Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 11-17, 2016:
Special Events:
Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 12-15
Macondo Writers Workshop, 14-17
2nd Annual San Antonio Indie Book Fest, July 16
Stop Dreaming and Start Doing: A Conference for Aspiring Writers, Post, July 16
Ongoing Exhibits:
Brazos Bookstore, Venugopal Menon discusses and signs MY MOTHER CALLED ME UNNI, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Martin Limon will sign and discuss Ping-Pong Heart, 6:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony Mall, Story time: Elizabeth Dettling Moreno reads and signs Sancho the Silly Billy Goat, 11AM
Malvern Book, Novel Night with Myra McIlvain & Elizabeth Thomas, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Recycled Reads, Badgerdog Poetry Reading featuring Sasha West, 6:30PM
Columbus
Nesbitt Library, Program and Book Signing: The Texas Landscape Project with David Todd and Jonathan Ogren, 7PM
Dallas
Green Dragon trolley at the Uptown Turntable, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority's inaugural lecture series presents Jeremy Enlow, exclusive photographer of Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch, followed by book signing, 5:30PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Jesse Cancelmo discusses and signs GLORIOUS GULF OF MEXICO, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss The Innocents, 6:30PM
Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 4PM
San Angelo
The House of Fifi DuBois, Book launch party and signing for Dana Glossbrenner's debut novel The Lark, 4:30PM
San Antonio
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Tim Hernandez, 7PM
El PasoB&N - Fountains at Farah, discussion and signing of Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diaries and Autobiography of Dr. Rowland Willard with New Mexico State Librarian Joy Poole, 2PM
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Terril Hebert signs Devil's Dog - Man and Monster, 2PM
Special Events:
Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 12-15
Macondo Writers Workshop, 14-17
2nd Annual San Antonio Indie Book Fest, July 16
Stop Dreaming and Start Doing: A Conference for Aspiring Writers, Post, July 16
Ongoing Exhibits:
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
Monday, July 11:Austin
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, JONAH LISA DYER & STEPHEN DYER BOOK LAUNCH PARTY for The Season, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Becky Wade will discuss and sign RUN THE WORLD: MY 3,500 MILE JOURNEY THROUGH RUNNING CULTURES AROUND THE GLOBE, 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, JONAH LISA DYER & STEPHEN DYER BOOK LAUNCH PARTY for The Season, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Becky Wade will discuss and sign RUN THE WORLD: MY 3,500 MILE JOURNEY THROUGH RUNNING CULTURES AROUND THE GLOBE, 7PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony Mall, Story time: Elizabeth Dettling Moreno reads and signs Sancho the Silly Billy Goat, 11AM
Tuesday, July 12:
Austin
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents MARTIN LIMON speaking and Signing Ping-Pong Heart, BILLY KRING speaking and signing TonTon, and MANNING WOLFE speaking & signing Dollar Signs: Texas Lady Lawyer vs. Boots King, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Dr. Paul Schrodt, the Philip J. and Cheryl C. Burguières Professor of Communication Studies at Texas Christian University, 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip with Eric Barclay reading and signs Hiding Phil, and Paige Britt reading and signing The Lost Track of Time, and Jennifer Ziegler reading and signing Revenge of the Angels, plus Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Silton, 4PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Dr. Paul Schrodt, the Philip J. and Cheryl C. Burguières Professor of Communication Studies at Texas Christian University, 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip with Eric Barclay reading and signs Hiding Phil, and Paige Britt reading and signing The Lost Track of Time, and Jennifer Ziegler reading and signing Revenge of the Angels, plus Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Silton, 4PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads from and signs FUEGO, 7PM
Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture Series: The Voyage of Life by author and professor Stephen Curley, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads from and signs FUEGO, 7PM
Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture Series: The Voyage of Life by author and professor Stephen Curley, 7PM
Murder By the Book, David Bell will sign and discuss Since She Went Away, 6:30PM
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Preservation Houston's History in Print author series presents award-winning Houston architect/author Donna Kacmar, who will discuss and sign BIG Little Houses: Small Houses Designed By Architects, 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Neighborhoods, 7:30PM
San Angelo
San Angelo Writers Club, Dana Glossbrenner reads from her debut novel The Lark, 7PM
San Antonio
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Preservation Houston's History in Print author series presents award-winning Houston architect/author Donna Kacmar, who will discuss and sign BIG Little Houses: Small Houses Designed By Architects, 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Neighborhoods, 7:30PM
San Angelo
San Angelo Writers Club, Dana Glossbrenner reads from her debut novel The Lark, 7PM
San Antonio
Briscoe Western Art Museum, John Phillip Santos discusses The Farthest Home is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy, 6:30PM
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, The Season book signing with Johah Lisa Dyer, 6PM
Wednesday, July 13:
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, The Season book signing with Johah Lisa Dyer, 6PM
Wednesday, July 13:
Austin
BookPeople, professional long-distance runner BECKY WADE speaking & signing Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe, 7PM
Dallas
BookPeople, professional long-distance runner BECKY WADE speaking & signing Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe, 7PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Ace Atkins reads and signs The Innocents, 7:30PM
Houston
Houston
Murder By the Book, Rachel Caine will sign and discuss Paper and Fire, the second book in the Great Library Series, 6:30PM
Thursday, July 14:
Thursday, July 14:
Austin
BookPeople, debut authors JONAH LISA DYER & STEPHEN DYER speaking & signing The Season, 7PM
BookWoman, 2nd Thursday Open Mic Poetry featuring Diane Walker, hosted by Allyson Whipple, 7:15PM
BookPeople, debut authors JONAH LISA DYER & STEPHEN DYER speaking & signing The Season, 7PM
BookWoman, 2nd Thursday Open Mic Poetry featuring Diane Walker, hosted by Allyson Whipple, 7:15PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Recycled Reads, Badgerdog Poetry Reading featuring Sasha West, 6:30PM
Columbus
Nesbitt Library, Program and Book Signing: The Texas Landscape Project with David Todd and Jonathan Ogren, 7PM
Dallas
Green Dragon trolley at the Uptown Turntable, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority's inaugural lecture series presents Jeremy Enlow, exclusive photographer of Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch, followed by book signing, 5:30PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Rachel Starnes will discuss and sign her memoir THE WAR AT HOME, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss The Black Widow, 6:30PM
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Alex Espinoza, 7PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Rachel Starnes will discuss and sign her memoir THE WAR AT HOME, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss The Black Widow, 6:30PM
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Alex Espinoza, 7PM
Friday, July 15:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Elizabeth Garcia will read and sign The Trail of a Rattler, 5:30PM
Austin
Front Street Books, Elizabeth Garcia will read and sign The Trail of a Rattler, 5:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, award-winning journalist ANDREW NAGORSKI speaking & signing The Nazi Hunters, 7PM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: Finding Voice: The Language of Memoir with journalist Sarah Smarsh, 10AM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: Finding Voice: The Language of Memoir with journalist Sarah Smarsh, 10AM
Harker Heights
B&N, Buntyn Family signing Cornbread in Buttermilk, 6PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss The Innocents, 6:30PM
Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 4PM
San Angelo
The House of Fifi DuBois, Book launch party and signing for Dana Glossbrenner's debut novel The Lark, 4:30PM
San Antonio
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Tim Hernandez, 7PM
Saturday, July 16:
Austin
BookPeople, New York Times bestselling author ACE ATKINS speaking & signing The Innocents, 3PM
Malvern Books, Indie Authors at Malvern Books: This month’s guests are James Lopez, Alex Bexar, and Catherine De Young, 3PM
Recycled Reads, Open Mic Showcase, 3:30PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, Indie Authors at Malvern Books: This month’s guests are James Lopez, Alex Bexar, and Catherine De Young, 3PM
Recycled Reads, Open Mic Showcase, 3:30PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Paul D. Spudis discusses and signs The Value of the Moon: How to Explore, Live, and Prosper in Space Using the Moon's Resources, 7PM
Denton
B&N - Golden Triangle Mall, Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas book signing with Richard Gonzales, 1PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, meet and greet J.L. Snyder, author of Battle Cry and Battle Cry 2: Shadow of the Sword, 5PM
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Frances “Snookie” Golding: It's Not Nice to Fool Mother: A New Way to Look at Yourself, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, JAN BENNETT BIRKS discusses and signs HOPE NEXT EXIT, 3PM
LaMancha Business Center, Write Fearlessly! with Rachel Pilcher, 2PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, JAN BENNETT BIRKS discusses and signs HOPE NEXT EXIT, 3PM
LaMancha Business Center, Write Fearlessly! with Rachel Pilcher, 2PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Elise Hopkins Stephens signs From Matriarch to Mayor: Eliza Kempner to Lyda Ann Thomas, Four Generations of Galveston’s Kempner Women Make their Mark, 2PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Get Pop-Cultured: Sci-Fi Author Panel with Cassandra Rose Clark, Ryan Link, and D.L. Young, 2PMGalveston Bookshop, Elise Hopkins Stephens signs From Matriarch to Mayor: Eliza Kempner to Lyda Ann Thomas, Four Generations of Galveston’s Kempner Women Make their Mark, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ali Miller will discuss and sign her cookbook NATURALLY NOURISHED: FOOD-AS-MEDICINE FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Lili Wright will sign and discuss her debut novel Dancing with the Tiger, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Poetry Reading by Saint Julian Press Authors Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Ron Starbuck, and David-Glen Smith, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: Crafting Effective Prose with Cassandra Clarke, 9:30AM
Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM
Marathon
Marathon Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents Texas Writes Workshop with Donna M. Johnson and Michael Hall, 1PM
San AntonioRiver Oaks Bookstore, Poetry Reading by Saint Julian Press Authors Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Ron Starbuck, and David-Glen Smith, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: Crafting Effective Prose with Cassandra Clarke, 9:30AM
Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM
Marathon
Marathon Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents Texas Writes Workshop with Donna M. Johnson and Michael Hall, 1PM
B&N - Ingram Festival, The Season book signing with Jonah Lisa Dyer, 1PM
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Joe Jimenez, 3PM
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Allison Hedge Coke, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Melanie Chrismer will discuss and sign Lone Star Legacy: The Texas Rangers Then and Now, 11AM
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Joe Jimenez, 3PM
Guadalupe Theater, Macondo Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Allison Hedge Coke, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Melanie Chrismer will discuss and sign Lone Star Legacy: The Texas Rangers Then and Now, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Marie Cook discusses and signs The Texas Coast Experience (from Texas Now Magazine), 1PM
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Vannoy Fite signs Essential Oils for Healing, ?
The Woodlands
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Vannoy Fite signs Essential Oils for Healing, ?
The Woodlands
Sunday, July 17:
Austin
BookPeople, musician John Doe speaking & signing Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, 2PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
Recycled Reads, Spoken Word, 2PM
Dallas
BookPeople, musician John Doe speaking & signing Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, 2PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
Recycled Reads, Spoken Word, 2PM
Dallas
Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Daniel Silva will discuss and sign The Black Widow, 7PM
B&N - Preston/Park, Larry Solomon will sign and discuss Translate, Motivate, Activate: A Leader's Guide to Mobilizing Change, 2PM
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Tracy Lawson will sell and sign her new dystopian YA novel, Ignite, book three in the Resistance Series, 1PM
Houston
Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM
Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM
B&N - Preston/Park, Larry Solomon will sign and discuss Translate, Motivate, Activate: A Leader's Guide to Mobilizing Change, 2PM
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Tracy Lawson will sell and sign her new dystopian YA novel, Ignite, book three in the Resistance Series, 1PM
Houston
Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM
Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM
