Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of May 28-June 3, 2018: Special Events:
Elena Gallego Rare Books Pop-up Shop, San Antonio, May 19-June 3
Ongoing Exhibits:
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Carlos Velázquez, el “enfant terrible” de las letras mexicanas, en la presentación de su libro de relatos, La efeba salvaje, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Memorial Day Poetry, 11AMSan Antonio
Tuesday, May 29:
Austin
Central Presbyterian Church, MICHAEL POLLAN speaking and signing How to Change Your Mind, 7PM [ticketed event]
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring the Dallas Poetry Slam, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring the Dallas Poetry Slam, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Stephanie Tornatore & Adam Bannon present HEALTHY MEAL PREP, 7PMEl Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Library, unique book event with the authors/photographer of the book Behind the Texas Badge: Learn more about the North Richland Hills police officers and other local officers in the book during a meet and greet and book signing, 6:30PM [registration required]
San Antonio
San Antonio
Austin
BookPeople, JOE CRESPINO speaking & signing ATTICUS FINCH, THE BIOGRAPHY, 7PM
LBJ Library, a conversation with author and journalist Jake Tapper, speaking in conversation with Mark K. Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation, about his debut political thriller, The Hellfire Club, 6PM [a Friends event]
Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature featuring Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts French literature professor, fashion historian, and acclaimed author Dr. Caroline Weber discussing her newest book, Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin de Siecle Paris, 7:30PMBookPeople, JOE CRESPINO speaking & signing ATTICUS FINCH, THE BIOGRAPHY, 7PM
LBJ Library, a conversation with author and journalist Jake Tapper, speaking in conversation with Mark K. Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation, about his debut political thriller, The Hellfire Club, 6PM [a Friends event]
Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature featuring Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM
Dallas
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Reign the Earth (The Elementae Series #1) book signing with A. C. Gaughen, and The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I book signing with Carolyn Mackler, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Ballroom at Bayou Place, Brazos Bookstore and the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston present James Clapper, speaking about his new book FACTS AND FEARS: HARD TRUTHS FROM A LIFE IN INTELLIGENCE, 7:30PM
Thursday, May 31:
Ballroom at Bayou Place, Brazos Bookstore and the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston present James Clapper, speaking about his new book FACTS AND FEARS: HARD TRUTHS FROM A LIFE IN INTELLIGENCE, 7:30PM
Thursday, May 31:
Austin
Houston
Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Karyna McGlynn, Analicia Sotelo & Nancy Reddy, 8:30PM
Plano
The Hope Center, Critical Conversations Speaker Series: Michele Rigby Assad, author of Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me About What’s Worth Fighting For, 7PM
San Antonio
Carmens De La Calle Café, Jazz & Poetry w/Purpose, 7:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, poet David Eye reading and signing Seed, 5PM
The Twig Book Shop, poet David Eye reading and signing Seed, 5PM
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Tyler
Half Price Books, local author Eric Duvall will sell and sign his war novel 100% Faith, 0% Fear, 4PM
Tyler
Half Price Books, local author Eric Duvall will sell and sign his war novel 100% Faith, 0% Fear, 4PM
Friday, June 1:
Austin
BookPeople, LAIRD BARRON speaking & signing Blood Standard, 7PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Take To The Territory, Jim Trainer’s fourth collection of poetry and prose, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Rob Lowe presents Stories I Only Tell My Friends, his one-man show inspired by the success of his two New York Times bestselling memoirs, Stories I Only Tell My Friends and Love Life, 8PM [VIP tickets include a signed copy of the book]
Canyon
Canyon Area Library, book release party for FLASH: THE STORY OF ME and TAZ & THE BIG FLAPPY THING, 10AM
Dallas
Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre, Poets 'n Jazz #5 with ZEMILL and VERB KULTURE, 9PMMalvern Books, celebrate the launch of Take To The Territory, Jim Trainer’s fourth collection of poetry and prose, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Rob Lowe presents Stories I Only Tell My Friends, his one-man show inspired by the success of his two New York Times bestselling memoirs, Stories I Only Tell My Friends and Love Life, 8PM [VIP tickets include a signed copy of the book]
Canyon
Canyon Area Library, book release party for FLASH: THE STORY OF ME and TAZ & THE BIG FLAPPY THING, 10AM
Dallas
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Poetry: Nancy Reddy reading from ACADIANA & Lauren Berry reading from THE LIFTING DRESS, 7PMInprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Saba Husain, 8:30PM
Murder By the Book, Aaron Mahnke will sign and discuss The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals, 6:30PM
Saturday, June 2:
Austin
BookPeople, BILL KILDAY speaking & signing Never Lost Again (followed by a scavenger hunt), 2PM
Half Price Books - S. Lamar, local author Diane Metzger will sell and sign her historical novel Willow Bend: Welcoming Our Soldiers Home, 1PM
Canyon
Burrowing Owl Bookstore, Kathie Campbell Greer signing Sliding for Home, 11AM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Dallas
Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre, Poets 'n Jazz #5 with ZEMILL and VERB KULTURE, 9PM
Interabang Books, Clotilde Dusoulier discussing and signing TASTING PARIS, 7PM
Interabang Books, Clotilde Dusoulier discussing and signing TASTING PARIS, 7PM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "The Call You Ecstasy" with Sandra Torrez, 12:45PM
Houston
Katy Budget Books, Michele Mathews signs Mommy Business, a humorous guide to taking back control of your life, your children, and your marriage; and The 24th Life, a paranormal romance, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Laird Barron will sign and discuss Blood Standard, 4:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing from your Life" with Cameron Dezen Hammon, 9:30AM
Murder By the Book, Laird Barron will sign and discuss Blood Standard, 4:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing from your Life" with Cameron Dezen Hammon, 9:30AM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Write Great Titles" with Dr. Cynthia Childress, 4PM
Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches Public Library, Texas Writers' League workshop: The Craft + Business of Writing with WLT: Nacogdoches Edition featuring Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 3PMSan Antonio
Dead Tree Books, L.B. Ellis reading and signing Paris, 2PM
Hotel Emma, Ven a Comer: multi-course dinner featuring modern interpretations of food and spirits from UTSA’s historic Mexican Cookbook Collection, 5:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Ginny Brown signing Chasing the Perfect Moment, 11AM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Sonya Hurst signing Prayers that Open the Portals of Heaven, 1PM
Tyler
B&N, Author signing of The Eyes of the Doe and Mademoiselle Renoir a Paris by Patricia Taylor Wells, 1PM
Hotel Emma, Ven a Comer: multi-course dinner featuring modern interpretations of food and spirits from UTSA’s historic Mexican Cookbook Collection, 5:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Ginny Brown signing Chasing the Perfect Moment, 11AM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Sonya Hurst signing Prayers that Open the Portals of Heaven, 1PM
Tyler
B&N, Author signing of The Eyes of the Doe and Mademoiselle Renoir a Paris by Patricia Taylor Wells, 1PM
Sunday, June 3:
Austin
BookPeople, LEWIS SMITH speaking & signing The Gnostic Library, 2PM
Dallas
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Trey Moody & Melissa Cundieff - Poetry Reading, 3PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Find Your Plot: A Storytelling Seminar" with J.R. Forasteros, 3PM
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The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Find Your Plot: A Storytelling Seminar" with J.R. Forasteros, 3PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Lawrence Hodgeswill sell and sign his inspirational memoir Raised From the Dead, and local author Thomas Fletcher Grooms will sell and sign his business book Market Intelligence: The Original Work, 1PM
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Women Galore Edition, 7PM
Houston
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Women Galore Edition, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Samuel Miller, formerly of the band Paradise Fears, will discuss and sign his debut novel A LITE TOO BRIGHT, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Phil West signing I Believe That We Will Win: The Path to a US Men's World Cup Victory, 12PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Phil West signing I Believe That We Will Win: The Path to a US Men's World Cup Victory, 12PM
