{"id":950,"date":"2018-12-31T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=950"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:52:24","slug":"special-events-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=950","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u263825-21\">\n<li id=\"u263825-5\"><span id=\"u263825-3\">Austin SCBWI Authors &#038; Illustrators Working Conference,<\/span> May 20-21<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-8\"><span id=\"u263825-6\">Boldface: A Conference for Emerging Writers<\/span>, Houston, May 22-26<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-11\"><span id=\"u263825-9\">Annual Meet the Authors: New Writers Event<\/span>, San Antonio, May 27<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-14\"><span id=\"u263825-12\">Lubbock-Con<\/span> 2017, May 27<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-17\"><span id=\"u263825-15\">plus fest: everything plus poetry festival,<\/span> Houston, May 27<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-20\"><span id=\"u263825-18\">Texas Writer\u2019s Month Workshops with Sisters in Crime, <\/span>Austin, May 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-24\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u263825-34\">\n<li id=\"u263825-27\"><span id=\"u263825-25\">Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, <\/span>Austin, February 6\u2013July 16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-30\"><span id=\"u263825-28\">Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition,<\/span> San Marcos, February 15\u2013July 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-33\"><span id=\"u263825-31\">Texas Writers Exhibition, <\/span>Fredericksburg, May 1-31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-37\">Sunday, May 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-39\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-48\">\n<li id=\"u263825-41\">BookPeople, SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP: VARIAN JOHNSON signing To Catch a Cheat, JENNIFER ZIEGLER signing Revenge of the Happy Campers, and JONATHAN FENSKE signing Plankton Is Pushy, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-43\">BookPeople, JEFF VANDERMEER speaking &#038; signing Borne, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-45\">BookPeople, GREG GARRETT speaking &#038; signing Living with the Living Dead, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-47\">Malvern Books, Christia Madacsi Hoffman launches Intent, her debut poetry collection, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-51\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-60\">\n<li id=\"u263825-53\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, former bookseller M.L. Rio signs If We Were Villains, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-55\">Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, Dallas Goethe Center present a lecture Dr. Kenneth Hafertepe, author of The Material Culture of German Texans, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-57\">Deep Vellum Books, Other People&#8217;s Poetry: DFW-area poets celebrate Frank O&#8217;Hara, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-59\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-63\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-68\">\n<li id=\"u263825-65\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Cantera, Camille Di Maio signing Before the Rain Falls, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-67\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, The Broken Spoke: Austin&#8217;s Legendary Honky-Tonk book signing with Donna Marie Miller, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-71\">Monday, May 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-73\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-78\">\n<li id=\"u263825-75\">BookPeople, ELIZABETH SILVER speaking &#038; signing The Tincture of Time (in coversation with Amanda Eyre Ward), 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-77\">BookPeople, JOHN KASICH speaking &#038; signing Two Paths: America Divided or United (in conversation with Evan Smith), 8PM [ticket required]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-81\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-86\">\n<li id=\"u263825-83\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Steve Hamilton discusses and signs Exit Strategy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-85\">The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Deb Olin Unferth reading from her latest collection of stories, Wait Till You See Me Dance, followed by a conversation with Ben Fountain, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-89\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-100\">\n<li id=\"u263825-91\">Brazos Bookstore, Jeff VanderMeer reads and signs BORNE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-93\">Houston Public Library, Authors Aloud! hosts Jessamyn Stanley discussing and signing Every Body Yoga, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-95\">Murder By the Book, Dennis Lehane will sign and discuss Since We Fell, 6:30PM [line number required]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-99\">River Oaks Bookstore, Leroy Chiao discusses and signs One Orbit, 6PM<br \/><span id=\"u263829\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riveroaksbookstore.com\/cal-01.htm\" id=\"u263830\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/river%20oaks%20event%20ad%20052217.jpg\"  id=\"u263830_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-103\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-106\">\n<li id=\"u263825-105\">Alamo Draft House, Half Price Books hosts a showing of A Dog\u2019s Purpose followed by a Q&#038;A and book signing of W. Bruce Cameron\u2019s new book, A Dog\u2019s Way Home, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-109\">Tuesday, May 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-111\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-114\">\n<li id=\"u263825-113\">B&#038;N, Mitzi: Tale of a Dog book signing with Dennis West, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-117\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-130\">\n<li id=\"u263825-119\">BookPeople, STEVE HAMILTON public stock signing of Exit Strategy, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-121\">BookPeople, ASHLEY BLOM speaking &#038; signing How to Eat a Lobster and Other Edible Enigmas Explained, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-123\">Malvern Books, Malvern\u2019s Multi-Verse with poet Joe Brundidge, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-125\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Glori B. and hosted by Christopher Michael, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-127\">University of Texas Press offices, Stephen Harrigan discusses and signs They Came From the Sky, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-129\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: &#8220;Writing From Life: The Art of Fiction&#8221; with Bethany Ball, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-133\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-138\">\n<li id=\"u263825-135\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live: Anne Bothwell from KERA&#8217;s &#8220;Art&#038;Seek&#8221; will moderate a conversation with Margo Jefferson, author of the NBCC-award winning Negroland: A Memoir, and Damon Tweedy, author of Black Man in a White Coat, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-137\">The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Morgan Parker will read from her new collection of poetry, There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyonc\u00e9, plus readings from local poets courtney marie and Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-141\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-144\">\n<li id=\"u263825-143\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-147\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-154\">\n<li id=\"u263825-149\">Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting with Elizabeth White-Olsen of Writespace Houston, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-151\">Brazos Bookstore, Deb Olin Unferth reads and signs WAIT TILL YOU SEE ME DANCE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-153\">Murder By the Book, Steve Hamilton will sign and discuss Exit Strategy, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-157\">Nacogdoches<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-161\">\n<li id=\"u263825-159\">The Bosslight, Books for Lunch: Bren McClain will be signing ONE GOOD MAMA BONE, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-163\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-166\">\n<li id=\"u263825-165\">The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-169\">Wednesday, May 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-171\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-178\">\n<li id=\"u263825-173\">Austin Books &#038; Comics, artist Joe Eisma will sign brand new THE ARCHIES one-shot, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-175\">BookPeople, NATHAN HILL speaking &#038; signing The Nix, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-177\">The Writing Barn, Words &#038; Wine with Misha Maynerick Blaise!, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-181\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-186\">\n<li id=\"u263825-183\">Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry reading series, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-185\">The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: RonAmber will present poems from Hot Banana Pudding: Elevated Notions on Socio-political Situations in Motion, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-189\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-198\">\n<li id=\"u263825-191\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-193\">Brazos Bookstore, Anis Shivani reads and signs KARACHI RAJ, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-195\">Menil Collection, Art Talk: Christina Rosenberger, author of Drawing the Line: The Early Work of Agnes Martin, discusses &#8220;Finding the Grid: Agnes Martin and Abstraction,&#8221; 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-197\">Murder By the Book, Stephen Hunter will sign and discuss G-Man, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-201\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-204\">\n<li id=\"u263825-203\">Witte Museum, Helen Kleberg Groves will sign her new book Bob and Helen Kleberg of King Ranch, 6:30pm (Cocktails 6pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u263825-210\">\n<li id=\"u263825-209\">B&#038;N, Ken Starr signs Bear Country, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-213\">Thursday, May 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-215\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-220\">\n<li id=\"u263825-217\">BookPeople, CHRISTINE LENNON speaking &#038; signing The Drifter, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-219\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-223\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-230\">\n<li id=\"u263825-225\">Deep Vellum Books, Nonfiction Authors Association DFW meeting featuring &#8220;The Art of Author Branding&#8221; with Mary DeMuth, Author of 30+ Books, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-227\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Collectible Conversations: A Checkup with The Book Doctor, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-229\">South Dallas Cultural Center, author Sanderia Faye hosts African Diaspora: New Dialogues with poet Douglas Kearney (plus Candy and Dallas Poetry Slam), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-233\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-244\">\n<li id=\"u263825-235\">Brazos Bookstore, Nathan Hill reads and signs THE NIX, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-237\">Leonel Castillo Community Center, Tintero Projects: Readings &#038; Workshop Series presents Afro-Latinas in Tejas with Natasha Carrizosa, Ariana Brown, and Jasminne Mendez, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-239\">Murder By the Book, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich will sign and discuss The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-241\">Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-243\">River Oaks Bookstore, Zane Carson Carruth reads and signs The World\u2019s First Tooth Fairy\u2026 Ever, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-247\">Friday, May 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-249\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-254\">\n<li id=\"u263825-251\">BookPeople, ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH speaking &#038; signing The Fact of a Body, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-253\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring Molly Schulman and Lara Prescott, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-257\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-260\">\n<li id=\"u263825-259\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Cards Against Humanity Night, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-263\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-266\">\n<li id=\"u263825-265\">Brazos Bookstore, poet Analicia Sotelo reads and signs NONSTOP GODHEAD, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-269\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-274\">\n<li id=\"u263825-271\">B&#038;N, Lubbock-Con Event, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-273\">B&#038;N, Why the Raven Calls the Canyon book signing with E. Dan Klepper, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-277\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-280\">\n<li id=\"u263825-279\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook II, Meet Connie Rankin, author of God Gave Us Wings: A Journey to Success, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-283\">Saturday, May 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-285\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-288\">\n<li id=\"u263825-287\">B&#038;N, The Wayward Astronomer book signing with Geoffrey Thomas, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-291\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-296\">\n<li id=\"u263825-293\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Jessica Reisman\u2019s new novel, Substrate Phantoms, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-295\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Developing Conflict in Fiction&#8221; with Brian Yansky, 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-299\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-308\">\n<li id=\"u263825-301\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Diana Glass signs Benny&#8217;s Moving Buddy, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-303\">Dallas Public Library, Interabang Books hosts Edward McPherson discussing and signing The History of the Future, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-305\">Deep Vellum Books, Pandora&#8217;s Box presents the newly reassembled Dallas Lit-Art-Performance Legend DANCING TONGUES, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-307\">The Wild Detectives, author Carmen Goldthwaite&#8217;s &#8220;Texas Dames&#8221;, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-311\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-324\">\n<li id=\"u263825-313\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer Crossing, Dr. Titus B. Stewart signs Prepare to Accelerate, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-315\">Brazos Bookstore, Peyton Woodson Cooper reads from and signs CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: BEST MOM EVER!, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-317\">Half Price Books &#8211; Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays. Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-319\">Katy Budget Books, Quarterly Book Talk: Beach Reads Edition, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-321\">River Oaks Bookstore, Jane Alvey Harris reads and signs Riven, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-323\">William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-327\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-334\">\n<li id=\"u263825-329\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Cantera, Guest Author Michael Kihntopf, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u263825-333\">The Twig Book Shop, Michael Corcoran discusses and signs All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music, 2PM<br \/><span id=\"u263826\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/michael-corcoran-all-over-map-true-heroes-texas-music\" id=\"u263827\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20052217.jpg\"  id=\"u263827_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-337\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-340\">\n<li id=\"u263825-339\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Jessika Fleck signing The Castaway Carnival, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u263825-346\">\n<li id=\"u263825-345\">B&#038;N, When It Rains book signing with KJ Ten Eyck, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-349\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-352\">\n<li id=\"u263825-351\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Connie Rankin signs God Gave Us Wings: A Journey to Success, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u263825-355\">Sunday, May 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u263825-357\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-360\">\n<li id=\"u263825-359\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Naomi Buck Palagi\u2019s first poetry collection, Stone, plus readings from Jean Sotos and Elizabeth Mason, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-363\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u263825-366\">\n<li id=\"u263825-365\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u263825-369\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin SCBWI Authors &#038; Illustrators Working Conference, May 20-21 Boldface: A Conference for Emerging Writers, Houston, May 22-26 Annual Meet the Authors: New Writers Event, San Antonio, May 27 Lubbock-Con 2017, May 27 plus fest: everything plus poetry festival, Houston, May 27 Texas Writer\u2019s Month Workshops with Sisters in Crime, Austin, May 27 Ongoing Exhibits [&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-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950","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=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}