• 2017 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention, Fort Worth, June 29-July 2
• Writers’ League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, June 30-July 2
• Interabang Books opens, Dallas, July 1

Ongoing Exhibits

• Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6–July 16
• Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15–July 1
• Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Austin, June 5–August 13
• Print Houston 2017, June 5–July 3
• Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams, Abilene, June 8–September 1
• George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio, San Antonio, June 23-September 4

Sunday, June 25

Austin

• 4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL Solstice Fest: “Deeper Into the World” with cellist Joel Becktell, pianist Carla McElhaney, and poet Cecily Parks, 12:30PM
• BookPeople, SARAH MCLEAN speaking & signing The Power of Attention, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Liv Hadden launches The Adventures of Juice Box and Shame, 3PM
• Malvern Books, 2017 REVEL Solstice Festival: A Blank Canvas continues with “The 3 B’s: Bach, Bukowski, and Brown” featuring cellist Joel Becktell and poet Nathan Brown, former Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma, 7PM
• Wildflower Terrace, An Afternoon with the Author featuring Helen Ginger, author of DEADPOINT, 1PM

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Preston/Royal, local author Nell Taylor reads her new children’s book, Potatoland and the Fable of Thunder and Lightning, 2PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Dori Scarano discusses and signs Millie’s Butterflies, 2PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse poetry reading, 6PM

Houston

• Writespace, Workshop: “Building an Author Platform” with Joy Preble, 3PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Sandy Loker signs Can I Sniff My Way to Heaven?, 11AM

Monday, June 26

Austin

• BookPeople, MEG GARDINER speaking & signing UNSUB, 7PM

Dallas

• Hotel Crescent Court, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Sir Nigel Shadbolt, author of The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It, 6PM
• The Wild Detectives, Fiera M. Smith reads from her poetry and prose collection Whenever It Smells Like Rain, 7:30PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, Kimberla Lawson Roby signs Sin of a Woman, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Laura Lee Huttenbach discusses and signs RUNNING WITH RAVEN, 7PM

Lubbock

• Lubbock Public Library – Groves, Bill Neeley will discuss and sign The Quest of Don Juan Sequin, 6:30PM

Tuesday, June 27

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Nicky Drayden signs The Prey of Gods, 7PM
• BookPeople, PATRICIA ROBERTS-MILLER speaking & signing Demagoguery and Democracy, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Malvern’s Multi-Verse with BookWoman’s Susan Post, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Slam Bowl 2017, 7PM

Dallas

• Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents DFW Unplugged, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, From Rendering to Reality: The Story of Buffalo Bayou Park, 7PM
• Haynes and Boone, LLP, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Sir Nigel Shadbolt, author of The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Meg Gardiner will sign and discuss Unsub, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM

Wednesday, June 28

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Old Quarry, Austin Out Loud: coming-of-age stories from authors Christy Esmahan, Jennifer Graham, and Favian Harper, 7PM [recommended for 17+]
• Austin Public Library – Terrazas, Aural Literature: Local writers read their own work aloud for the public, 7PM
• BookPeople, NINA GEORGE speaking & signing The Little French Bistro, 7PM
• Hotel Ella, Salon Series: bestselling author and geneticist Spencer Wells, author of The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, 6PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Art historian, critic, biographer, and Pulitzer-Prize nominated Hayden Herrera discussing and signing Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, 7:30PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Split the First Atom: A Storytelling Event, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Houston Public Library – Central, Books & Bylines: “Murder in Texas” with Attorney and Houston Chronicle courts reporter Brian Rogers and Kathryn Casey, author of Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Olga Campos Benz reads and signs It’s News to Me, 5PM
  

Thursday, June 29

Austin

• BookPeople, JAMES POULOS speaking & signing The Art of Being Free, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Texas author Price Ainsworth discusses and signs A MINOR FALL, 6PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, COLLECTIBLE CONVERSATIONS: RARE & HISTORICAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS with Jonathan Carr, curator of the Siddie Joe Johnson Children’s Literature Collection at the Dallas Public Library, 6PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Chief David Brown will discuss and sign Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me, 7PM [pass required]
• SMU, Workshop: “How to Self-Publish Your Book — Economically, Quickly, and Professionally” with Len Bourland, 7PM

San Antonio

• Briscoe Western Art Museum, Helen Kleberg Groves signs her new book, Bob and Helen Kleberg of King Ranch, 5:30PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Midnight Jewel discussion and signing with Richelle Mead, 6PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony, Storytime With Local Author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, June 30

Austin

• BookPeople, ERIN PRINGLE speaking & signing The Whole World at Once (in conversation withOWEN EGERTON), 7PM
• Malvern Books, Joe Giordano launches his second novel, Appointment with ISIL, An Anthony Provati Thriller, with Walt Gragg reading from his recent release, The Red Line, 7PM

Bryan

• REVOLUTION CAFE AND BAR, Speak Up Speak Out Regional Youth Poetry Slam, 8:30PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slams presents Sexual Avengers Apocalypse, 8PM

Galveston

• The Witchery, Laura Tempest Zakroff discusses and signs The Witch’s Cauldron: The Craft, Lore, & Magick of Ritual Vessels, 4PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Price Ainsworth discusses and signs A MINOR FALL, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Christopher Farnsworth will sign Flashmob, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Tobin Center, 2nd Verse at The Tobin: an evening of spoken-word poetry featuring Glo, Shaggy, Faylita, Anthony the Poet, Vocab, and Tebe Zalango, 8PM

Saturday, July 1

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Manchaca Road, Austin licensed therapist and author Angela Funke discusses, demonstrates techniques from, and signs Cathartic Ink: Post Election Blues, 10:30AM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, Bill Benitez of Austin independent publishing house Positive Imaging will present a FREE three-hour self-publishing workshop, 1PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times best-selling author Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams) discusses and signs The Right Side, 3PM

Fredericksburg

• Luckenbach Dance Hall, Donna Marie Miller signs The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk + a performance by Dale Watson, TBA

Houston

• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
• River Oaks Bookstore, Sydni M. Brown reads and signs Under the Radar, 3PM
• William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series featuring From Pecos to the Rio Grande by Ron Tyler, 1PM

Humble

• Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez signs Las Nalgas de JLo?/JLO’s Booty, 11AM
  

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: children’s book author Patty York Raymond, 1PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Berry Hawkins signing Deadly Outcome, 1PM

Sunday, July 2

Austin

• 4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL Solstice Fest: “Beat of My Heart” with ALLEGRO CHAMBER TRIO and poet EDWARD VIDAURRE, 12:30PM
• Malvern Books, Alaskan Fiddling Poet Ken Waldman will share poems from his recent collection, Trump Sonnets: Volume One, 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Spencer Quinn will sign and discuss The Right Side, 2PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Revising Fiction” with Adrienne Perry, 3PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Priscilla Kohutek signs Olivia: A Woman Born Ahead of Her Time Who Paved the Way for Today’s Hispanic Women, 2PM
  

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