• 8th Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition & Competition for American Bookbinding, Dallas, June 8-July 13
• 33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 28-July 29

Ongoing Exhibits

• Routine Fables, Houston, May 25-July 29
• Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30

Sunday, July 1

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript” with Blake Atwood, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author Tabitha Darling will sell and sign her fantasy novel Trust: Book 1 of the Children of Chiron Series, and local author Kelvin Goss will sell and sign his business book Be Brilliant in the Basics: Finding Success in Retail Through Detail, 1PM

Mansfield

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

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author RD Vincent will sell and sign books from his Donbridge fantasy series, 12PM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, tourism expert and native Texan Edward Dramberger will sell and sign his new book, The Destination Diaries: How to Travel for Life, 2PM

Monday, July 2

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Books Artists Love: Gael Stack, David McGee, and Dana Frankfort, 7PM

Tuesday, July 3

Austin

• Hill’s Cafe, Hearsay Poetry Night, 8PM
• The North Door, Owen Egerton’s One Page Salon, 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosts the Austin Slam Bowl, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry Early Bird Special, 8:30PM

Wednesday, July 4

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, Cosmic Ghost Rider and Death of the Inhumans release party with Donny Cates, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Youth Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

Thursday, July 5

Sugar Land

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

Weslaco

• The Storybook Garden, Award-winning author David Bowles will read from his latest book, FEATHERED SERPENT, DARK HEART OF SKY, 6:30PM

Friday, July 6

Abilene

• South Branch Library, local author Susan Cartwright will be reading from her book The Time-Out Chair, 4:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, HENRY D. TERRELL speaking & signing Desert Discord: Marijuana, Music, and Murder in a West Texas Town, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Kallisto Gaia Press presents The Ocotillo Review Volume 3, 7PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Queer AF: A QPOC Poetry Show, 6:30PM

El Paso

• Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Open Mic, 7:30PM

Houston

• Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series: 43rd Anniversary featuring Houston Poet Laureate Deborah DEEP Mouton, 8:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Dan Fesperman will sign and discuss Safe Houses, 6:30PM

Saturday, July 7

Austin

• Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate Unplugged: an inclusive open mic, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Amber Royer signs Free Chocolate, 2PM
• Dallas Public Library, author Tui Snider presents Exploration of the Unexplained: Haunted Hotspots of Dallas, 3PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Locals Only: A Texas Themed Art Show Zine, 7PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Portrait Session” with Victor Hernández, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Saralyn Richard signing Murder in the One Percent, 1PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Weaving the Terrain: 100 Word Southwestern Poems, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last

Nacogdoches

• The Bosslight, Sara Triana Mitchell reading and signing Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home for All, 1:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, John M. Manguso signing The Quadrangle, Texas (Images of America), 2PM
• Brook Hollow Library, Martha Miller will be discussing her travel memoir, Times New Roman: How We Quit Our Jobs, Gave Away Our Stuff & Moved to Italy, 2PM
• Dead Tree Books, Lisa Compton reading and signing Seven Seconds, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Paul Hamilton signing If I Were a Wizard, 11AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Writer’s Workshop: “Finding the Essence” with Daniel García Ordaz, 2PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Bryan Hope will sell and sign his sci-fi book, The Rhino’s Horn, 1PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Daniel Miller signing Texit: Why and How Texas Will Leave The Union, 2PM

Sunday, July 8

Austin

• BookPeople, Ben Rehder speaking and signing A Tooth for a Tooth, Billy Kring speaking and signing Hunter’s Moon, Reavis Z. Wortham speaking & signing Hawke’s War, 2PM
• BookPeople, ROBIN DIANGELO speaking & signing White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, 5PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Dog Days/Cat Nights,” 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Dr. Brian King signs The Laughing Cure: Emotional and Physical Healing– A Comedian Reveals Why Laughter Really is the Best Medicine, 1PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Story Craft: Mastering the Art of Promises & Payoffs in Fiction” with Jaye Wells, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author Dez Tovar will sell and sign her thriller, Bellowing Hollers, and local author Alice Parker will sell and sign her inspirational book, Move Past Your Past: A Process for Freeing Your Life, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Kids In The Cliff story time: Stephanie Parsley Ledyard reading of her debut picture book, Pie Is For Sharing, 11AM

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