{"id":396,"date":"2018-12-31T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:07:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:07:39","slug":"sunday-dec-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, Dec. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"u58667-12\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-17\">\n<li id=\"u58667-14\">BookWoman, Book Signing &#038; Wine Event with Stella Mowen, author of Until the Beat Stops, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58667-16\">Malvern Books, J. Scott Brownlee launches his first full-length poetry collection, Requiem for Used Ignition Cap, joined by poets John Fry and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u58667-20\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-23\">\n<li id=\"u58667-22\">The Dock Bookshop, Kwanzaa Celebration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-26\">Monday, Dec. 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-28\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-31\">\n<li id=\"u58667-30\">The Dock Bookshop, Kwanzaa &#8211; Ujima (Collective Work &#038; Responsibility): GET TOGETHER, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-34\">Tuesday, Dec. 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-36\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-39\">\n<li id=\"u58667-38\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u58667-42\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-47\">\n<li id=\"u58667-44\">The Dock Bookshop, Kwanzaa &#8211; Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): BUSINESS MIXER, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58667-46\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u58667-50\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-53\">\n<li id=\"u58667-52\">The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-56\">Wednesday, Dec. 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-58\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-61\">\n<li id=\"u58667-60\">The Dock Bookshop, Kwanzaa &#8211; Nia (Purpose): FILM &#038; FOOD, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u58667-64\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-67\">\n<li id=\"u58667-66\">AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry reading, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-70\">Thursday, Dec. 31\u00a0 New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-72\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-75\">\n<li id=\"u58667-74\">The Dock Bookshop, Kwanzaa &#8211; Kuumba (Creativity): KUUMBA ART &#038; BOOK SHOW, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-78\">Friday, Jan. 1\u00a0 Resolve to read more Texas books in 2016!<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-80\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-83\">\n<li id=\"u58667-82\">BookPeople, Customer Appreciation Day, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-86\">Saturday, Jan. 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-88\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-91\">\n<li id=\"u58667-90\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northcross, Santos Vallejo signs Little Santos: Against All Odds, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58667-94\">Sunday, Jan. 3<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58667-96\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u58667-99\">\n<li id=\"u58667-98\">The Twig Book Shop, Lili Mahoney reads and signs Barefoot Pastures, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u58667-102\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<div id=\"u58677\">\n<div id=\"u58678-142\">\n<h1 id=\"u58678-2\"><span>MAJOR BOOK EVENTS BY MONTH<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u58678-5\">Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas and those other states to plan ahead in your bookish life. We&#8217;ll add dates for each year as we learn of them.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-8\">January<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-17\">\n<li id=\"u58678-10\">National Book Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-12\">National Book Week (third full week of January)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-14\">Book Publishers Day (Jan. 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-16\">Pulpwood Queen&#8217;s Girlfriend Weekend (Nacogdoches, Jan. 14-17, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-20\">February<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-23\">\n<li id=\"u58678-22\">Black History Month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-26\">March<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-31\">\n<li id=\"u58678-28\">Women&#8217;s History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-30\">Children&#8217;s Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-34\">April<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-55\">\n<li id=\"u58678-36\">National Poetry Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-38\">D.E.A.R., &#8220;Drop Everything and Read&#8221; Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-40\">National Library Week (April 10-16, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-42\">International Children&#8217;s Book Day (April 2 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-44\">Children&#8217;s Book Day, El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00eda de los libros (D\u00eda) (April 30, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-46\">World Book Day (Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday, April 23 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-48\">NETWO Spring Conference<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-50\">Houston Writers&#8217; Guild Conference<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-52\">San Antonio Book Festival (Sat, April 2, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-54\">Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting (April 15\u201316, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u58678-67\">\n<li id=\"u58678-60\">Texas Writers Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-62\">National Independent Bookstore Day (Sat., April 30, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-64\">O. Henry Pun-off (Austin, Sat., May 7, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-66\">BookExpo America (Chicago, May 11-13, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u58678-85\">\n<li id=\"u58678-72\">GLBT Books Month (starting annually in 2015)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-76\">Bloomsday (James Joyce&#8217;s <span id=\"u58678-74\">Ulysses,<\/span> June 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-78\">CALF (Children&#8217;s Art &#038; Literacy Festival), Abilene (June)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-80\">Western Writers of America Convention (Cheyenne, Wyoming, June 21-25, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-82\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Agents &#038; Editors Conference (Austin, June 24-26, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-84\">International Christian Retail Show (Cincinnati, Ohio, June 26-29, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u58678-91\">\n<li id=\"u58678-90\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat (Alpine, July 17-21, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-94\">August<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-100\">\n<li id=\"u58678-99\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etxbookfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Texas Book Fest<\/a><\/span> (Tyler, Aug. 26\u201327, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-103\">September<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-112\">\n<li id=\"u58678-105\">Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15\u2013Oct. 15 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-107\">Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-109\">National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration (Lubbock, second weekend in September annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-111\">West Texas Book Festival (Abilene, Sept. 19-24, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-115\">October<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-122\">\n<li id=\"u58678-117\">LGBT History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-119\">National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-121\">Books in the Basin (Odessa, Oct. 11\u201312, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-125\">November<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-134\">\n<li id=\"u58678-127\">Native American Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-129\">National Novel Writing Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-131\">University Press Week (November 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u58678-133\">Texas Book Festival (Austin, Nov. 5\u20136, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u58678-137\">December<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u58678-140\">\n<li id=\"u58678-139\">World AIDS Day (Dec. 1 annually)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin BookWoman, Book Signing &#038; Wine Event with Stella Mowen, author of Until the Beat Stops, 4PM Malvern Books, J. 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