• Macondo Workshop 20th Anniversary Celebration, San Antonio, July 22–26
• David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum exhibit, Abilene, National Children’s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25

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

Monday, July 27

Austin

• BookPeople, Journalist & Bread Connoisseur SAMUEL FROMARTZ in conversation with Mother Jones journalist TOM PHILPOTT about Fromartz’s new book, In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker’s Odyssey, 7PM

Richardson

• Alamo Drafthouse, talk, Q&A and book signing of Ernest Cline’s new novel, Armada, 7PM [tickets required]

Tuesday, July 28

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author ERNEST CLINE speaking & signing Armada, 7PM
• BookWoman, reading and signing with Nancy Jane Moore – The Weave, 7PM
• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything is Bigger reading with poet James Shea, local writer Sarah Rafael García, local poet Jesse Bertron, and special guest Hannah Kenah, 7:30PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Lee Robinson will read and sign Lawyer For the Dog, 7:30PM

Duncanville

• Duncanville Public Library, Jenny Martin will discuss and sign her YA novel, Tracked, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Christie Golden will sign and discuss Star Wars: Dark Disciple, 6:30PM

Silverton

• Silverton Public Library, Texas Writes (a program from Writers’ League of Texas) with Debra Winegarten and James Haley, 5PM

Wednesday, July 29

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Novelist ANDI TERAN speaking & signing Ana of California, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, book signing: Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica, 7PM

Thursday, July 30

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author CHRISTIE GOLDEN speaking & signing Star Wars: Dark Disciple, 7PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, 9th birthday party for San Antonio Press Kendra Steiner Editions featuring their mix of contemporary poetry and experimental music, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Inprint Student Writer Presentation, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Mary Kubica will sign and discuss Pretty Baby and Alexandra Burt will sign and discuss Remember Mia, 6:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – Valley Ranch, Laini Taylor will discuss and sign her Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Bruce J. Spohn reads and signs Lovers by the Lake, 6PM

Friday, July 31

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author LINWOOD BARCLAY speaking & signing Broken Promise, 7PM
• Malvern Books, a reading from poets Grant Cross and Stephanie Goehring, 7PM

Haslet

• Haslet Public Library, Symphony Arlington Kids Notes Program, 3PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South Branch, Friday Night Library Express Yourself Edition with readings and a story walk, 7PM

Saturday, Aug. 1

Amarillo

• B&N, book signing: The Way We Weren’t by Jill Talbot, 2PM

Austin

• Austin Books and Comics, Ernest Cline to sign Armada, 12PM
• BookPeople, President Jimmy Carter signing A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety, 2:30PM [tickets required]

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Author Meet/Greet/Signing with Michael Thacker, 12PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Adan Medrano will discuss and sign his new cookbook, TRULY TEXAS MEXICAN, 2PM
• Fruition Technology Lab, Local Inventor Vivian Elebiyo launches her children’s book I Can Invent Things and the Kids Who Invent program, 11AM
• Murder By the Book, Linwood Barclay will sign and discuss Broken Promise, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Andrea Porter reads and signs To Hell With Love, 3PM
• Rudyard’s, Houston Hot Fusion: Poets & Musicians in the P.M. – A Benefit for Public Poetry, 8PM

Humble

• Half Price Books, special book signing and refreshments with local children’s author Edward Castro, 1PM

McAllen

• B&N – Northcross, Book Signing With Dr.David Bowles: The Smoking Mirror, 2PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Emarie Randell reads and signs The Josie Effect, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Kimberly Carlstrom Book Signing: Scrambled Letters, 11:30AM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Victoria Martin signs Itty Bitty Wouldn’t Budge, 2PM

Sunday, Aug. 2

Everyone is reading at home today. You should, too.

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