• 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 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

Monday, August 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Author & Documentary Playwright LARA NAUGHTON speaking & signing The Jaguar Man, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel P. Roth discusses and signs CONVICT COWBOYS, 7PM

Tuesday, August 23

Austin

• Malvern Books, François Pointeau hosts Multi-Verse, a new poetry reading series, featuring local poets Michael Gilmore and Richard Cole, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• Hotel Crescent Court, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 6:30PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Writer’s Garret presents Soup’s On: Stone Soup Showcase with Jolee Davis, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Lance Hawvermale reads and signs Face Blind, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
• The Fort Worth Club, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 11:30AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jayme Lynn Blaschke discusses and signs INSIDE THE TEXAS CHICKEN RANCH, 7PM
• Kaboom Books, Mark Jodon reads and signs his debut poetry collection Day of the Speckled Trout, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Erik Storey will sign and discuss his debut novel Nothing Short of Dying, 6:30PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, August 24

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, artist Matt Frank signs Godzilla: Rage Across Time, 3PM
• Austin Public Library – Old Quarry, Evening of Poetry with the Typewriter Rodeo, Kristin Anderson, Timothy Dailey-Valdés, and Aimee Mackovic, 7PM
• BookPeople, Deb Gabor speaking & signing Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Jesse Donaldson reads and signs THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Andrew Gross will sign and discuss The One Man, 6:30PM

Thursday, August 25

Austin

• BookPeople, MONTE AKERS, NATHAN AKERS & ROGER FRIEDMAN speaking & signing Tower Sniper: The Terror of America’s First Active Shooter on Campus, 7PM
• Malvern Books, launch of Susan Briante’s new poetry collection The Market Wonders (in association with Bat City Review), 6:30PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Christine Handy to discuss Walk Beside Me, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border featuring Mexican publishing company Sexto Piso, 7:30PM [bilingual event]

Houston

• Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Benjamin Rybek, Christopher Brean Murray, and Aliah Lavonne Tigh, 8:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, David Lemaster reads and signs The Passers, 5PM

Friday, August 26

Austin

• BookPeople, JESSE DONALDSON speaking & signing The More They Disappear (in conversation with PHILIPP MEYER), 7PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring ELLIE FRANCIS DOUGLASS, DANIELLE ZACCAGNINO, and MEG GRIFFITTS, 7PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Reading and signing with Elsa Hart and Julia Keller, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – Ingram Festival, Tower Sniper: The Terror of America’s First Active Shooter on Campus book signing and discussion with Monte Akers, Nathan Akers and Roger Friedman, 7PM

Saturday, August 27

Austin

• Austin Community College – Riverside, Writers’ League of Texas Workshop: “This Word Now: Brainstorming Your Way into Stories and Out of Dead Ends” with Jodi and Owen Egerton, 9AM
• BookPeople, HOMER ROSS TOMLIN speaking & signing Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights, 1PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, John Herndon signs One Too Many and Richard Lee Price signs Troubadours: Love Death Rumba, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Parmer Crossing, local author E.J. (Earl Bobb Jr.) will sell and sign Orders of Love System, Version 2: My Life, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Beth Bowland signs Polaris, 2PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Sheela Wolford: “Living at the Treetop”, 12:45PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Coach G.A. Moore and Ed Housewright discuss and sign Beyond Just Win: A Profile of G.A. Moore, 4PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Maria Elena Sandovici signs Lost Path to Solitude, 3PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Texas Poets read from and sign the 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Paul Luikart reads and signs ANIMAL HEART, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, local author Vicky Dezine will sell and sign More Than a Woman, 1PM
• Katy Budget Books, Liv Hadden signs In the Mind of Revenge, 2PM
• Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press’s SUMMER SHINDIG featuring poets Billie Duncan, Stacy Nigliazzo, Mary Wemple, and Carmen Jacobsen, 7PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Personal Essay and Memoir: Turning the Pen on Ourselves with Mark Dostert, 9:30AM

Round Rock

• Round Rock Public Library, SCBWI Full Novel Workshop with authors Anne Bustard, P.J. Hoover, and Greg Leitich Smith, 9AM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield discuss and sign Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre, 11AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Christopher Carmona reads and signs The Road to Llorona Park, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Brian McTaggart signs 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 12PM

Sunday, August 28

Dallas

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Homer Ross Tomlin discusses and signs HOMER THORNBERRY, 5PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, J. Ko discusses and signs Into Her World, 2PM

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