• Writers’ League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Alpine, July 19-23
• Macondo Workshop 20th Anniversary Celebration, San Antonio, July 22–26
• DFW Writers Conference, Dallas, July 24–25
• David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum exhibit, Abilene, National Children’s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25

• Humanities Texas Special Exhibition: Shakespeare, Longview, May 15-July 25

Sunday, July 19

Austin

• BookPeople, Award-Winning Austin Author BABETTE HUGHES speaking & signing The Kate Brady Series, 2PM
• BookWoman, Poetry Reading: Meg Day and Gloria Amescua, 6:30PM

Dallas

InterContinental Hotel, Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar, translator and author Nehemia Gordon presents The Hebrew Blessing of God’s Holy Name, 6PM

Monday, July 20

Dallas

• Magnolia Lounge – Fair Park, Pandora’s Box Presents: Amos Hunt, Tamitha Curiel, and The Et Al. Players Performing “BreadCrumbs!”, 8PM
• The Wild Detectives, HARRISON SCOTT KEY reads and signs THE WORLD’S LARGEST MAN, 7:30PM

Greenville

• W. Walworth Harrison Public Library, Author and Texas State Historian Bill O’Neal will speak and sign Texas Gunslingers, 6PM

Tuesday, July 21

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author CAROL FLAKE CHAPMANspeaking & signing Written In Water: A Memoir of Love, Death and Mystery, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Ambassador Robert Jordan to Discuss and Sign Desert Diplomat, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer, Book signings with Victoria Christopher Murray and Reshonda Tate Billingsley, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Hemingday! Celebrate the 116th birthday of Ernest Hemingway with games and readings by Nick Esquer, Joe Holley, Elizabeth A. M. Keel, Brooke Lightfoot, Veronica Anne Salinas and Elizabeth Lyons, 6PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, Kathy Reichs discusses and signs Speaking in Bones, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Witte Museum, Join H-E-Buddy and San Antonio Youth Literacy for a Read 3 Read Aloud and receive a free children’s book, 3PM

Terrell

Book and Crannies, Brad Parks will discuss and sign The Fraud, 6PM

Wednesday, July 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Travel Writer HARRISON SCOTT KEY speaking & signing The World’s Largest Man: A Memoir, 7PM
• Opal Divine’s, MysteryPeople Presents NOIR AT THE BAR featuring authors BRAD PARKS & ANDREW HILBERT, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Desiree Morrow, a.k.a. Desy Smith, will sell and sign her YA novel, The Talented, 5PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Sneak Peek at THE WHALE; OR, MOBY DICK, presented by Horse Head Theater Co., 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Spencer Quinn will sign and discuss Scents and Sensibility and David Rosenfelt will sign and discuss his two new releases, Who Let the Dog Out? and Lessons from Tara, 6:30PM

North Richland Hills

• North Richland Hills Public Library, Behind the Book: Dr. Kathy Reichs discusses and signs Speaking in Bones, 7PM

Thursday, July 23

Allen

• Allen Public Library, Dr. Paul Tobolowsky discusses and signs Stardust Dancing (A Seeker’s Guide to the Miraculous), 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author ACE ATKINS Speaking & Signing The Redeemers, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Douglas Box Signs Cutter Frisco: Growing Up on the Original Southfork Ranch: A Memoir, 6:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Dave Parsons reading and signing REACHING FOR LONGER WATER & Cliff Hudder reading and signing PRETTY ENOUGH FOR YOU, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Brad Parks will sign and discuss The Fraud, 6:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – Valley Ranch, Authors Visit and Launch Party: Rachel Caine presents Ink and Bone, Shanna Swendson presents Rebel Mechanics and P.N. Elrod presents The Hanged Man, 7PM

Friday, July 24

Arlington

• Arlington Public Library – Southeast Branch, Symphony Arlington Kids Notes Program, 2PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author WESLEY CHU speaking & signing Time Salvager, 7PM
• Brave New Books, author Jim Marrs event
• King Bee, Conflict of Interest presents: Drinks with (your) Conflict(s) of Interest, 8PM
• Malvern Books, I SCREAM SOCIAL poetry reading series with A.R. Rogers, Aza Pace, and Natalie Ruiz, 7PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice: Beyond Alchemy, 4PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Summer of Shakespeare: The Soliloquies with the Houston Shakespeare Festival, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss The Redeemers, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Mini-conference reading by Jennifer Bartlett and Dan Vera, 7PM
• Guadalupe Theater, celebration of Macondo 20th anniversary, with the public invited to hear readings by various writers, including inaugural poet Richard Blanco. 7 p.m.; free.

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Jenny Martin Book Signing-Tracked, 6PM

Saturday, July 25

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Author ALEXANDRA BURT speaking & signing Remember Mia, 4PM
• Brave New Books, author Jim Marrs event
• Bullock Museum, Texas Readers Theater Series: Camp Logan, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Parmer Crossing, 43rd birthday party for Half Price Books, 12PM
• Half Price Books – Parmer Crossing, Victoria McGuire will sell and sign her memoir It Should Not Hurt to be a Wife, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Southpark Meadows, 43rd birthday party for Half Price Books, 1PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged mic-less open mic, 7PM

Bowie

• Bowie Public Library, Texas Writes by the Writers’ League of Texas: presentations by authors Polly Holyoke and Ann Fields, 10AM

Cedar Hill

• B&N – Hillside Village, R. Jay Berry signs Sunday’s Eternal Rose, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice: Beyond Alchemy, 10AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Hank Moore will discuss and sign his new book, HOUSTON LEGENDS, 2PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Weasel Patterson reading and signing THE HELL INSIDE US and David E. Cowen reading and signing THE MADNESS OF EMPTY SPACES, 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, Local author D. Scozzari signs the second book in her Ninth Region series for early readers, The Knighting Nettle, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Rachel Caine will sign and discuss Ink and Bone and Jennifer Lynn Barnes will sign The Fixer, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Victor Alvarez reads and signs The Huntsman, 4PM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, Book Signing With Author Rebecca May: A Finely Crafted Novel, 11AM

Lewisville

• B&N – Vista Ridge, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra Kids Notes Program, 11AM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Xavier Garza discusses and signs The Great and Mighty Nikko, 1PM
• Southlake
• B&N – Town Square, Rebecca May signing A Finely Crafted Novel, 3PM

San Antonio

• Guadalupe Theater, celebration of Macondo 20th anniversary, “An Evening with Richard Blanco,” 7 pm; admission $25.

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Andrea Morris will sell and sign her children’s book, Caterpillar, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Janet Shawgo signs Look for Me, 2PM

Sunday, July 26

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Oak Lawn, Marion Moore Hill will discuss and sign her Scrappy Librarian and Deadly Past mysteries, 1:30PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice: Beyond Alchemy, 10AM

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