• 8th Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition & Competition for American Bookbinding, Dallas, June 8-July 13
• 33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 28-July 29
• Girls, Inc. Literacy Camp, Fort Worth, July 9-12
  49th Annual Summer Conference of the Poetry Society of Texas, Waco, July 12-14
  East Texas Writers Guild 15th Annual Summer Conference, Tyler, July 14

Ongoing Exhibits

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

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

Monday, July 9

Austin

• BookPeople, CATANA CHETWYND speaking & signing Little Moments of Love, 7PM [ticketed event]

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, A tertulia event for Conversations with Diego Rivera: The Monster in His Labyrinth, first English translation, with dramatic readings from the book by performers from Teatro Dallas, and special guests: the author’s daughter Cora Cardona and granddaughter, artist Sara Cardona, as well as award-winning writer Ben Fountain, 7:30PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Riley Sager will sign and discuss The Last Time I Lied, 6:30PM

Tuesday, July 10

Abilene

• Main Library, Young Audiences: Elizabeth Kahura, Storyteller, 10:45AM & 3PM

Austin

• BookPeople, TOM ANGLEBERGER & DAN SANTAT speaking & signing The Princess and the Pit Stop, 4PM [children’s event – costumes encouraged]
• BookPeople, MAY COBB speaking & signing Big Woods (in conversation with Suzy Spencer), 7PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department presents “I Thought I Knew You,” 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring SC Says, 7PM

Cedar Hill

• Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group featuring Sanderia Faye, author of the award-winning novel, Mourner’s Bench, 7PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Distinguished novelist, literary critic, and essayist Francine Prose discussing What to Read and Why, and the editor of the New York Times Book Review, Pamela Paul, discussing My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues, 7:30PM
• Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture: Texas Ladies Who Made Their Cities Proud with author Rosemary Rumbley, 12PM
• Interabang Books, Kimberly Belle reading and signing THREE DAYS MISSING, 7PM
• Klyde Warren Park, The Wild Detectives presents the Locals Only Book Club: join author Kathleen Kent to discuss The Dime, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Ben Reiter discussing and signing ASTROBALL, 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, R.R. Born signing May Day, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

Wednesday, July 11

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, Book Release Party: SEAN MCKEEVER signing Outpost Zero #1, 12PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Emily Giffin reading and signing ALL WE EVER WANTED, 7PM
• Sandaga 813, LitNight with Sanderia Faye and Sebastian Páramo, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight: Poets Melania-Luisa Marte and Mike Soto will feature, followed by a brief open mic, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Youth Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Intellect U Well: featuring readings and signings with authors Diana Adesola Mafe, Stanley Corkin and David Peisner, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, William C. Martin discussing and signing A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story, 5PM

Thursday, July 12

Austin

• BookPeople, CARRIE FOUNTAIN speaking & signing I’m Not Missing, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Reading and Open Mic featuring the work of the late Deb Akers, founder of BookWoman’s Second Thursday Poetry Reading series (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7:15PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detective, Bradley Bazzle reading and signing his award-winning novel, Trash Mountain, 7:30PM

Houston

• Five Nine Hookah Lounge, Real Tyme Improv Poetry and Open Mic, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Suzanne Rindell will sign and discuss Eagle & Crane, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, July 13

Alpine

• Come & Take It BBQ, State of Drought: Conversations on the Future of Water in Texas with Texas Observer editor Forrest Wilder, rural reporter Christopher Collins, environmental reporter Naveena Sadasivam, and Seamus McGraw, author of A Thirsty Land, 6PM

Austin

• BookPeople, JANELLE HANCHETT speaking & signing I’m Just Happy To Be Here, 7PM
• BookWoman, launch of Jack Kaulfus’s debut story collection, Tomorrow or Forever, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice: host Chaitali Sen interviews novelist, poet and essayist Anis Shivani, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Thea Lim reading and signing AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, 7PM

Saturday, July 14

Austin

• BookWoman, Spike Gillespie reading and signing The Tao of Bob, 6PM
• Central Library, Joshua Pollock will discuss his book The Heartfulness Way: Heart-Based Meditations for Spiritual Transformation, 2PM
• Sterling Events Austin, NeoSoul Poetry Slam featuring Gawd Slam, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Bill Blalock signs Living Your Legacy Now: Inspiring Life Lessons for a Successful, Healthy and Fulfilling Life, 2PM
• Interabang Books, Interabang Books’ 1st Birthday Party, 10AM

El Paso

• Literarity Book Shop, Ron Stallworth signs Black Klansman: A Memoir, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Many Things Are Dubious: Elizabeth Bishop” with author Kit Wren, 12:45PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, poet Prudence Arceneaux reading from and signing DIRT, 6PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Katy Budget Books, Wendy Zelond signing her book about women in business, We Talk, We Lead, 1PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Obioma Martin discussing and signing B.R.E.A.T.H.E : Empowered to Live a Stress-Free Life, 3PM

Odessa

• Ellen Noël Art Museum, Great American Read-In, 10AM

Richardson

• Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with guest authors Misha Elliott and T.M. Smith, 3:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Jason Bond signing Testimony, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Irene Aldrich reading and signing Bits of Blue Taffeta: Remembering the Forgotten Generation, 1PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Sharon O, 10:30AM
• B&N – Baybrook, Meet the Author: Saralyn Richard, 1PM

Sunday, July 15

Austin

• B&N – Lakeline, The Heartfulness Way book signing with Kamlesh D. Patel, 2PM
• BookPeople, BRONSON DORSEY speaking & signing Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings, 5PM

Brownsville

• WorkPub CoWork, State of Drought: Conversations on the Future of Water in Texas with Texas Observer editor Forrest Wilder, rural reporter Christopher Collins, environmental reporter Naveena Sadasivam, and Seamus McGraw, author of A Thirsty Land, 3PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Thomas Fellows signs Forget Self-Help: Re-examining the Golden Rule, 2PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “The Ones We Love to Hate: Writing Villains Who Beg Your Readers to Root for Them (and Make Your Heroes Better Too)” with J.R. Forasteros, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, former Dallas Morning News dining critic Dotty Griffith will sell and sign her book, The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook, and local author Aelicia Watson will sell and sign her inspirational book, Anointed Survivor, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Dallas Edition, 7PM

Houston

• Lawndale Art Center, artist Elaine Bradford and poet Sara Cress present a poetry reading and discussion of the exhibition Routine Fables, 2PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Deborah Eden Tull discussing and signing Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connections with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet, 2PM

San Antonio

• Say Si, Trinity University Press and the Tricentennial Commission invite you to celebrate the publication of 300 Years of San Antonio & Bexar County, 2:30PM

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