Monday Roundup: December 14 - 20

Bookish events in Texas for the week of December 14 - 20, 2015: 

Special Events:

Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20

Monday, December 14:

No public events

Tuesday, December 15:

Austin

Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything is Bigger Reading Series with Chen Chen, Kathleen Winter, and Emilia Rodriguez, 7:30PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas
Old Parkland, Karl Rove presents The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, 7:30AM

The Wild Detectives, Brandon Hobson presents Desolation of Avenues Untold, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

McKinney

El Dorado Country Club, Karl Rove presents The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, 4PM

Post
Ruby Lane Books, Norm Brown will discuss and sign Sheppard Air Force Base and Early Settlers of the Panhandle Plains, 4:30PM

San Antonio

Kathleen Sommers, Naomi Shihab Nye will read, sign, and celebrate Famous, 4PM

The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, December 16:

Austin
Malvern Books, W. Joe Hoppe poetry reading and birthday cake to celebrate the late, great poet laureate of Hyde Park: Albert Huffstickler, 7PM

Dallas

Kettle Art Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series: JENNY YANG CROPP launches her debut poetry collection, String Theory, with TAMITHA CURIEL, and KIMBERLY GARZA, 7PM

Thursday, December 17:

Austin

Longbranch Inn, Conflict of Interest Holiday Party!, 8PM

Dallas

Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Gwen Edelman discusses and signs The Train to Warsaw, 5:30PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, James Rollins will sign and discuss The Bone Labyrinth, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Hank Moore discusses and signs Houston Legends: History and Heritage of Dynamic Global Capitol, 5:30PM

Friday, December 18:

Austin

Farewell Books, Reading and film screening with Timothy Willis Sanders, Meghan Lamb and Jason Pappariella, 7PM

Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Emil Kresl�s debut novel, On Cedar Hill, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Janelle Friedman signs You Are Invited, 1PM

B&N - Preston/Royal, Local author Mable Cannings signs her success journals, 2PM

Heroes Lounge, CP Maze at Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

San Antonio

Gemini Ink, Open House Holiday Bash, 12PM

Saturday, December 19:

Amarillo
B&N, A.G. Howard signs Untamed: A Splintered Companion, 3PM

Austin

Half Price Books - N Lamar, Angela Meju will sell and sign her children�s Christmas storybook, Roaming Reindeer, 1PM

Half Price Books - N Lamar, Storytime & Craft with local author Nitsanne Crosbie, 2PM

Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society open mic, 1:30PM

El Paso

B&N - Fountains at Farah, Sherri Rowe signs Able Seaman Just Nuisance, 1PM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Donna Snyder presents "Writing for the Dark Time," 12:45PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, Robb Walsh signs The Chili Cookbook and Texas Eats, 11AM

Galveston Bookshop, Diane L. Twilley signs A Dickens of a Miracle, 2PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Karen Pugh signs Shattered Fate and Destiny Reborn, 2PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Mica Mosbacher discusses and signs Racing Forward: Faith, Love, and Triumph over Loss, 4PM

Richmond

Mugz Coffee Bar, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 10AM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Hoops to Hippos!: True Stories of a Basketball Star on Safari book signing with San Antonio Spur Boris Diaw, 4PM

Half Price Books - Broadway, local author Cindy M. Callins will sell and sign her Western novel, Under the Windmills, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, Rick Brooks reads and signs Mr. Morris, 11AM

The Twig Book Shop, 2011 Texas Poet Laureate David M. Parsons reading and signing Reaching for Longer Water, 3PM

Sunday, December 20:

Austin
BookWoman, Anne Key reading from her book, Burlesque, Yoga, Sex and Love: A Memoir of Life Under the Albuquerque Sun, + poetry readings, 3PM

Houston
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Tale-ing through Time: Jewish Storytelling in �Roman Vishniac Rediscovered� with storyteller Rabbi Dan Gordon, 3PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Megan Padalecki reading and signing Big Mo, 11AM

Stonewall
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, Kenneth Hafertepe signs A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County, 5PM

Sugar Land

Half Price Books, local musician, author and inspirational speaker Undrai Fizer will sell and sign The Excuse-less Life: 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 12PM