{"id":1404,"date":"2018-12-31T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:04:22","slug":"special-events-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u400169-12\">\n<li id=\"u400169-5\"><span id=\"u400169-3\">Harry Potter LeakyCon,<\/span> Dallas, August 10-12<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-8\"><span id=\"u400169-6\">Texas Sports Hall of Fame 2nd Annual Book Festival, <\/span>Waco, August 11<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-11\"><span id=\"u400169-9\">3rd Annual Literary Libations Week:<\/span> a Lit Crawl Austin fundraiser, Austin, August 12-15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-15\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u400169-19\">\n<li id=\"u400169-18\"><span id=\"u400169-16\">Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, <\/span>Abilene, June 7-September 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-22\">Sunday, August 5<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-24\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-29\">\n<li id=\"u400169-26\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;Build your List, Wow them Well, and Sell your Books&#8221; with Mary DeMuth, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-28\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, local author Lori Dunham will sell and sign her self-help book, Start Your Own Amazon Store\u2026Without Getting Hurt, and local author Earlina Green will sell and sign her self-help book, The Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Finding Your Brave, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-32\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-37\">\n<li id=\"u400169-34\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Saadia Faruqi will discuss and sign her new book for young readers, MEET YASMIN!, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-36\">River Oaks Bookstore, Mike Damante discussing and signing Punk Rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology Meets Anarchy, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-40\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-43\">\n<li id=\"u400169-42\">Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-46\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-49\">\n<li id=\"u400169-48\">B&#038;N, The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five book signing with Greg Gutfeld, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-52\">Monday, August 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-54\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-57\">\n<li id=\"u400169-56\">Interabang Books, a presentation by Faith &#038; Grief Ministries about books to help in difficult times, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-60\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-63\">\n<li id=\"u400169-62\">Brazos Bookstore, Michael Arceneaux &#8211; I CAN\u2019T DATE JESUS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-66\">Tuesday, August 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-68\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-73\">\n<li id=\"u400169-70\">BookPeople, BROOKE MCALARY speaking &#038; signing Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World (in conversation with Tsh Oxenreider of The Art of Simple), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-72\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-76\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-79\">\n<li id=\"u400169-78\">Klyde Warren Park, The Wild Detectives Locals Only Book Club hosts Shay Youngblood discussing Black Girl in Paris, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-82\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-85\">\n<li id=\"u400169-84\">The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-88\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-91\">\n<li id=\"u400169-90\">Houston Public Library, Mimi Swartz discussing her latest book, Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart (in conversation with Maggie Galehouse), 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-94\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-99\">\n<li id=\"u400169-96\">The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-98\">The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Ed Dramberger discussing and signing The Destination Diaries: How to Travel For Life, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-102\">Wednesday, August 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-104\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-107\">\n<li id=\"u400169-106\">BookPeople, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest for an Artificial Heart, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-110\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-115\">\n<li id=\"u400169-112\">Sandaga 813, LitNight LitJam hosted by award-winning author Sanderia Faye, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-114\">The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry Reading featuring Lisa Huffaker and Christopher Soden, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-118\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-121\">\n<li id=\"u400169-120\">Avant Garden, Write About Now National Slam Team Send Off Show &#038; Open Mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-124\">Thursday, August 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-126\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-133\">\n<li id=\"u400169-128\">BookPeople, COLLEEN HOOVER speaking &#038; signing All Your Perfects (moderated by blogger Vilma Iris Gonzalez), 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-130\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Dylan Krieger, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-132\">Malvern Books, Novel Night with Barbara Ann Wright, Matthew Borgard, and Erin Kennemer, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-136\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-139\">\n<li id=\"u400169-138\">The Wild Detectives, Antonia Williams-Gary discussing and signing her memoir, Reclaimed, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-142\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-147\">\n<li id=\"u400169-144\">Brazos Bookstore, Ben Koush presents CONSTRUCTING HOUSTON\u2019S FUTURE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-146\">Murder By the Book, Susan Elia MacNeal will sign and discuss The Prisoner In The Castle, the latest in her Edgar Nominated Maggie Hope series, and Susanna Kearsley will sign and discuss Bellewether, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-150\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-153\">\n<li id=\"u400169-152\">The Twig Book Shop, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-156\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-159\">\n<li id=\"u400169-158\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-162\">Friday, August 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-164\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-167\">\n<li id=\"u400169-166\">BookPeople, KEVIN POWERS speaking &#038; signing A Shout in the Ruins, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-170\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-175\">\n<li id=\"u400169-172\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, meet New York Times bestselling paranormal fiction author Laurell K. Hamilton and pick up your signed copy of the new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Serpentine, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-174\">Interabang Books, Mary E. Pearson DANCE OF THIEVES, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-178\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-183\">\n<li id=\"u400169-180\">Brazos Bookstore, FuenteCo Youth Studio presents readings by Houston\u2019s teen writers, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-182\">Murder By the Book, Laura Griffin will sign and discuss Desperate Girls, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-186\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-189\">\n<li id=\"u400169-188\">B&#038;N, The Spread book signing with Lamont R. Chapman, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-192\">Saturday, August 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-194\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-203\">\n<li id=\"u400169-196\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings book signing with William Reid, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-198\">BookPeople, Austin SCBWI meeting: Rivkah LaFille talks about how to explore technique, palette, and storytelling choices to create strong and distinctive narrative illustrations, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-200\">BookPeople, VANESSA ROEDER speaking &#038; signing Lucy and the String, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-202\">Sterling Events Austin, NeoSoul Poetry Slam ft Atmosphere the Poet, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-206\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-209\">\n<li id=\"u400169-208\">Mockingbird Station, Writers Garret workshop: &#8220;Rail Writers: Deep Ellum Blues II&#8221; with Lisa Huffaker, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-212\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-219\">\n<li id=\"u400169-214\">B&#038;N &#8211; Golden Triangle Mall, Michelle Marlow story time and signing: S is the Most Delicious Sound, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-216\">El Paso<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-218\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Moving Day: Relocation &#038; Transformation&#8221; with songwriter, composer, and musician Doug Adamz, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-222\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-225\">\n<li id=\"u400169-224\">Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Art House Dallas Awaken Creativity writers workshop with Kimberly Willis Holt, 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-228\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-231\">\n<li id=\"u400169-230\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, August Local Author Spotlight: Debi Hammond signing The Blanket: A Story of Healing, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-234\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-237\">\n<li id=\"u400169-236\">Galveston Bookshop, Frontier Forts of Texas (Images of America) book signing with Bill O\u2019Neal, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-240\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-259\">\n<li id=\"u400169-242\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, special story time event with Astronaut Clayton Anderson, which will include a reading of A is for Astronaut, a Q&#038;A event for aspiring future astronauts, and a book signing to follow, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-244\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Brian Smith will discuss and sign his book LIFTOFF!: THE TANK, THE STORM, AND THE ASTROS&#8217; IMPROBABLE ASCENT TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-246\">Brazos Bookstore, Summer Reading Pizza Party, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-248\">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=\"u400169-250\">Katy Budget Books, BookCulture: Syria, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-252\">Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis In-store Brunch: mimosas and nibbles to celebrate the release of The Masterpiece, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-254\">Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen will sign and discuss Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-256\">Rudyard&#8217;s British Pub, Poetry Open Mic hosted by Outspoken Bean, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-258\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;How to Outline your Novel&#8221; with D.L. Young, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-262\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-265\">\n<li id=\"u400169-264\">Valley Branch Library, Friends Book Sale at Valley Ranch Library, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-268\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-271\">\n<li id=\"u400169-270\">B&#038;N, 13 Years Freely a Slave: And My Road to Freedom in Christ book signing with Belle Lee, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-274\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-277\">\n<li id=\"u400169-276\">B&#038;N &#8211; Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Fred Rendon discussing and signing Are You Broken?, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-280\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-285\">\n<li id=\"u400169-282\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, Samuel G. May signing From the Pastor&#8217;s Pen, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-284\">The Twig Book Shop, Margaret R. Mauze signing William the What-if Wonder, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-288\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-291\">\n<li id=\"u400169-290\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Center, Devri Walls signing Venators: Magic Unleashed, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-294\">Watauga<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-297\">\n<li id=\"u400169-296\">Half Price Books, local author Danielle Kullman will sell and sign her fantasy books, Lonely Dragon: In Pursuit of Truth and The Glass Sea: Three Days, Two Kings, One Crown, One Woman, One Choice, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u400169-300\">Sunday, August 5<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u400169-302\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-309\">\n<li id=\"u400169-304\">BookPeople, A Science Party for Kids with Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla, hosts of the &#8220;Tumble Science Podcast for Kids,&#8221; 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-306\">Malvern Books, The Lion &#038; The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic with Mel Finefrock, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-308\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents \u201cEight Reasons To\u2026,\u201d 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-312\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-319\">\n<li id=\"u400169-314\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;Achieving Catharsis&#8221; with Amber Royer, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-316\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, local author Tank Gunner will sell and sign his military fiction books, Cookie Johnson, Prompts, and Prompts, Too, and local author Wayne Peterson will sell and sign his science fiction novels, Canopy of Hope and Canopy of Mystery, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-318\">Interabang Books, Bree Barton HEART OF THORNS, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-322\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-325\">\n<li id=\"u400169-324\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, August Local Author Spotlight: Sheri Wilson signing Do I Have To?: Creating My Financial Plan, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-328\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u400169-333\">\n<li id=\"u400169-330\">Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Feared, the newest book in the Rosato and Associates Series, and Sandra Brown will sign and discuss Tailspin, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u400169-332\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;What Writers Need to Know about Author Websites&#8221; with Cynthia Childress, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u400169-336\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter LeakyCon, Dallas, August 10-12 Texas Sports Hall of Fame 2nd Annual Book Festival, Waco, August 11 3rd Annual Literary Libations Week: a Lit Crawl Austin fundraiser, Austin, August 12-15 Ongoing Exhibits Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30 Sunday, August 5 Dallas The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: [&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-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","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=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}