• No special events this week

Ongoing Exhibits

• Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 31
• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature exhibition: The Illustrations of Melissa Sweet, Abilene, November 9-January 27

Sunday, December 24

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Monday, December 25

Merry Christmas! Hope y’all got books.

Tuesday, December 26

No public events today. Visit your local bookstore and spend the gift cards you received.

Wednesday, December 27

No public events. Today is a good day to begin reading those books you received from the people who really love you — or just don’t want to see you. ’Cause now you’re busy reading.

Thursday, December 28

Austin

• Recycled Reads Bookstore, Workshop: “Write. Create. Ponder.” with Bernadette Noll, 6PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Collectible Conversations: Dallas historian Bob Reitz will discuss the history of Dallas in the 1950s and ’60s through books, 6PM

• The Wild Detectives, Paul Kix will discuss and sign The Saboteur, in conversation with Sarah Hepola, bestselling author of Blackout, 7:30PM

McAllen

• Luna Coffee House, Celebration of Priscilla Celina Suarez, 2015-17 McAllen Poet Laureate and co-founder of the Gloria Anzaldua Legacy Project, 7PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Jeremy Holt signs Skinned, 6PM

Friday, December 29

No public events today. Finish that book you began reading on Wednesday.

Saturday, December 30

Houston

• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Match Theater, Book release party: The Women of Valour release the 2017 Inspirational Journey, 3PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Melanie Little discusses and signs Experience Strength and Hope, a memoir of recovery, 11AM
  

Sunday, December 31

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Finish all the great Texas books you didn’t get around to earlier in the year so you can begin New Year’s with resolutions to discover new ones in 2018!

Refer to our Best Texas Reads of 2017 list if you need a refresher.

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