{"id":1023,"date":"2018-12-31T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:18:05","slug":"special-events-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1023","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u290559-27\">\n<li id=\"u290559-5\"><span id=\"u290559-3\">Texas Shakespeare Festival,<\/span> Kilgore, June 29\u2013July 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-8\"><span id=\"u290559-6\">The LaNana Creek Press Summer Letterpress and Book Art Intensive,<\/span> Nacogdoches, July 8-August 5<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-11\"><span id=\"u290559-9\">Literary Non-Fiction Workshop,<\/span> Archer City, July 23-30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-14\"><span id=\"u290559-12\">Texas Authors Marketing Event,<\/span> Houston, July 28-30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-17\"><span id=\"u290559-15\">ArmadilloCon 39<\/span>, Austin, August 4-6<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-20\"><span id=\"u290559-18\">East Texas Book Bash,<\/span> Tyler, August 5<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-23\"><span id=\"u290559-21\">2017 Texas Christian Writers&#8217; Conference,<\/span> Houston, August 5<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-26\"><span id=\"u290559-24\">Texas Ranger Day &#038; History Symposium,<\/span> Fredericksburg, August 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-30\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u290559-40\">\n<li id=\"u290559-33\"><span id=\"u290559-31\">Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art,<\/span> Austin, June 5\u2013August 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-36\"><span id=\"u290559-34\">Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams,<\/span> Abilene, June 8\u2013September 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-39\"><span id=\"u290559-37\">George Catlin&#8217;s North American Indian Portfolio<\/span>, San Antonio, June 23-September 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-43\">Sunday, July 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-45\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-54\">\n<li id=\"u290559-47\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL SOLSTICE FEST: &#8220;Busy as Rain&#8221; with the Soundtap Project and poet Alexandra van de Kamp, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-49\">BookPeople, WILLIAM R. KELLY, ROBERT PITMAN, and WILLIAM STREUSAND speaking &#038; signing From Retribution to Public Safety, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-51\">BookWoman, Charlotte Reagan reading and signing Just Juliet: A LGBTQ Love Story, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-53\">The Highball Austin, Battle of the Slam 2017 featuring Austin Poetry Slam vs KTOWN Mic Drop Slam, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-57\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-64\">\n<li id=\"u290559-59\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author David Eric Tomlinson will sell and sign his thriller The Midnight Man, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-61\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-63\">The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas Seminar: How to Survive Rejection &#038; Forge a Path to Publication with Blake Kimzey, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-67\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-70\">\n<li id=\"u290559-69\">Spiderweb HQ, Workshop: Make Zines with Spiderweb Salon!, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-73\">Monday, July 31<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-75\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-78\">\n<li id=\"u290559-77\">Austin Public Library &#8211; North Village, Olga Campos Benz reads and signs It&#8217;s News to Me, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-81\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-84\">\n<li id=\"u290559-83\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, 40 Day Financial Renewal book signing with Tanesha and Kenneth Hollingshed, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-87\">Tuesday, August 1<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-89\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-94\">\n<li id=\"u290559-91\">BookPeople, REAVIS Z. WORTHAM speaking and signing Hawke&#8217;s Prey, and DAVID HANSARD speaking &#038; signing How the Dark Gets In, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-93\">BookWoman, Jessica Reisman reading and signing Substrate Phantoms, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u290559-100\">\n<li id=\"u290559-99\">Buda Public Library, Amy Jackson reads Cassandra and the Night Sky, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-103\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-106\">\n<li id=\"u290559-105\">Winspear Opera House, #hearhere author series featuring Fran Lebowitz discussing and signing The Fran Lebowitz Reader, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-109\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-114\">\n<li id=\"u290559-111\">Brazos Bookstore, Writers on Remembrance: A Reading by Local Houston Writers, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-113\">Murder By the Book, C.J. Box will sign and discuss the newest Cassie Dewell novel, Paradise Valley, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-117\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-122\">\n<li id=\"u290559-121\">The Twig Book Shop, New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia will discuss and sign his new book, Monster Hunter Siege, book six in the Monster Hunters International Series, and author\/musician D.J. Butler will play music and discuss his fantasy book Witchy Eye, 5:30PM<br \/><span id=\"u290563\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/larry-correia-along-d-j-butler-reading-discussion-music-dj-butler\" id=\"u290564\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20080117.jpg\"  id=\"u290564_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-125\">Wednesday, August 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-127\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-130\">\n<li id=\"u290559-129\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia will discuss and sign his new book, Monster Hunter Siege, book six in the Monster Hunters International Series, and author\/musician D.J. Butler will play music and discuss his fantasy book Witchy Eye, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-133\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-136\">\n<li id=\"u290559-135\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box will discuss and sign Paradise Valley, part of the Highway Quartet series, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-139\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-142\">\n<li id=\"u290559-141\">Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square, Nanci Kimmey, Georgia Caraway, and Mickey McNary lecture from History of the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-145\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-150\">\n<li id=\"u290559-147\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-149\">Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen will sign and discuss her new Royal Spyness mystery, On Her Majesty&#8217;s Frightfully Secret Service, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-153\">Thursday, August 3<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-155\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-158\">\n<li id=\"u290559-157\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-161\">Belton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-164\">\n<li id=\"u290559-163\">Blends Wine Bar, Donna Walker-Nixon and Rachel Crawford, co-editors of the landmark anthology Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem and Song, will read from their works, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-167\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-172\">\n<li id=\"u290559-169\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia will discuss and sign his new book, Monster Hunter Siege, book six in the Monster Hunters International Series, and author\/musician D.J. Butler will play music and discuss his fantasy book Witchy Eye, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-171\">Monkey &#038; Dog Books, Dave Butler will read and sign The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie: The Kidnap Plot, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-175\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-178\">\n<li id=\"u290559-177\">The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, MFAH Writing Series: Creating Dialogue with Ron Mueck, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u290559-181\">\n<li id=\"u290559-180\">River Oaks Bookstore, Christina Sanders discusses and signs Get Your Weight Up: Things We Can All Do to Make America Better, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-184\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-187\">\n<li id=\"u290559-186\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-190\">Friday, August 4<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-192\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-195\">\n<li id=\"u290559-194\">BookPeople, MYRA HARGRAVE MCILVAIN speaking &#038; signing TEXAS TALES, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-198\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-201\">\n<li id=\"u290559-200\">Heroes Lounge, Poetry show and send off for the National Poetry Slam in Denver: Empire State (Brooklyn Poetry Slam Team) vs. Lonestars (Dallas Poetry Slam Team), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-204\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-209\">\n<li id=\"u290559-206\">Houston Museum of African American Culture, Get Lit Author Series: Women 2 Women with Jouelzy, Jillian \u201cJJ\u201d Simmions, Candice D\u2019Meza, Marvell M. Gales (with spoken-word of Kayenne Nebula and music courtesy of Lady BG), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-208\">Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring Daniel Pe\u00f1a, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-212\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-215\">\n<li id=\"u290559-214\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, Story time with author Debbie Henderson Maestas, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-218\">Saturday, August 5<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-220\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-225\">\n<li id=\"u290559-222\">BookPeople, Texas Independent Bookstore Day celebration, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-224\">Girls With Pens, Writing Barn Workshop: &#8220;The Hero\u2019s Journey: Elements and Application in Nonfiction&#8221; with Cynthia Levinson, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-228\">Belton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-231\">\n<li id=\"u290559-230\">McWha Book Store, book signing with local author Tracy Lawson, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-234\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-237\">\n<li id=\"u290559-236\">Interabang Books, Texas Independent Bookstore Day celebration, Texas photographer E. Dan Klepper presents WHY THE RAVEN CALLS THE CANYON (1PM), and Dallas novelist Melissa Lenhardt reads from SAWBONES (4PM), 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-240\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-243\">\n<li id=\"u290559-242\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;Aging: Blood, Sweat, Tears and other Fluids&#8221; with Monica Gomez, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-246\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-249\">\n<li id=\"u290559-248\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar Mall, Local author Rich Allen signs The Ultimate Business Tune Up, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-252\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-265\">\n<li id=\"u290559-254\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Sarah Penrod discusses and signs Urban Cowgirl: Decadently Southern, Outrageously Texan, Food, Family Traditions, and Style for Modern Life, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-256\">Brazos Bookstore, Texas Independent Bookstore Day celebration, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-258\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-260\">Katy Budget Books, Local authors Tracy Goodwin and Lark Brennan sign their latest paranormal romances, Cursed and Recklessly Yours, respectively, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-262\">River Oaks Bookstore, Kiersten Kindred discusses and signs Five Steps to Marketing Success: A Small Business Guide, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-264\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Crafting Effective Prose&#8221; with Cassandra Clarke, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-268\">Humble<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-271\">\n<li id=\"u290559-270\">Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-274\">Port Neches<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-277\">\n<li id=\"u290559-276\">Fleur Fine Books, Story time with author Terry Savoy-Hadley reading Butch Goes to School, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-280\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-285\">\n<li id=\"u290559-284\">The Twig Book Shop, Shawn Settle signs The Hallie McKinley Series Book 1: Trust Me, 11AM<br \/><span id=\"u290560\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/shawn-settle-trust-me\" id=\"u290561\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20080517.jpg\"  id=\"u290561_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-288\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-291\">\n<li id=\"u290559-290\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Colleen Rasco signing and story time: Annabell&#8217;s Talent Search, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-294\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-297\">\n<li id=\"u290559-296\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, Fouad Azim signs Becoming, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u290559-300\">Sunday, August 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u290559-302\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-307\">\n<li id=\"u290559-304\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL SOLSTICE FEST: &#8220;This Changes Everything&#8221; with the Pat Harris Jazz Trio and poet Ellie Francis Breivogel, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u290559-306\">BookWoman, Torch Wildfire Reading Series featuring Dr. Raina Leon, hosted by Amanda Johnston, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-310\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-313\">\n<li id=\"u290559-312\">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=\"u290559-316\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-319\">\n<li id=\"u290559-318\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, local author David Huntley will sign Death Watch Beetle, A Historical Post WWII Spy Thriller, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-322\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u290559-325\">\n<li id=\"u290559-324\">Half Price Books, local author Danielle Vann will sell and sign her new YA mystery book The Whizbang Machine: Tunney&#8217;s Curse, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u290559-328\">* * * * *<\/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 Literary Non-Fiction Workshop, Archer City, July 23-30 Texas Authors Marketing Event, Houston, July 28-30 ArmadilloCon 39, Austin, August 4-6 East Texas Book Bash, Tyler, August 5 2017 Texas Christian Writers&#8217; Conference, Houston, August 5 [&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-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","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=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}