{"id":194,"date":"2018-12-31T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:09:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:09:37","slug":"special-events-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u26671-18\">\n<li id=\"u26671-8\"><span id=\"u26671-6\">Western Writers of America Convention,<\/span> Lubbock, June 23 &#8211; 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-11\"><span id=\"u26671-9\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Agents and Editors Conference,<\/span> Austin, June 26 &#8211; 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-14\"><span id=\"u26671-12\">9th Annual Austin African American Book Festival,<\/span> June 27<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-17\"><span id=\"u26671-15\">David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum<\/span> Exhibit, Abilene, National Children\u2019s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u26671-32\">\n<li id=\"u26671-23\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u26671-19\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition,<\/span><\/a><\/span> Austin, February 10\u2013July 6, 2015<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu\/exhibitions-events\/exhibitions\/current.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u26671-24\">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=\"u26671-31\"><span id=\"u26671-29\">Humanities Texas Special Exhibition: Shakespeare,<\/span> Longview, May 15 &#8211; July 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-35\">Sunday, June 21\u00a0\u00a0 FATHER&#8217;S DAY<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-37\">Apparently you have to entertain yourselves today. Read a book with your dad, or about dads, or a book your dad would love!<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-40\">Monday, June 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-42\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-45\">\n<li id=\"u26671-44\">BookPeople, Austin Author &#038; Creator of the &#8220;Fat-Burning Man Show&#8221; ABEL JAMES speaking &#038; signing The Wild Diet: Get Back to Your Roots, Burn Fat, and Drop Up to 20 Pounds in 40 Days, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-48\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-51\">\n<li id=\"u26671-50\">Murder By the Book, Joe R. Lansdale will sign and discuss Paradise Sky, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-54\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-57\">\n<li id=\"u26671-56\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northwoods, Michael Koep signs Leaves of Fire Part Two of the Newirth Mythology, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-60\">Tuesday, June 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-62\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-69\">\n<li id=\"u26671-64\">BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author JASON MATTHEWS speaking &#038; signing Palace of Treason, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-66\">BookWoman, Conversations with Chloe Cadwell &#038; Erika Kleinman, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-68\">Spider House Cafe &#038; Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-72\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-75\">\n<li id=\"u26671-74\">Visit Addison, H. W. Brands presents Reagan: The Life, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-78\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-83\">\n<li id=\"u26671-80\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-82\">Fort Worth Club, H.W. Brands presents Reagan: The Life, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-86\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-93\">\n<li id=\"u26671-88\">Brigid&#8217;s Place presents Her Story is Our Story &#8211; #iammarymagdalene: an evening with featured storytellers Katherine Center and Karen Walrond, 7PM [location is a private residence]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-90\">Brazos Bookstore, Joe Milazzo reads and signs CREPUSCULE W\/ NELLIE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-92\">Murder By the Book, Grant Blackwood will sign and discuss Tom Clancy Under Fire, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-96\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-99\">\n<li id=\"u26671-98\">The Twig Book Shop, Brantley Hightower discusses and signs The Courthouses of Central Texas, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-102\">Smithville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-105\">\n<li id=\"u26671-104\">Smithville Public Library, Randy Fritz will discuss and sign Hail of Fire: A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-108\">Wednesday, June 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-110\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-117\">\n<li id=\"u26671-112\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunset Valley, Book signing With Author Michael B. Koep: Leaves of Fire: Part Two of the Newirth Mythology, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-114\">BookPeople, Debut Novelist LAURA LANE MCNEAL speaking &#038; signing Dollbaby, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-116\">The Writing Barn, Words and Wine Wednesday with Greg Garrett, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-120\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-125\">\n<li id=\"u26671-122\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Jacqueline E. Smith will sell and sign her YA book, Boy Band, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-124\">Kettle Arts, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Texas poets Mark Allen Jenkins, Les Kay, Megan Peak and Caitlyn Prior, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-128\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-135\">\n<li id=\"u26671-130\">Avant Garden, Write About Now poetry night with MetaFour Houston (open mic following), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-132\">Brazos Bookstore, Summer of Shakespeare: Macbeth, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-134\">Murder By the Book, Anne Flett-Giordano will sign and discuss Marry, Kiss, Kill, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-138\">Thursday, June 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-140\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-143\">\n<li id=\"u26671-142\">BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Authors JOE R. LANSDALE speaking and signing Paradise Sky and TIM BRYANT speaking and signing Constellations, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-146\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-153\">\n<li id=\"u26671-148\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Sarah Hepola to Discuss and Sign Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-150\">Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Adrian Wooldridge presents The Great Disruption, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-152\">The Wild Detectives, Katherine Center reads and signs Happiness for Beginners, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-156\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-163\">\n<li id=\"u26671-158\">Brazos Bookstore, Dasha Kelly reads and signs ALMOST CRIMSON, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-160\">Contemporary Arts Museum, Steven Evans discusses and signs The Number One Song In Heaven, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-162\">Murder By the Book, Ingrid Thoft will sign and discuss her second book, Brutality, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-166\">Hurst<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-169\">\n<li id=\"u26671-168\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, Book Reading and Signing With Author Michael Koep: The Invasion of Heaven Part One of The Newirth Mythology, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-172\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-175\">\n<li id=\"u26671-174\">B&#038;N, Book Signing: The Big Drift by Patrick Dearen, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-178\">Sachse<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-181\">\n<li id=\"u26671-180\">Sachse Public Library, Garland Symphony Orchestra Kids Notes Program, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-184\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-187\">\n<li id=\"u26671-186\">The Twig Book Shop, Randy Fritz reads and signs Hail of Fire: A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-190\">Friday, June 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-192\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-197\">\n<li id=\"u26671-194\">BookPeople, Personal Essays Editor at Salon SARAH HEPOLA speaking &#038; signing her new memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-196\">Malvern Books, I SCREAM SOCIAL: new summer reading series featuring young women poets from the Austin community &#8211; Maggie Ilersich, Shelby Newsom, and Alana Torrez, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-200\">Corpus Christi<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-203\">\n<li id=\"u26671-202\">Texas State Aquarium, Melissa Gaskill signs A Worldwide Travel Guide to Sea Turtles, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-206\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-209\">\n<li id=\"u26671-208\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Tim Link Signs Talking with Dogs and Cats, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-212\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-219\">\n<li id=\"u26671-214\">Murder By the Book, Don Winslow will sign and discuss The Cartel, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-216\">Ovations, Shelley Auer Schneider: Love Letters with readings by Chip Schneider, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-218\">Silver Street Studios, Writespace Indiegogo Birthday Party, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-222\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-225\">\n<li id=\"u26671-224\">The Twig Book Shop, Katherine Center reads and signs Happiness for Beginners, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-228\">Saturday, June 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-230\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-233\">\n<li id=\"u26671-232\">Arlington Public Library &#8211; Southeast Branch, Symphony Arlington Kids Notes Program, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-236\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-247\">\n<li id=\"u26671-238\">Austin Books &#038; Comics, Lance Schibi and Austin Green sign For the Title: Championship Wish Edition, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-240\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Nery Roman signs The Inability to See the Other Side of Reality!, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-242\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author KATHERINE CENTER speaking &#038; signing Happiness for Beginners, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-244\">Bullock Museum, Texas Readers Theater Series: Fredrick Douglass readings with Sandra Mayo, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-246\">Scholz Garten, Edgar Award Winning Author GARY CARTWRIGHT speaking &#038; signing The Best I Recall: A Memoir, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-250\">Bedford<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-259\">\n<li id=\"u26671-252\">Half Price Books, Dawn Griffith will sell and sign her children\u2019s book That Makes Me So Mad, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-254\">Cedar Hill<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-256\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hillside Village,Trent Brown II signs 3T Chronicles Talbert the Chef, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-258\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hillside Village, Gwendolyn McNutt signs Angels Never Die A true story of love, loss, and faith, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-262\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-267\">\n<li id=\"u26671-264\">Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Verse and Rhythm with featured poets King Shakur and Javon R, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-266\">The Wild Detectives, DALLAS NOIR \u2013 OAK CLIFF WILD LITERARY FESTIVAL #1 featuring Matt Bondurant, Catherine Cuellar, Ben Fountain, Suzanne Frank, Daniel Hale, Fran Hillyer, Harry Hunsicker, Kathleen Kent and Merritt Tierce, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-270\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-277\">\n<li id=\"u26671-272\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westheimer\/Montrose, Jason O\u2019Neal Williams will sell and sign his comic character books from the J.B.3 series, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-274\">Murder By the Book, Jaqueline Pelham will sign and discuss her debut mystery, A Promise to Die For, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u26671-276\">River Oaks Bookstore, Anetral Hall reads and signs Revelations: The Untold Truth, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-280\">Hurst<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-283\">\n<li id=\"u26671-282\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, Book Signing with Kathleen M. Rodgers: The Final Salute, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-286\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-289\">\n<li id=\"u26671-288\">B&#038;N, Ralph Estes signs My Own Story: The Autobiography of Billy the Kid, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-292\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-295\">\n<li id=\"u26671-294\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk Village, Michael Koep signs Leaves of Fire Part Two of the Newirth Mythology, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-298\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-301\">\n<li id=\"u26671-300\">The Twig Book Shop, Sarah Cortez reads and signs Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of Remembrance, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-304\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-307\">\n<li id=\"u26671-306\">B&#038;N &#8211; Towne Square, Lauri Casey signs Annabelle&#8217;s Shining Moment, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-310\">Tyler<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-313\">\n<li id=\"u26671-312\">B&#038;N, Scharlotte Celestine signs Kingdom Way, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-316\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-319\">\n<li id=\"u26671-318\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, William Chesser signs Dog Wars, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u26671-322\">Sunday, June 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u26671-324\">College Station<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-327\">\n<li id=\"u26671-326\">B&#038;N, Robert Shearer signs Swift, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-330\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-333\">\n<li id=\"u26671-332\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Michael Koep signs Leaves of Fire, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-336\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u26671-339\">\n<li id=\"u26671-338\">Brazos Bookstore, AFA\/Brazos Collaboration Concert: readings and music featuring Gulf Coast editor Christopher Brean Murray, Benjamin Rybeck, Todd Frazier, and Hugh Lobel, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u26671-342\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Writers of America Convention, Lubbock, June 23 &#8211; 28 Writers&#8217; League of Texas Agents and Editors Conference, Austin, June 26 &#8211; 28 9th Annual Austin African American Book Festival, June 27 David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum Exhibit, Abilene, National Children\u2019s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25 Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, 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-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","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=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}