{"id":1000,"date":"2018-12-31T15:11:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:11:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:11:05","slug":"special-events-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u284901-30\">\n<li id=\"u284901-5\"><span id=\"u284901-3\">Texas Shakespeare Festival,<\/span> Kilgore, June 29\u2013July 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-8\"><span id=\"u284901-6\">The LaNana Creek Press Summer Letterpress and Book Art Intensive,<\/span> Nacogdoches, July 8-August 5<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-11\"><span id=\"u284901-9\">Barrio Writers Summer Workshop, <\/span>Austin, July 10-15<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-14\"><span id=\"u284901-12\">10th Annual Wild West History Association Roundup, <\/span>Fort Worth, July 12-15<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-17\"><span id=\"u284901-15\">Archer City Story Center Weekend Workshop: <\/span>Writing the Nonfiction Book Proposal, July 14-16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-20\"><span id=\"u284901-18\">ArlingCon: Arlington Public Library&#8217;s Comic, SciFi &#038; Fantasy Convention,<\/span> Arlington, July 15<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-23\"><span id=\"u284901-21\">East Texas Writers Guild&#8217;s 14th Annual Writer&#8217;s Conference,<\/span> Tyler, July 15<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-26\"><span id=\"u284901-24\">Texas Sports Hall of Fame 1st Annual Book Festival, <\/span>Waco, July 15<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-29\"><span id=\"u284901-27\">2017 North Texas Comic Book Show,<\/span> Irving, July 15-16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-33\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u284901-46\">\n<li id=\"u284901-36\"><span id=\"u284901-34\">Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, <\/span>Austin, February 6\u2013July 16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-39\"><span id=\"u284901-37\">Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art,<\/span> Austin, June 5\u2013August 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-42\"><span id=\"u284901-40\">Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams,<\/span> Abilene, June 8\u2013September 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-45\"><span id=\"u284901-43\">George Catlin&#8217;s North American Indian Portfolio<\/span>, San Antonio, June 23-September 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-49\">Sunday, July 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-51\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-58\">\n<li id=\"u284901-53\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL Solstice Fest: &#8220;Through the Windshield&#8221; featuring poet Nathan Brown, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-55\">BookPeople, MANDY LEN CATRON speaking &#038; signing How to Fall in Love with Anyone, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-57\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Sound &#038; Flight,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-61\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-64\">\n<li id=\"u284901-63\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-67\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-72\">\n<li id=\"u284901-69\">Murder By the Book, Brad Thor will sign and discuss Use of Force, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-71\">Rudyard&#8217;s Pub, Houston VIP Poetry Slam presents the Texas Tea Regional Poetry Slam, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-75\">Monday, July 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-77\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-80\">\n<li id=\"u284901-79\">BookPeople, DARYL GREGORY speaking &#038; signing Spoonbenders, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-83\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-86\">\n<li id=\"u284901-85\">Interabang Books, Beatriz Williams reads and signs COCOA BEACH, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-89\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-94\">\n<li id=\"u284901-91\">The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Brazos Bookstore presents Roxane Gay reading from HUNGER: A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY (in partnership with the Houston Public Library), 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-93\">Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI-Houston meeting: &#8220;Writing &#038; Submitting a Book Series&#8221; with Dotti Enderle, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-97\">Tuesday, July 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-99\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-106\">\n<li id=\"u284901-101\">BookPeople, Story time: Local author Emma Virj\u00e1n is here to read her newest Pig in a Wig book, What This Story Needs is a Vroom and a Zoom, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-103\">BookPeople, ROXANE GAY speaking &#038; signing Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, 7PM [ticket required for signing line]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-105\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Professor J, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-109\">Cedar Hill<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-112\">\n<li id=\"u284901-111\">Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting with guest speaker Russell C. Connor, author of Good Neighbors, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-115\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-118\">\n<li id=\"u284901-117\">The Black Orchid, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series featuring Phobia the Prophet, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-121\">Harker Heights<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-124\">\n<li id=\"u284901-123\">B&#038;N, The Confusion of Languages book signing with Siobhan Fallon, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-127\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-134\">\n<li id=\"u284901-129\">Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Loueva Smith and Elina Petrova, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-131\">Houston Museum of Natural Science, Kathy Reichs reads and signs Two Nights (in partnership with Murder By the Book), 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-133\">Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Beauty, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-137\">Wednesday, July 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-139\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-142\">\n<li id=\"u284901-141\">BookPeople, DREW MAGARY speaking &#038; signing The Hike, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-145\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-148\">\n<li id=\"u284901-147\">Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: Becky Aikman discusses and signs Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma and Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge (in conversation with Chris Vognar of the Dallas Morning News), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-151\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-158\">\n<li id=\"u284901-153\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-155\">Brazos Bookstore, Alexandra Fuller reading and signing QUIET UNTIL THE THAW, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-157\">Murder By the Book, Keith McCafferty will sign and discuss Cold Hearted River, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-161\">Thursday, July 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-163\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-172\">\n<li id=\"u284901-165\">BookPeople, ALEXANDRA FULLER speaking &#038; signing Quiet Until the Thaw, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-167\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jonathan Moody, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-169\">Malvern Books, Novel Night with Anna Castle, author of Publish and Perish, and Karen MacInerney, author of Mother&#8217;s Little Helper, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-171\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-175\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-178\">\n<li id=\"u284901-177\">Deep Vellum Books, Poetry Reading: Christopher Stephen Soden, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-181\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-184\">\n<li id=\"u284901-183\">Indigo at Midtown, 1st Annual Bayou City Group Slam (fundraiser), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-187\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-194\">\n<li id=\"u284901-191\">The Plaza Club, World Affairs Council of San Antonio hosts Ali Noorani discussing There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration, 11:30AM<br \/><span id=\"u284905\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/david-tomlinson-midnight-man\" id=\"u284906\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20071317.jpg\"  id=\"u284906_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-193\">The Twig Book Shop, David Tomlinson reads and signs The Midnight Man, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-197\">Seabrook<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-200\">\n<li id=\"u284901-199\">Harris County Public Library &#8211; Evelyn Meador, Storyteller Jean Donatto presents \u201cThis Train is Bound for Story,\u201d 2:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-203\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-206\">\n<li id=\"u284901-205\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-209\">Friday, July 14<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-211\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-216\">\n<li id=\"u284901-213\">BookPeople, CHRISTOPHER BROWN speaking and signing Tropic of Cancer, and NICKY DRAYDEN speaking &#038; signing The Prey of Gods, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-215\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of the debut issue of Kallisto Gaia Press\u2019 literary journal, The Ocotillo Review, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-219\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-222\">\n<li id=\"u284901-221\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents the GNO Show, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-225\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-228\">\n<li id=\"u284901-227\">Brazos Bookstore, Anis Shivani discussing and signing LITERARY WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-231\">Port Neches<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-234\">\n<li id=\"u284901-233\">Fleur Fine Books, Rachel Caine meet &#038; greet and book signing, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-237\">Saturday, July 15<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-239\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-242\">\n<li id=\"u284901-241\">Chase Tower, Texas High Plains Writers meeting: Ryan McSwain, author of Four Color Bleed, speaks on \u201cHow to Publish on Amazon like a Pro,\u201d 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-245\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-258\">\n<li id=\"u284901-247\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Karen Norton signing Mom, God&#8217;s Got This: Jamie&#8217;s Story, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-249\">BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin Monthly Meeting: Online Writing Contests and the Twitter Book Community with Kit Rosewater and Lindsay Leslie, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-251\">BookPeople, VICTOR EMANUEL speaking &#038; signing One More Warbler: A Life with Birds, 4PM [followed by a bird-watching walk at 6PM]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-253\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, local author D.M. Williams will sell and sign her novella Love In, Air In, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-255\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Lamar, local author Bruce Henderson will sell and sign his Techno-thriller White Pages, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-257\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of poet Dylan Krieger\u2019s Giving Godhead (with poet Cindy Huyser), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-261\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-264\">\n<li id=\"u284901-263\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Tracy Lawson signs Revolt: Book Four of the Resistance Series, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-267\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-274\">\n<li id=\"u284901-269\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, C.C. Long signing Connected Minds, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-271\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, The Broken Spoke signing and talk with Donna Marie Miller, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-273\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;No Direction Home&#8221; with Sandy Torrez, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-277\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-280\">\n<li id=\"u284901-279\">Galveston Bookshop, Kimber Fountain signing Galveston Seawall Chronicles, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-283\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-294\">\n<li id=\"u284901-285\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer Crossing, Diana J. Noble discusses and signs Evangelina Takes Flight, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-287\">Brazos Bookstore, Story time: Local writer Erin Nelsen Parekh reading from BEHOWL THE MOON, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-289\">Half Price Books &#8211; Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-291\">Murder By the Book, Rachel Caine will sign and discuss Ash and Quill and Stillhouse Lake; Martha Wells will sign and discuss All Systems Red and The Harbors of the Sun, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-293\">River Oaks Bookstore, Laura Lyles Reagan discusses and signs How to Raise Respectful Parents, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-297\">Pasadena<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-300\">\n<li id=\"u284901-299\">B&#038;N &#8211; Fairway Market, E. Paige Burks signs Return to Royalty, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-305\">San Antonio<br \/><span id=\"u284908\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/amelinda-casias-light-jesus\" id=\"u284909\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"51\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20071517.jpg\"  id=\"u284909_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-308\">\n<li id=\"u284901-307\">The Twig Book Shop, Amelinda Casias signs Into the Light of Jesus, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-311\">South Padre Island<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-314\">\n<li id=\"u284901-313\">Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: J.T. Lozano, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-317\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-320\">\n<li id=\"u284901-319\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Lucille Williams signing From Me to We, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u284901-323\">Sunday, July 16<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u284901-325\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-330\">\n<li id=\"u284901-327\">BookPeople, DUNCAN JONES speaking &#038; signing The Zebra Just Couldn&#8217;t Decide, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-329\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, Unicorn Princess Storytime: Local literary and performance phenom Andrea Eames, a.k.a. Unicorn Princess, will share fables, fairy tales, and original stories, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-333\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-336\">\n<li id=\"u284901-335\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-339\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-346\">\n<li id=\"u284901-341\">Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Daniel Silva discusses and signs House of Spies (in conversation with Houston Public Media\u2019s Andrew Schneider), 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-343\">MATCH Houston, Meta-Four Houston vs Houston VIP: Send off Poetry Slam, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u284901-345\">Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss House of Spies, 2PM [line number required]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-349\">Pearland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-352\">\n<li id=\"u284901-351\">B&#038;N &#8211; Broadway, Jessika Hearne signing Growing Up: Life Behind the Chalkboard, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-357\">San Antonio<br \/><span id=\"u284902\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/holly-castillo-texas-conquest\" id=\"u284903\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20071617.jpg\"  id=\"u284903_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u284901-360\">\n<li id=\"u284901-359\">The Twig Book Shop, Holly Castillo reads and signs Texas Conquest, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u284901-363\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 29\u2013July 30 The LaNana Creek Press Summer Letterpress and Book Art Intensive, Nacogdoches, July 8-August 5 Barrio Writers Summer Workshop, Austin, July 10-15 10th Annual Wild West History Association Roundup, Fort Worth, July 12-15 Archer City Story Center Weekend Workshop: Writing the Nonfiction Book Proposal, July 14-16 ArlingCon: Arlington Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}