• Book Drive for Houston Area Unaccompanied Minors presents Book Drive Benefit & Celebration, August 22
• Friends of the Dallas Public Library Annual Book Sale, August 24-26
• 5th Annual Study Social benefiting Literacy First, Austin, August 24

Ongoing Exhibits

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

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

Monday, August 20

Austin

• BookPeople, LUCY BELLWOOD speaking & signing 100 Demon Dialogues, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Vicky Skinner reading and signing HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER, 7PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, fantasy author Garon Whited will meet with fans and sign his books, including the critically acclaimed Nightlord series, 6PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, David Joy will sign and discuss The Line That Held Us, 6:30PM

Richardson

• Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: “How Travel Can Inspire” with Leilani Barnett, 7PM

Tuesday, August 21

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Kara Richardson-Whitely signing The Weight of Being, 7PM
• BookPeople, ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking & signing Foundryside, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Kas Poetess, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, T. Jefferson Parker reading and signing SWIFT VENGEANCE, 7PM

El Paso

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

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Joe Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale will sign and discuss Terror Is Our Business, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam Summer Slam Showdown, 9:30PM

Wednesday, August 22

Austin

• BookPeople, BEN BLUM speaking & signing Ranger Games: A True Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime (in conversation with Bryan Mealer), 7PM
• Paramount Theatre, Storytelling: Snap Judgment Live!, 8PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Erotic Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Murder By the Book, T. Jefferson Parker will sign and discuss Swift Vengeance, 6:30PM

Kilgore

• The Bookstore in Kilgore, Joe and Kasey Lansdale will read and sign Terror Is Our Business, and Kimberly Fish will read and sign her novels set in WWII Longview, The Big Inch and General Harmon, 4PM

San Antonio

• Trinity University, Reading TUgether lecture: Richard Blanco, the first Latino and openly-gay presidential inaugural poet, will speak about his book, The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood, 7PM

Thursday, August 23

Austin

• BookPeople, JOE R. LANSDALE & KASEY LANSDALE speaking & signing Terror Is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors, 7PM
• REI Gateway, Bob Spain discussing and signing Bob Spain’s Canoeing Guide and Favorite Texas Paddling Trails, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Rachel Devlin reading and signing A GIRL STANDS AT THE DOOR, 7PM

Houston

• B&N – Champions, The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement book signing with Matthew Horace, 7PM

Laredo

• Gallery 201, Laredo Border Slam survives the first week of school, 9PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, August 24

Austin

• BookPeople, WYATT MCSPADDEN speaking & signing Texas BBQ: Small Town to Downtown featuring Blacks BBQ and Saint Arnold’s Beer (curated by edible Austin), 7PM
• Carver Branch Library, Meet Evan Narcisse, author of Rise of the Black Panther, 7PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, NFL player and coach Tony Dungy and his wife, early childhood educational specialist Lauren Dungy, will sign Austin Plays Fair and Maria Finds Courage, 7PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer Crossing, George Arnold signing the latest book in the Craig Rylander series, Ramblin’ Rogue Texas Ranger Alfredo “Lobo” Diaz, 2PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Kara Richardson Whitely discussing and signing THE WEIGHT OF BEING and GORGE, 7PM

Saturday, August 25

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Vicky Skinner in conversation with special guest Samantha Clark, 7PM
• Half Price Books – N. Lamar, local author Shirley Jones will sell her Homeless Coloring Activity Book in support of the homeless charity Foxes Have Holes, 1PM
• Malvern Books, celebrate the recent launch of Laurie Filipelli’s new poetry collection, Girl Paper Stone, with musical guest flutist Marcela DeFaria Casaubon and a post-reading conversation led by author and composer Jan Bozarth, 7PM
• Milwood Branch Library, Meet mystery author Mark Pryor, 1PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “How to Create a Happy, Lazy (and Productive) Writing Practice” with Brittani Sonnenberg, 10AM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Karen Blumenthal reading and signing BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Poetry of Song” with Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, followed by a reception, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Johnnie Bernhard signing How We Came to Be, 3PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel, Isabella Allen signing Through the Barbed Wire, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Kate Gavino reading and signing SANPAKU (in conversation with Bryan Washington), 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Kaboom Books, Untitled Trip by Ryan Hollaway: book discussion and sound performance, 7PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Technical Writing I” with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Poetry of the Fantastic” with Holly Walrath, 1PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Processing Harvey through Writing” with Elizabeth White-Olsen, 2PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk, Meet Amber Royer, author of Free Chocolate, 12PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Ben Amor signing The Urban Shepherd, 11AM

Tyler

• B&N, Gail Nancy Ingersoll signing A Hillside by the Sea: Katherine’s Journal, 12PM

The Woodlands

• Third Gen Coffee, Sara Triana Mitchell reading and signing Love Love Bakery, 9AM

Sunday, August 26

Austin

• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Austin: A Poem by Dave Oliphant, who will be joined by Kanya Lyons, who will share her video interview, “Dave Oliphant: Native Texas Poet,” 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Tabi Slick will sell and sign her fantasy novel Unforgivables, and local author Jane Alvey Harris will sell and sign her young adult fantasy series My Myth, including Riven and Secret Keeper, 1PM

Houston

• Guava Lamp, Kevin Dapree presents “Power of Forgiveness”(HeART&Soul Vol. 107), 5PM

San Antonio

• Landa Library, Jim Denning discusses Make It To Midnight: Learning to Live When You Want to Die, 3PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Francine Page signing Logan Thee Forsaken, 12PM

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