Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 21-27, 2017:
Special Events:
TEDx Sugar Land, August 26
Ongoing Exhibits:
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Plano, August 7-September 15
Black Labrador, Houston Writers House social featuring author Kathleen M. Rodgers, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee!, 9:30PM
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Words & Art: Reading featuring Houston-based authors and poets sharing new works inspired by the exhibition “A Better Yesterday”, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Christopher Brown will sign and discuss Tropic of Kansas, Patrick Hemstreet will sign and discuss The God Peak, and Marina Lostetter will sign and discuss Noumenon, 6:30PM
Special Events:
TEDx Sugar Land, August 26
Ongoing Exhibits:
Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams, Abilene, June 8-September 1
George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, San Antonio, June 23-September 4
Monday, August 21:
Austin
Dozen Street, "On Which An Evening Alights" with Chicon Street Poets and Lit City Press, 7PM
Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: "Marketing, Renegade Style" with B. Alan Bourgeois, 7PMTuesday, August 22:
Austin
The Zebra Just Couldn't Decide, 6PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Christopher Michael, 7PM
Interabang Books, YA Book Club: Chandler Baker will read and sign This Is Not the End, and Samantha Mabry will read and sign All the Wind in the World, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Christopher Michael, 7PM
Dallas
Haynes and Boone, LLP, World Affairs Council Dallas Fort Worth's Global Forum hosts Dr. David Priess, author of The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents from Kennedy to Obama, 6PMInterabang Books, YA Book Club: Chandler Baker will read and sign This Is Not the End, and Samantha Mabry will read and sign All the Wind in the World, 7PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Open Mic featuring Of Two Minds and Las Americas Fundraiser Show, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
San Antonio
The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee!, 9:30PM
Wednesday, August 23:
Austin
BookPeople, MICHAEL CORCORDAN speaking & signing All Over the Map, 7PM
Houston
BookPeople, MICHAEL CORCORDAN speaking & signing All Over the Map, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Trinity University - LAURIE AUDITORIUM, Reading TUgether Lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winner Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, 6PMThursday, August 24:
Austin
BookPeople, AMY L. STONE speaking & signing Cornyation: San Antonio's Outrageous Fiesta Tradition, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Ready or Not!: 150+ Make-Ahead, Make-Over, and Make-Now Recipes by Nom Nom Paleo book signing with Michelle Tam, 7PM
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas chapter of the Nonfiction Authors Association meeting featuring "NETWORKING 101 FOR WRITERS" with WHITNEY DAVIS, LITERARY MANAGER, 7PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Andrew Gross reads and signs Saboteur, 7PM
Interabang Books, Jan Reid reads and signs Sins of the Younger Sons, 7PM
SMU - McFarlin, Points Summer Book Club 2017 presents an evening with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit In the American City, 6PM
El Paso
501 Bar & Bistro, FrontEra Poetry Slam, 7PM
B&N - Lincoln Park, Ready or Not!: 150+ Make-Ahead, Make-Over, and Make-Now Recipes by Nom Nom Paleo book signing with Michelle Tam, 7PM
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas chapter of the Nonfiction Authors Association meeting featuring "NETWORKING 101 FOR WRITERS" with WHITNEY DAVIS, LITERARY MANAGER, 7PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Andrew Gross reads and signs Saboteur, 7PM
Interabang Books, Jan Reid reads and signs Sins of the Younger Sons, 7PM
SMU - McFarlin, Points Summer Book Club 2017 presents an evening with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit In the American City, 6PM
El Paso
501 Bar & Bistro, FrontEra Poetry Slam, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Christopher Brown will sign and discuss Tropic of Kansas, Patrick Hemstreet will sign and discuss The God Peak, and Marina Lostetter will sign and discuss Noumenon, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Melissa Algood reads and signs Everything That Counts, 4PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, August 25:
Friday, August 25:
Austin
BookPeople, MICHELLE TAM speaking & signing READY OR NOT! (with Edible Austin curated tastings), 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring young women writers from the Austin community, 7PM
Houston
Houston
Murder By the Book, Andrew Gross will sign and discuss Saboteur, 6:30PM
Lubbock
B&N, Just Juliet book signing with Charlotte Reagan, 7PM
Saturday, August 26:
Lubbock
B&N, Just Juliet book signing with Charlotte Reagan, 7PM
Saturday, August 26:
Austin
Blue Willow Bookshop, Michelle Tam will sign her new cookbook, READY OR NOT!, the newest in her NOM NOM PALEO series, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, John Young reads and signs The Chapel, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing for Magazines" with Katharine Shilcutt, 9:30AM
Hurst
B&N - North East Mall, Success in the Face of Change book signing with Paige Whitmire, 1PM
B&N - Arboretum, Mike Cox signs Legends & Lore of the Texas Capitol, 2PM
BookPeople, MARK PRYOR speaking and signing The Sorbonne Affair, JAMES ZISKIN speaking and signing Cast the First Stone, and PJ TRACY speaking & signing Nothing Stays Buried, 6PM
Corpus Christi
B&N, local author Andy Purvis signs This Close to Greatness, 1PM
BookPeople, MARK PRYOR speaking and signing The Sorbonne Affair, JAMES ZISKIN speaking and signing Cast the First Stone, and PJ TRACY speaking & signing Nothing Stays Buried, 6PM
Corpus Christi
B&N, local author Andy Purvis signs This Close to Greatness, 1PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, SLAM! Vol. 1 book discussion and signing with Pamela Ribon, Veronica, and members of the Dallas Derby Devils, 6PMB&N - Preston/Royal, Melissa Cynova discusses and signs Kitchen Table Tarot: Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let's Talk Tarot, 2PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Deep In The Shadows book signing with Hipolito Acosta, 1PM
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Restoring Silence" with Kit Wren, 12:45PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Eddie Morrison and Bill Keith discuss and sign They Call Me Eddie Morrison: Cherokee National Treasure, 2PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Joan Murray signs I MUST Pray, 2PMEl Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Restoring Silence" with Kit Wren, 12:45PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Eddie Morrison and Bill Keith discuss and sign They Call Me Eddie Morrison: Cherokee National Treasure, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Michelle Tam will sign her new cookbook, READY OR NOT!, the newest in her NOM NOM PALEO series, 1PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, annual Texas Poetry Calendar reading!, 4PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
River Oaks Bookstore, John Young reads and signs The Chapel, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing for Magazines" with Katharine Shilcutt, 9:30AM
Hurst
B&N - North East Mall, Success in the Face of Change book signing with Paige Whitmire, 1PM
Lubbock
B&N, Bob Horton signs Of Bulletins and Booze: A Newsman's Story of Recovery, 1PM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Plano pastor Derrick Smith discusses and signs When Your Christianity Renders You Ineffective, 2PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Kevin Price signs Ideas of Illusion, 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, Max Knight signs Palo Duro and Silver Taps, 11AM
Sugar Land
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Plano pastor Derrick Smith discusses and signs When Your Christianity Renders You Ineffective, 2PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Kevin Price signs Ideas of Illusion, 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, Max Knight signs Palo Duro and Silver Taps, 11AM
Sugar Land
Half Price Books, local author Sonya Hurst will sell and sign Prayers that Open the Portals of Heaven, 1PM
Sunday, August 27:
Sunday, August 27:
Austin
UT - Stark Center for Physical Culture, Don Tate launches his new book, STRONG AS SANDOW: HOW EUGEN SANDOW BECAME THE STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH, 3PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Brent Blonigan signs There are No Silver Bullets: My Family, My Depression, 2PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local authors Steven Dean and Danial Darrouzet will sell and sign Truth Connections: An Understanding of a Course in Miracles and Stories From the Tin Box: Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, respectively, 1PM
The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript" with Blake Atwood, 3PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local authors Steven Dean and Danial Darrouzet will sell and sign Truth Connections: An Understanding of a Course in Miracles and Stories From the Tin Box: Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, respectively, 1PM
The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript" with Blake Atwood, 3PM
Frisco
Frisco Public Library, SISTERS IN CRIME NORTH DALLAS meeting featuring "ACT IIb | Saggy Middles" with J. Suzanne Frank, 2PM
Frisco Public Library, SISTERS IN CRIME NORTH DALLAS meeting featuring "ACT IIb | Saggy Middles" with J. Suzanne Frank, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach discuss and sign VIOLATED, 5PM
