Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 22-28, 2016:
Ongoing Exhibits:
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Benjamin Rybek, Christopher Brean Murray, and Aliah Lavonne Tigh, 8:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, David Lemaster reads and signs The Passers, 5PM
HoustonMurder By the Book, Reading and signing with Elsa Hart and Julia Keller, 6:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Coach G.A. Moore and Ed Housewright discuss and sign Beyond Just Win: A Profile of G.A. Moore, 4PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Maria Elena Sandovici signs Lost Path to Solitude, 3PM
Houston
Half Price Books - North Oaks, local author Vicky Dezine will sell and sign More Than a Woman, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Christopher Carmona reads and signs The Road to Llorona Park, 1PM
The WoodlandsB&N, Brian McTaggart signs 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 12PM
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, August 22:Austin
BookPeople, Author & Documentary Playwright LARA NAUGHTON speaking & signing The Jaguar Man, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel P. Roth discusses and signs CONVICT COWBOYS, 7PM
Tuesday, August 23:
BookPeople, Author & Documentary Playwright LARA NAUGHTON speaking & signing The Jaguar Man, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel P. Roth discusses and signs CONVICT COWBOYS, 7PM
Tuesday, August 23:
Austin
Malvern Books, François Pointeau hosts Multi-Verse, a new Poetry reading series, featuring local poets Michael Gilmore and Richard Cole, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 6:30PM
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Writer's Garret presents Soup's On: Stone Soup Showcase with Jolee Davis, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Lance Hawvermale reads and signs Face Blind, 7:30PM
Fort Worth
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 6:30PM
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Writer's Garret presents Soup's On: Stone Soup Showcase with Jolee Davis, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Lance Hawvermale reads and signs Face Blind, 7:30PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
The Fort Worth Club, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 11:30AM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jayme Lynn Blaschke discusses and signs INSIDE THE TEXAS CHICKEN RANCH, 7PM
The Fort Worth Club, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 11:30AM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jayme Lynn Blaschke discusses and signs INSIDE THE TEXAS CHICKEN RANCH, 7PM
Kaboom Books, Mark Jodon reads and signs his debut poetry collection Day of the Speckled Trout, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Erik Storey will sign and discuss his debut novel Nothing Short of Dying, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Erik Storey will sign and discuss his debut novel Nothing Short of Dying, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Wednesday, August 24:
Wednesday, August 24:
Austin
Austin Books & Comics, artist Matt Frank signs Godzilla: Rage Across Time, 3PM
Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Evening of Poetry with the Typewriter Rodeo, Kristin Anderson, Timothy Dailey-Valdés, and Aimee Mackovic, 7PM
BookPeople, Deb Gabor speaking & signing Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything, 7PM
Dallas
UT - Dallas, Carla Power discussing and signing If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran, 7PM
Houston
Austin Books & Comics, artist Matt Frank signs Godzilla: Rage Across Time, 3PM
Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Evening of Poetry with the Typewriter Rodeo, Kristin Anderson, Timothy Dailey-Valdés, and Aimee Mackovic, 7PM
BookPeople, Deb Gabor speaking & signing Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything, 7PM
Dallas
UT - Dallas, Carla Power discussing and signing If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
Brazos Bookstore, Jesse Donaldson reads and signs THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Jesse Donaldson reads and signs THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Andrew Gross will sign and discuss The One Man, 6:30PM
Thursday, August 25:
Thursday, August 25:
Austin
BookPeople, MONTE AKERS, NATHAN AKERS & ROGER FRIEDMAN speaking & signing Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus, 7PM
Malvern Books, launch of Susan Briante’s new poetry collection The Market Wonders (in association with Bat City Review), 6:30PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Christine Handy to discuss Walk Beside Me, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border featuring Mexican publishing company Sexto Piso, 7:30PM [bilingual event]
BookPeople, MONTE AKERS, NATHAN AKERS & ROGER FRIEDMAN speaking & signing Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus, 7PM
Malvern Books, launch of Susan Briante’s new poetry collection The Market Wonders (in association with Bat City Review), 6:30PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Christine Handy to discuss Walk Beside Me, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border featuring Mexican publishing company Sexto Piso, 7:30PM [bilingual event]
Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, David Lemaster reads and signs The Passers, 5PM
Friday, August 26:
Austin
BookPeople, JESSE DONALDSON speaking & signing The More They Disappear (in conversation with PHILIPP MEYER), 7PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring ELLIE FRANCIS DOUGLASS, DANIELLE ZACCAGNINO, and MEG GRIFFITTS, 7PM
BookPeople, JESSE DONALDSON speaking & signing The More They Disappear (in conversation with PHILIPP MEYER), 7PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring ELLIE FRANCIS DOUGLASS, DANIELLE ZACCAGNINO, and MEG GRIFFITTS, 7PM
Houston
San Antonio
B&N - Ingram Festival, Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus book signing and discussion with Monte Akers, Nathan Akers and Roger Friedman, 7PM
Saturday, August 27:
Saturday, August 27:
Austin
Austin Community College - Riverside, Writers' League of Texas Workshop: "This Word Now: Brainstorming Your Way into Stories and Out of Dead Ends" with Jodi and Owen Egerton, 9AM
BookPeople, HOMER ROSS TOMLIN speaking & signing Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights, 1PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, John Herndon signs One Too Many and Richard Lee Price signs Troubadours: Love Death Rumba, 7PM
BookPeople, HOMER ROSS TOMLIN speaking & signing Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights, 1PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, John Herndon signs One Too Many and Richard Lee Price signs Troubadours: Love Death Rumba, 7PM
Half Price Books - Parmer Crossing, local author E.J. (Earl Bobb Jr.) will sell and sign Orders of Love System, Version 2: My Life, 1PM
Dallas
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Beth Bowland signs Polaris, 2PM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Sheela Wolford: "Living at the Treetop", 12:45PMEl Paso
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Coach G.A. Moore and Ed Housewright discuss and sign Beyond Just Win: A Profile of G.A. Moore, 4PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Maria Elena Sandovici signs Lost Path to Solitude, 3PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Texas Poets read from and sign the 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM
Brazos Bookstore, Paul Luikart reads and signs ANIMAL HEART, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Liv Hadden signs In the Mind of Revenge, 2PM
Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press's SUMMER SHINDIG featuring poets Billie Duncan, Stacy Nigliazzo, Mary Wemple, and Carmen Jacobsen, 7PM
Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press's SUMMER SHINDIG featuring poets Billie Duncan, Stacy Nigliazzo, Mary Wemple, and Carmen Jacobsen, 7PM
Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Personal Essay and Memoir: Turning the Pen on Ourselves with Mark Dostert, 9:30AM
Round Rock
Round Rock Public Library, SCBWI Full Novel Workshop with authors Anne Bustard, P.J. Hoover, and Greg Leitich Smith, 9AM
San Antonio
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield discuss and sign Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Christopher Carmona reads and signs The Road to Llorona Park, 1PM
The Woodlands
Sunday, August 28:
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Homer Ross Tomlin discusses and signs HOMER THORNBERRY, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Homer Ross Tomlin discusses and signs HOMER THORNBERRY, 5PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, J. Ko discusses and signs Into Her World, 2PM
