Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR June 13-19

Bookish events in Texas for the week of June 13-19, 2016: 

Special Events:
Barrio Writers Intensive Summer Workshop, San Antonio, June 13-18

Comicpalooza, Houston, June 17-19

Ongoing Exhibits:

Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30

Monday, June 13:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author SEBASTIAN JUNGERin conversation with Wallace D. Lawson & Hector Garcia about Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Dennis Abrams discusses and signs THE PLAY�S THE THING, 7PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows will sign My Lady Jane, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]

Tuesday, June 14:

Austin

BookPeople, Noteable Author WHITNEY TERRELL speaking & signing The Good Lieutenant, 7PM

Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department presents "Opportunity Knocks," 8PM

Malvern Books, an evening with renowned Korean writer Jung Young Moon, who will be reading from his new novel, Vaseline Buddha, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

The Writing Barn, Write On! A Workshop with Molly Schulman, 6:30PM

Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Are Writers Group Authors' Round Table with LaRee Bryant, James Gaskin, and Victor McGlothin, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Tony Bridwell to discuss and sign The Kingmaker: A Leadership Story of Integrity and Purpose, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Sarah Hepola reads and signs Blackout. Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, 7:30PM

El Paso

El Paso Community Foundation, Tom Fremantle will read and sign Pancho's Song (benefitting El Paso area charities), 6PM

Fort Worth

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

Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Marc Cameron signs Brute Force, 6:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Benjamin Rybeck reads and signs THE SADNESS (with Chris Cander), 7PM

Murder By the Book, J.T. Ellison will sign and discuss Field of Graves and Heather Graham will sign and discuss Flawless, 6:30PM

San Antonio

Kiddie Park, Jenna Bush Hager signs Our Great Big Backyard, 4PM

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink Reading Series featuring Linda Lerner, Eddie Vega, and Rod Stryker, 6:30PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Special Flag Day Storytime with author Judy Gill, 11AM

Wednesday, June 15:

Austin
Bass Lecture Hall, Public Lectures by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historians: David M. Oshinsky, author of Polio: An American Story, 12PM

BookPeople, BENJAMIN RYBECK speaking and signing The Sadness and DREW NELLINS SMITH speaking & signing Arcade, 7PM

Malvern Books, Bill Shaw celebrates the launch of his new book, Conspiracy II, the third novel in the Pistol Thicket trilogy and Frank R. Southers will sign his most recent book, Senator White: A Novel, 7PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar, Is You Okay? photo op/meet & greet with YouTube star GloZell Green, 6PM

Houston
Murder By the Book, Arturo P�rez-Reverte will sign and discuss What We Become, 6:30PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, The City of Mirrors: Book Three of the Passage Trilogy book signing with Justin Cronin, 7PM

Thursday, June 16:

Austin

BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author CHUCK KLOSTERMAN speaking & signing But What If We're Wrong: Thinking About the Present as if it Were the Past, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]

BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday Workshop: Pitch Practice! with Becka Oliver and Lance Fitzgerald, 7PM

Malvern Books, Celebrate Bloomsday at Malvern Books!, 6:30PM

Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Benjamin Rybeck reads and signs The Sadenss and Drew Nellins reads and signs Arcade, 7:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jung Young-Moon discusses and signs VASELINE BUDDHA and A CONTRIVED WORLD, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Gina Wohlsdorf will sign and discuss Security and Bryon Quertermous will sign and discuss Riot Load, 6:30PM

Writespace, Workshop: Revising Fiction with Adrienne Perry, 6PM

San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Book Talk - Guest Author, Leila Meacham, 10:30AM

Waco
Tea2Go, Waco Poets Society meeting featuring Braden Guess, 7PM

Friday, June 17:

Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling Author RYAN HOLIDAY speaking & signing Ego Is the Enemy, 7PM

Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series First Birthday Bash!, 7PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Rachel Howzell Hall will sign and discuss Trail of Echoes, 6:30PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Jessica Taylor signing Wandering Wild, 2PM

Saturday, June 18:

Austin

BookPeople, Artist and Author Susan Branch speaking & signing Martha's Vineyard: Isle of Dreams, 2PM

BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Debut Author FLYNN BERRY speaking & signing Under the Harrow, 6PM

Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author TJ Weeks will sell and sign his new book The Horror Squad, 1PM

Malvern Books, an evening with Matthew Freeman, who will read from his fifth book of poetry, Everything I Love Restored, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Award-Winning North Texas Authors Karen Blumenthal, Karen Harrington and Polly Holyoke Join Us to Sign and Discuss Great Summer Reading for Tween and Teen Readers, 2PM

B&N - Preston/Royal, Virginia Prodan signs Saving my Assassin, 2PM

Denton
B&N, Adam Crittenden reads and signs Blood Eagle, 1PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Robin Scofield: "Boiling Up: Writing about Heat," 12:45PM

Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Meet Local Author of Get Your Vitamin Sea: Everything You Need to Know or Didn't Want to Know About Cruises, Susan O'Brien, 1PM

Highland Village

B&N, Meet Author Tony Bridwell, 2PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, Kevin Robbins signs Harvey Penick - The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf, 2PM

Half Price Books - Montrose, local author Khefa Nosakhere will sell and sign his dystopian satire America, the Beautiful, 1PM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, local author Margarita Chavez will sell and sign copies of her Spanish language teaching book I Say Hola, You Say Hello, 1PM

Katy Budget Books, Carolyn Martinez signs All God's Blessings, 2PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Donna Dechen Birdwell will discuss and sign Shadow of the Hare (Recall Chronicles, Volume II, 3PM

Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, Traci's Law book signing with John Gibson, 1PM

San Antonio

Half Price Books - Huebner, local Children's author Carl E. Franklin will sell and sign his children's book The Adventures of Dale the Snail: The Storm, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, Camille Di Maio will read and signs The Memory of Us, 11AM

Terrell

Books & Crannies, New York Times best-selling author TAYLOR ANDERSON will sign his "The Destroyermen" series, 2PM

The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Paula King-Harper signs Prosperous Living, 2PM

Sunday, June 19:

Austin
Austin Public Library - Central, Tom Raleigh reads and discusses I'll Be Watching You, 3PM

BookPeople, Musician and DJ MOBY speaking & signing Porcelain: A Memoir, 2PM [TICKET REQUIRED]

Malvern Books, David Jewell & Brian Cutean�s Wordstring Ouroboros, 2PM

Bedford

Half Price Books, local author Dr. Vanessa Girard will sell and sign her children's book It's Okay to be Me!, 1PM

Dallas

Half Price Books Flagship, local author Pamela Rodreick will sell and sign her children's book Hannah's Kitchen ABCs of Favorite Recipes, 1PM

Mansfield

Half Price Books, local author Gary R. Lowell will sell and sign his books, including Prisoner of Zarembo, 1PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Kathryn Lane will read and signs Waking Up In Medellin, 11AM

The Twig Book Shop, Patrick Hemstreet will read and sign The God Wave, 2PM