{"id":587,"date":"2018-12-31T12:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=587"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:58:07","slug":"special-events-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u143481-9\">\n<li id=\"u143481-5\"><span id=\"u143481-3\">Summer Book Arts Studio,<\/span> Houston, July 5\u20138<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-8\"><span id=\"u143481-6\">North Texas Comic Book Show, <\/span>Dallas, July 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-12\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u143481-16\">\n<li id=\"u143481-15\"><span id=\"u143481-13\">Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing,<\/span> Austin, June 19-January 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-19\">Sunday, July 3<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-21\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-24\">\n<li id=\"u143481-23\">Recycled Reads, Open Mic Poetry, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-26\">Monday, July 4<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-34\">Happy Independence Day! For a fun Independence Day read set in Texas, download <span>Barbara Brannon\u2019s<\/span> novella <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Give-Cup-Water-Texas-Tale-ebook\/dp\/B00INEDMAK\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1467566684&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=give+a+cup+of+water#navbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Give a Cup of Water<\/span><\/a><\/span> to your Kindle. FREE for the holiday!<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-37\">Tuesday, July 5<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-39\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-44\">\n<li id=\"u143481-41\">The North Door, Owen Egerton&#8217;s One Page Salon with Carolyn Cohagan (author of TIME ZERO), Southpaw Jones, Amy Gentry (GOOD AS GONE), Curtis Lucianii, Tyson Midkiff, special Skype Guest the New York TImes Best Selling author Sarah Hepola, plus Bryan Green, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-43\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-47\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-50\">\n<li id=\"u143481-49\">Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling romance author Abbi Glines will participate in a Q&#038;A and sign her book Up in Flames, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-53\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-56\">\n<li id=\"u143481-55\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-59\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-62\">\n<li id=\"u143481-61\">The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-65\">Wednesday, July 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-67\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-76\">\n<li id=\"u143481-69\">BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author WILLIAM JOYCE speaking &#038; signing Ollie&#8217;s Odyssey, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-71\">Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Vicki Tongate discusses her new book, Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-73\">HOST Publications, APLFF presents: Imagery &#038; Specificity Workshop with Amanda North, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-75\">Malvern Books, Brian Foley (The Constitution) reading with local writers Stephanie Goehring, Travis Tate, and Marlon Hedrick, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-79\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-84\">\n<li id=\"u143481-81\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, First Comes Love book signing with Emily Giffin, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-83\">Holocaust Museum Houston, Gerald S. Kaplan Endowment Lecture presents Professor Lawrence R. Douglas, author of The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial, followed by book signing, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-87\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-90\">\n<li id=\"u143481-89\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk, Peregrin Wildoak signs Go Gentle into That Good Night- The Esoteric Dimensions of Death, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-93\">Thursday, July 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-95\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-100\">\n<li id=\"u143481-97\">BookPeople, Writers DAVID TODD &#038; JONATHAN OGREN speaking &#038; signing The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-99\">Mr. Catfish &amp; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-103\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-110\">\n<li id=\"u143481-105\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Dr. Venugopal K. Menon signs My Mother Called Me Unni: A Doctor\u2019s Tale of Migration, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-107\">Brazos Bookstore, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads from and signs FUEGO, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-109\">Holocaust Museum Houston, \u201cThe Youth Diarists of \u2018Salvaged Pages,\u2019\u201d with Alexandra Zapruder, editor of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers` Diaries of the Holocaust, followed by book signing, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-113\">Friday, July 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-115\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-118\">\n<li id=\"u143481-117\">BookPeople, Avid Outdoorsman M. M. WOLTHOFF speaking &#038; signing The West Texas Pilgrimage, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-121\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-126\">\n<li id=\"u143481-123\">Inprint House, First Friday Poetry featuring Stella Brice, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-125\">Murder By the Book, Anna Silver will sign and discuss Songbyrd, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-129\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-132\">\n<li id=\"u143481-131\">The Twig Book Shop, Donna Birdwell reads and signs Shadow of the Hare, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-135\">Saturday, July 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-137\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-140\">\n<li id=\"u143481-139\">B&#038;N, Walking the Llano book signing with Shelley Armitage, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-143\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-150\">\n<li id=\"u143481-145\">BookPeople, Austin SCBWI meeting: Expanding Your Toolbox: How NonFiction and Fiction Writers Use the Same Craft Tools Differently with Cynthia Levinson and Lindsey Lane, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-147\">BookPeople, Austinite RED WASSENICH speaking &#038;; signing Keeping Austin Weird: A Guide to the (Still) Odd Side of Town, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-149\">Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Ken Wilson presents In Their Own Words: The Messages of Early 20th Century Texas Real Photo Postcards, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-153\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-156\">\n<li id=\"u143481-155\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, C\u00e9sar L. Baquerizo signing A Safe Place With You, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-159\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-162\">\n<li id=\"u143481-161\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Zyme One: &#8220;Memories of My Melancholy Cholas,&#8221; 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-165\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-168\">\n<li id=\"u143481-167\">Galveston Bookshop, Joy Jones signs The Last Madam: A Legend of the Chicken Ranch, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-171\">Highland Village<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-174\">\n<li id=\"u143481-173\">B&#038;N, Life Builders book signing, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-177\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-188\">\n<li id=\"u143481-179\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Meet the Author and Illustrator James Martin and Catherine Compson: M.U.T.T.: Multiple Utility Tactical Teams, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-181\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer, From Damaged to Destined book signing with April D. Houston, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-183\">Murder By the Book, Sara Rosett will sign and discuss the newest Ellie Avery mystery, Marriage, Monsters-In-Law, and Murder, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-185\">Writespace, Coptic Stitch Bookbinding: Create Your Own Notebook with Layla Al-Bedawi, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-187\">Writespace, Jumpstart Your Writing with Andreana Binder, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-191\">Pearland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-194\">\n<li id=\"u143481-193\">B&#038;N &#8211; Broadway, Tammy Hale signs The Burning Kiss, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-197\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-200\">\n<li id=\"u143481-199\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, From Mom to Me Again: How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and Reinvented the Rest of My Life book signing with Melissa Schultz, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-203\">Round Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-206\">\n<li id=\"u143481-205\">Half Price Books, local author Jodi L. Porter will sell and sign her children&#8217;s book Night and Day, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-209\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-216\">\n<li id=\"u143481-211\">Gemini Ink, Workshop: Life Becomes Art: Form in the Essay &amp; Memoir with Debra Monroe, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-213\">The Twig Book Shop, Maxam Waxaw reads from and signs his new poetry collection Canto. 1-4, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-215\">The Twig Book Shop, Debra Monroe discusses and signs My Unsentimental Education, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u143481-222\">\n<li id=\"u143481-221\">Rufi&#8217;s Cocina, Waco Poets Society featuring Julieta Corpus, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-225\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-230\">\n<li id=\"u143481-227\">B&#038;N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Speak!Poet veterans presentation, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-229\">B&#038;N, Melanie Chrismer signing Lone Star Legacy: The Texas Rangers Then and Now, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-233\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-236\">\n<li id=\"u143481-235\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Carolyn Gray signs 365 Days of Gratitude, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u143481-239\">Sunday, July 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u143481-241\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-250\">\n<li id=\"u143481-243\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Yarborough, Sisters in Crime panel discussion with Martha Carr, Noreen Cedeno, Doris Christian, and Francine Paino, 2:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-245\">BookPeople, SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP featuring: Varian Johnson, Paige Britt, and Jennifer Ziegler, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Stilton!, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-247\">BookWoman, Jenuine Poetess, founder of Waco Poets Society and ITWOW International, reading &amp; signing Blood Stories, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-249\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Twisted Legacy,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-253\">Bedford<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-256\">\n<li id=\"u143481-255\">Half Price Books, local author Nic Stevens will sell and sign Tripping Over Moonlight, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-259\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-262\">\n<li id=\"u143481-261\">The Wild Detectives, WordSpace presents Looped, featuring poems or prose by Jennifer Whalen, Darryl Ratcliff, Courtney Marie, Christopher Hughes, Fatima Hirsi, and Edyka Chilom\u00e9, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-265\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u143481-270\">\n<li id=\"u143481-267\">The Landing Theatre Company, WRITING THE ADAPTATION, A Master Class with Alvaro Saar Rios, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u143481-269\">Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u143481-273\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 5\u20138 North Texas Comic Book Show, Dallas, July 9 Ongoing Exhibits Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22 Sunday, July 3 Austin Recycled Reads, Open Mic Poetry, 3:30PM Monday, July 4 Happy Independence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}