Bookish events in Texas for the week of January 25 - 31, 2016:
Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
Monday, January 25:
Brazos Bookstore, Bartee Haile discusses and signs TEXAS BOOMTOWNS, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Kevin Hearne will sign and discuss the newest Iron Druid book, Staked, 6:30PM
Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Kevin Prufer, Jonathan Moody, and Jeni McFarland, 8:30PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Daring Reads YA Author Panel and book signing with Julie Murphy, Jessica Brody, Lori Goldstein, Jenny Martin, and Morgan Matson, 7PM
Friday, January 29:
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Untamed: A Splintered Companion signing with A.G. Howard, 7PM
HoustonBlue Willow Bookshop, Kiera Cass will discuss and sign her new book for teens, THE SIREN, 7PM
BookPeople, Austin Author EMMA VIRJAN speaking & signing What This Story Needs Is A Hush and a Shush, 1PM
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking & signing Where It Hurts, 5PM
BookWoman, Poetry Reading with Wendy Barker & Natalia Trevino, 6PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, Melissa R. Hood will sell and sign Memoirs of an ADHD Mind: God Was a Genius in the Way He Made Me, 1PM
DallasB&N - Preston/Royal, Dr. Bob Ward signs Building the Perfect Star: Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them, 1PM
Dallas Public Library - Preston/Royal, Dr. Michael Weisberg discusses and signs The Hospitalist, 2PM
Denton
Denton Public Library - North Branch, stories from visiting children's author James Martinez, 11AM
El PasoB&N - Fountains at Farah, Brenda Drake signs Thief of Lies, 2PM
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Political Writing Around the World with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM
Farmers Branch
Manske Library, narrator Johnny Heller reading and discussion, 3PM
HoustonB&N - Town & Country, The Healing Kitchen: 175+ Quick & Easy Paleo Recipes to Help You Thrive signing with Sarah Ballantyne, 1PM
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, author and historian Mary Miley Theobald presents Death By Petticoat, 2PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Crystal Allen launches her third book, THE MAGNIFICENT MYA TIBBS: SPIRIT WEEK SHOWDOWN, 1PM
Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, local author Elaine O’Rourke will sell and sign her children’s book, Seymour Reaches the Sky, 1PM
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art presents Arts & Letters Live! - Chris Grabenstein: Fast-Paced Fun Reads, 3PM
Special Events:
Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
Monday, January 25:
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art presents Arts & Letters Live! - Texas Bound I: Human Foibles & Hijinks with Octavio Solis, Owen Egerton, Chris Hury, and G. W. Bailey, 7:30PM
Houston
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art presents Arts & Letters Live! - Texas Bound I: Human Foibles & Hijinks with Octavio Solis, Owen Egerton, Chris Hury, and G. W. Bailey, 7:30PM
Houston
Cullen Theatre, Inprint Houston's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Anthony Doerr, 7:30PM [SOLD OUT]
Tuesday, January 26:
Tuesday, January 26:
Austin
Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything Is Bigger presents: Kirk Lynn, Kim Kyung Ju, Jake Levine & Elizabeth Chao, 7:30PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, SOUP'S ON: STONE SOUP SHOWCASE, 7PM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
San Antonio
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Wednesday, January 27:
Wednesday, January 27:
Austin
BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author KEVIN HEARNE and Edgar Award Winning Author ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking & signing Staked (Hearne) & City of Blades (Bennett), 7PM
Dallas
Dallas City Performance Hall, Maz Jobrani presents his autobiography, I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One on TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man, 7PMBookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author KEVIN HEARNE and Edgar Award Winning Author ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking & signing Staked (Hearne) & City of Blades (Bennett), 7PM
Dallas
Kettle Art, Pegasus Reading Series presents poets KIM KYUNG JU, JAKE LEVINE, and KARISSA MORTON, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, David O. Stewart presents The Wilson Deception, 5:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Reed Farrel Coleman reads and signs Where It Hurts, 7:30PM
Houston
SMU - McCord Auditorium, David O. Stewart presents The Wilson Deception, 5:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Reed Farrel Coleman reads and signs Where It Hurts, 7:30PM
Houston
AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
Jones Hall, Houston Symphony Orchestra presents Garrison Keillor, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Alafair Burke will discuss her latest stand-alone novel, The Ex, with Meg Gardiner, 6:30PM
Jones Hall, Houston Symphony Orchestra presents Garrison Keillor, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Alafair Burke will discuss her latest stand-alone novel, The Ex, with Meg Gardiner, 6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rice Design Alliance Lecture Series presents landscape architect Chris Reed, co--editor of Projective Infrastructures, 7PM
Thursday, January 28:
Thursday, January 28:
Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Young Adult Author KIERA CASS speaking & signing The Siren, 7PM
Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner, 7PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner, 7PM
Dallas
Aaron Family JCC, Dr. Ron Wolfson presents The Best Boy in the United States of America: A Memoir of Blessing and Kisses, 7PM
South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora: New Dialogues - Chris Abani reads from and signs The Secret History of Las Vegas, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Karen Olsson reads and signs All the Houses, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, What This Story Needs is a Hush and a Shush signing with Emma Virjan, 6PM
Houston
South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora: New Dialogues - Chris Abani reads from and signs The Secret History of Las Vegas, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Karen Olsson reads and signs All the Houses, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, What This Story Needs is a Hush and a Shush signing with Emma Virjan, 6PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Kevin Hearne will sign and discuss the newest Iron Druid book, Staked, 6:30PM
Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Kevin Prufer, Jonathan Moody, and Jeni McFarland, 8:30PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Daring Reads YA Author Panel and book signing with Julie Murphy, Jessica Brody, Lori Goldstein, Jenny Martin, and Morgan Matson, 7PM
Friday, January 29:
Austin
BookPeople, Paleo Gurus ALAENA HABER & SARAH BALLANTYNE speaking & signing The Healing Kitchen: 175+ Quick & Easy Paleo Recipes to Help You Thrive, 7PMFrisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Untamed: A Splintered Companion signing with A.G. Howard, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Where It Hurts, 6:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, Assistance League of San Antonio Lit 'n Lunch with Jan Jarboe Russell (Train to Crystal City), Sarah Bird (Above the East China Sea), and Catherine Stier (Welcome to America, Champ), 11:30AM
Saturday, January 30:
San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, Assistance League of San Antonio Lit 'n Lunch with Jan Jarboe Russell (Train to Crystal City), Sarah Bird (Above the East China Sea), and Catherine Stier (Welcome to America, Champ), 11:30AM
Saturday, January 30:
Austin
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: How to Workshop Your Writing with Charlotte Gullick, 9AM
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: How to Workshop Your Writing with Charlotte Gullick, 9AM
BookPeople, Austin Author EMMA VIRJAN speaking & signing What This Story Needs Is A Hush and a Shush, 1PM
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking & signing Where It Hurts, 5PM
BookWoman, Poetry Reading with Wendy Barker & Natalia Trevino, 6PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, Melissa R. Hood will sell and sign Memoirs of an ADHD Mind: God Was a Genius in the Way He Made Me, 1PM
Cedar Hill
B&N - Hillside Village, Karla Antoinette Baptiste signs Dig in Your Heels: The Glamorous (and Not So Glamorous) Life of a Young Breast Cancer Survivor, 1PM
College Station
B&N, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM
College Station
B&N, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM
Dallas
Dallas Public Library - Preston/Royal, Dr. Michael Weisberg discusses and signs The Hospitalist, 2PM
Denton
Denton Public Library - North Branch, stories from visiting children's author James Martinez, 11AM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Political Writing Around the World with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM
Farmers Branch
Manske Library, narrator Johnny Heller reading and discussion, 3PM
Houston
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, author and historian Mary Miley Theobald presents Death By Petticoat, 2PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Crystal Allen launches her third book, THE MAGNIFICENT MYA TIBBS: SPIRIT WEEK SHOWDOWN, 1PM
Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, local author Elaine O’Rourke will sell and sign her children’s book, Seymour Reaches the Sky, 1PM
Katy Budget Books, Whit McClendon signs his fantasy novel Gart's Road, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Wendy Bergin will sign and discuss The Threshold of Eden, 3:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, A.P. Greenwood discusses and signs What Every (New) Author Should Know, 3PM
Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, You Are Invited signing with Janelle Friedman, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, A.P. Greenwood discusses and signs What Every (New) Author Should Know, 3PM
Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, You Are Invited signing with Janelle Friedman, 1PM
San Antonio
Half Price Books - Huebner, Lee Young will sell and sign Prepare For Greater Things: Understanding God’s Plan for Your Life, 1PM
The Twig Book Shop, Signing and Performance with Rickey Pittman: Rio Grande Valley ABC, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, poet Karen Klassen reading, discussing, and signing The Rhythm of Time, 1PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Laura Maisano signing Schism, 1PM
The Twig Book Shop, Signing and Performance with Rickey Pittman: Rio Grande Valley ABC, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, poet Karen Klassen reading, discussing, and signing The Rhythm of Time, 1PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Laura Maisano signing Schism, 1PM
Sunday, January 31:
Austin
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author IAN RANKIN speaking & signing Even Dogs in the Wild, 3PM
BookWoman, TORCH Wildfire Reading Series featuring Mahogany L. Browne & Ebony Stewart, 6PM
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author IAN RANKIN speaking & signing Even Dogs in the Wild, 3PM
BookWoman, TORCH Wildfire Reading Series featuring Mahogany L. Browne & Ebony Stewart, 6PM
BookWoman, Susan Wittig Albert Book Launch for Loving Eleanor, 2PM
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art presents Arts & Letters Live! - Chris Grabenstein: Fast-Paced Fun Reads, 3PM
Nasher Sculpture Center, Wordspace presents “Inverse/Looped” at Piero Golia’s Chalet Dallas, 2PM
Houston
Houston
Murder By the Book, A.G. Howard will sign and discuss her young adult novel,Untamed, 2PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, An evening of poetry with Wendy Barker and Barbara Ras, 5PM
