• 33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 28-July 29
• Texas Writers’ League Summer Writing Retreat, Nacogdoches July 29-August 3
• 40th Annual Armadillo Con, Austin, August 3-5
• 26th Annual Texas Christian Writers’ Conference, Houston, August 4

Ongoing Exhibits

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

Sunday, July 29

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

Monday, July 30

Austin

• BookPeople, BEN REITER speaking & signing Astroball: The New Way to Win It All, 7PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, PAPERBACK BOOK DAY: On July 30, 1935, Penguin published the first quality paperback book and inspired the modern paperback industry. Choose a FREE pre-selected paperback book with any in-store purchase, while supplies last
• Murder By the Book, Linwood Barclay will sign and discuss A Noise Downstairs, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Leticia Del Toro reading and signing Café Colima, 5PM

Tuesday, July 31

Austin

• BookPeople, BookPeople Decree #731: By request of the Ministry of Magic, all witches, wizards, and magical allies should report to BookPeople on July 31st at 6 PM for the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the most extraordinary wizards of all time, Harry Potter. Festivities will include wizard-style portraiture, a Marauder’s Map Scavenger Hunt, a fantastical costume contest, trivia, and so much more!, 6PM [ticketed event]
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring their National Slam team, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Leonard Volk discussing and signing EVERYDAY, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Melissa Mednicov discussing and signing POP ART AND POPULAR MUSIC, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, IT’S A HARRY POTTER BIRTHDAY PARTY! Grab your wand, put on your robe, hop on your Nimbus 2000. Dress in your best wizarding attire and enjoy treats, coloring, puzzles and games with prizes, plus readings from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2PM
• Katy Budget Books, celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday we a 20th Anniversary Trivia Night, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Edgar Cantero will sign and discuss This Body’s Not Big Enough for Both of Us, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Feliz Modern, meet-and-greet with author of Latin Twist & The Tex-Mex Slow Cooker, Vianney Rodriguez, 4PM
• The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

Wednesday, August 1

Austin

• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Michael Hurd discussing Thursday Night Lights, 12PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Better Late Than Never book signing with Kimberla Lawson Roby, 7PM
• Interabang Books, Edgar Cantero reading and signing THIS BODY’S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Herman Melville Birthday Party: Main Street Theater invades the store with a special Melville-themed performance, 7PM
• Write About Now, Poetry Slam featuring Kyla Jenee Lacey, 7:15PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Clay Bonnyman Evans discussing and signing Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II, 5PM

Thursday, August 2

Austin

• Austin Central Library, ALEXANDRA BRACKEN speaking & signing The Darkest Legacy (in conversation with Sarah Pitre), 7PM [ticketed event]
• BookPeople, MIKE BROOKS & JON LASSER speaking & signing Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Brooke McAlary discussing and signing SLOW: SIMPLE LIVING FOR A FRANTIC WORLD, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, J. Patrick Rick discussing and signing EXPUNGED, 7PM
• Contemporary Arts Museum, Words & Art Ekphrastic Poetry & Prose Reading, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Igo Library, Frank Faulkner discussing Historic Photos of San Antonio, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Peter Ralston discussing and signing Consciousness Dialogues: From Beginner’s Mind Through Enlightenment: 150 Conversations with Peter Ralston, 5PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, August 3

Austin

• BookPeople, MELISSA STEPHENSON speaking & signing Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back, 7PM

Houston

• Body Mind & Soul, Dan Furst discussing and signing The Rain on the Nile, 7PM
• Discovery Green, Orbit Slam Series: Free workshops and poetry slams for youth ages 13-19, 6PM
• Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring poet Saba Husain, 8:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Ben Coes will sign and discuss Blood Sunday, 6:30PM

Saturday, August 4

Austin

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five book signing with Greg Gutfeld, 6PM
• Half Price Books – S. Lamar, local author Sam Alexander will sell and sign his children’s book, Let’s Go to Mrs. Papaya’s House, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Southpark Meadows, local author Angela Castillo will sell and sign The Busy Moms Guide to Writing, 12PM

Dallas

• Mockingbird Station, Rail Writers: Deep Ellum Blues with Lisa Huffaker of the Writers Garret, 3:30PM

Denton

• Dan’s Silver Leaf, Spiderweb Salon’s 6 Year Birthday Party!, 7PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “For The Birds Redux” with photographer and anthropologist Joy Elizabeth Myers, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen Center, The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five book signing with Greg Gutfeld, 12PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Stimley Blue Ridge Neighborhood Library, Public Poetry Monthly Reading Series featuring Sean Johnson, Savanah Burns, Rai Crawford, and Elena Gonzales Melinger, 2PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “How to Write Great Dialogue” with KJ Russell, 9:30AM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Jump Start Your Writing with Travel” with Dr. Cynthia Childress, 1PM

Port Aransas

• Port Aransas Community Center, Seasons at Selah, the Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve with discussion & book signing by David K Langford, 11AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Writers Workshop, 2PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, meet and greet with the author of A Tale of Six Stones, 2PM
• Red Cat & Co., Michael Cirlos will be signing Humans of San Antonio, 10:30AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Sara Mitchell signing Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home For All, 11AM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, local author Shirley Hogan will sell Homeless Coloring Activity Book in support of the homeless charity Foxes Have Holes, 1PM

Sunday, August 5

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Build your List, Wow them Well, and Sell your Books” with Mary DeMuth, 3PM
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Lori Dunham will sell and sign her self-help book, Start Your Own Amazon Store…Without Getting Hurt, and local author Earlina Green will sell and sign her self-help book, The Beginner’s Guide to Finding Your Brave, 1PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Saadia Faruqi will discuss and sign her new book for young readers, MEET YASMIN!, 3PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Mike Damante discussing and signing Punk Rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology Meets Anarchy, 3PM

Mansfield

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

The Woodlands

• B&N, The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five book signing with Greg Gutfeld, 2PM

* * * * *