{"id":251,"date":"2018-12-31T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:26:10","slug":"special-events-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u34786-12\">\n<li id=\"u34786-8\"><span id=\"u34786-6\">The Great Fables Wake, <\/span><span id=\"u34786-7\">Austin, August 14 &#8211; 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-11\"><span id=\"u34786-9\">David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum<\/span> exhibit, Abilene, National Children\u2019s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-15\">Sunday, Aug. 9<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u34786-28\">\n<li id=\"u34786-17\">Austin<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-19\">Garland<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-21\">Houston<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-23\">Round Rock<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-25\">The Woodlands<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-27\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Natasha Preston signs Awake, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-31\">Monday, Aug. 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-33\">Apparently everyone is reading at home today. You can read in public, though, if you&#8217;d like.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-36\">Tuesday, Aug. 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-38\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-45\">\n<li id=\"u34786-40\">BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents: MURDER ON WHEELS: 11 TALES OF CRIME ON THE MOVE readings with Reavis Wortham, Kathy Waller, and Scott Montgomery, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-42\">Home Slice Pizza, The Bat Cave&#8217;s Story Department presents: Air Your Dirty Laundry with Jack Kaulfus, Jennifer Robenalt, Elena Eidelberg, and Carrie Carter, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-44\">Spider House Cafe &#038; Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-48\">Bellmead<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-51\">\n<li id=\"u34786-50\">Texas State Technical College, Richard Paul &#038; Steven Moss discuss and sign We Could Not Fail, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-54\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-57\">\n<li id=\"u34786-56\">British Beverage Company, Art House Dallas presents For the Love of Words, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-60\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-65\">\n<li id=\"u34786-62\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen, Julia Heaberlin discusses and signs Black-Eyed Susans, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-64\">The Dock Bookshop, BLACK LIVES MATTER DISCUSSION AND OPEN MIC, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-68\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-75\">\n<li id=\"u34786-70\">Brazos Bookstore, Tristan Smith discusses and signs HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-72\">Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture: Richard S. Hall, Ph.D., presents Texas Lighthouses: Gulf Coast Lighthouse Styles + book signing, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-74\">Murder By the Book, Christopher Farnsworth will sign his new book, The Eternal World, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-78\">Wednesday, Aug. 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-80\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-85\">\n<li id=\"u34786-82\">BookPeople, City of Austin Archivist MICHAEL C. MILLER speaking &#038; signing Austin&#8217;s First Cookbook: Our Home Recipes, Remedies and Rules of Thumb, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-84\">Cheer Up Charlies, Five Things presents: The Teen Years with readings by MEG FREITAG, ASHER PRICE, DIANA LYNN SMALL, TIMOTHY WILLIS SANDERS and STEPHANIE NOLL (bring a few dollars or gently-used books for Old Books for New Teachers), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-88\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-93\">\n<li id=\"u34786-90\">Highland Park United Methodist Church, Paula McLain presents Circling the Sun, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-92\">The Wild Detectives, Artist and author Roger White presents The Contemporaries, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-96\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-99\">\n<li id=\"u34786-98\">Brazos Bookstore, Summer of Shakespeare: The Tempest (with Houston Shakespeare Festival), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-102\">North Richland Hills<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-105\">\n<li id=\"u34786-104\">North Richland Hills Public Library, Behind the Book: Lunch with Paula McClain, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-108\">Thursday, Aug. 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-110\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-117\">\n<li id=\"u34786-112\">AGE of Central Texas, Austin Poetry Caravan reading, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-114\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Kaye Voigt Abikhaled, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-116\">Malvern Books, Novel Night with Donna Birdwell &#038; Steven Metze, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-120\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-123\">\n<li id=\"u34786-122\">Dallas Museum of Art &#8211; Horchow Auditorium, Arts &#038; Letters Live: Liza Klaussmann presents Villa America, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-126\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-129\">\n<li id=\"u34786-128\">Unitarian-Universalist Community of El Paso, Song Giver: Gene Keller will perform original poetry and music in celebration of his 70th birthday (from Tumblewords Project), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-132\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-137\">\n<li id=\"u34786-134\">Brazos Bookstore, Fady Joudah &#038; Anis Shivani discuss and sign OTHERS WILL ENTER THE GATES, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-136\">Murder By the Book, Linda Fairstein will sign and discuss Devil&#8217;s Bridge, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-141\">Friday, Aug. 14<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-143\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-146\">\n<li id=\"u34786-145\">BookPeople, Girls Night Out with Bestselling Author JENNIFER WEINER speaking &#038; signing Who Do You Love, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-149\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-152\">\n<li id=\"u34786-151\">Lucky Dog Books &#8211; Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ featuring Johnny R. Olson, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-155\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-160\">\n<li id=\"u34786-157\">Brazos Bookstore, Scott Wilbanks reads and signs THE LEMONCHOLY LIFE OF ANNIE ASTER, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-159\">River Oaks Bookstore, Matt Minor reads and signs The Representative, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-163\">Saturday, Aug. 15<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-165\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-168\">\n<li id=\"u34786-167\">Texas Star Trading Company, Jenna Marwitz and Nicole Sparks, known as the Crockin\u2019 Girls, will sign their new cookbook, It\u2019s Our Crockin\u2019 Life, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-171\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-182\">\n<li id=\"u34786-173\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Meet &#038; Greet Book Signing With Joan Borsten, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-175\">BookPeople, Actress and Internet Celebrity FELICIA DAY signing You&#8217;re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-177\">Bullock Museum, Texas Readers Theater: Eugene Lee will read and discuss his plays, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-179\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, teen mentor and author Lauren Galley will sell and sign her teen book Kissing Frogs: In Search of Prince Charming, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-181\">Malvern Books, launch of David Parsons\u2019 new poetry collection, Reaching for Longer Water, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-185\">Brownsville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-188\">\n<li id=\"u34786-187\">Stillman House Museum, Debra Winegarten signs Oveta Culp Hobby, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-191\">College Station<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-194\">\n<li id=\"u34786-193\">B&#038;N, Author Event: Jim Paris discusses and signs Them Changes, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-197\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-202\">\n<li id=\"u34786-199\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park,\u00a0 Ali Novak signs Heartbreakers, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-201\">Dallas Museum of Art &#8211; Horchow Auditorium, Oral Fixation: Best of Season 4, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-205\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-208\">\n<li id=\"u34786-207\">Fort Worth Public Library &#8211; Central Branch, local authors of children&#8217;s and YA lit sell and sign their books, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-211\">Garland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-214\">\n<li id=\"u34786-213\">B&#038;N &#8211; Firewheel Mall, Jeff Wagoner discusses and signs Discover the Unseen, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-217\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-228\">\n<li id=\"u34786-219\">Blue Will Bookshop, Tom McNeely will discuss and sign his book, GHOST HORSE, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-221\">Brazos Bookstore, Hank Moore discusses and signs HOUSTON LEGENDS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-223\">Katy Budget Books, Local historian Carol Adams signs her book Images of America: Katy, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-225\">Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press Summer Shindig 2015: Dru Watkins promoting his first collection BEING BEYOND RECONFIGURATION, performance poet and publisher BGK, Sharon O, Hawaiian spoken word artist, and Beat poet PW Covington, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-227\">Murder By the Book, Matt Coyle will sign and discuss Night Tremors and David Putnam will sign and discuss The Replacements, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-231\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-234\">\n<li id=\"u34786-233\">Irving Public Library &#8211; Valley Ranch, Author Visit with Varsha Bajaj, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-237\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-240\">\n<li id=\"u34786-239\">Half Price Books, local author J.C. Hulsey will sell and sign his Christian Western books from The Travelers series, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-243\">Rock Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-246\">\n<li id=\"u34786-245\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Frontera, E.C. Murray signs A Long Way From Paris, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-249\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-254\">\n<li id=\"u34786-251\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, New Writers&#8217; Event: local authors present their new books, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-253\">The Twig Book Shop, Patti Brooks discusses and signs Murder in Montgomery, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-257\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-262\">\n<li id=\"u34786-259\">First Colony Library, Houston Writers House: Matt Minor Workshop, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u34786-261\">Half Price Books, local author Meena Dhanjal will sell and sign her children\u2019s book Mattie Has Wheels, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-265\">Waskom<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-268\">\n<li id=\"u34786-267\">Waskom Public Library, Texas Writes program from the Writers&#8217; League of Texas: Lisa Wingate and Kelli Coates Gilbert, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u34786-271\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-274\">\n<li id=\"u34786-273\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Brenda Moore signs What&#8217;s Done in the Dark Shall Come to the Light, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u34786-277\">Sunday, Aug. 16<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u34786-279\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u34786-282\">\n<li id=\"u34786-281\">Half Price Books, local children\u2019s author David D. 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