• Harry Potter LeakyCon, Dallas, August 10-12
• Texas Sports Hall of Fame 2nd Annual Book Festival, Waco, August 11
• 3rd Annual Literary Libations Week: a Lit Crawl Austin fundraiser, Austin, August 12-15

Ongoing Exhibits

• Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30

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

Monday, August 6

Dallas

• Interabang Books, a presentation by Faith & Grief Ministries about books to help in difficult times, 6:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Michael Arceneaux – I CAN’T DATE JESUS, 7PM

Tuesday, August 7

Austin

• BookPeople, BROOKE MCALARY speaking & signing Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World (in conversation with Tsh Oxenreider of The Art of Simple), 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Klyde Warren Park, The Wild Detectives Locals Only Book Club hosts Shay Youngblood discussing Black Girl in Paris, 6PM

El Paso

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

Houston

• Houston Public Library, Mimi Swartz discussing her latest book, Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart (in conversation with Maggie Galehouse), 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Ed Dramberger discussing and signing The Destination Diaries: How to Travel For Life, 5PM

Wednesday, August 8

Austin

• BookPeople, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest for an Artificial Heart, 7PM

Dallas

• Sandaga 813, LitNight LitJam hosted by award-winning author Sanderia Faye, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry Reading featuring Lisa Huffaker and Christopher Soden, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now National Slam Team Send Off Show & Open Mic, 7:30PM

Thursday, August 9

Austin

• BookPeople, COLLEEN HOOVER speaking & signing All Your Perfects (moderated by blogger Vilma Iris Gonzalez), 7PM [ticketed event]
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Dylan Krieger, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Barbara Ann Wright, Matthew Borgard, and Erin Kennemer, 7PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Antonia Williams-Gary discussing and signing her memoir, Reclaimed, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Ben Koush presents CONSTRUCTING HOUSTON’S FUTURE, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Susan Elia MacNeal will sign and discuss The Prisoner In The Castle, the latest in her Edgar Nominated Maggie Hope series, and Susanna Kearsley will sign and discuss Bellewether, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart, 5PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, August 10

Austin

• BookPeople, KEVIN POWERS speaking & signing A Shout in the Ruins, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, meet New York Times bestselling paranormal fiction author Laurell K. Hamilton and pick up your signed copy of the new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Serpentine, 7PM
• Interabang Books, Mary E. Pearson DANCE OF THIEVES, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, FuenteCo Youth Studio presents readings by Houston’s teen writers, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Laura Griffin will sign and discuss Desperate Girls, 6:30PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, The Spread book signing with Lamont R. Chapman, 7PM

Saturday, August 11

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings book signing with William Reid, 2PM
• BookPeople, Austin SCBWI meeting: Rivkah LaFille talks about how to explore technique, palette, and storytelling choices to create strong and distinctive narrative illustrations, 10AM
• BookPeople, VANESSA ROEDER speaking & signing Lucy and the String, 2PM
• Sterling Events Austin, NeoSoul Poetry Slam ft Atmosphere the Poet, 6PM

Dallas

• Mockingbird Station, Writers Garret workshop: “Rail Writers: Deep Ellum Blues II” with Lisa Huffaker, 3:30PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Michelle Marlow story time and signing: S is the Most Delicious Sound, 2PM
• El Paso
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Moving Day: Relocation & Transformation” with songwriter, composer, and musician Doug Adamz, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Art House Dallas Awaken Creativity writers workshop with Kimberly Willis Holt, 9AM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, August Local Author Spotlight: Debi Hammond signing The Blanket: A Story of Healing, 12PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Frontier Forts of Texas (Images of America) book signing with Bill O’Neal, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, special story time event with Astronaut Clayton Anderson, which will include a reading of A is for Astronaut, a Q&A event for aspiring future astronauts, and a book signing to follow, 11AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Brian Smith will discuss and sign his book LIFTOFF!: THE TANK, THE STORM, AND THE ASTROS’ IMPROBABLE ASCENT TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY, 3PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Summer Reading Pizza Party, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Katy Budget Books, BookCulture: Syria, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis In-store Brunch: mimosas and nibbles to celebrate the release of The Masterpiece, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen will sign and discuss Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding, 4:30PM
• Rudyard’s British Pub, Poetry Open Mic hosted by Outspoken Bean, 8PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “How to Outline your Novel” with D.L. Young, 1PM

Irving

• Valley Branch Library, Friends Book Sale at Valley Ranch Library, 10AM

Lubbock

• B&N, 13 Years Freely a Slave: And My Road to Freedom in Christ book signing with Belle Lee, 2PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Fred Rendon discussing and signing Are You Broken?, 5PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Samuel G. May signing From the Pastor’s Pen, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Margaret R. Mauze signing William the What-if Wonder, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Center, Devri Walls signing Venators: Magic Unleashed, 12PM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, local author Danielle Kullman will sell and sign her fantasy books, Lonely Dragon: In Pursuit of Truth and The Glass Sea: Three Days, Two Kings, One Crown, One Woman, One Choice, 1PM

Sunday, August 5

Austin

• BookPeople, A Science Party for Kids with Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla, hosts of the “Tumble Science Podcast for Kids,” 2PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic with Mel Finefrock, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Eight Reasons To…,” 4PM

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Achieving Catharsis” with Amber Royer, 3PM
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Tank Gunner will sell and sign his military fiction books, Cookie Johnson, Prompts, and Prompts, Too, and local author Wayne Peterson will sell and sign his science fiction novels, Canopy of Hope and Canopy of Mystery, 1PM
• Interabang Books, Bree Barton HEART OF THORNS, 2PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, August Local Author Spotlight: Sheri Wilson signing Do I Have To?: Creating My Financial Plan, 12PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Feared, the newest book in the Rosato and Associates Series, and Sandra Brown will sign and discuss Tailspin, 4PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “What Writers Need to Know about Author Websites” with Cynthia Childress, 3PM

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