{"id":155,"date":"2018-12-31T10:58:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:58:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:58:53","slug":"special-events-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u22129-22\">\n<li id=\"u22129-10\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u22129-6\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition,<\/span><\/a><\/span> Austin, February 10\u2013July 6, 2015<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-15\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu\/exhibitions-events\/exhibitions\/current.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u22129-11\">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<li id=\"u22129-18\"><span id=\"u22129-16\">Austin Author Affair,<\/span> May 22\u201324<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-21\"><span id=\"u22129-19\">ComicPalooza,<\/span> Houston, May 22\u201325<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u22129-26\">\n<li id=\"u22129-25\"><span id=\"u22129-23\">RT (fka Romantic Times) Booklovers Convention,<\/span> Dallas, May 12\u201317<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-29\">Sunday, May 17<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-31\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-34\">\n<li id=\"u22129-33\">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=\"u22129-37\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-40\">\n<li id=\"u22129-39\">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=\"u22129-43\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-48\">\n<li id=\"u22129-45\">Brazos Bookstore, AFA\/Brazos Concert performance\/reading, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-47\">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=\"u22129-51\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-54\">\n<li id=\"u22129-53\">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=\"u22129-57\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-60\">\n<li id=\"u22129-59\">The Twig Book Shop, Jeanne Sellers reads and signs Lakefront Lies, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-63\">Monday, May 18<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-65\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-70\">\n<li id=\"u22129-67\">BookPeople, MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE speaking &#038; signing It&#8217;s Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-69\">Monkeywrench Books, Gilad Atzmon &#8211; A to Zion (book signing, music &#038; discussion), 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-73\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-76\">\n<li id=\"u22129-75\">Magnolia Lounge, Pandora&#8217;s Box Presents: Jenny Molberg, Robert Torres and Lucas Jacob, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-79\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-84\">\n<li id=\"u22129-81\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Gabrielle Blair, author of DESIGN MOM, will appear in conversation with Karen Walrond, blogger at Chookooloonks and author of THE BEAUTY OF DIFFERENT, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-83\">Murder By the Book, Neal Griffin will sign and discuss Benefit of the Doubt, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-87\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-90\">\n<li id=\"u22129-89\">Richardson Public Library, Author and University of Texas at Dallas Creative Writing teacher Blake Kimzey will present \u201cWriting Out of the Wilderness: How to Survive Rejection and Forge a Path to Publication,\u201d 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-93\">Tuesday, May 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-95\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-102\">\n<li id=\"u22129-97\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author JILLIAN LAUREN speaking &#038; signing Everything You Ever Wanted, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-99\">grayDUCK Gallery, fields presents Disparate Elements, a new reading series celebrating some of the most exciting authors working in Austin and beyond, featuring Janalyn Guo, Richard Santos, Tatiana Ryckman, and Callie Collins, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-101\">Spider House Cafe &#038; Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-105\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-108\">\n<li id=\"u22129-107\">First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Anthony Doerr &#038; Jim Shepard: Compassion and Catastrophe, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-111\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-114\">\n<li id=\"u22129-113\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-117\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-126\">\n<li id=\"u22129-119\">Brazos Bookstore, Jorge Luis Gonzalez Romo reads and signs THE CANTICLE OF THE WARRIOR, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-121\">Houston Maritime Museum, Dr. Jeremiah Dancy lectures from his new book The Myth of the Press Gang, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-123\">Murder By the Book, Stephen Hunter will sign and discuss I, Ripper, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-125\">Writespace, Writers of Color Reading and Reception with Julia Brown, Ima Oduok, Liana Silva, Mary Redd Francine Parker, and Charles Redd, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-129\">Sachse<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-132\">\n<li id=\"u22129-131\">Sachse Public Library, Author Con featuring local authors, 6:PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-135\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-138\">\n<li id=\"u22129-137\">B&#038;N &#8211; The Woodlands Mall, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N&#8217; Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-141\">Wednesday, May 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-143\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-150\">\n<li id=\"u22129-145\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Chris Harrison signs The Perfect Letter A Novel, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-147\">BookPeople, Journalist ASHER PRICE speaking &#038; signing Year of the Dunk: A Modest Defiance of Gravity, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-149\">BookWoman, celebrate BookWoman&#8217;s 40th anniversary with Strange Pilgrims: A Poetry Reading featuring poets Laurie Filipelli, Carrie Fountain, Lisa Olstein, Laurie Saurborn &#038; Sasha West, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-153\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-156\">\n<li id=\"u22129-155\">The Wild Detectives, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho reads and signs Barefoot Dogs, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-159\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-164\">\n<li id=\"u22129-161\">Brazos Bookstore, Jim Shepard reads and signs THE BOOK OF ARON, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-163\">Murder By the Book, Alex Grecian will sign and discuss his latest Murder Squad novel, The Harvest Man, and Will Thomas will sign and discuss Anatomy of Evil, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-167\">Odessa<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-170\">\n<li id=\"u22129-169\">Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, An Evening with Neil Gaiman, 7 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-173\">Thursday, May 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-175\">Allen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-178\">\n<li id=\"u22129-177\">Allen Public Library, SMU Professor Emeritus Darwin Payne will discuss his recent book, No Small Dreams: J. Erik Jonsson\u2014Texas Visionary, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-181\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-184\">\n<li id=\"u22129-183\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author CRAIG JOHNSON speaking &#038; signing Dry Bones: A Walt Longmire Mystery, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-187\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-190\">\n<li id=\"u22129-189\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar Mall, Chris Harrison signs The Perfect Letter A Novel, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-193\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-202\">\n<li id=\"u22129-195\">Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel Roth reads and signs AN EYE FOR AN EYE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-197\">G gallery, Poetry Reading: Joseph Campana, Conor Bracken, Michelle Oakes, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-199\">The Heritage Society, Jerry &#038; Marvy Finger Lecture Series: One Hundred Years of Educating Houston and the World: The San Jacinto Memorial Building presented by Grace Cynkar, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-201\">Murder By the Book, Allison Leotta will sign and discuss A Good Killing, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-205\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-208\">\n<li id=\"u22129-207\">Irving Public Library &#8211; West Branch, celebration of YA literature with authors Erica Cameron, Kelsey Macke and Kim O&#8217;Brien, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-211\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-214\">\n<li id=\"u22129-213\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N&#8217; Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-217\">Friday, May 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-219\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-222\">\n<li id=\"u22129-221\">BookPeople, Fashion Prodigy TAVI GEVINSON speaking &#038; signing Rookie Yearbook Three, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-225\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-230\">\n<li id=\"u22129-227\">Brazos Bookstore, Emma Kate Tsai reads from and signs BLENDED, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-229\">Murder By the Book, Craig Johnson will sign and discuss Dry Bones, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u22129-236\">\n<li id=\"u22129-235\">B&#038;N &#8211; Circuit City Plaza, Hot Summer Nights: Meet local Texas romance writers Lorelei Buckley, Terry Spear, Linda LaRoque, Debra Jupe, Susan JP Owens and Nese Lane, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-239\">Saturday, May 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-241\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-244\">\n<li id=\"u22129-243\">B&#038;N, Ron Bates signs How to Survive Middle School and Monster Bots, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-247\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-252\">\n<li id=\"u22129-249\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Discussion and Signing: Blended Writers on the Stepfamily Experience, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-251\">BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents: WORKSHOP: THREE LOOKS AT CRIME FICTION with authors Reavis Wortham, Minerva Koenig, George Wier and Les Edgerton, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-255\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-260\">\n<li id=\"u22129-257\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Craig Johnson signs Dry Bones (Walt Longmire Series #11), 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-259\">The Reading Room, SHAPE ZINES, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-263\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-266\">\n<li id=\"u22129-265\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar Mall, Love and Terror in the Middle East signing by Dr. Frank Romano, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-269\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-272\">\n<li id=\"u22129-271\">Galveston Bookshop, Susan P. Baker reads and signs Ledbetter Street, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-275\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-286\">\n<li id=\"u22129-277\">Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, reading by Richard Hell, the author of I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-279\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westheimer, Children\u2019s author Shirley Jordan-Bellamy will sign her children\u2019s books, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-281\">Katy Budget Books, Kathleen Baldwin discusses and signs her young adult novel A School for Unusual Girls, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-283\">Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker&#8217;s Kickback and Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her new book, The Fatal Flame, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-285\">River Oaks Bookstore, Katherine Center reads and signs Happiness for Beginners, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-289\">Humble<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-292\">\n<li id=\"u22129-291\">Half Price Books, local author and motivational speaker Ihsan Hasan will sell and sign his book From Male to Man, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-295\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-298\">\n<li id=\"u22129-297\">B&#038;N, Eighth Grave after Dark signing by Darynda Jones, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-301\">Round Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-306\">\n<li id=\"u22129-303\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Frontera, Felix Bamirin signs Forgiving Forward: The Redemption Role of the Forgiven, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u22129-305\">Half Price Books, local author Don Forrester will sign his inspirational autobiography More Than Enough, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-309\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-312\">\n<li id=\"u22129-311\">The Twig Book Shop, Jesse Brown reads and signs The Legend of the Werewolf, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-315\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-318\">\n<li id=\"u22129-317\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Tim Scott signs Ben Hogan The Myths Everyone Knows, the Man No One Knew, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-321\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-324\">\n<li id=\"u22129-323\">B&#038;N &#8211; The Woodlands, Victoria Broussard Esq signs i-Comfortable Victim, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u22129-327\">Sunday, May 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u22129-329\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-332\">\n<li id=\"u22129-331\">Resistencia Bookstore, Dr. Smadar Lavie presents her new book Wrapped in the Flag of Israel, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-335\">Garland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-338\">\n<li id=\"u22129-337\">B&#038;N &#8211; Firewheel Mall, Guy Scholz and Claudia Church Discuss and Sign The Masterpiece Within: Five Key Life Skills to Becoming a Living Work of Art, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-341\">Highland Village<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-344\">\n<li id=\"u22129-343\">B&#038;N &#8211; Frank Romano signs Love and Terror in the Middle East, 4th Edition, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-347\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-350\">\n<li id=\"u22129-349\">River Oaks Bookstore, Zoey Hess reads and signs The Birthday of an Angel, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-353\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u22129-356\">\n<li id=\"u22129-355\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, contributors read from Blended Writers on the Stepfamily Experience, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u22129-359\">* * * * *<\/p>\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 Austin Author Affair, May 22\u201324 ComicPalooza, Houston, May 22\u201325 RT (fka Romantic Times) Booklovers Convention, Dallas, May 12\u201317 Sunday, May 17 Austin BookPeople, We [&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-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","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=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}