{"id":265,"date":"2018-12-31T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:29:31","slug":"special-events-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u36636-9\">\n<li id=\"u36636-8\"><span id=\"u36636-6\">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=\"u36636-12\">Sunday, Aug. 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-14\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-17\">\n<li id=\"u36636-16\">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=\"u36636-20\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-23\">\n<li id=\"u36636-22\">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<h1 id=\"u36636-26\">Monday, Aug. 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-28\">Alpine<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-31\">\n<li id=\"u36636-30\">Front Street Books, Anna Badkhen presents Walking With Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-34\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-37\">\n<li id=\"u36636-36\">BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author JENNY MILCHMAN speaking &#038; signing As Night Falls, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-40\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-43\">\n<li id=\"u36636-42\">The Lift, First Story Slam! Theme is &#8220;Coincidence and Synchronicity,&#8221; 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u36636-46\">Tuesday, Aug. 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-48\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-53\">\n<li id=\"u36636-50\">BookPeople, Award Winning Novelist JENNIFER STEIL speaking &#038; signing The Ambassador&#8217;s Wife, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-52\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-56\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-59\">\n<li id=\"u36636-58\">The Dock Bookshop, BLACK LIVES MATTER DISCUSSION AND OPEN MIC, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-62\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-67\">\n<li id=\"u36636-66\">Caprock Writers&#8217; Alliance with author Richard Jespers of <span id=\"u36636-64\">My Long-Playing Records and Other Stories,<\/span> 7-9 pm, Lubbock Public Library, Mahon (downtown) branch. Free and open to the public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-70\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-73\">\n<li id=\"u36636-72\">Murder By the Book, Jenny Milchman will sign her new novel As Night Falls and Julia Heaberlin will sign and discuss her novel, Black-Eyed Susans, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-76\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-79\">\n<li id=\"u36636-78\">The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u36636-82\">Wednesday, Aug. 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-84\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-87\">\n<li id=\"u36636-86\">BookPeoople, Bestselling Author JAMES KUNETKA speaking &#038; signing The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer &#8212; The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u36636-90\">\n<li id=\"u36636-89\">The Writing Barn, Words and Wine with Carrie Fountain and guest moderator Liz Garton Scanlon, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-93\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-100\">\n<li id=\"u36636-95\">Brazos Bookstore, Ellen Urbani reads and signs LANDFALL, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-97\">Houston Public Library, Four Books for Houston Series: Rene Steinke, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-99\">Original OKRA Charity Saloon, Night WrITerS: creative writing workshop led by poet Outspoken Bean, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u36636-103\">Thursday, Aug. 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-105\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-114\">\n<li id=\"u36636-107\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author EDWARD CAREY speaking &#038; signing Foulsham: Iremonger No. 2,\u00a0 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-109\">Malvern Books, Ten Years After: Remembering Katrina &#8211; NPR correspondent John Burnett in conversation with Tom Zigal, author of Many Rivers to Cross, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-111\">Riverbend Centre, BookPeople Presents Bestselling Author BREN\u00c9 BROWN with her new book, Rising Strong, 7PM [sold out]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-113\">Spider House Ballroom, the storytellers of Testify present &#8220;Into the Wild,&#8221; 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-117\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-120\">\n<li id=\"u36636-119\">The Wild Detectives, Anna Badkhen will present Walking with Abel, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-123\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-126\">\n<li id=\"u36636-125\">Asia Society Texas Center, co-authors Brad Glosserman and Scott Snyder discuss The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u36636-129\">Friday, Aug. 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-131\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-140\">\n<li id=\"u36636-133\">BookPeople, LOCAL AUTHOR NIGHT &#8211; Patricia Ruth, D. K. Stanley, &#038; Jamie Amelio, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-135\">Brave New Books, 9th Birthday Party for BNB!<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-137\">Bullock Museum, Texas Artisan Feature: Texas Cookbooks &#8211; authors include Lisa Fain (The Homesick Texan), Aaron Franklin of Franklin&#8217;s Barbecue, The Austin Food Blogger&#8217;s Alliance, and Tiffany Harelik&#8217;s Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook Series, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-139\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series featuring Austin writers Griselda Castillo, Schandra Madha, and Annar Ver\u00f6ld, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-143\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-146\">\n<li id=\"u36636-145\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar Mall, Nicole Weider signs Project Inspired: Tips and Tricks for Staying True to Who You Are, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-149\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-152\">\n<li id=\"u36636-151\">Galveston Bookshop, Kris Rutherford will sign The Galveston Buccaneers and Baseball on the Prairie, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-155\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-160\">\n<li id=\"u36636-157\">Brazos Bookstore, Matthew Salesses read and signs THE HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-159\">Rudyard&#8217;s, Writespace celebrates the release of their first anthology, Our Space: Shorts &#038; Poetry from the Houston Community, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-163\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-166\">\n<li id=\"u36636-165\">B&#038;N, Jodi Thomas will sign Ransom Canyon, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u36636-172\">\n<li id=\"u36636-171\">Heritage House, lunch with Jodi Thomas and a discussion and signing of Ransom Canyon, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u36636-175\">Saturday, Aug. 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-177\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-190\">\n<li id=\"u36636-179\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Meet &#038; Greet Book Signing With Venessa Kimball, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-181\">BookPeople, Journalist &#038; Bestselling Author ANNA BADKHEN speaking &#038; signing Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah, In Conversation with National Book Critics Circle Award Winner BEN FOUNTAIN, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-183\">Malvern Books, The Lion &#038; The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-185\">The Mohawk Austin, celebrate the release of Raw Paw Volume Six : Alien!, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-187\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas presents &#8220;Fine-Tune Craft While Writing Flash Fiction&#8221; with Nan Cuba, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-189\">Town Lake Metropolitan Park (Austin Pride Festival), Debra Winegarten will sign Oveta Culp Hobby, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-193\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-200\">\n<li id=\"u36636-195\">B&#038;N &#8211; Fountains at Farah, Monica Barrios Author Signing Why Count Sheep When We Can Count Race Cars?, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-197\">Memorial Park Library, Dick Bakken presents Furry Tails of a Sacred Future workshop for The Tumblewords Project, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-199\">The Rock House Cafe &#038; Gallery, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series featuring Dick Bakken, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-203\">Harker Heights<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-206\">\n<li id=\"u36636-205\">B&#038;N, Cathy Clamp signs Forbidden, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-209\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-216\">\n<li id=\"u36636-211\">Blue Willow Bookshop, annual Texas Poetry Calendar reading, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-213\">Murder By the Book, Bill Crider will sign and discuss Between the Living and the Dead and Angela Crider Neary will sign and discuss L&#8217;Il Tom and the Pussyfoot Detective Bureau The Cast of the Parrots Desparecidos, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-215\">River Oaks Bookstore, Debora J. McLaughlin will discuss and sign Running in High Heels: How to Lead with Influence, Impact, &#038; Ingenuity, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-219\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-222\">\n<li id=\"u36636-221\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk Village, Meet Action\/Adventure Author Don Candy as he signs Angels Three Five: A Sam McKensie Novel, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u36636-225\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u36636-232\">\n<li id=\"u36636-227\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northwoods, Author Lady Byrd Signs Controlling Your &#8220;ACE&#8221;, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-229\">The Twig Book Shop, L.M. Nelson discusses and signs Scrubs, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u36636-231\">Viva! Bookstore, Missy Tobia discusses and signs The Rosedale Tea Company, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u36636-235\">Sunday, Aug. 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u36636-237\">Apparently everyone is fatigued from back-to-school. 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