{"id":418,"date":"2018-12-31T12:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:12:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:12:48","slug":"bookish-texas-011716","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"Bookish Texas 011716"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u62325-22\">\n<li id=\"u62325-3\"><span id=\"u62325\">NLong-Bin Chen&#8217;s The Book Garden sculpture exhibit,<\/span><span id=\"u62325-2\"> San Antonio, December 10, 2015 &#8211; February 20, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-6\"><span id=\"u62325-4\">Shakespeare in Print and Performance, <\/span><span id=\"u62325-5\">Austin, December 21 &#8211; May 29<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-9\"><span id=\"u62325-7\">Texas Seaport Museum Winter Lecture Series<\/span>, Galveston, January 16 &#8211; 23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-12\"><span id=\"u62325-10\">Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P\u00fablico Press and Twentieth Century Latina\/o Literature,<\/span> Houston, January 18 &#8211; June 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-15\"><span id=\"u62325-13\">Downs-Jones Library Information Literacy Symposium,<\/span> Austin, January 22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-18\"><span id=\"u62325-16\">Groundswell Playwrights Conference,<\/span> Austin, January 23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-21\"><span id=\"u62325-19\">Local Authors Fest,<\/span> Lampasas, January 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-25\">Sunday, Jan. 17<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-27\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-30\">\n<li id=\"u62325-29\">Recycled Reads Bookstore, Spoken Word Round Robin, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-33\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-38\">\n<li id=\"u62325-35\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Richard Benjamin Cass signs Braniff Airways, Texas: Flying Colors, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-37\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, Henry Cline will sell and sign Too Close For Comfort, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-41\">Monday, Jan. 18<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-43\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-48\">\n<li id=\"u62325-45\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Chris Hogan signs Retire Inspired, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-47\">City Performance Hall, The MLK Symposium featuring Teju Cole, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-51\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-54\">\n<li id=\"u62325-53\">Brazos Bookstore, Public Poetry &#8211; ARTLINES, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-57\">Tuesday, Jan. 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-59\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-64\">\n<li id=\"u62325-61\">BookPeople, Austin American-Statesman columnist MICHAEL BARNES speaking &#038; signing Indelible Austin: Selected Histories, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-63\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-67\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-72\">\n<li id=\"u62325-69\">Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Literature + Medicine Conference features author Dr. Abraham Verghese speaking on &#8220;The Pen and the Stethoscope: Connections Between Literature and Medicine&#8221;, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-71\">The Wild Detectives, Carly J. Hallman reads from and signs The Year of the Goose, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-75\">Farmers Branch<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-78\">\n<li id=\"u62325-77\">Farmers Branch Manske Library, author Harry Hall discusses The Pedestriennes, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-81\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-84\">\n<li id=\"u62325-83\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-87\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-92\">\n<li id=\"u62325-89\">Brazos Bookstore, Brantley Hightower discusses and signs THE COURTHOUSES OF CENTRAL TEXAS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-91\">Murder By the Book, Nicholas Petrie will sign and discuss his debut thriller, The Drifter, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-95\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-98\">\n<li id=\"u62325-97\">The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-101\">Wednesday, Jan. 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-103\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-106\">\n<li id=\"u62325-105\">BookPeople, Austin author KATHERINE CATMULL speaking &#038; signing The Radiant Road, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-109\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-112\">\n<li id=\"u62325-111\">Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art Arts &#038; Letters Live: Rhonda K. Garelick presents Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History and Olivier Meslay discusses From Chanel to Reves: La Pausa and Its Collections at the Dallas Museum of Art, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-115\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-120\">\n<li id=\"u62325-117\">AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-119\">MD Anderson Library Rockwell Pavilion, opening reception for exhibition Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P\u00fablico Press and Twentieth Century Latina\/o Literature. For more information, contact Lisa Cruces at ccruces@uh.edu or 713-743-9903.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-123\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-126\">\n<li id=\"u62325-125\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Cantera, Retire Inspired: It&#8217;s Not an Age, It&#8217;s a Financial Number signing by Chris Hogan, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-129\">Thursday, Jan. 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-131\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-138\">\n<li id=\"u62325-133\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Retire Inspired: It&#8217;s Not an Age, It&#8217;s a Financial Number signing by Chris Hogan, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-135\">BookPeople, Writers&#8217; League of Texas THIRD THURSDAY PANEL: &#8220;Beginning (Again): How to Start or Restart a Writing Project &#8221; with Edward Carey, Lindsay Lane, Greg Levin, and Suzy Spencer, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-137\">BookPeople, Debut author CLARA BENSEN speaking &#038; signing No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-141\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-144\">\n<li id=\"u62325-143\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, local physician and author John W. Boyd signs Parkland Hospital, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-147\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-150\">\n<li id=\"u62325-149\">The Heritage Society, Finger Lecture Series: Famous Trees of Texas by Gretchen Riley, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-153\">Palestine<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-156\">\n<li id=\"u62325-155\">Palestine Public Library, Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse will discuss and sign Beyond the Silence, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-159\">Woodville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-162\">\n<li id=\"u62325-161\">Allan Shivers Library &#038; Museum, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: Texas Writes with Carol Dawson and Natalia Sylvester, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-165\">Friday, Jan. 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-167\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-174\">\n<li id=\"u62325-169\">BookPeople, Star of &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; &#038; FUBU founder DAYMOND JOHN speaking &#038; signing The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Advantage, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-171\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social poetry series, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-173\">Monkeywrench Books, LGBTQ Prisoner Zine launch, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-177\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-182\">\n<li id=\"u62325-179\">Asia Society Texas Center, Gulf Coast Reading Series with Kim Kyung-Ju, Jake Levine, Luisa Muradyan, and Hank Russouw, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-181\">Writespace, Anything Goes Open Mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-185\">Saturday, Jan. 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-187\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-190\">\n<li id=\"u62325-189\">Half Price Books &#8211; Lincoln Square, Josie Fisher will sell signed copies of her son\u2019s autobiography, My Life Beyond the Floor, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-193\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-208\">\n<li id=\"u62325-195\">BookPeople, Austin children&#8217;s author VARIAN JOHNSON speaking &#038; signing To Catch a Cheat, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-197\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, Angel Jefferson will sell and sign her motivational book, Unstoppable Steps: Whose Shoes Are You Wearing?, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-199\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Lamar, financial planner Pam Friedman will sell and sign her book I Now Pronounce You Financially Fit: How to Protect Your Money in Marriage and Divorce, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-201\">Malvern Books, Indie Authors reading series: Kate Baray reading from Spirelli Paranormal Investigations, M.G. Herron reading from The Auriga Project, and Jackie Dana reading from By Moonrise, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-203\">Malvern Books, The Lion &#038; The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-205\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Finding Your Way Into Your Story: How to Go from Inkling to Incredible Read&#8221; with Natalia Sylvester, 9AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-207\">Yarborough Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting with a presentation by Chuck Taylor, publisher of Slough Press, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-211\">Cedar Hill<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-214\">\n<li id=\"u62325-213\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hillside Village, Charles Breakfield and Roxanne Burkey sign The Enigma Always, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-217\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-222\">\n<li id=\"u62325-219\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Elizabeth Lawless signs Your Best-Seller Book: 5 Steps to Quicker Publishing Success, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-221\">Deep Vellum Books, Erik Marcus, author of Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money, will present &#8220;Making Smart Food Choices on Every Level&#8221;, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-225\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-230\">\n<li id=\"u62325-227\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, Beverley Blount signing The Blount Guide to Reading, Spelling and Pronouncing English, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-229\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Robin Scofield presents &#8220;Political Writing Around the World&#8221;, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-233\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-242\">\n<li id=\"u62325-235\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Megan Tull signs The Passion Belief Method: Own Your Value and Earn Your Worth in Business, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-237\">Brazos Bookstore, Mike Cortez discusses and signs BEER LOVER\u2019S TEXAS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-239\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westheimer\/Montrose, local author Janet Holmes will sell and sign The Legend of the Mosaic Nuns, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-241\">River Oaks Bookstore, Nelda Hirsch discusses and signs The Royal Huguenot, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-245\">Lewisville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-248\">\n<li id=\"u62325-247\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vista Ridge, Local Writer&#8217;s Event, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-251\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-254\">\n<li id=\"u62325-253\">B&#038;N, The Dirt on Ninth Grave book signing by Darynda Jones, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-257\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-260\">\n<li id=\"u62325-259\">B&#038;N &#8211; Palms Crossing, Bob Dowell signs Papa, Tell Us About the Bible, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-263\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-266\">\n<li id=\"u62325-265\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk Village, Cowboy legend Randy White and football strategist Bob Ward sign Building the Perfect Star: Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-269\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-274\">\n<li id=\"u62325-271\">Half Price Books &#8211; Huebner, Candie Graham will sell and sign I Only Quote From the Best \u2013 Revisiting Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-273\">The Twig Book Shop, &#8220;Shark Tank&#8217;s&#8221; Daymond John discusses and signs The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-277\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-280\">\n<li id=\"u62325-279\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, David Hardiman signing Bailey&#8217;s Remarkable Plan, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-283\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-286\">\n<li id=\"u62325-285\">Half Price Books, Lilas Taha will discuss and sign Bitter Almonds, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-289\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-292\">\n<li id=\"u62325-291\">B&#038;N, Howard Joe Ph.D. signs Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u62325-295\">Sunday, Jan. 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u62325-297\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-302\">\n<li id=\"u62325-299\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, Anna Castle will sell and sign The Widows Guild: A Francis Bacon Mystery, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-301\">Paramount Theatre, an evening with Deepak Chopra, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-305\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-310\">\n<li id=\"u62325-307\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Megan Tull signs The Passion Belief Method: Own Your Value and Earn Your Worth in Business, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u62325-309\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, Rhonda Eudaly will sell and sign Tarbox Station, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-313\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-316\">\n<li id=\"u62325-315\">Johnston Middle School, Inprint Houston &#8220;Cool Brains&#8221; Series presets Jacqueline Woodson, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-319\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u62325-322\">\n<li id=\"u62325-321\">B&#038;N, The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets and a Shoestring Budget Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage signing by Daymond John, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u62325-325\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NLong-Bin Chen&#8217;s The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10, 2015 &#8211; 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