{"id":147,"date":"2018-12-31T10:56:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=147"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:56:40","slug":"special-events-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u21292-16\">\n<li id=\"u21292-10\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition,<\/a><\/span> Austin, February 10\u2013July 6, 2015<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-15\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu\/exhibitions-events\/exhibitions\/current.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u21292-11\">Armadillo Rising: Austin\u2019s Music Scene in the 1970s<\/span>,<\/a> Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, February 9 \u2013 July 3, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u21292-19\">\n<li id=\"u21292-18\">RT (fka Romantic Times) Booklovers Convention, Dallas, May 12 &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-22\">Sunday, May 10 MOTHER&#8217;S DAY<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-24\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-29\">\n<li id=\"u21292-26\">Malvern Books, Mother\u2019s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-28\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-32\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-35\">\n<li id=\"u21292-34\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice &#8211; Beyond Alchemy, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-38\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-41\">\n<li id=\"u21292-40\">The Twig Book Shop, Clayton Dorn Coburn and Sharon Dorn Gill read and sign Had to Take Break: Bicycling Misadventures, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-44\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-47\">\n<li id=\"u21292-46\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Author Signing &#8211; Tracked by Jenny Martin, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-50\">Monday, May 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-52\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-57\">\n<li id=\"u21292-54\">BookPeople, Novelist KAMY WICOFF speaking &#038; signing Wishful Thinking, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-56\">BookWoman, Annelies Zijderveld discusses and signs Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-60\">Beaumont<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-63\">\n<li id=\"u21292-62\">Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Jamie Brickhouse reading, signing, Q&#038;A and reception for Dangerous When Wet, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-66\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-71\">\n<li id=\"u21292-68\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Rainbow Rowell signs Fangirl (B&#038;N Exclusive Collector&#8217;s Edition), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-70\">Parish Episcopal School &#8211; Midway Campus, David Brooks presents The Road to Character: The Humble Journey to an Excellent Life, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-74\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-77\">\n<li id=\"u21292-76\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen, Taya Kyle signs American Wife A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-80\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-85\">\n<li id=\"u21292-82\">Murder By the Book, Matthew Pearl will sign and discuss his new release, The Last Bookaneer, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-84\">Wortham Center, Inprint House Margarett Root Brown reading series presents Geoff Dyer, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-88\">Tuesday, May 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-90\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-95\">\n<li id=\"u21292-92\">BookPeople, Co-Founder of HelloGiggles SOPHIA RIVKA ROSSI speaking &#038; signing A Tale of Two Besties: A Hello Giggles Novel, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-94\">Spider House Cafe &#038; Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-98\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-101\">\n<li id=\"u21292-100\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Jen Lancaster signs I Regret Nothing A Memoir, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-104\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-107\">\n<li id=\"u21292-106\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-110\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-117\">\n<li id=\"u21292-112\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, George Bush signs 41 A Portrait of My Father, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-114\">Brazos Bookstore, Jamie Brickhouse reads and signs DANGEROUS WHEN WET, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-116\">Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Chemistry, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-120\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-125\">\n<li id=\"u21292-122\">Gemini Ink, Actress &#038; poet Amber Tamblyn reads from her new book Dark Sparkler and poet and publisher Derrick Brown reads from his latest collection, Our Poison Horse, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-124\">The Twig Book Shop, Kamy Wicoff reads and signs Wishful Thinking, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-128\">Wednesday, May 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-130\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-137\">\n<li id=\"u21292-132\">BookPeople, Author JAMIE BRICKHOUSE speaking &#038; signing Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-134\">Malvern Books, Raw Paw Reading Series: release of the new issue of Mind Maze, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-136\">Scoot Inn, Lazers of Sexcellence 5.0 &#8211; A Poetry Show of Epic Proportions, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-140\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-145\">\n<li id=\"u21292-142\">Crescent Club, Lisa Shannon presents Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-144\">Half Price Books Mothership, Meet Sophia Rivka Rossi, debut author and co-founder of HelloGiggles for a special book signing and HelloGiggles meet-up event, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-148\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-151\">\n<li id=\"u21292-150\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N&#8217; Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-154\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-161\">\n<li id=\"u21292-156\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Annelies Zijderveld will discuss and sign her cookbook, STEEPED: RECIPES INFUSED WITH TEA, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-158\">Menil Collection, The Watchful Eye: A WITS Student Reading, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-160\">Murder By the Book, Kathy and Becky Hepinstall will sign and discuss Sisters of Shiloh, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-164\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-167\">\n<li id=\"u21292-166\">Irving Public Library &#8211; South Branch, We Need Diverse Books Young Adult Author Panel with authors Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, I.W. Gregorio, Marieke Nijkamp and Natalie C. Parker, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-171\">Thursday, May 14<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-173\">Allen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-176\">\n<li id=\"u21292-175\">Allen Public Library, author Kenneth Mark Hoover discusses and signs his books, 7:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-179\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-186\">\n<li id=\"u21292-181\">BookPeople, Texas Authors KATHY &#038; BECKY HEPINSTALL speaking &#038; signing Sisters of Shiloh, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-183\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Susan Rooke, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-185\">Malvern Books, Novel Night with Richard Kendrick &#038; Gary Hobbs, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-189\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-192\">\n<li id=\"u21292-191\">J&#038;J\u2019s Pizza on the Square, Actress and writer Amber Tamblyn will share some of her poetry at next month\u2019s Spiderweb Salon, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-195\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-200\">\n<li id=\"u21292-197\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Sophia Rossi, HelloGiggles co-founder, will meet and greet fans as she discusses her new book, A TALE OF TWO BESTIES, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-199\">Brazos Bookstore, Dina Gachman reads and signs BROKENOMICS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-203\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<p id=\"u21292-205\">The Twig Book Shop, Jamie Brickhouse reads and signs Dangerous When Wet, 5:30PM<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-209\">Friday, May 15<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-211\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-214\">\n<li id=\"u21292-213\">BookPeople, Music &#038; Culture Critic JESSICA HOPPER speaking &#038; signing The First Collection of Criticism By a Living Female Rock Critic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-217\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-220\">\n<li id=\"u21292-219\">Heroes Bar and Grill, Dallas Poetry Slam with Tova Charles and Zai Sadler, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-223\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-230\">\n<li id=\"u21292-225\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Fierce Reads 2015 tour! Four amazing YA authors: Katie Finn, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski &#038; Lindsay Smith, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-227\">MECA, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-229\">Silver Street Studios, One Ton Goldfish: In Search of the Tangible Dream &#8211; Justin Garcia book debut &#038; signing, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-233\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-236\">\n<li id=\"u21292-235\">Gemini Ink, Making a Life in Writing: An Evening with Antonya Nelson and Laura Kasischke, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-240\">Saturday, May 16<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-242\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-245\">\n<li id=\"u21292-244\">B&#038;N, Linda Broday Signs Twice a Texas Bride, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-248\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-251\">\n<li id=\"u21292-250\">BookPeople, Austin Author EMMA VIRJAN speaking &#038; signing What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-254\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-259\">\n<li id=\"u21292-256\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Michelle Hartman Discusses Irony and Irreverence, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-258\">Horchow Auditorium, Oral Fixation\u2014Destination America: True Stories of Immigration, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-262\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-265\">\n<li id=\"u21292-264\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, author signing: Mateo&#8217;s Metamorphosis Journey, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-268\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-271\">\n<li id=\"u21292-270\">Half Price Books &#8211; Hulen, Michael Graves will sell and sign his newest book Ghosts: Revelations, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-274\">Harker Heights<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-277\">\n<li id=\"u21292-276\">B&#038;N, Anna Black signing I&#8217;m Doin&#8217; Me, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-280\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-287\">\n<li id=\"u21292-282\">Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, reading by New York-based poet and novelist Eileen Myles, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-284\">River Oaks Bookstore, Russell Sanders reads and signs The Book of Ethan, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-286\">Writespace, Book Launch: Find Your Voice with Sahar Paz, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-290\">Hurst<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-293\">\n<li id=\"u21292-292\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, D.L. Tracey signs Tales from the Tables A Wicked Funny Look from the Waiter&#8217;s Side of the Tables, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-296\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-299\">\n<li id=\"u21292-298\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, Polly Holyoke signs The Neptune Challenge, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-302\">Round Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-305\">\n<li id=\"u21292-304\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Frontera, Douglas Mullis signs Gideon&#8217;s Warriors, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-308\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-311\">\n<li id=\"u21292-310\">The Twig Book Shop, Douglas B. Carlyle reads and signs Death by Times New Roman, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-314\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-317\">\n<li id=\"u21292-316\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, George Dalton signs A Collision of Dreams, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-320\">Watauga<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-323\">\n<li id=\"u21292-322\">Half Price Books, Cathy Beddow Keener will sell and sign her children&#8217;s book Jazzy Bunny Get Floppy-ear-itis, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u21292-327\">Sunday, May 17<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u21292-329\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-332\">\n<li id=\"u21292-331\">BookPeople, We Need Diverse Books YA Author Panel: I. W. Gregorio, Natalie C. Parker, Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton and Marike Nijkamp, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-335\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-338\">\n<li id=\"u21292-337\">Half Price Books &#8211; Ridgmar, local author James Howell will sign his book Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-341\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-346\">\n<li id=\"u21292-343\">Brazos Bookstore, AFA\/Brazos Concert performance\/reading, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u21292-345\">Murder By the Book, Mary Robinette Kowal will sign and discuss her newest book, Of Noble Family, and Marie Brennan will sign and discuss Voyage of the Basilisk, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-349\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-352\">\n<li id=\"u21292-351\">Irving Public Library &#8211; South Branch, Macmillan\u2019s Fierce Reads Spring Fling 2015 Tour featuring authors Katie Finn, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski and Lindsay Smith, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u21292-355\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u21292-358\">\n<li id=\"u21292-357\">The Twig Book Shop, Jeanne Sellers reads and signs Lakefront Lies, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10\u2013July 6, 2015 Armadillo Rising: Austin\u2019s Music Scene in the 1970s, Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, February 9 \u2013 July 3, 2015 RT (fka Romantic Times) Booklovers Convention, Dallas, May 12 &#8211; 17 Sunday, May 10 MOTHER&#8217;S DAY Austin Malvern Books, Mother\u2019s Day Reading with Revolution [&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-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","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=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}