{"id":258,"date":"2018-12-31T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:27:31","slug":"special-events-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u35611-15\">\n<li id=\"u35611-8\"><span id=\"u35611-6\">The Great Fables Wake, <\/span><span id=\"u35611-7\">Austin, August 14 &#8211; 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-11\"><span id=\"u35611-9\">East Texas Book Festival, <\/span><span id=\"u35611-10\">Tyler, August 21 &#8211; 22<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-14\"><span id=\"u35611-12\">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=\"u35611-18\">Sunday, Aug. 16<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-20\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-23\">\n<li id=\"u35611-22\">Half Price Books, local children\u2019s author David D. Dye, Sr. will sell and sign his children\u2019s books The World\u2019s Strongest Human and Beneath the Reading Tree, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-26\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-31\">\n<li id=\"u35611-28\">BiblioTech, Tinta Digital Pachanga with Gemini Ink: celebrate literary education and outreach with Poet Laureate of\u00a0 Texas Carmen Tafolla, Poet Laureate of San Antonio Laurie Ann Guerrero, Andrea &#8220;Vocab&#8221; Sanderson and George Garza + FOOD, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-30\">The Twig Book Shop, Blake Adams discusses and signs Blind, But Now I See, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-34\">Monday, Aug. 17<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u35611-39\">\n<li id=\"u35611-38\"><span id=\"u35611-35\">Austin<\/span><br \/>BookPeople, N+1 Editor RICHARD BECK discussing &#038; signing We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980&#8217;s, with special guests JORDAN SMITH &#038; DEBORAH ESQUENAZI, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-42\">Tuesday, Aug. 18<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-44\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-49\">\n<li id=\"u35611-46\">BookPeople, Music Journalist JON FINE in conversation with Austin American-Statesman writer JOE GROSS and speaking &#038; signing Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock&#8217;s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-48\">Spider House Cafe &#038; Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-52\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-55\">\n<li id=\"u35611-54\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Jamie Tworkowski signs If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-58\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-61\">\n<li id=\"u35611-60\">The Dock Bookshop, BLACK LIVES MATTER DISCUSSION AND OPEN MIC, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-64\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-71\">\n<li id=\"u35611-66\">Asia Society Texas Center, A Conversation with Clifton Truman Daniel, author of Growing Up With My Grandfather: Memories of Harry S. Truman and Dear Harry, Love Bess: Bess Truman&#8217;s Letters to Harry Truman, 1919-1943, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-68\">Brazos Bookstore, Michael Pitre discusses and signs FIVES AND TWENTY-FIVES, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-70\">Murder By the Book, Michael Koryta will sign and discuss Last Words, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u35611-76\">\n<li id=\"u35611-75\">The Printing Museum, Director Elizabeth White-Olsen speaks on the founding of Writespace at the meeting of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts [WiVLA], 6:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-78\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-83\">\n<li id=\"u35611-80\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Cantera, Percy Jackson&#8217;s Greek Heroes Release Party, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-82\">The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-86\">Wednesday, Aug. 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-88\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-91\">\n<li id=\"u35611-90\">The Badlands, Badlands Blotter presents: Everybody Was [insert martial art] Fighting + flash fiction contest and local author reading, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-94\">Friendswood<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-97\">\n<li id=\"u35611-96\">Friendswood Public Library, Off the Page Poetry Series with Gulf Coast Poets John Milkereit, Elena Petrova and Choonwha Moon + open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-100\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-105\">\n<li id=\"u35611-102\">Katy Budget Books, Lunch, discussion and book signing with Sandra Brown, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-104\">Murder By the Book, Sandra Brown will discuss and sign Friction, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-108\">Thursday, Aug. 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-110\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-117\">\n<li id=\"u35611-112\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author SANDRA BROWN speaking &#038; signing Friction, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-114\">BookPeople, Writers&#8217; League of Texas THIRD THURSDAY PANEL &#8211; &#8220;Picture This: Creating Illustrated Children&#8217;s Books&#8221; with authors Jeff Crosby, Liz Garton Scanlon, Mary Sullivan and Emma J. Virjan,7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-116\">BookWoman, Kay Kendall reads and signs Rainy Day Women, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-120\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-123\">\n<li id=\"u35611-122\">Writespace, Spider Road Press Birthday &#038; Flash Fiction Prize Awards Ceremony, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-126\">Friday, Aug. 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-128\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-133\">\n<li id=\"u35611-130\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Stories Come to Life With The Paramount Theater&#8217;s Story Wranglers, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-132\">BookPeople, Writer &#038; Craft Beer Enthusiast MIKE CORTEZ speaking &#038; signing Beer Lover&#8217;s Texas: Best Breweries, Brewpubs &#038; Beer Bars, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-136\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-139\">\n<li id=\"u35611-138\">Kimbell Art Museum, Artful Readings: The Anatomy Lesson: A Novel, by Nina Siegal, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-142\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-145\">\n<li id=\"u35611-144\">Half Price Books &#8211; Broadway, Panamanian poet Anthony Polanco will discuss, sell and sign Verses from the Diaspora: A Poetic Tale of the African Diaspora, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-149\">Saturday, Aug. 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-151\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-156\">\n<li id=\"u35611-153\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Meet &#038; Greet Book Signing With PJ Hoover, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-155\">Bullock Museum, Book It, Texas! &#8211; Jan Jarboe Russell will dicuss The Train to Crystal City, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-159\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-162\">\n<li id=\"u35611-161\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston Royal, Ambassador Robert W. Jordan signs Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9\/11, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-165\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-168\">\n<li id=\"u35611-167\">B&#038;N &#8211; Fountains at Farah, Amy Bennett signing No Vacancy, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-171\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-174\">\n<li id=\"u35611-173\">The Library Cafe, The Lyric Cafe Featuring Kevin Sandbloom, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-177\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-180\">\n<li id=\"u35611-179\">Galveston Bookshop, Maria Elena Sandovici signs Stray Dogs and Lonely Beaches, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-183\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-190\">\n<li id=\"u35611-185\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vanderbilt, Hank Moore signs Houston Legends: History and Heritage of Dynamic Global Capitol, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-187\">Brazos Bookstore, Noelle August discusses and signs BOUNCE, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-189\">River Oaks Bookstore, James Glassman discusses and signs The Houstorian Dictionary, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-193\">Humble<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-196\">\n<li id=\"u35611-195\">Half Price Books, local teacher and children\u2019s author Damon L. Galloway will read, sell and sign his books, including Will You be My Friend?, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-199\">Hurst<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-202\">\n<li id=\"u35611-201\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, Book Launch With Author Susan Van Volkenburgh: The Stone of Ebenezer, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-205\">Lewisville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-210\">\n<li id=\"u35611-207\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vista Ridge, book signing for Thirty One Days of Prayer for the Dreamer and Doer (curated by The Well Studio), 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-209\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vista Ridge, Kathyleen Franklin reads and signs Who&#8217;s Watching Over Me?, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-213\">Mason<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-216\">\n<li id=\"u35611-215\">Mason County M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library, Writers&#8217; League of Texas: Texas Writes with Carol Dawson and Carol Flake Chapman, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-219\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-222\">\n<li id=\"u35611-221\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northcross, Cooking With the Texas Poets Laureate with Elizabeth Ethredge and Jan Seale, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-225\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-234\">\n<li id=\"u35611-227\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Cantera, local author Axe will sign No Limits No Regrets, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-229\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northwoods, Carl E. Coppock discusses and signs Lose the Diet, Lose the Weight, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-231\">The Twig Book Shop, Linda Simone discusses and signs Archeology, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u35611-233\">Viva! Bookstore, El Valle de Lagrimas: Valley of Tears poetry reading and signing with Paul Pineda, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-237\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-240\">\n<li id=\"u35611-239\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Fritz Fonocho signs I Came in on the Wrong Boat, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u35611-243\">Sunday, Aug. 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u35611-245\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-248\">\n<li id=\"u35611-247\">BookPeople, Austin Children&#8217;s Author CYNTHIA LEVINSON speaking &#038; signing Watch Out for the Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-251\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u35611-254\">\n<li id=\"u35611-253\">The Wild Detectives, Jenny Milchman discusses and signs As Night Falls and Julia Heaberlin discusses and signs Black Eyed Susans, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u35611-257\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Fables Wake, Austin, August 14 &#8211; 16 East Texas Book Festival, Tyler, August 21 &#8211; 22 David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum exhibit, Abilene, National Children\u2019s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25 Sunday, Aug. 16 Mansfield Half Price Books, local children\u2019s author David D. 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