Monday Roundup: February 15 - 21
Bookish events in Texas for the week of February 15 - 21, 2016:
Special Events:
The Dallas Festival of Ideas, February 19 - 20
Houston Authors Bash, February 20
Denton Zine Fest, February 20
Teen Book Fest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, February 20
Ongoing Exhibits:
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
African American Literature, Modern and Contemporary, Houston, February 1 - 29
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C�sar Ch�vez, Wichita Falls, February 1 - March 5
Texas Writers Exhibition, Johnson City, February 8 - March 4
Monday, February 15:
Brazos Bookstore, Toni Sala reads and signs THE BOYS, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Damali Keith reads and signs A Great Day to Live, 5PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with Toni Sala, 7PM
Resistencia Bookstore, Austin�s Rosewood Neighborhood: A Presentation and Book Signing with Jane H Rivera, PhD & Gilberto C Rivera, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold Signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA and Other Volumes, 4PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam with Bri Blue, 8PM
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts and Letters Live presents Sarah Hepola and Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, 7PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, L. S. Berthelsen reads and signs THE HALING AND THE SCOTTISH TEMPLARS, 7PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, The Emperor of Sound: A Memoir book signing with Timbaland, 7PM
Saturday, February 20:
Nasher Sculpture Center, in celebration of the launch of a book documenting his Toccare (Non) Toccare exhibition, Stephen Laphthisophon will speak about the project, 2PM
Dripping Springs
Deep Eddy Distillery, Susan R. Nelson launches her memoir, The Only Light I Saw Was in Galveston, 12PM
El PasoB&N - Fountains at Farah, El Paso author Sylvia Aguilar-Z�leny will discuss and sign Wonnie, 2PM
Katy Budget Books, Book Club Recommendations Tea, 4PM
KIPP Liberation, 2016 Space City Poetry Slam Series: Mercury Preliminary, 10AM
MATCH Houston, Annual Storytellers Event: The Story of Women featuring Jere Pfister, author of Forbidden Gardens, 3PM
Murder By the Book, Denise Ditto will sign and discuss The Tooth Collector Fairies, Batina's Best First Day, 4:30PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold Signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA and Other Volumes, 11AM
The Dallas Festival of Ideas, February 19 - 20
Houston Authors Bash, February 20
Denton Zine Fest, February 20
Teen Book Fest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, February 20
Ongoing Exhibits:
Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
African American Literature, Modern and Contemporary, Houston, February 1 - 29
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C�sar Ch�vez, Wichita Falls, February 1 - March 5
Texas Writers Exhibition, Johnson City, February 8 - March 4
Monday, February 15:
Dallas
The Crown and Harp, Pandora's Box presents poets Kevin Sandbloom, Jean Lamberty, and Leah Tieger, 7:30PM
Denton
Denton Public Library - North Branch, Meet the Author: Dr. Diane Pomerance will discuss Katherine: A Woman of Vision, 7PM
Houston
The Crown and Harp, Pandora's Box presents poets Kevin Sandbloom, Jean Lamberty, and Leah Tieger, 7:30PM
Denton
Denton Public Library - North Branch, Meet the Author: Dr. Diane Pomerance will discuss Katherine: A Woman of Vision, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Joe Lansdale will sign and discuss Honky Tonk Samurai, 6:30PM
University of Houston - Moores Opera House, Gulf Coast Literary Journal & Moores School of Music present "With Words: a collaboration with AURA" - an evening of music and original poems and prose, 7:30PM
McAllen
South Texas College, Richard Paul and Steven Moss present WE COULD NOT FAIL, 6PM
Weslaco
South Texas College - Mid-Valley Campus, Richard Paul and Steven Moss present WE COULD NOT FAIL, 1PM
Tuesday, February 16:
University of Houston - Moores Opera House, Gulf Coast Literary Journal & Moores School of Music present "With Words: a collaboration with AURA" - an evening of music and original poems and prose, 7:30PM
McAllen
South Texas College, Richard Paul and Steven Moss present WE COULD NOT FAIL, 6PM
Weslaco
South Texas College - Mid-Valley Campus, Richard Paul and Steven Moss present WE COULD NOT FAIL, 1PM
Tuesday, February 16:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest Winners Party!, 7PM
Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading with Rachel Zucker, Vincent Scarpa, Sam Karas, & K.C. Sinclair, 7PM
Opal Divine's, MysteryPeople Presents NOIR AT THE BAR featuring authors JOHN SCHULIAN - A Better Goodbye, JOE LANSDALE - Honky Tonk Samurai, GEORGE WIER - Errant Knight, and JESSE SUBLETT - 1960S Austin Gangsters, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Porsha O, 8PM
Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading with Rachel Zucker, Vincent Scarpa, Sam Karas, & K.C. Sinclair, 7PM
Opal Divine's, MysteryPeople Presents NOIR AT THE BAR featuring authors JOHN SCHULIAN - A Better Goodbye, JOE LANSDALE - Honky Tonk Samurai, GEORGE WIER - Errant Knight, and JESSE SUBLETT - 1960S Austin Gangsters, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Porsha O, 8PM
Denton
Denton Public Library - South Branch, Author Deborah Johnston leads Animal Hunts at the Library: Tyranosaurus Rex, 4PM
University of North Texas, Novelist Sanderia Faye and Historian J. Todd Moye will discuss the civil rights movement, 5PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Denton Public Library - South Branch, Author Deborah Johnston leads Animal Hunts at the Library: Tyranosaurus Rex, 4PM
University of North Texas, Novelist Sanderia Faye and Historian J. Todd Moye will discuss the civil rights movement, 5PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Mark Greaney will sign and discuss Back Blast and Neal Griffin will sign and discuss A Voice From the Field, 6:30PM
San AntonioMurder By the Book, Mark Greaney will sign and discuss Back Blast and Neal Griffin will sign and discuss A Voice From the Field, 6:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Local Authors Night: NIKITA MAIANKA speaking & signing Thus, Spoke the Thunder, 7PM
Dallas
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Thomas J. Knock presents The Rise of a Prairie Statesman, The Life and Times of George McGovern, 6PM
BookPeople, Local Authors Night: NIKITA MAIANKA speaking & signing Thus, Spoke the Thunder, 7PM
Dallas
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Thomas J. Knock presents The Rise of a Prairie Statesman, The Life and Times of George McGovern, 6PM
UT Dallas, Black History Month Celebration with Sanderia Faye, Author of Mourner's Bench, 5:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Joe Lansdale will read and sign Honky Tonk Samurai, 7:30PM
Houston
The Wild Detectives, Joe Lansdale will read and sign Honky Tonk Samurai, 7:30PM
Houston
AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Jessica Day George will discuss and sign her new novel for kids, FRIDAYS WITH THE WIZARDS, 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Jessica Day George will discuss and sign her new novel for kids, FRIDAYS WITH THE WIZARDS, 5PM
Christ Church Cathedral, Diane Rehm presents ON MY OWN, 7PM
Harris County Public Library � Parker Williams Branch, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 6:30PM
Harris County Public Library � Parker Williams Branch, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, J. T. Davis discusses and signs Too Much Knowledge Can Kill You, 6PM
Thursday, February 18:
The Twig Book Shop, J. T. Davis discusses and signs Too Much Knowledge Can Kill You, 6PM
Thursday, February 18:
Angleton
Brazoria County Historical Museum, Bartee Haile discusses and signs Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil, 6:30PM
Austin
Brazoria County Historical Museum, Bartee Haile discusses and signs Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil, 6:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Writer and Historian LYDIA PYNE speaking & signing Bookshelf, 7PM
BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday - Fictionalizing True Stories:Mining Real Life for Plots and Characters with Charlotte Gulllick, Varian Johnson, Mary Helen Specht, and Ruth Pennebaker, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Ruth Reichl presents My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved My Life, 8PM
Conroe
Lone Star College-Montgomery, Writers in Performance Series featuring poet Wendy Barker, 7PM
Dallas
BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday - Fictionalizing True Stories:Mining Real Life for Plots and Characters with Charlotte Gulllick, Varian Johnson, Mary Helen Specht, and Ruth Pennebaker, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Ruth Reichl presents My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved My Life, 8PM
Conroe
Lone Star College-Montgomery, Writers in Performance Series featuring poet Wendy Barker, 7PM
Dallas
UT Dallas, award-winning translator and author Mark Polizotti presents "The Translator's Responsibility", 5:30PM
Houston
Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, Damali Keith reads and signs A Great Day to Live, 5PM
Friday, February 19:
Austin
BookPeople, Internationally Renowned Nutritionist MICHAEL GREGER speaking & signing How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, 7PMMalvern Books, An Evening with Toni Sala, 7PM
Resistencia Bookstore, Austin�s Rosewood Neighborhood: A Presentation and Book Signing with Jane H Rivera, PhD & Gilberto C Rivera, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold Signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA and Other Volumes, 4PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam with Bri Blue, 8PM
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts and Letters Live presents Sarah Hepola and Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, 7PM
Houston
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, The Emperor of Sound: A Memoir book signing with Timbaland, 7PM
Saturday, February 20:
Arlington
Redenta's Garden, Cheryl Beesley signs Landscaping with Edible Plants in Texas: Design and Cultivation, ?
Austin
Half Price Books - North Lamar, Carin Channing will sell and sign 365 Days of Doodling: Discovering the Joys of Being Creative Every Day, 1PMRedenta's Garden, Cheryl Beesley signs Landscaping with Edible Plants in Texas: Design and Cultivation, ?
Austin
Half Price Books - South Lamar, Cash Matthews will sell and sign his finance book, Money University, 1pm
Recycled Reads Bookstore, open mic showcase, 3:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Southwest Regional Poetry Slam, 12PM
Yarborough Library, poet Cindy Huyser presents �Selecting Your Collection: Making Your Poems into a Manuscript� at the monthly meeting of the Austin Poetry Society, 1:30PM
Beaumont
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Beaumont-Plaza, Debra Winegarten presents Oveta Culp Hobby at the East Texas Historical Association Conference, 10:30AM
B&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold Signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA and Other Volumes, 10AMRecycled Reads Bookstore, open mic showcase, 3:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Southwest Regional Poetry Slam, 12PM
Yarborough Library, poet Cindy Huyser presents �Selecting Your Collection: Making Your Poems into a Manuscript� at the monthly meeting of the Austin Poetry Society, 1:30PM
Beaumont
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Beaumont-Plaza, Debra Winegarten presents Oveta Culp Hobby at the East Texas Historical Association Conference, 10:30AM
Dallas
Nasher Sculpture Center, in celebration of the launch of a book documenting his Toccare (Non) Toccare exhibition, Stephen Laphthisophon will speak about the project, 2PM
Dripping Springs
Deep Eddy Distillery, Susan R. Nelson launches her memoir, The Only Light I Saw Was in Galveston, 12PM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Lucy Hopple presents Winter in the Chihuahuan Desert, and a Look at Leap Year, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
C.R. Smith Museum, 6th Annual Celebration of Black Aviation featuring author and historian C.B. Rice, 2PM
The Dock Bookshop, Black History Celebration: Poetry, Open Mic & Special Guest Rickie Clark, Author of What My Daddy Should Have Told Me, 3PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, local author Lynn Long signs A Gulf City Saga, 2PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Urban Fantasy Panel With Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Charlaine Harris, Jaye Wells and Rachel Caine, 2PM
Houston
Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, local author Veronica Bellamy will sell and sign her Christian fiction book, Treasures in Jars of Clay, 1PMFort Worth
C.R. Smith Museum, 6th Annual Celebration of Black Aviation featuring author and historian C.B. Rice, 2PM
The Dock Bookshop, Black History Celebration: Poetry, Open Mic & Special Guest Rickie Clark, Author of What My Daddy Should Have Told Me, 3PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, local author Lynn Long signs A Gulf City Saga, 2PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Urban Fantasy Panel With Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Charlaine Harris, Jaye Wells and Rachel Caine, 2PM
Houston
Katy Budget Books, Book Club Recommendations Tea, 4PM
KIPP Liberation, 2016 Space City Poetry Slam Series: Mercury Preliminary, 10AM
MATCH Houston, Annual Storytellers Event: The Story of Women featuring Jere Pfister, author of Forbidden Gardens, 3PM
Murder By the Book, Denise Ditto will sign and discuss The Tooth Collector Fairies, Batina's Best First Day, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, E.R. Bills discusses and signs Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror, 4PM
Hurst
B&N - Northeast Mall, The Sound of Silence Signing With Author George Dalton, 12PM
B&N - Broadway, Linda Fagala signs Shattered Fate and Karen Pugh signs Destiny Reborn, 12PMHurst
B&N - Northeast Mall, The Sound of Silence Signing With Author George Dalton, 12PM
Pearland
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Bruce McCandless reads and signs The Black Book of Cyrenaica, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Brownsville History: reading, discussion, and signing with historian Carl S. Chilton, Jr., 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Kate Sloan signs Free Gift Without Purchase, 2PM
Sunday, February 21:
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Brownsville History: reading, discussion, and signing with historian Carl S. Chilton, Jr., 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Kate Sloan signs Free Gift Without Purchase, 2PM
Sunday, February 21:
Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author MARY BETH ROGERS speaking & signing Turning Texas Blue: What it Will Take to Break the GOP Grip on America's Reddest State, 3PM
BookWoman, An Afternoon of Poetry with Andrea Eames & Jenna Martin Opperman, 4PM
Recycled Reads Bookstore, Spoken Word, 2PM
The Austin History Center, Stephen Dean discusses and signs Historic Dance Halls of East Central Texas, 2PM
Dallas
BookPeople, Bestselling Author MARY BETH ROGERS speaking & signing Turning Texas Blue: What it Will Take to Break the GOP Grip on America's Reddest State, 3PM
BookWoman, An Afternoon of Poetry with Andrea Eames & Jenna Martin Opperman, 4PM
Recycled Reads Bookstore, Spoken Word, 2PM
The Austin History Center, Stephen Dean discusses and signs Historic Dance Halls of East Central Texas, 2PM
Dallas
Mansfield
Half Price Books, local author J.C. Hulsey will sell and sign his Christian western books from The Travelers series, 2PMSan Antonio
Deco Pizzeria, Fresh Ink Youth Poetry Slam, 12:30PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Heather Patterson signs Passing the Bone: America's Next POTUS, 2PM
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