• 33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 28-July 29
• Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, July 25-28
• The Texas Playwright’s Festival, Houston, July 26-29
• AME: Authors Marketing Event, Dallas, July 27-29
• El Tallercito’s Writers Conference, Dallas, July 28
• Texas Latino Comic Con 2018, Dallas, July 28
• Texas Writers’ League Summer Writing Retreat, Nacogdoches July 29-August 3

Ongoing Exhibits

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

Sunday, July 22

Austin

• BookPeople, ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE speaking & signing Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, and BRANDY COLBERT speaking & signing Little & Lion, 2PM
• The Highball Austin, Austin Poetry Slam vs Austin Neo Soul: Battle of the Slams 2018, 3PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Sharon Ervin signs Do You Love Me?, 1PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Criminal Minds: The Elements of Crime Writing” with Kathleen Kent, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author Jane Giddan will sell and sign her children’s book, Grackles of Green Grove Protect Their Land, and local author Chris Langlois will sell and sign his illustrated storybook, How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers, 1PM

Edinburg

• Museum of South Texas History, Sunday Speaker Series: Poetry from the Forgotten Words of Coahuiltecans, 4PM

Houston

• Alliance Française de Houston, David Rosenfelt will sign and discuss the newest Andy Carpenter novel, Rescued, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss his new book, The Other Woman, 4PM [line number required for signing]

Monday, July 23

Austin

• BookPeople, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH speaking & signing My Year of Rest and Relaxation, 7PM

Dallas

• Congregation Shearith Israel, Jewish Book Festival event: Daniel SilvaiIn conversation with Michael Granberry of Dallas Morning News about his new novel, The Other Woman, 7PM
• Dallas Museum of Art, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts a 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of Nelson Mandela with Sahm Venter, author of The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s Granddaughter, 7:30PM
• Interabang Books, Timothy Zahn THRAWN reading and signing ALLIANCES (Star Wars), 7PM

Fort Worth

• Black Rooster Cafe, Sara Triana Mitchell presents her children’s book, Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home for All, 10:30AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Joseph S. Galati; M.D. discussing and signing EATING YOURSELF SICK, 7PM
• Night Heron, Join the Inprint staff for happy hour as they reveal the names of the authors appearing in the 2018/2019 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 5:30PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Mike Leach signing Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life and Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior, 6:30PM

Lufkin

• Absolutely Fiction Books, Melissa Radke signing Eat Cake. Be Brave, 7PM

Tuesday, July 24

Austin

• BookPeople, MEGAN ABBOTT speaking & signing Give Me Your Hand and ACE ATKINS speaking & signing The Sinners, 7PM
• Central Library, discussion and book signing with Evan Narcisse, the writer of the upcoming graphic novel, Rise of the Black Panther, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Joanna, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Sergio Pitol: An Evening with Translator George Henson, 7PM
• Interabang Books, Ottessa Moshfegh reading and signing MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Short Shorts & Tall Tales: an informal backyard reading of short stories and novel excerpts, 7:30PM

El Paso

• The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic series, 8PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Beat the Heat: Book Recommendations from Our Publisher Reps, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Kent Wascom reading and signing THE NEW INHERITORS, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Watt Casey discussing and signing My Guitar is a Camera, 5PM

Wednesday, July 25

Austin

• BookPeople, LUCAS A. POWE, JR. speaking & signing America’s Lone Star Constitution: How Supreme Court Cases from Texas Shape the Nation, 7PM
• BookWoman, Kristin Casey discussing and signing Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh, 7PM
• Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature July Reading featuring Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Kent Wascom reading and signing THE NEW INHERITORS, 7PM

Houston

• Write About Now, Poetry Open Mic featuring Houston VIP Slam, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• Central Library, Macondo Workshop Faculty Reading featuring Reyna Grande, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, and Stephanie Elizondo Griest, 6:30PM

Thursday, July 26

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Brian Abrams discussing and signing OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY, 7PM
• The Wild Detective, Robert Escobar discussing and signing Saps, Blackjacks and Slungshots: A History of Forgotten Weapons, 7:30PM

Houston

• Acres Homes Neighborhood Library, Houston Poet Laureate Deborah Mouton conducting a youth poetry workshop, “Honoring the Past, Building the Future,” 3PM
• B&N – River Oaks, Story time with local author Victoria Martin reading and signing Itty Bitty … Is That You?, 11AM

Irving

• South Irving Library, Sweet & Salty Love YA Author Panel with with authors Maurene Goo, Amy Spalding, and Siobhan Vivian, 7PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, July 27

Austin

• BookPeople, GRIFFIN MCELROY signing THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS, 7PM [sold out]
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Cleburne

• The Published Page Bookshop, VFW Allmon-Burgess Memorial Post 12152 hosts “Remember our Legacy: the Korean War,” 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, celebrate 46 fabulous years since the first Half Price Books store was opened in 1972 in Dallas wth cookies and balloons, sing Happy Birthday, plus signup for a drawing to win a $46 HPB Gift Card, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, Cristina Curp, creator of the popular food blog The Castaway Kitchen, will discuss and sign her new book, Made Whole: More Than 145 Anti-Inflammatory Keto-Paleo Recipes to Nourish You from the Inside Out, 7PM
• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents The Battle of the Republic, 7:30PM

Houston

• Visionary Heights, Ocotillo Review reading featuring Russell Ashworth, Gabrielle Langley, Marc Hess, Rebecca Oxley, Diane Heath, Andrea Barbosa, and Tony Burnett, 6:30PM

New Waverly

• Honey’s Coffee & Biscuits, Sara Triana Mitchell presents her children’s book, Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home for All, 9:30AM

Saturday, July 28

Austin

• BookPeople, SAMANTHA M. CLARK speaking & signing The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast, 2PM
• Half Price Books – S. Lamar, international street artist and author The Impossible Winterbourne will sell and sign his illustrated children’s book The AlphaBots, 1PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Roxanne Lambie signing Quantum, 3PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “If It Doesn’t Hurt It Doesn’t Matter” with editor and musician Carlos Fidel Espinoza, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, E. Barry Gray signing Victorian Texas Courthouses and County Histories, 2PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Brian Smith will discuss and sign his book LIFTOFF!: THE TANK, THE STORM, AND THE ASTROS’ IMPROBABLE ASCENT TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY, 1PM
• Brasil, Writing workshop followed by a poetry slam hosted by Houston VIP National Poetry Slam Team; poets can earn points toward competing for the national team, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Houston Public Library, Hip Hop for Literacy with Houston Poet Laureate Deborah “D.E.E.P.” Mouton and Slick Rick, 2PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Shyrell Hobson discussing and signing Seams of Gold: Discovering Beauty in Brokenness, 3PM

Lubbock

• B&N, The Adventures of Shadow, the Almost Black Kitten book signing with Debra Steffens, 1PM
• B&N, Big Man Blue and Two Man Red book signing with Nicole Locker, 2PM

Lufkin

• Absolutely Fiction Books, Belinda Bluford Ross discussing and signing Grown Up Words with Belinda, 1:30PM

Midland

• Centennial Library, Permian Basin Bookies Monthly Membership Meeting: Carl C. Williams will be presenting “The Making and Marketing of SHERIFF,” 10AM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Daniel Peña reading and signing Bang, 7PM
• Dead Tree Books, Christmas in July with author Janet Kaderli, 2PM
• Tobin Library, Vampire Brunch with Iuliana Foos, author of Bloodlines: Origins, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Ruby Montalvo signing A Song for Jessica, 11AM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Micole Williams will sell and sign her satirical romance books, Tangled Web of True Love Tales and Toxic Ties Trilogy, 12PM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, local author Jonathan Bates will sell and sign his Christian children’s books Jo-Jo the Lamb in Be Not Afraid and Jo-Jo the Lamb in This is the Day That the Lord Made, 1PM

Sunday, July 22

Austin

• Malvern Books, Making Austin Weirder: New Fantastical Lit from Local Writers featuring Patrice Sarath, Christopher Brown, Stina Leicht, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Jessica Reisman, Robert Ashcroft, and Amanda Downum, 2PM

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 – Mother Ship, local author Claudette Esmerelda will sell and sign her children’s book, Leah is Seen, and local author Jose de la Torre will sell and sign his inspirational book, Spiritual Living for Busy People: How to Nourish Your Soul in Today’s Hectic World, 1PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover will discuss and sign her new novel, All Your Perfects, 6PM
• The Wild Detectives, MELANCHOLY HOUR: happy hour for the rest of us, an evening of pensive prose and plaintive music featuring The Grim Readers: Priscilla Rice, Travis Wiley McGuire, Kelsey Grace Capps, and Ruben Carrazana, 7PM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, local author Daniel Carlson will discuss and sign copies of his memoir, Dear Hippie…We Met at Woodstock: One Cop’s Memories of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, 2PM

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