• Writer’s Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, July 29-31
• Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, August 2-5
• Friends of the Plano Library Book Sale, Plano, August 5-7
• WordWyse Exposytion, Southlake, August 5-6
• The Writer’s Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, August 5-7
• 2016 Texas Christian Writers’ Conference, Houston, August 6

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 31

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Audelia Road, Local Author Book Fair, 2PM
• Dallas Public Library – Bookmarks, LIFE’S LITTLE LESSONS BY ROO, MORE THAN JUST A DACHSHUND: reading and Q&A with author Richard Lentz and Roo, 12:30PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Breakfast with Harry: release party for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, 9AM
• Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM

Monday, August 1

Austin

• Malvern Books, Poetry Karaoke, 7PM

Clear Lake

• NOKturne, First Monday Reading Series hosted by Dustin Pickering, 8PM

Houston

• University of Houston, Houston Public Library Quarterly Author Series: Meet Elizabeth Nunez, author of Even in Paradise, 6:30PM

Tuesday, August 2

Alpine

• Front Street Books, Book release party for Anna Badkhen’s Walking with Abel, 5:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, MYSTERYPEOPLE presents MEGAN ABBOTT – You Will Know Me, BILL LOEHFELM – Let the Devil Out, ALISON GAYLIN – What Remains of Me, and WILLIAM BOYLE – Death Don’t Have No Mercy, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Robin Wells will sign and discuss The French War Bride, 6:30PM

Ponder

• Betty Foster Public Library, David R. Hardiman will sign his Christian nonfiction book Bailey’s Remarkable Plan, 1:15PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, August 3

Austin

• Austin Public Library, APLFF presents: Character, Persona & Narrator, a Badgerdog workshop with Amanda North, 6:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Rob Schmitz discusses and signs STREET OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Megan Abbott will sign and discuss You Will Know Me, and Bill Loehfelm will sign and discuss Let The Devil Out, 6:30PM

McAllen

• Schneider’s German Gasthaus & Beergarden, Book release party for Edward Vidaurre’s new poetry collection Chicano Blood Transfusion + open mic, 7PM

Thursday, August 4

Angleton

• Brazoria County Historical Museum, Roger Wood discusses and signs Texas Zydeco, 6:30PM

Austin

• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Amy Gentry reads and signs Good as Gone (with Merritt Tierce), 7:30PM

Friendswood

• Friendswood Public Library‎, Off the Page Poetry presents Anis Shivani and Jonathan Moody, 7PM

Houston

• Super Happy Fun Land, Featured poets followed by Odd Thursdays Open Mic hosted by Kyle Blue, 9PM

Friday, August 5

Austin

• BookPeople, Phil Force speaking & signing Letters from Limbo, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Dallas Poets Community First Friday Reading Series presents readings from their new anthology Cattlemen & Cadillacs, 7PM

Houston

• Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring Houston Poet Laureate Robin Davidson, 8:30PM

Saturday, August 6

Amarillo

• Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Epiphany: What Light Does on Egde poetry reading with Paul Bowers, Steven Schroeder, and Chera Hammons, 6PM

Austin

• BookWoman, TORCH Wildfire Reading Series presents: April Walker and Ebony Stewart, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Skip Hollandsworth signs The Midnight Assassin, 1PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Sahr Sankoh reads and signs The Cotton Tree, 1PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Celia Aguilar: Musings from La Frontera, 12:45PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, G.W. David Cull signs Gabriel Horn, 2PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Varsha Bajaj will discuss and sign her newest picture book for children THIS IS OUR BABY, BORN TODAY, 3PM
• Houston Public Library – Johnson Branch, Public Poetry reading series features Chris Brunt, Adam Holt, Octavio Quintanilla, and Analicia Sotelo, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Jayme Lynn Blaschke will sign and discuss Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse, 4:30PM
• Writespace, Workshop: The Power of Point of View with Joy Preble, 9AM
• Writespace, Workshop: It’s More Than a Place: Crafting Settings That Matter with Joy Preble, 1PM

Humble

• Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest releases

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Adrian Islas signs Gedion the Arklon, 6PM

Round Rock

• Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest releases

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads and signs her debut poetry collection Fuego, 2PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Jerry Hendon signs It’s Been a Good Life, Dad: My Son’s Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis, 2PM

Sunday, August 7

Austin

• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Christopher Carmona’s debut short story collection The Road to Llorona Park, 2PM
• Recycled Reads, Open Mic Poetry, 3:30PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Beyond Your Backyard Story Night, 7PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer Crossing, F. Qasim ibn Ali Khan signs General Order No. 5: The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot, 12PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, local author Jeannie Ruth will sell and sign Something of Value, 1PM

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