{"id":1416,"date":"2018-12-31T17:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:09:01","slug":"special-events-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u403609-13\">\n<li id=\"u403609-6\">Book Drive for Houston Area Unaccompanied Minors presents <span id=\"u403609-4\">Book Drive Benefit &#038; Celebration<\/span>, August 22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-9\"><span id=\"u403609-7\">Friends of the Dallas Public Library Annual Book Sale, <\/span>August 24-26<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-12\"><span id=\"u403609-10\">5th Annual Study Social benefiting Literacy First, <\/span>Austin, August 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-16\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u403609-20\">\n<li id=\"u403609-19\"><span id=\"u403609-17\">Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, <\/span>Abilene, June 7-September 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-23\">Sunday, August 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-25\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-28\">\n<li id=\"u403609-27\">Half Price Books &#8211; N. Lamar, local authors Angela Castillo and Jamie Foley will sell and sign The Busy Moms Guide to Writing, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-31\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-36\">\n<li id=\"u403609-33\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;That&#8217;s Easy For You to Say: Writing Effective Dialogue&#8221; with David Eric Tomlinson, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-35\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, local author Dr. Christy Lock Suttonwill sell and sign Genetic Testing: Defining Your Path to a Personalized Health Plan, and local author Alyssa Vaughn will sell and sign The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-39\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-42\">\n<li id=\"u403609-41\">Katy Budget Books, Author Signing: Lily Blackwood (The Warrior of Clan Kincaid), Shana Galen (An Affair with a Spare), and Sophie Jordan (The Duke Buys a Bride), 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-45\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-48\">\n<li id=\"u403609-47\">The Twig Book Shop, H. Rick Goff signing A Line in the Water, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-51\">Monday, August 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-53\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-56\">\n<li id=\"u403609-55\">BookPeople, LUCY BELLWOOD speaking &#038; signing 100 Demon Dialogues, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-59\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-62\">\n<li id=\"u403609-61\">Interabang Books, Vicky Skinner reading and signing HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-65\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-68\">\n<li id=\"u403609-67\">Half Price Books &#8211; Ridgmar, fantasy author Garon Whited will meet with fans and sign his books, including the critically acclaimed Nightlord series, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-71\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-74\">\n<li id=\"u403609-73\">Murder By the Book, David Joy will sign and discuss The Line That Held Us, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-77\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-80\">\n<li id=\"u403609-79\">Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: &#8220;How Travel Can Inspire&#8221; with Leilani Barnett, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-83\">Tuesday, August 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-85\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-92\">\n<li id=\"u403609-87\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Kara Richardson-Whitely signing The Weight of Being, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-89\">BookPeople, ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking &#038; signing Foundryside, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-91\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Kas Poetess, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-95\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-98\">\n<li id=\"u403609-97\">Interabang Books, T. Jefferson Parker reading and signing SWIFT VENGEANCE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-101\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-104\">\n<li id=\"u403609-103\">The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-107\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-110\">\n<li id=\"u403609-109\">Murder By the Book, Joe Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale will sign and discuss Terror Is Our Business, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-113\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-116\">\n<li id=\"u403609-115\">The Mix, PuroSlam Summer Slam Showdown, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-119\">Wednesday, August 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-121\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-126\">\n<li id=\"u403609-123\">BookPeople, BEN BLUM speaking &#038; signing Ranger Games: A True Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime (in conversation with Bryan Mealer), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-125\">Paramount Theatre, Storytelling: Snap Judgment Live!, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-129\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-134\">\n<li id=\"u403609-131\">Avant Garden, Erotic Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-133\">Murder By the Book, T. Jefferson Parker will sign and discuss Swift Vengeance, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-137\">Kilgore<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-140\">\n<li id=\"u403609-139\">The Bookstore in Kilgore, Joe and Kasey Lansdale will read and sign Terror Is Our Business, and Kimberly Fish will read and sign her novels set in WWII Longview, The Big Inch and General Harmon, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-143\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-146\">\n<li id=\"u403609-145\">Trinity University, Reading TUgether lecture: Richard Blanco, the first Latino and openly-gay presidential inaugural poet, will speak about his book, The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-149\">Thursday, August 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-151\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-156\">\n<li id=\"u403609-153\">BookPeople, JOE R. LANSDALE &#038; KASEY LANSDALE speaking &#038; signing Terror Is Our Business: Dana Roberts&#8217; Casebook of Horrors, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-155\">REI Gateway, Bob Spain discussing and signing Bob Spain&#8217;s Canoeing Guide and Favorite Texas Paddling Trails, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-159\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-162\">\n<li id=\"u403609-161\">Interabang Books, Rachel Devlin reading and signing A GIRL STANDS AT THE DOOR, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-165\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-168\">\n<li id=\"u403609-167\">B&#038;N &#8211; Champions, The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America&#8217;s Law Enforcement book signing with Matthew Horace, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-171\">Laredo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-174\">\n<li id=\"u403609-173\">Gallery 201, Laredo Border Slam survives the first week of school, 9PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-177\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-180\">\n<li id=\"u403609-179\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-183\">Friday, August 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-185\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-192\">\n<li id=\"u403609-187\">BookPeople, WYATT MCSPADDEN speaking &#038; signing Texas BBQ: Small Town to Downtown featuring Blacks BBQ and Saint Arnold&#8217;s Beer (curated by edible Austin), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-189\">Carver Branch Library, Meet Evan Narcisse, author of Rise of the Black Panther, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-191\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading &#038; Open Mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-195\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-198\">\n<li id=\"u403609-197\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, NFL player and coach Tony Dungy and his wife, early childhood educational specialist Lauren Dungy, will sign Austin Plays Fair and Maria Finds Courage, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-201\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-206\">\n<li id=\"u403609-203\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer Crossing, George Arnold signing the latest book in the Craig Rylander series, Ramblin&#8217; Rogue Texas Ranger Alfredo &#8220;Lobo&#8221; Diaz, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-205\">Brazos Bookstore, Kara Richardson Whitely discussing and signing THE WEIGHT OF BEING and GORGE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-209\">Saturday, August 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-211\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-222\">\n<li id=\"u403609-213\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Vicky Skinner in conversation with special guest Samantha Clark, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-215\">Half Price Books &#8211; N. Lamar, local author Shirley Jones will sell her Homeless Coloring Activity Book in support of the homeless charity Foxes Have Holes, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-217\">Malvern Books, celebrate the recent launch of Laurie Filipelli\u2019s new poetry collection, Girl Paper Stone, with musical guest flutist Marcela DeFaria Casaubon and a post-reading conversation led by author and composer Jan Bozarth, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-219\">Milwood Branch Library, Meet mystery author Mark Pryor, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-221\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;How to Create a Happy, Lazy (and Productive) Writing Practice&#8221; with Brittani Sonnenberg, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-225\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-228\">\n<li id=\"u403609-227\">Interabang Books, Karen Blumenthal reading and signing BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-231\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-234\">\n<li id=\"u403609-233\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Poetry of Song&#8221; with Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, followed by a reception, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-237\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-240\">\n<li id=\"u403609-239\">Galveston Bookshop, Johnnie Bernhard signing How We Came to Be, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-243\">Garland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-246\">\n<li id=\"u403609-245\">B&#038;N &#8211; Firewheel, Isabella Allen signing Through the Barbed Wire, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-249\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-262\">\n<li id=\"u403609-251\">Brazos Bookstore, Kate Gavino reading and signing SANPAKU (in conversation with Bryan Washington), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-253\">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=\"u403609-255\">Kaboom Books, Untitled Trip by Ryan Hollaway: book discussion and sound performance, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-257\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Technical Writing I&#8221; with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-259\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Poetry of the Fantastic&#8221; with Holly Walrath, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-261\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Processing Harvey through Writing&#8221; with Elizabeth White-Olsen, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-265\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-268\">\n<li id=\"u403609-267\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk, Meet Amber Royer, author of Free Chocolate, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-271\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-274\">\n<li id=\"u403609-273\">The Twig Book Shop, Ben Amor signing The Urban Shepherd, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-277\">Tyler<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-280\">\n<li id=\"u403609-279\">B&#038;N, Gail Nancy Ingersoll signing A Hillside by the Sea: Katherine&#8217;s Journal, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-283\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-286\">\n<li id=\"u403609-285\">Third Gen Coffee, Sara Triana Mitchell reading and signing Love Love Bakery, 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u403609-289\">Sunday, August 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u403609-291\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-294\">\n<li id=\"u403609-293\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Austin: A Poem by Dave Oliphant, who will be joined by Kanya Lyons, who will share her video interview, \u201cDave Oliphant: Native Texas Poet,\u201d 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-297\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-300\">\n<li id=\"u403609-299\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, local author Tabi Slick will sell and sign her fantasy novel Unforgivables, and local author Jane Alvey Harris will sell and sign her young adult fantasy series My Myth, including Riven and Secret Keeper, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-303\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-306\">\n<li id=\"u403609-305\">Guava Lamp, Kevin Dapree presents &#8220;Power of Forgiveness&#8221;(HeART&#038;Soul Vol. 107), 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-309\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u403609-314\">\n<li id=\"u403609-311\">Landa Library, Jim Denning discusses Make It To Midnight: Learning to Live When You Want to Die, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u403609-313\">The Twig Book Shop, Francine Page signing Logan Thee Forsaken, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u403609-317\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Drive for Houston Area Unaccompanied Minors presents Book Drive Benefit &#038; Celebration, August 22 Friends of the Dallas Public Library Annual Book Sale, August 24-26 5th Annual Study Social benefiting Literacy First, Austin, August 24 Ongoing Exhibits Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30 Sunday, August 19 Austin Half Price [&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-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","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=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}