{"id":600,"date":"2018-12-31T13:01:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:01:53","slug":"special-events-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u146729-23\">\n<li id=\"u146729-5\"><span id=\"u146729-3\">Macondo Writers\u2019 Workshop,<\/span> San Antonio, 14-17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-8\"><span id=\"u146729-6\">10th Annual Writers&#8217; League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, <\/span>Alpine, July 18-22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-12\">Barrio Writers present a Week-long <span id=\"u146729-10\">Writing Workshop,<\/span> Austin, July 18-23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-15\"><span id=\"u146729-13\">Summer Book Arts Studio,<\/span> Houston, July 19-22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-19\">G<span id=\"u146729-17\">emini Ink Writers Conference,<\/span> San Antonio, July 21-24<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-22\"><span id=\"u146729-20\">The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, <\/span>Grapevine, July 22-24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-26\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u146729-30\">\n<li id=\"u146729-29\"><span id=\"u146729-27\">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=\"u146729-33\">Sunday, July 17<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-35\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-40\">\n<li id=\"u146729-37\">BookPeople, musician John Doe speaking &amp; signing Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, 2PM [TICKET REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-39\">Recycled Reads, Spoken Word, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-43\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-50\">\n<li id=\"u146729-45\">Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Daniel Silva will discuss and sign The Black Widow, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-47\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, Larry Solomon will sign and discuss Translate, Motivate, Activate: A Leader&#8217;s Guide to Mobilizing Change, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-49\">Half Price Books Mothership, local author Tracy Lawson will sell and sign her new dystopian YA novel, Ignite, book three in the Resistance Series, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-53\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-56\">\n<li id=\"u146729-55\">Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-59\">Humble<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-62\">\n<li id=\"u146729-61\">B&#038;N &#8211; Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-65\">Monday, July 18<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-67\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-70\">\n<li id=\"u146729-69\">Half Price Books Mothership, award-winning journalist, screenwriter and Texas Monthly executive editor Skip Hollandsworth will discuss and sign The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America&#8217;s First Serial Killer, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-73\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-76\">\n<li id=\"u146729-75\">Brazos Bookstore, David Todd discusses and signs THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE PROJECT, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-79\">Tuesday, July 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-81\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-86\">\n<li id=\"u146729-83\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-85\">Whip In, TD;LR reading series presents Felix Morgan and Brian Lamont, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-89\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-92\">\n<li id=\"u146729-91\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-95\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-98\">\n<li id=\"u146729-97\">Murder By the Book, Gail Carriger will sign and discuss Imprudence, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u146729-104\">\n<li id=\"u146729-103\">Books-A-Million, Shane Dawson, YouTube personality, actor, sketch comedian, singer, songwriter and film director, will discuss and sign copies of his newest book It Gets Worse, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-107\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-110\">\n<li id=\"u146729-109\">The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-113\">Wednesday, July 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-115\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-120\">\n<li id=\"u146729-117\">Austin Public Library, APLFF workshop: Form, Line, and White Space with Amanda North, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-119\">BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author GAIL CARRIGER speaking &#038; signing Imprudence, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-123\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-126\">\n<li id=\"u146729-125\">Horchow Auditorium, Arts &#038; Letters Live! presents Chris Colfer, author of An Author\u2019s Odyssey, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-129\">Thursday, July 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-131\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-134\">\n<li id=\"u146729-133\">The Craig Senior Living, An Evening with author Jodi Thomas, ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-137\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-146\">\n<li id=\"u146729-139\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Terrazas, Aural Literature presents Austin Bat Cave&#8217;s young writers, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-141\">BookPeople, Writers&#8217; League of Texas Third Thursday: Meet Your Match: Writing Groups, Critique Groups, Critique Partners, and More with Nikki Loftin, Karen McInerney, and Ron Seybold, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-143\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-145\">Supply Showroom, Bright Bazaar Book Party: mega design blogger Will Taylor will sign Dream Decor, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-149\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-154\">\n<li id=\"u146729-151\">Dallas Public Library &#8211; Central, As part of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize\u2019s Centennial Campfire Initiative, Friends of the Dallas Public Library presents Gilbert King, author of the 2013 award-winning Devil in the Grove (with Chris Vognar of the Dallas Morning News), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-153\">The Wild Detectives, Juan Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez D\u2019aubuisson reads and signs Ver, o\u00edr y callar, 7:30PM [Spanish reading]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-157\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-166\">\n<li id=\"u146729-159\">Brazos Bookstore, Hemingday! annual celebration of Hemingway\u2019s birthday with Papa-themed cocktails, a beard-making station, and the triumphant return of the ever-popular drunk coloring, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-161\">Casa Ramirez Folk Art, Tintero Projects presents poetry Denice Frohman and Yesenia Montilla, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-163\">Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, artist Mark Flood will sign copies of Mark Flood: Gratest Hits, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-165\">Murder By the Book, Joseph Finder will sign and discuss Guilty Minds, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-169\">Friday, July 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-171\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-178\">\n<li id=\"u146729-173\">BookPeople, Journalist BRONWEN DICKEY speaking &#038; signing Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-175\">Malvern Books, I SCREAM SOCIAL reading series featuring E. KRISTIN ANDERSON, SARAH FRANCES MORAN, &#038; SAMANTHA DUNCAN, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-177\">Spider House Cafe and Ballroom, CANTOMUNDO presents Texas Poet Laureate Dr. Carmen Tafolla, + 14 Latinx poets, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-181\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-184\">\n<li id=\"u146729-183\">Deep Vellum Books, members of Cloudwerks Poetry Workshop launch the White Rock Zine Machine, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-187\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-190\">\n<li id=\"u146729-189\">The Witchery, meet author and Conjure woman, Mama Starr, and have your books signed, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-193\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-200\">\n<li id=\"u146729-195\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-197\">Brazos Bookstore, Will Everett reads and signs WE\u2019LL LIVE TOMORROW, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-199\">Murder By the Book, C.B. McKenzie will sign and discuss Burn What Will Burn, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-203\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-208\">\n<li id=\"u146729-205\">The Twig Book Shop, David Todd and Jonathan Ogren discuss and signs The Texas Landscape Project, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-207\">Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink reading with Janet Kaplan and Tim Z. Hernandez, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-211\">Saturday, July 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-213\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-220\">\n<li id=\"u146729-215\">BookPeople, Bestselling author of Buddhist Boot Camp TIMBER HAWKEYE speaking and signing Faithfully Religionless, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-217\">Malvern Books, Nathan Brown launches his latest poetry collection, My Salvaged Heart: Story of a Cautious Courtship, with Katherine Hoerth and Kip Stratton, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-219\">Spider House Cafe and Ballroom, CANTOMUNDO presents United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, + 14 Latinx poets, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-223\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-228\">\n<li id=\"u146729-225\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Richard Gonzales signs Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-227\">The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse poetry reading, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-231\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-234\">\n<li id=\"u146729-233\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Mark Pumphrey: Funny as a Train Wreck: The Incomprehensible Poetry of John Ashbery, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-237\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-242\">\n<li id=\"u146729-239\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westover Village, local author Betty Kilby Fisher will sell and sign copies of her memoir Wit, Will and Walls, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-241\">LaMancha Business Center, Forth Worth Writer&#8217;s Boot Camp workshop: Finish That Book! with Michael H. Price, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-245\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-260\">\n<li id=\"u146729-247\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vanderbilt Square,George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-249\">Blue Willow Bookshop, celebration of children&#8217;s authors published by Bright Sky Press: Molly Whitney, Chris Bridge, Paige Clough, Pam Franks, and Dee Maner, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-251\">Brazos Bookstore, Jonah Lisa Dyer &#038; Stephen Dyer read and sign THE SEASON, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-253\">Inprint House, Speak!Poet presents John Gorman &#038; Choonwha Moon, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-255\">Murder By the Book, Michelle Moran will sign and discuss Mata Hari&#8217;s Last Dance, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-257\">River Oaks Bookstore, Glenn L. Roberts reads and signs Frenzy, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-259\">Writespace, Fiction from Facts: Mining the Media for Characters and Plots with Marian Szczepanski, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-263\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-270\">\n<li id=\"u146729-265\">B&#038;N, West Texas Middleweight: The Story of Lavern Roach book signing with Frank Sikes, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-267\">Marfa<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-269\">Marfa Public Library, Writers&#8217; League of Texas presents a Texas Writes workshop with Charlotte Gullick and Scott Wiggerman, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-273\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-278\">\n<li id=\"u146729-275\">Southwest School of Art &#8211; Coates Chapel, Gemini Ink reading with Reyna Grande, Tim Seibles, Barbara Ras, and Texas Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-277\">The Twig Book Shop, Jenn Mendiola reads and signs I Only Just Love You A Lot, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-281\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-284\">\n<li id=\"u146729-283\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Jack Knox signing Texas: Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20-Foot Cowboy, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u146729-290\">\n<li id=\"u146729-289\">Veterans One Stop Center, Writer&#8217;s Garret workshop: Writing Your Story, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-293\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-300\">\n<li id=\"u146729-295\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, Brian McTaggart signing 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-297\">The Woodlands<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-299\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Gwen Kirkpatrick signing Diary of a Decade, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u146729-303\">Sunday, July 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u146729-305\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-316\">\n<li id=\"u146729-307\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-309\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Oaks, local musician, author, and inspirational speaker Undrai Fizer will sell and sign The Excuse-less Life: 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-311\">Inprint House, Tintero Projects presents poetry with Raina Leon and Malcolm Friend, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-313\">Rudyard&#8217;s, Texas Tea Regional Poetry Slam, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u146729-315\">Sirrom Studio, Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-319\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u146729-322\">\n<li id=\"u146729-321\">Irving Public Library &#8211; South, Mysterious Ways: an afternoon with inspirational fiction authors Vannetta Chapman and Rene Gutteridge, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u146729-325\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<p id=\"u146729-327\">Half Price Books, local author Christy Taylor will sell and sign Rainbow Wings: When No Human Would Help, Heavenly Help was Sent, 1PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u146729-330\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macondo Writers\u2019 Workshop, San Antonio, 14-17 10th Annual Writers&#8217; League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Alpine, July 18-22 Barrio Writers present a Week-long Writing Workshop, Austin, July 18-23 Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 19-22 Gemini Ink Writers Conference, San Antonio, July 21-24 The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Grapevine, July 22-24 Ongoing Exhibits Xu Bing: [&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-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","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=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}