• Macondo Writers’ Workshop, San Antonio, 14-17
• 10th Annual Writers’ League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Alpine, July 18-22
• Barrio Writers present a Week-long Writing Workshop, Austin, July 18-23
• Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 19-22
• Gemini Ink Writers Conference, San Antonio, July 21-24
• The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Grapevine, July 22-24

Ongoing Exhibits

• Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22

Sunday, July 17

Austin

• BookPeople, musician John Doe speaking & signing Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, 2PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
• Recycled Reads, Spoken Word, 2PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Daniel Silva will discuss and sign The Black Widow, 7PM
• B&N – Preston/Park, Larry Solomon will sign and discuss Translate, Motivate, Activate: A Leader’s Guide to Mobilizing Change, 2PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Tracy Lawson will sell and sign her new dystopian YA novel, Ignite, book three in the Resistance Series, 1PM

Houston

• Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM

Humble

• B&N – Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM

Monday, July 18

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, award-winning journalist, screenwriter and Texas Monthly executive editor Skip Hollandsworth will discuss and sign The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, David Todd discusses and signs THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE PROJECT, 7PM

Tuesday, July 19

Austin

• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
• Whip In, TD;LR reading series presents Felix Morgan and Brian Lamont, 7PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Gail Carriger will sign and discuss Imprudence, 6:30PM

• Books-A-Million, Shane Dawson, YouTube personality, actor, sketch comedian, singer, songwriter and film director, will discuss and sign copies of his newest book It Gets Worse, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, July 20

Austin

• Austin Public Library, APLFF workshop: Form, Line, and White Space with Amanda North, 6:30PM
• BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author GAIL CARRIGER speaking & signing Imprudence, 7PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live! presents Chris Colfer, author of An Author’s Odyssey, 7:30PM

Thursday, July 21

Amarillo

• The Craig Senior Living, An Evening with author Jodi Thomas, ?

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Terrazas, Aural Literature presents Austin Bat Cave’s young writers, 7PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas Third Thursday: Meet Your Match: Writing Groups, Critique Groups, Critique Partners, and More with Nikki Loftin, Karen McInerney, and Ron Seybold, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
• Supply Showroom, Bright Bazaar Book Party: mega design blogger Will Taylor will sign Dream Decor, 6PM

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Central, As part of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize’s Centennial Campfire Initiative, Friends of the Dallas Public Library presents Gilbert King, author of the 2013 award-winning Devil in the Grove (with Chris Vognar of the Dallas Morning News), 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Juan José Martínez D’aubuisson reads and signs Ver, oír y callar, 7:30PM [Spanish reading]

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Hemingday! annual celebration of Hemingway’s birthday with Papa-themed cocktails, a beard-making station, and the triumphant return of the ever-popular drunk coloring, 7PM
• Casa Ramirez Folk Art, Tintero Projects presents poetry Denice Frohman and Yesenia Montilla, 7PM
• Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, artist Mark Flood will sign copies of Mark Flood: Gratest Hits, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Joseph Finder will sign and discuss Guilty Minds, 6:30PM

Friday, July 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Journalist BRONWEN DICKEY speaking & signing Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon, 7PM
• Malvern Books, I SCREAM SOCIAL reading series featuring E. KRISTIN ANDERSON, SARAH FRANCES MORAN, & SAMANTHA DUNCAN, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe and Ballroom, CANTOMUNDO presents Texas Poet Laureate Dr. Carmen Tafolla, + 14 Latinx poets, 8PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, members of Cloudwerks Poetry Workshop launch the White Rock Zine Machine, 7PM

Galveston

• The Witchery, meet author and Conjure woman, Mama Starr, and have your books signed, 4PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 4PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Will Everett reads and signs WE’LL LIVE TOMORROW, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, C.B. McKenzie will sign and discuss Burn What Will Burn, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, David Todd and Jonathan Ogren discuss and signs The Texas Landscape Project, 6PM
• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink reading with Janet Kaplan and Tim Z. Hernandez, 7PM

Saturday, July 23

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling author of Buddhist Boot Camp TIMBER HAWKEYE speaking and signing Faithfully Religionless, 3PM
• Malvern Books, Nathan Brown launches his latest poetry collection, My Salvaged Heart: Story of a Cautious Courtship, with Katherine Hoerth and Kip Stratton, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe and Ballroom, CANTOMUNDO presents United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, + 14 Latinx poets, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Richard Gonzales signs Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse poetry reading, 3PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Mark Pumphrey: Funny as a Train Wreck: The Incomprehensible Poetry of John Ashbery, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Westover Village, local author Betty Kilby Fisher will sell and sign copies of her memoir Wit, Will and Walls, 1PM
• LaMancha Business Center, Forth Worth Writer’s Boot Camp workshop: Finish That Book! with Michael H. Price, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square,George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 10AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, celebration of children’s authors published by Bright Sky Press: Molly Whitney, Chris Bridge, Paige Clough, Pam Franks, and Dee Maner, 11AM
• Brazos Bookstore, Jonah Lisa Dyer & Stephen Dyer read and sign THE SEASON, 7PM
• Inprint House, Speak!Poet presents John Gorman & Choonwha Moon, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Michelle Moran will sign and discuss Mata Hari’s Last Dance, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Glenn L. Roberts reads and signs Frenzy, 3PM
• Writespace, Fiction from Facts: Mining the Media for Characters and Plots with Marian Szczepanski, 9:30AM

Lubbock

• B&N, West Texas Middleweight: The Story of Lavern Roach book signing with Frank Sikes, 1PM
• Marfa
• Marfa Public Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents a Texas Writes workshop with Charlotte Gullick and Scott Wiggerman, 10AM

San Antonio

• Southwest School of Art – Coates Chapel, Gemini Ink reading with Reyna Grande, Tim Seibles, Barbara Ras, and Texas Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 7PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jenn Mendiola reads and signs I Only Just Love You A Lot, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Jack Knox signing Texas: Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20-Foot Cowboy, 1PM

• Veterans One Stop Center, Writer’s Garret workshop: Writing Your Story, 12:30PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Brian McTaggart signing 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 11AM
• The Woodlands
• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Gwen Kirkpatrick signing Diary of a Decade, 2PM

Sunday, July 24

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 10AM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, local musician, author, and inspirational speaker Undrai Fizer will sell and sign The Excuse-less Life: 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 1PM
• Inprint House, Tintero Projects presents poetry with Raina Leon and Malcolm Friend, 7PM
• Rudyard’s, Texas Tea Regional Poetry Slam, 6:30PM
• Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South, Mysterious Ways: an afternoon with inspirational fiction authors Vannetta Chapman and Rene Gutteridge, 3PM

Mansfield

Half Price Books, local author Christy Taylor will sell and sign Rainbow Wings: When No Human Would Help, Heavenly Help was Sent, 1PM

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