Sunday, January 14:
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Karen Norton signing Mom, God's Got This: Jamie's Story, 2PM
Sunday, January 14:
Austin
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author Sharon Hudson will sell and sign her children's book, Millie's Song of Courage, and local author Therone Shellman will sell and sign his spiritual book, Third Eye Awakening, 1PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Shock of a New Beginning," 4PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Shock of a New Beginning," 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sunday: meet local authors and pick up their latest release, 1PM
Houston
