{"id":986,"date":"2018-12-31T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:06:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:06:04","slug":"special-events-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u279137-12\">\n<li id=\"u279137-5\"><span id=\"u279137-3\">2017 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention, <\/span>Fort Worth, June 29-July 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-8\"><span id=\"u279137-6\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Agents &#038; Editors Conference,<\/span> Austin, June 30-July 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-11\"><span id=\"u279137-9\">Interabang Books opens,<\/span> Dallas, July 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-15\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u279137-34\">\n<li id=\"u279137-18\"><span id=\"u279137-16\">Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, <\/span>Austin, February 6\u2013July 16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-21\"><span id=\"u279137-19\">Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition,<\/span> San Marcos, February 15\u2013July 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-24\"><span id=\"u279137-22\">Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art,<\/span> Austin, June 5\u2013August 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-27\"><span id=\"u279137-25\">Print Houston 2017,<\/span> June 5\u2013July 3<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-30\"><span id=\"u279137-28\">Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams,<\/span> Abilene, June 8\u2013September 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-33\"><span id=\"u279137-31\">George Catlin&#8217;s North American Indian Portfolio<\/span>, San Antonio, June 23-September 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-37\">Sunday, June 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-39\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-50\">\n<li id=\"u279137-41\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL Solstice Fest: &#8220;Deeper Into the World&#8221; with cellist Joel Becktell, pianist Carla McElhaney, and poet Cecily Parks, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-43\">BookPeople, SARAH MCLEAN speaking &#038; signing The Power of Attention, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-45\">Malvern Books, Liv Hadden launches The Adventures of Juice Box and Shame, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-47\">Malvern Books, 2017 REVEL Solstice Festival: A Blank Canvas continues with \u201cThe 3 B\u2019s: Bach, Bukowski, and Brown\u201d featuring cellist Joel Becktell and poet Nathan Brown, former Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-49\">Wildflower Terrace, An Afternoon with the Author featuring Helen Ginger, author of DEADPOINT, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-53\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-62\">\n<li id=\"u279137-55\">Dallas Public Library &#8211; Preston\/Royal, local author Nell Taylor reads her new children&#8217;s book, Potatoland and the Fable of Thunder and Lightning, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-57\">Deep Vellum Books, Dori Scarano discusses and signs Millie&#8217;s Butterflies, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-59\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-61\">The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse poetry reading, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-65\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-68\">\n<li id=\"u279137-67\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Building an Author Platform&#8221; with Joy Preble, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-71\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<p id=\"u279137-75\">The Twig Book Shop, Sandy Loker signs Can I Sniff My Way to Heaven?, 11AM<br \/><span id=\"u279147\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/sandy-loker-can-i-sniff-my-way-heaven-0\" id=\"u279148\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20062517.jpg\"  id=\"u279148_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-78\">Monday, June 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-80\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-83\">\n<li id=\"u279137-82\">BookPeople, MEG GARDINER speaking &#038; signing UNSUB, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-86\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-91\">\n<li id=\"u279137-88\">Hotel Crescent Court, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Sir Nigel Shadbolt, author of The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-90\">The Wild Detectives, Fiera M. Smith reads from her poetry and prose collection Whenever It Smells Like Rain, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-94\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-99\">\n<li id=\"u279137-96\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vanderbilt Square, Kimberla Lawson Roby signs Sin of a Woman, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-98\">Brazos Bookstore, Laura Lee Huttenbach discusses and signs RUNNING WITH RAVEN, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-102\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-105\">\n<li id=\"u279137-104\">Lubbock Public Library &#8211; Groves, Bill Neeley will discuss and sign The Quest of Don Juan Sequin, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-108\">Tuesday, June 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-110\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-119\">\n<li id=\"u279137-112\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Nicky Drayden signs The Prey of Gods, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-114\">BookPeople, PATRICIA ROBERTS-MILLER speaking &#038; signing Demagoguery and Democracy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-116\">Malvern Books, Malvern\u2019s Multi-Verse with BookWoman\u2019s Susan Post, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-118\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Slam Bowl 2017, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-122\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-125\">\n<li id=\"u279137-124\">Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents DFW Unplugged, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-128\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-131\">\n<li id=\"u279137-130\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-134\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-141\">\n<li id=\"u279137-136\">Brazos Bookstore, From Rendering to Reality: The Story of Buffalo Bayou Park, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-138\">Haynes and Boone, LLP, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Sir Nigel Shadbolt, author of The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-140\">Murder By the Book, Meg Gardiner will sign and discuss Unsub, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-144\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-147\">\n<li id=\"u279137-146\">The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-150\">Wednesday, June 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-152\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-161\">\n<li id=\"u279137-154\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Old Quarry, Austin Out Loud: coming-of-age stories from authors Christy Esmahan, Jennifer Graham, and Favian Harper, 7PM [recommended for 17+]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-156\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Terrazas, Aural Literature: Local writers read their own work aloud for the public, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-158\">BookPeople, NINA GEORGE speaking &#038; signing The Little French Bistro, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-160\">Hotel Ella, Salon Series: bestselling author and geneticist Spencer Wells, author of The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-164\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-169\">\n<li id=\"u279137-166\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts Art historian, critic, biographer, and Pulitzer-Prize nominated Hayden Herrera discussing and signing Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-168\">Deep Vellum Books, Split the First Atom: A Storytelling Event, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-172\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-177\">\n<li id=\"u279137-174\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-176\">Houston Public Library &#8211; Central, Books &#038; Bylines: &#8220;Murder in Texas&#8221; with Attorney and Houston Chronicle courts reporter Brian Rogers and Kathryn Casey, author of Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-180\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-185\">\n<li id=\"u279137-184\">The Twig Book Shop, Olga Campos Benz reads and signs It&#8217;s News to Me, 5PM<br \/><span id=\"u279138\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/olga-campos-benz-its-news-me\" id=\"u279139\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20062817.jpg\"  id=\"u279139_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-188\">Thursday, June 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-190\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-195\">\n<li id=\"u279137-192\">BookPeople, JAMES POULOS speaking &#038; signing The Art of Being Free, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-194\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-198\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-207\">\n<li id=\"u279137-200\">Deep Vellum Books, Texas author Price Ainsworth discusses and signs A MINOR FALL, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-202\">Half Price Books Mothership, COLLECTIBLE CONVERSATIONS: RARE &#038; HISTORICAL CHILDREN&#8217;S BOOKS with Jonathan Carr, curator of the Siddie Joe Johnson Children&#8217;s Literature Collection at the Dallas Public Library, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-204\">Half Price Books Mothership, Chief David Brown will discuss and sign Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me, 7PM [pass required]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-206\">SMU, Workshop: &#8220;How to Self-Publish Your Book &#8212; Economically, Quickly, and Professionally&#8221; with Len Bourland, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-210\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-213\">\n<li id=\"u279137-212\">Briscoe Western Art Museum, Helen Kleberg Groves signs her new book, Bob and Helen Kleberg of King Ranch, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-216\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-219\">\n<li id=\"u279137-218\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Midnight Jewel discussion and signing with Richelle Mead, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-222\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-225\">\n<li id=\"u279137-224\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Storytime With Local Author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-228\">Friday, June 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-230\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-235\">\n<li id=\"u279137-232\">BookPeople, ERIN PRINGLE speaking &#038; signing The Whole World at Once (in conversation withOWEN EGERTON), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-234\">Malvern Books, Joe Giordano launches his second novel, Appointment with ISIL, An Anthony Provati Thriller, with Walt Gragg reading from his recent release, The Red Line, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-238\">Bryan<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-241\">\n<li id=\"u279137-240\">REVOLUTION CAFE AND BAR, Speak Up Speak Out Regional Youth Poetry Slam, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-244\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-247\">\n<li id=\"u279137-246\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slams presents Sexual Avengers Apocalypse, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-250\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-253\">\n<li id=\"u279137-252\">The Witchery, Laura Tempest Zakroff discusses and signs The Witch&#8217;s Cauldron: The Craft, Lore, &#038; Magick of Ritual Vessels, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-256\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-261\">\n<li id=\"u279137-258\">Brazos Bookstore, Price Ainsworth discusses and signs A MINOR FALL, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-260\">Murder By the Book, Christopher Farnsworth will sign Flashmob, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-264\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-267\">\n<li id=\"u279137-266\">Tobin Center, 2nd Verse at The Tobin: an evening of spoken-word poetry featuring Glo, Shaggy, Faylita, Anthony the Poet, Vocab, and Tebe Zalango, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-270\">Saturday, July 1<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-272\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-277\">\n<li id=\"u279137-274\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Manchaca Road, Austin licensed therapist and author Angela Funke discusses, demonstrates techniques from, and signs Cathartic Ink: Post Election Blues, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-276\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, Bill Benitez of Austin independent publishing house Positive Imaging will present a FREE three-hour self-publishing workshop, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-280\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-283\">\n<li id=\"u279137-282\">Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times best-selling author Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams) discusses and signs The Right Side, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-286\">Fredericksburg<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-289\">\n<li id=\"u279137-288\">Luckenbach Dance Hall, Donna Marie Miller signs The Broken Spoke: Austin&#8217;s Legendary Honky-Tonk + a performance by Dale Watson, TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-292\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-299\">\n<li id=\"u279137-294\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-296\">River Oaks Bookstore, Sydni M. Brown reads and signs Under the Radar, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-298\">William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series featuring From Pecos to the Rio Grande by Ron Tyler, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-302\">Humble<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-305\">\n<li id=\"u279137-304\">Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-308\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-313\">\n<li id=\"u279137-312\">The Twig Book Shop, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez signs Las Nalgas de JLo?\/JLO&#8217;s Booty, 11AM<br \/><span id=\"u279141\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/barbara-renaud-gonzalez-las-nalgas-de-jlos-booty\" id=\"u279142\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20070117.jpg\"  id=\"u279142_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-316\">South Padre Island<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-319\">\n<li id=\"u279137-318\">Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: children&#8217;s book author Patty York Raymond, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-322\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-325\">\n<li id=\"u279137-324\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Berry Hawkins signing Deadly Outcome, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u279137-328\">Sunday, July 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u279137-330\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-335\">\n<li id=\"u279137-332\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL Solstice Fest: &#8220;Beat of My Heart&#8221; with ALLEGRO CHAMBER TRIO and poet EDWARD VIDAURRE, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-334\">Malvern Books, Alaskan Fiddling Poet Ken Waldman will share poems from his recent collection, Trump Sonnets: Volume One, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-338\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-341\">\n<li id=\"u279137-340\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-344\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-349\">\n<li id=\"u279137-346\">Murder By the Book, Spencer Quinn will sign and discuss The Right Side, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u279137-348\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Revising Fiction&#8221; with Adrienne Perry, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-352\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u279137-357\">\n<li id=\"u279137-356\">The Twig Book Shop, Priscilla Kohutek signs Olivia: A Woman Born Ahead of Her Time Who Paved the Way for Today&#8217;s Hispanic Women, 2PM <br \/><span id=\"u279144\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/priscilla-kohutek-olivia-woman-born-ahead-her-time-who-paved-way-todays-hispanic-women\" id=\"u279145\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20070217.jpg\"  id=\"u279145_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u279137-360\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention, Fort Worth, June 29-July 2 Writers&#8217; 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