• 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 12

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

Monday, August 13

Austin

• BookPeople, BREE BARTON speaking & signing Heart of Thorns, KAYLA OLSON speaking & signing The Sandcastle Empire, and CORY PUTMAN OAKES speaking & signingWitchtown (moderated by Samantha M. Clark), 7PM

Tuesday, August 14

Austin

• BookPeople, MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY speaking & signing The Mere Wife, 7PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave’s Story Department presents “#TimesUp,” 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Sin, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling romantic-suspense author Sandra Brown will discuss and sign her new novel, Tailspin, 7PM
• Hall of State – Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society presents Brown Bag Lecture: Bonnie & Clyde with John Neal Phillips, 12PM
• Interabang Books, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Robert Wagner discussing and signing MOBY DICK AND THE MYTHOLOGY OF OIL, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Gina Wohlsdorf will sign and discuss Blood Highway, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM: Collaboration, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam Summer Fest Part I, 9:30PM

Wednesday, August 15

Austin

• BookWoman, Meditation with Kelly Corbet, author of Already Here: The Matter of Love, 7PM

Dallas

• Brake & Clutch Building, Jessica Honegger, the founder and co-CEO of Noonday Collection, presents her new book, Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared, 6PM

El Paso

• UTEP’s Centennial Museum, Rubí Orozco Santos debuts her collection of poetry, Inventos Mios, 5:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Alex Tha Great, 7:30PM

Thursday, August 16

Addison

• Metrocare, The Writer’s Garret and Writing Over War present In the Pity: Introduction to Poetry for Veterans and Military Families, 6PM

Austin

• BookPeople, ARJUN SETHI speaking & signing American Hate: Survivors Speak Out (with Grassroots Leadership Austin), 7PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas presents “Writing About Music” with Joe Gross, Kayleigh Hughes, and Omise’eke Tinsley, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Kassia St. Clair discussing and signing THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Kasey & Joe R. Lansdale will be presenting their new book, Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors, 7:30PM

Houston

• The Heritage Society, Noon Lecture Series: The Chicken Ranch with author Jayme Lynn Blaschke, 12PM

Midland

• George W. Bush Childhood Home, Third Thursday Reading Program: Laura Bush Literacy Event, 4:30PM

San Antonio

• Culture Commons Gallery, Thirty Poems for the Tricentennial, A Poetic Legacy Exhibit, 6PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, August 17

Austin

• BookPeople, SHARI RAMMING speaking & signing the third volume in her poetry trilogy, Heart’s Truth, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Chaps and Broads: a night of broads reading chap(book)s and broad(side)s featuring Claire Bowman, Julie Howd, Vanessa Couto Johnson, Bridget Brewer, Stephanie Goehring, and Julie Poole, 7PM
• Monkeywrench Books, benefit party to keep the doors open for MWB, 6PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, local poets Nadia Wolnisty and Paul Koniecki launch YOU GOTTA LET IT GO BEFORE IT TAKES YOU OVER, 7PM
• Jazz Becuzz Art Center, “Off the Top of the Dome” poetry series, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, poet Victoria Surliuga reading from and signing SHADOW, 6PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Vincent Di Blasi reading and signing Creating Cassandra, 5PM

Saturday, August 18

Austin

• Austin History Center, Chuck Parsons discussing and signing Ben Thompson: Portrait of a Gunfighter, 2PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Suzanne Crowley reading and signing FINDING ESME, 1PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “The Radical Amazement of Rumi IV” with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Funky Town Festival, Panther City Review 2018 launch, 4PM
• Monkey & Dog Books, George Goldthwaite will read from and sign Survival on Mystery Mesa, as well as reveal the cover art for his next book, 1PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Ross A. Garcia signing View Through a Faceplate Window: Adventures of a Navy Master Diver, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Special story time with Jason Gallaher reading Whobert Whover, 10:30AM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Katy Budget Books, StoryCulture Awards Ceremony: Winners of the StoryCulture Short Story Contest will be announced and presented with a bound copy of the collection of selected short stories, 4PM
• Murder By the Book, William Dylan Powell will sign and discuss 100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die, 2nd Edition, 4:30PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Jumpstart Your Writing with Dungeons & Dragons” with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM

Irving

• Friends of the Irving Public Library Warehouse, Back to School Library Sale, 9AM

Lubbock

• B&N, Somataesthesis: Gashes (I) book signing with Natasha Dee, 2PM

Pflugerville

• Pflugerville Public Library, Pflugerville Poetry Society, 11AM

Port Neches

• Fleur Fine Books, Kasey & Joe R. Lansdale will be presenting their new book, Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors, 2PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Shawn Settle signing Trust Me, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Hector Pacheco signing Canary Islanders of San Antonio, 11AM

Sulphur Springs

• The Bookworm Box, 5 Author Signing: Colleen Hoover, Abbi Glines, Daryl Banner, Tammara Webber, and Fisher Amelie, 1PM

Tyler

• B&N, John L. Lansdale signing Long Walk Home, 12PM

Sunday, August 19

Austin

• Half Price Books – N. Lamar, local authors Angela Castillo and Jamie Foley will sell and sign The Busy Moms Guide to Writing, 1PM

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “That’s Easy For You to Say: Writing Effective Dialogue” with David Eric Tomlinson, 3PM
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Dr. Christy Lock Suttonwill sell and sign Genetic Testing: Defining Your Path to a Personalized Health Plan, and local author Alyssa Vaughn will sell and sign The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory, 1PM

Houston

• Katy Budget Books, Author Signing: Lily Blackwood (The Warrior of Clan Kincaid), Shana Galen (An Affair with a Spare), and Sophie Jordan (The Duke Buys a Bride), 3PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, H. Rick Goff signing A Line in the Water, 12PM

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