• Literary Libations Week (a LitCrawl fundraiser), Austin, Houston, & San Antonio, August 15-18
• Writespace Writers Family Reunion, Houston, August 20

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 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

Monday, August 15

Austin

• BookPeople, JAYME LYNN BLASCHKE speaking & signing Inside The Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse, 7PM

San Antonio

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

Tuesday, August 16

Austin

• BookPeople, Historian & Author LYDIA PYNE speaking & signing Seven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World’s Most Famous Human Fossils, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
• The Last Word Bookstore, August Poetry Night – the theme is “Fear,” 6PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Laura McHugh will discuss and sign her novel, ARROWOOD, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Damaged, 6:30PM

San Antonio

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

Southlake

• B&N, Dr. Michelle Bengtson signing Hope Prevails, 5PM

Wednesday, August 17

Austin

• BookPeople, Writer JACKIE HUBA with contributor SHELLY KRONBERGS speaking & signing Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen, 7PM
• Malvern Books, The Deed To My Bones Austin Book Launch with Bernard Pearce, Jim Trainer, and Brian Grosz, 7PM

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, OPEN MIC STORYTELLING: FIGURES OF SPEAK, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Thursday, August 18

Austin

• BookPeople, WRITERS’ LEAGUE OF TEXAS Presents: BLACK LITERATURE MATTERS: A CONVERSATION ON WRITING AND RACE with Michael Hurd, Varian Johnson, Doyin Oyeniyi, and Jennifer M. Wilks, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Elizabeth Williams discusses and signs LIFT YOUR SPIRITS, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, S.R. Atkinson reads and signs Surface Tension (Siren Anthology Book Two), 5PM
• Writespace, Spider Road Press Birthday Party & Flash Fiction Awards, 7PM

Friday, August 19

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Come and Meet Author George Arnold as He Signs Copies of His Books, 4PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Lex Williford reads and signs SUPERMAN ON THE ROOF, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Michael Koryta will sign and discuss Rise The Dark, and Bill Crider will sign and discuss Survivors Will Be Shot Again, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Burnt Ends, Gemini Ink’s Writers in Communities reading + BBQ, 6:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jayme Blaschke discusses and signs Inside The Texas Chicken Ranch, 6PM

Saturday, August 20

Austin

• BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents a Seventh Street Books Panel with MARK PRYOR speaking and signing The Paris Librarian, and JAMES ZISKIN speaking & signing Heart of Stone, 6PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Come and Meet Author George Arnold as He Signs Copies of His Books, 10AM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Benjamin Alire Sáenz: What Are You Most Afraid Of?, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• La Mancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer’s Boot Camp workshop: Terrible Poetry with Logen Cure, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Mike Damante signing Punk Rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology Meets Anarchy, 1PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Hipolito Acosta Signing The Hunt for Maan Singh, 2PM
• B&N – San Pedro, Storytime and Book Signing: The Story Circle by Diane G. Bertrand, 11:30AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Billy Portwood discusses and signs Cecil the Lion, 1PM

Southlake

• B&N, Vivek Pandit signing We Are Generation Z, 1PM
• B&N, Kendall Ryan signing Hitched, 2PM

The Woodlands

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

Sunday, August 21

Austin

• BookPeople, Author & Screenwriter NOAH HAWLEY speaking & signing Before The Fall, 2PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Come and Meet Author George Arnold as He Signs Copies of His Books, 10AM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!

Sugar Land

• The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, moderated panel discussion: THE WRITING PROCESS: FROM INCUBATION TO PUBLICATION with Bapsi Sidhwa, Rodney Walther, and Ann Weisgarber, + book signing, 2PM

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