Special Events

Sunday, May 24

Austin

  • B&N – Lakeline, Mandy Levy signs Calorie Accounting, 6PM
  • BookPeople, Popular Blogger JIA JIANG speaking & signing Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection, 1PM

Monday, June 1

Austin

  • BookPeople, Bestselling Author Mat Johnson speaking & signing Loving Day, 7PM

Dallas

  • B&N – Lincoln Park, Brandon Webb signs Among Heroes A U.S. Navy SEAL’s True Story of Friendship, Heroism, and the Ultimate Sacrifice, 7PM

Frisco

  • B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Deborah Harkness signs The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy #3), 7PM

Houston

  • Asia Society Texas Center, ISIS Implications in Asia: A Discussion with author Jessica Lewis McFate, 7PM

Tuesday, June 2

Austin

  • BookPeople, Youtube Star & Comedian MAMRIE HARTspeaking & signing You Deserve A Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery, 7PM
  • Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
  • Whip In, Owen Egerton’s One Page Salon with Felix Morgan, W. Joe Hoppe, Jana Busby, Dave Brown, John Egerton and Elizabeth Warren, 7PM

Dallas

  • Communities Foundation of Texas, New York Times Best Selling Author Ari Shavit presents Israel, America, an the Challenges of the Changing Middle East: What Does the Future Hold?, 6:30PM
  • Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Luncheon, Program and book signing with W. H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Charles Murray: By The People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission, 12PM
  • University Park Public Library and the Friends of the University Park Public Library, Listen UP Summer Author Series, meet and listen to Emily Giffin, author of The One and Only. Private Reception with the author – $30; by reservation only and includes copy of her book, 6 pm; reading for the general public – Free, 7 PM. (214-363-9095 or reservations@uplibrary.org)

Fort Worth

  • The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM

Frisco

  • B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Karen White signs The Sound of Glass, 7PM

Wednesday, June 3

Austin

  • BookPeople, Actor, Writer, Humorist, & Carpenter NICK OFFERMAN speaking & signingGumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers, 7PM
  • Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: editor Dr. Sandra Mayo discusses Acting Up and Getting Down, 12PM
  • Malvern Books, Summer Reading by Writers from S. Kirk Walsh’s Fiction Workshop, 7PM

Baytown

  • Lee College Library, Fernando Izaguirre reading and signing Eloquence, 6PM

Dallas

  • Highland Park United Methodist Church, H. W. Brands presents Reagan: The Life, 6PM

Houston

  • Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Guerra Thompson reads and signs COPS IN LAB COATS, 7PM

San Antonio

  • The Twig Book Shop, poet Chip Dameron reads and signs Waiting for an Etcher, 5:30PM

Thursday, MJune 4

Austin

  • BookPeople, Indie Bookseller and Debut Author Melissa Cistaro speaking & signing Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir, 7PM
  • Malvern Books, An Evening with Chip Dameron & Robert Okaji, 7PM

Dallas

  • B&N – Lincoln Park, Richard Burton signs Employees Gone Wild Crazy (and True!) Stories of Office Misbehavior, and What You Can Learn From the Mistakes of Others, 7PM
  • Wordspace Dallas Salon – Fan View: Martha Heimberg talks about Kay Ryan, 7PM (private home – RSVP for location)

Houston

  • Brazos Bookstore, Chanelle Benz, Christopher Brunt & Martin De Leon read and sign CITY BY CITY, 7PM
  • Murder By the Book, Ben Coes will sign and discuss Independence Day, 6:30PM

San Antonio

  • The Twig Book Shop, Special Event with Author/Performer David Crabb reading and signing Bad Kid: A Memoir, 7PM

Friday, June 5

Austin

  • BookPeople, To Write Love on Her Arms Founder/Creative Director JAMIE TWORKOWSKI speaking & signing If You Feel Too Much, 7PM

Houston

  • Blue Willow Bookshop, Joey Graceffa will meet and greet fans as they receive pre-signed copies of his book, IN REAL LIFE, 6PM

Irving

  • Irving Public Library – South Branch, Summer Nights at the Library presents Ghostly Texas with author Mitchel Whitington followed by a book signing, 7:30PM

Saturday, June 6

Austin

  • B&N – Arboretum, Michael Miller discusses and signs Austin’s First Cookbook Our Home Recipes, Remedies and Rules of Thumb, 2PM
  • BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents Bestselling Author JEFFERY DEAVER speaking & signing Solitude Creek, 5PM
  • BookWoman, New Harmony Indiana: Like a Lake, Not a River: A Memoir reading, signing, and discussion with Editor Nancy Mangum McCaslin, 11AM

Fort Worth

  • B&N – Hulen Center, Author D.D. Ayres signs Force of Attraction, 1PM

Galveston

  • Galveston Bookshop, John DeMers signs Delicious Mischief, 3PM

Houston

  • B&N – Vanderbilt Square, King Booker signs Heavyweight Champion, 1PM
  • B&N – West Oaks Village, J.R. Richard signs Still Throwing Heat, 2PM
  • Blue Willow Bookshop, Theresa Nelson will discuss and sign her book, THE YEAR WE SAILED THE SUN, 2PM
  • Brazos Bookstore, Jamie Tworkowski reads and signs IF YOU FEEL TOO MUCH, 7PM
  • Murder By the Book, Kate Carlisle will sign and discuss the newest Bibliophile mystery, Ripped From the Pages, Hannah Dennison will sign and discuss Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall and Carolyn Haines will sign and discuss Bone To Be Wild, 4:30PM

Hurst

  • B&N – NE Mall, Book Reading and Signing With Randy Landers: The Arizona Son, 2PM

Lubbock

  • B&N, Author Vaun Murphrey signs copies of the ‘Weaver’ series, 2PM

Midland

  • B&N, Cheryl Kincaid Reading and Signing her children’s book The Little Clay Pot, 10:30AM

Plano

  • B&N – Creekwalk Village, Author Ken Bangs signs Arctic Warriors, 2PM

Round Rock

  • B&N – La Frontera, Jackie Smith signs Finish Line, 2PM

San Antonio

  • B&N – La Cantera, Journalists Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield discuss and sign Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre, 2PM
  • Viva! Bookstore, Poetry Reading and Book Signing: A Curse on the Fairest Joys by Martha K. Grant, 1:30PM

Southlake

  • B&N – Towne Square, Author Polly Holyoke signs The Neptune Challenge, 11:30AM

Sunday, June 7

Austin

  • Authors RUTH PENNEBAKER & MARIAN HENLEY speaking & signing Pucker Up!: The Subversive Woman’s Guide to Aging with Wit, Wine, Drama, Humor, Perspective and the Occassional Good Cry, 2PM
  • Malvern Books, An Afternoon with Sandra Storey & Frank Pool, 2PM

Houston

  • Russian Cultural Center, Our Texas, Annual Book Fair, 11AM

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