{"id":1353,"date":"2018-12-31T16:50:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:50:49","slug":"special-events-133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1353","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u389398-15\">\n<li id=\"u389398-5\"><span id=\"u389398-3\">Southern Fried Poetry Slam,<\/span> San Antonio, June 12-17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-8\"><span id=\"u389398-6\">Greater Austin Comic Con,<\/span> June 16-17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-11\"><span id=\"u389398-9\">Meet Valley Authors Night, <\/span>McAllen, June 22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-14\"><span id=\"u389398-12\">12th Annual Austin African American Book Festival,<\/span> June 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-18\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u389398-25\">\n<li id=\"u389398-21\"><span id=\"u389398-19\">Routine Fables,<\/span> Houston, May 25-July 29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-24\"><span id=\"u389398-22\">Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, <\/span>Abilene, June 7-September 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-28\">Sunday, June 17\u00a0\u00a0 FATHER&#8217;S DAY<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-30\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-33\">\n<li id=\"u389398-32\">BookPeople, DAVID SEDARIS speaking and signing Calypso, 6PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-36\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-39\">\n<li id=\"u389398-38\">Half Price Books &#8211; The Mother Ship, POWER MOMS LOCAL AUTHOR PANEL: POWER Moms is a collection of self-help stories written by 12 mothers, including Sherrie Walton, Jaquithia Stinson, Tashara Robinson, Dr. LaTonya Woodson, Shantania Leggins, Mary Smith, Dr. Kanini Brooks, Trina Smith, Shirley Walker-King, Shakeena Brantley, Katrina Hudson and Anita Bowman Roussel, with inspiring stories to tell, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-42\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-45\">\n<li id=\"u389398-44\">J&#038;J&#8217;s Pizza On the Square, Spiderweb Salon presents Spidercon, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-48\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-53\">\n<li id=\"u389398-50\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Oaks, Leanne Vogel will discuss and sign The Keto Diet: The Complete Guide to a High-Fat Diet, with More Than 125 Delectable Recipes and Meal Plans to Shed Weight, Heal Your Body, and Regain Confidence, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-52\">Murder By the Book, The Belles and Brujas Tour: Zoraida C\u00f3rdova, Dhonielle Clayton, Jaime Questell, Mari Mancusi, and Katharine McGee, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-56\">Monday, June 18<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-58\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-61\">\n<li id=\"u389398-60\">BookPeople, EDGAR CANTERO speaking &#038; signing Meddling Kids, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-64\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-69\">\n<li id=\"u389398-66\">Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Ellen Meacham discussing and signing Delta Epiphany: RFK in Mississippi, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-68\">The Wild Detectives, award-winning journalist and immigration expert Alfredo Corchado in conversation with the Dallas Morning News\u2019 Tom Huang about his new book, Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-72\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-77\">\n<li id=\"u389398-74\">Brazos Bookstore, Jay Wehnert discussing and signing OUTSIDER ART IN TEXAS: LONE STARS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-76\">Murder By the Book, Matthew Pearl will sign and discuss his new release, The Dante Chamber, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-80\">Tuesday, June 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-82\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-89\">\n<li id=\"u389398-84\">BookPeople, MATTHEW PEARL speaking &#038; signing The Dante Chamber, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-86\">Malvern Books, 6th Austin edition of the Why There Are Words reading series featuring readers Elizabeth Crook, Spike Gillespie, Alyce Guynn, and Ray Bonneville, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-88\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Write About Now, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-92\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-99\">\n<li id=\"u389398-94\">Interabang Books, Terry Brooks reading and signing THE FALL OF SHANNARA: THE SKAAR INVASION, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-96\">Moody Performance Hall, Oral Fixation presents &#8220;All Over the Map,&#8221; 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-98\">Warwick Melrose Dallas, The World Affairs Council of DFW and the Dallas Democratic Party host Former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes discussing and signing The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-102\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-105\">\n<li id=\"u389398-104\">Brazos Bookstore, Mark Haskell Smith reading and signing BLOWN, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-108\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-113\">\n<li id=\"u389398-110\">The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry ft. DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-112\">The Twig Book Shop, Natalia Sylvester reading and signing Everyone Knows You Go Home, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u389398-119\">\n<li id=\"u389398-118\">Dickens County-Spur Public Library, Special appearance by S.J. Dahlstrom, author of the Wilder Good series, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-122\">Wednesday, June 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-124\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-131\">\n<li id=\"u389398-126\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, How to Stop the Summer Reading Slide Discussion Panel and book signing with authors Taryn Bashford, Jo Whittemore, Don Zolitis, Samantha Clark, Vicky Skinner, and A.M. Rose, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-128\">BookPeople, TERRY BROOKS speaking &#038; signing The Skaar Invasion, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-130\">Malvern Books, Mark Haskell Smith reading and signing his new novel, Blown, hosted by Austin author Jill Alexander Essbaum 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-134\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-137\">\n<li id=\"u389398-136\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live, in honor of World Refugee Awareness Day, hosts Clemantine Wamariya reading and signing The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, a narrative about her survival after the Rwandan genocide, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-140\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-145\">\n<li id=\"u389398-142\">Avant Garden, Meta-Four Houston at Write About Now Youth Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-144\">Murder By the Book, Cara Black will sign her Aimee Leduc prequel, Murder On The Left Bank, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-148\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-153\">\n<li id=\"u389398-150\">Trinity University, 300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County Book Launch, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-152\">The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Smith discussing and signing Signs in the Rearview Mirror: Leaving a Toxic Relationship Behind, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-156\">Thursday, June 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-158\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-163\">\n<li id=\"u389398-160\">BookPeople, WRITERS&#8217; LEAGUE OF TEXAS presents &#8220;PRACTICE MAKES PITCH PERFECT&#8221; with Lance Fitzgerald, Vice President and Director of Subsidiary Rights for The Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House, and WLT Executive Director Becka Oliver, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-162\">Monkeywrench Books, Womanist Read-In, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-166\">Canyon<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-169\">\n<li id=\"u389398-168\">Burrowing Owl Books, A poetry reading with Chera Hammons, whose collection The Traveler&#8217;s Guide to Bomb City just won the 2017 PEN Southwest Book Award, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-172\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-179\">\n<li id=\"u389398-174\">The Wild Detectives, Taryn Bashford signing her new book, The Harper Effect, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-176\">The Wild Detectives, Mark Haskell Smith returns to present his new novel, Blown, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-178\">The Writer&#8217;s Garret, Workshop: &#8220;IN THE PITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO POETRY For Veterans and Military Families&#8221; with Joshua Morgan Folmar, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-182\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-193\">\n<li id=\"u389398-184\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Special Story time with Stephanie Ledyard, author of Pie Is for Sharing, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-186\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Alex Hutchinson will discuss and sign his book ENDURE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-188\">Brazos Bookstore, Joe Crespino discussing and signing ATTICUS FINCH: THE BIOGRAPHY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-190\">Murder By the Book, Terry Brooks will sign and discuss The Skaar Invasion, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-192\">River Oaks Bookstore, poet Rose Bruno Bailey reading and signing Camellia in Snow, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-196\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-199\">\n<li id=\"u389398-198\">George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program Reading Event, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-202\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-205\">\n<li id=\"u389398-204\">The Twig Book Shop, Dawson Barrett discussing and signing The Defiant: Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-208\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-211\">\n<li id=\"u389398-210\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-214\">Friday, June 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-216\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-221\">\n<li id=\"u389398-218\">BookPeople, MARTIN WALKER speaking &#038; signing A Taste for Vengeance, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-220\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series 3rd birthday bash!, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-224\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-227\">\n<li id=\"u389398-226\">Interabang Books, Silas House reading and signing SOUTHERNMOST, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-230\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-233\">\n<li id=\"u389398-232\">Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-236\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-239\">\n<li id=\"u389398-238\">Brazos Bookstore, Natalia Sylvester reading and signing EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-242\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-245\">\n<li id=\"u389398-244\">B&#038;N &#8211; Legacy West, The Moscow Deception: An International Spy Thriller book signing with Karen Robards, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-248\">Saturday, June 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-250\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-255\">\n<li id=\"u389398-252\">BookWoman, Nasty!: A Reading and Signing by Fierce Women Writers including Rhonda Jackson Joseph, Melissa Moralez, Rachel Stevens, and Kim Vodicka, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-254\">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Class: Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies (and Moths) Class with Jim and Lynne Weber, authors of Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-258\">Cleburne<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-261\">\n<li id=\"u389398-260\">The Published Page Bookshop, Heath Dollar reading and signing Waylon County: Texas Stories, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-264\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-267\">\n<li id=\"u389398-266\">Interabang Books, Special Story Time with Jen Betton and HEDGEHOG NEEDS A HUG , 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-270\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-273\">\n<li id=\"u389398-272\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Writing in Heat&#8221; with M\u00f3nica G\u00f3mez, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-276\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-279\">\n<li id=\"u389398-278\">Galveston Bookshop, Houston author Mark Lardas signing The Cruiser Houston (Images of America), 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-282\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-301\">\n<li id=\"u389398-284\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Aki Yamaguchi will discuss and sign her photo memoir HEART DOG: ANGEL IN DISGUISE, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-286\">Brazos Bookstore, Writespace presents a Summer Solstice Reading and Open Mic, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-288\">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=\"u389398-290\">Katy Budget Books, Mae Edwards signs Stolen Options, an autobiography, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-292\">Murder By the Book, Levis Keltner will sign and discuss Into That Good Night, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-294\">River Oaks Bookstore, Francine Page reading and signing Logan Thee Forsaken, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-296\">Winter Street Studios, Book launch: Erin Faith Allen presents The In Between: A Travel Memoir, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-298\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;What Writers Need to Know about Contacting Agents and Editors&#8221; with Katharine Shilcutt, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-300\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Lyric Essay: The Best-Kept Secret of Savvy Writers&#8221; with Leslie Contreras-Schwartz, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-304\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-313\">\n<li id=\"u389398-306\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, Adrian Davila signing Cowboy Barbecue: Fire &#038; Smoke from the Original Texas Vaqueros, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-308\">Central Library, Workshop: &#8220;Testimonio: A Writing Workshop of the Body&#8221; with Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-310\">Felkiz Modern, Michael Cirlos signing Humans of San Antonio, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-312\">The Twig Book Shop, Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman signing Four Legged Heroes, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-316\">South Padre Island<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-319\">\n<li id=\"u389398-318\">Paragraphs on Padre, An afternoon with award-winning children&#8217;s author Patty York Raymond, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-322\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-325\">\n<li id=\"u389398-324\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Jane Alvey Harris signing Secret Keeper, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-328\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-331\">\n<li id=\"u389398-330\">Half Price Books, local author Andre Huu will sell and sign his memoir The Round of Your Life: A Book on Golf and Life, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u389398-334\">Sunday, June 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u389398-336\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-341\">\n<li id=\"u389398-338\">BookPeople, JAY BRANDON speaking and signing Against the Law, and MANNING WOLFE speaking and signing Music Notes, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-340\">Malvern Books, launch of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Issue 48, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-344\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-349\">\n<li id=\"u389398-346\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas Seminar: &#8220;Book Marketing 101: A Recipe for Sizzling Sales&#8221; with Shayla Raquel, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u389398-348\">Half Price Books &#8211; The Mother Ship, local author Maddie Marcarelli will sell and sign her novel The Journey, and local author Morrighan Lynne will sell and sign her spiritual book The Spirited Human: Proactive Tools for a Reactive World, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-352\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u389398-355\">\n<li id=\"u389398-354\">Landa Library, Denise Barkis Richter presents 100 Things To Do in San Antonio Before You Die, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u389398-358\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Fried Poetry Slam, San Antonio, June 12-17 Greater Austin Comic Con, June 16-17 Meet Valley Authors Night, McAllen, June 22 12th Annual Austin African American Book Festival, June 23 Ongoing Exhibits Routine Fables, Houston, May 25-July 29 Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30 Sunday, June 17\u00a0\u00a0 FATHER&#8217;S DAY Austin [&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-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","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=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}