• Friends of the Plano Library Book Sale, Plano, August 5-7
• The Writer’s Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, August 5-7
• 2016 Author Roundup, Fort Worth, August 13
• 186th Annual 2nd Time Ever BookPeople Nation Carnival of Books!, Austin, August 13

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, 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

Monday, August 8

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Yvonne Georgina Puig reading and signing A WIFE OF NOBLE CHARACTER, 7PM

Tuesday, August 9

Austin

• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave’s Story Department presents Black Lives Matter, 6PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Cedar Hill

• Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group featuring Anita Dickason, Self-Publishing Consultant and Author, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• B&N – Town & Country, It Ends with Us book signing with Colleen Hoover, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, an evening in translation with esteemed literary translator Philip Boehm and Brazos’ own translation guru Mark Haber, 7PM
• Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Heat, 7:30PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, August 10

Austin

• HOST Publications, APLFF presents: The Poetics of Memory, a Badgerdog workshop with Claire Bowman, 6:30PM
• Malvern Books, Twenty Girls to Envy Me book launch with Marcela Sulak & Marian Schwartz, 7PM

College Station

• Southwood Community Center, Brazos Writers meeting featuring Rebecca Nolen, author of Deadly Thyme, 7PM

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Lake Dallas Branch, Bailey and David R. Hardiman will sign Bailey’s Remarkable Plan, 11:45AM
• Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover will discuss and sign her new novel It Ends With Us, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]

Houston

• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution, and Chance by Kayt Sukel + book signing, 6:30PM

Thursday, August 11

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut novelist YVONNE GEORGINA PUIG speaking & signing A Wife of Noble Character, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic Poetry with Valentine Pierce, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Marcia Feldt & D. Ellis Phelps, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Sisters Adrienne & Stephanie Vendetti will discuss their book HOW TO BE A REDHEAD + goodie bags and a chance to get your hair styled by stylists from Paul Mitchell, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Marcela Sulak (translator) reads and signs TWENTY GIRLS TO ENVY ME, 7PM

• Rusk Public Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents Texas Writes with Greg Garrett and Debra Winegarten, 10AM

Friday, August 12

Austin

• BookPeople, Co-Founders of howtobearedhead.com ADRIENNE & STEPHANIE VENDETTI speaking & signing How to be a Redhead: A Guide to Beauty, Skincare, Hair Care, Fashion and Confidence From the Sisters Who Started the Red Hair Revolution, 7PM
• Resistencia Books, The Feminist Bookstore Movement reading & book signing with Kristen Hogan, 7PM

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, POETS ON X+ hosted by Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Erika Jo Brown’s Inprint memoir class student reading, 7PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper book signing with Nicholas Irving, 7PM

Saturday, August 13

Austin

• Malvern Books, power rangers but poetry : a reading with Elijah Pearson, alli simone defeo, EE Jarvie, and EVIL MTN, 7PM
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission, SCBWI Monthly Meeting – From Critique Partners to Collaborators with Don Tate and Chris Barton, 10AM
• The Writing Barn, workshop: Emotional Engagement: World Building with author Katherine Catmull (Fiction and Nonfiction), 12PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Adrian Clark to sign Protect Yourself at All Times: A Guide for Professional Boxers, 3PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, Virginia Prodan signs Saving My Assassin, 2PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Erica Mena will read from Featherbone and Will Evans will read from Fardwor, Russia!, 7PM
• Lavendou Bistro, Fresh Fiction presents afternoon tea with Susan Wiggs, New York Times best-selling author of Family Tree, 1:30PM

Denton

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

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Meet and Greet: graphic novelist and artist Raul Gonzalez, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Gene Keller: Waiting for a Blue Moon, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, E. Barry Gray will sign Greetings from Galveston, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer, Eddie Rose signing signing A Torn Rose, 12PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Clint Hill and his coauthor Lisa McCubbin will discuss their new book FIVE PRESIDENTS: MY EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY WITH EISENHOWER, KENNEDY, JOHNSON, NIXON AND FORD, 3PM
• Murder By the Book, Diane Vallere will sign and discuss Silk Stalkings, 4:30PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Outlining: Simple Plans for Great Stories with Kyle Russell, 1PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper book signing with Nicholas Irving, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Pablo De Leon signing Limitless, 1PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author – Patty York Raymond: It’s Too Windy!, 1PM

• Enrichment Training & Counseling Solutions, Gritos: On Finding the Sources of Our Voices writing workshop led by ire’ne lara silva, 3PM
• Rufi’s Cocina, Waco Poets Society presents a reading by ire’ne lara silva, 7PM

Sunday, August 14

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Yarborough, Sisters In Crime: guest speaker Diane Vallere, International Vice President of Sisters in Crime and author of Silk Stalkings, presents a program on “How to Write a Mystery,” 2:15PM
• BookWoman, Poetry Reading with Leslie Contreras Schwartz and ire’ne lara silva, 3:30PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “New Unwritten Rules,” 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Mark Pryor will sign and discuss The Paris Librarian, 2PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, local author Charles Norman will sell and sign The Fire in the Rock, 1PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Jasmine Melvin reads and signs The Adventures of Jazzy and Bobby, 11AM

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