Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR June 20-26

Bookish events in Texas for the week of June 20-26, 2016: 

Special Events:
Writers' League of Texas Annual Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, June 24-26

10th Annual Austin African-American Book Festival, June 25

Ongoing Exhibits:

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

Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22

Monday, June 20:

Austin
BookPeople, SECRETS & SECOND CHANCES - YA Authors talk and signing, moderated by Katie Bartow of Mundie Moms: Chandler Baker - Teen Frankenstein: High School Horror, Jessica Brody - Boys of Summer, Jenny Martin - Marked, and Meredith Moore - Fiona, 7PM

Corpus Christi
B&N, Brad Thor signs Foreign Agent, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Sherrilyn Kenyon to discuss and sign Born of Legend, 7PM

Horchow Auditorium, In honor of World Refugee Awareness Day, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live presents Vinh Chung, author of Where the Wind Leads, 7:30PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Rabbi Samuel Karff discusses and signs FOR THIS YOU WERE CREATED, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Cara Black will sign her Aimee Leduc prequel, Murder on the Quai, 6:30PM

Tuesday, June 21:

Austin

BookPeople, Comedian, Actress, Writer and Filmmaker NEGIN FARSAD speaking & signing How to Make White People Laugh, 7PM

BookWoman, Catherine DeYoung reads and signs Life in the Trenches: A Retrospective, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic with Special Guest Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets, 8PM

Houston

DeLuxe Theater, Marty Troyer, pastor and author, will discuss and sign The Gospel Next Door at an event that includes area faith leaders, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Brad Thor will sign and discuss Foreign Agent, 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, June 22:

Austin
BookPeople, THE SHE WRITES PRESS TOUR featuring authors Garine B. Isassi - Start with the Backbeat, Nicole Waggoner - Center Ring, Carrie Highley - Blue Apple Switchback, moderated by
Jo Ivester - The Outskirts of Hope, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Flagship, New York Times Bestselling author Brad Thor will discuss and sign Foreign Agent, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]

Highland Park United Methodist Church, Skip Hollandsworth will discuss The Midnight Assassin, 7PM

Kettle Arts Gallery, Wordspace Dallas presents the Pegasus Reading Series featuring AMANDA HUYNH, JIM REDMOND, and TATIANA RYCKMAN, 7PM

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, OPEN MIC STORYTELLING: FIGURES OF SPEAK, 7PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, Candice Shy Hooper reads and signs Lincoln's Generals' Wives Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War-for Better and for Worse, 6PM

Brazos Bookstore, Mark Z. Danielewski reads and signs THE FAMILIAR (3), 7PM

Thursday, June 23:

Allen
Allen Public Library, James Bailey Blackshear will discuss Fort Bascom: Soldiers, Comancheros, and Indians in the Canadian River Valley, 7:30PM

Austin
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents: Cara Black reading and signing MURDER ON THE QUAI & Lisa Sandlin reading and signing THE DO-RIGHT, 7PM

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

Houston
Sundance Cinemas Houston, an evening with James Victore, artist, designer, teacher, and author of Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?, 6:30PM

McAllen

Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center, Jeff and Mary O. Parker sign Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide, 6PM

San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Judge Janice Law signs American Evita, 2PM

Beethoven Maennerchor Beer Hall, Gemini Ink staff reading, 7PM

The Twig Book Shop, Judge Janice Law discusses and signs American Evita: Lurleen Wallace, 5PM

Friday, June 24:

Austin

BookPeople, Entrepeneur, Writer and Parent ALLYSON DOWNEY speaking & signing Here's the Plan: Your Practical, Tactical Guide to Advancing Your Career During Pregnancy and Parenting, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Flagship, local author Christy Taylor will sell and sign Rainbow Wings: When No Human Would Help, Heavenly Help was Sent, 1PM

Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live presents Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, 7:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager will discuss Our Great Big Backyard, 10AM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Gabriel Blackwell reads and signs MADELEINE E., 7PM

Murder By the Book, Taylor Anderson will sign and discuss Blood in the Water, 6:30PM

Writespace, Anything Goes All-Genre Open Mic, 7:30PM

San Antonio
Hotel Emma, How to Be A Texan book signing with Andrea Valdez + frito pie, 4PM

Saturday, June 25:

Austin

Bass Concert Hall, an evening with Anderson Cooper, author of The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss, and Andy Cohen, author of The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year, 8PM

BookPeople, Debut Novelist PATRICK HEMSTREET speaking & signing The God Wave, 6PM

Malvern Books, Adam Crittenden launches his debut full-length poetry collection, Blood Eagle, + readings from poets Daniel Roessler, and Nick Courtright, 7PM

Buda
Buda Public Library, Local author Lauren Flake reading and signing her debut children�s book, Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go?: A Preschooler�s Guide to Losing a Loved One, 10:30AM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Kimberla Lawson Roby to sign A Sinful Calling, 2PM

B&N - Preston/Royal, Monica Curiel signs Stella's Picture Day, 2PM

El Paso

B&N - Fountains at Farah, Duke Charles signs People of the Horse, 2PM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with RD Armstrong: "Developing Inspiration from Germ to Gem," 12:45PM

Rock House Cafe and Gallery, Bordersenses' Barbed Wire Open Mic Series presents RD Armstrong (aka Raindog), 8PM

Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Kimberla Lawson Roby reads and signs A Sinful Calling, 6:30PM

LaMancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp Workshop: Capturing Your Family History with Michael H. Price, 9AM

LaMancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp Workshop: The Hero�s Journey: The Real Greatest Story Ever Told With Mark A. Nobles, 1PM

Grapevine
Embassy Suites by Hilton, Colleen Hoover (Slammed), Fisher Amelie (The Seven Deadly series), Tillie Cole (A Thousand Boy Kisses), Nicole Edwards (Pier 70 series), Lee Swift (Morvicti Blood), and Kindle Alexander (A Nice Guys Novel series) are among 48 authors who will sign their works at THE TRAVELING BOOKSHELF, 1PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, Rick Searfoss signs Liftoff: An Astronaut Commander's Countdown for Purpose Powered Leadership, 1PM

Katy Budget Books, Kristen Martin signs her YA science fiction novel The Alpha Drive, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Lark Brennan will sign Irresistably Yours, the second book in the Durand Chronicles, and Lily Blackwood will sign The Beast Clan Kincaid, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Kathryn Lane reads and signs Waking Up in Medellin, 3PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, M.H. Stout reads and signs A Day at the Zoo with Grandma, 1PM

B&N - Palms Crossing, Joan Murray discusses and signs Lord, Make Me Whole, 4PM

Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Meet Three Harlequin Romance Authors: Lauren Canan, Angi Morgan, and Lara Lacombe, 2PM

San Antonio

Half Price Books - Huebner, local author D.G. McWilliams will sell and sign his historical fiction books, including Courage of a Small-Town Son, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, Denise Richter discusses and signs 100 Things to Do in San Antonio Before You Die, 10AM

Shankleville
Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival, Nola McKey signs From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes, ?

Southlake

B&N - Town Square, Life Builders: Stories That Inspire book signing, 1PM

Sunday, June 26:

Austin
BookPeople, Journalist NOLA McKEY speaking & signing From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes, 3PM

Malvern Books, celebrating the recent release of We�ll Live Tomorrow, the debut novel from journalist and aid worker Will Everett, 2PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, demonstration, discussion, and book signing with Alice Ann Dailey, Pilates guru and author of Dailey Strengthening: 6 Keys to Balance Core Muscles for Optimal Health, 2PM

Houston
B&N - Westheimer, F. Qasim ibn Ali Khan signs General Order No. 5: The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot, 12PM

Sirrom Studio, The Flamenco Poets Society presents Summer Flamenco Lectures 2016, 5PM