Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 1-7

Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 1-7, 2016: 

Special Events:
Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, August 2-5

Friends of the Plano Library Book Sale, August 5-7

The Writer's Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, August 5-7

2016 Texas Christian Writers' Conference, Houston, August 6

Ongoing Exhibits:

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, August 1:

Austin
Malvern Books, Poetry Karaoke, 7PM

Clear Lake
NOKturne, First Monday Reading Series hosted by Dustin Pickering, 8PM

Houston
University of Houston, Houston Public Library Quarterly Author Series: Meet Elizabeth Nunez, author of Even in Paradise, 6:30PM

Tuesday, August 2:

Alpine
Front Street Books, Book release party for Anna Badkhen's Walking with Abel, 5:30PM

Austin

BookPeople, MYSTERYPEOPLE presents MEGAN ABBOTT - You Will Know Me, BILL LOEHFELM - Let the Devil Out, ALISON GAYLIN - What Remains of Me, and WILLIAM BOYLE - Death Don't Have No Mercy, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Murder By the Book, Robin Wells will sign and discuss The French War Bride, 6:30PM

Ponder
Betty Foster Public Library, David R. Hardiman will sign his Christian nonfiction book Bailey's Remarkable Plan, 1:15PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, August 3:

Austin
Austin Public Library, APLFF presents: Character, Persona & Narrator, a Badgerdog workshop with Amanda North, 6:30PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Brazos Bookstore, Rob Schmitz discusses and signs STREET OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Megan Abbott will sign and discuss You Will Know Me, and Bill Loehfelm will sign and discuss Let The Devil Out, 6:30PM

McAllen
Schneider's German Gasthaus & Beergarden, Book release party for Edward Vidaurre's new poetry collection Chicano Blood Transfusion + open mic, 7PM

Thursday, August 4:

Angleton
Brazoria County Historical Museum, Roger Wood discusses and signs Texas Zydeco, 6:30PM

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

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, Amy Gentry reads and signs Good as Gone (with Merritt Tierce), 7:30PM

Friendswood
Friendswood Public Library?, Off the Page Poetry presents Anis Shivani and Jonathan Moody, 7PM

Houston

Super Happy Fun Land, Featured poets followed by Odd Thursdays Open Mic hosted by Kyle Blue, 9PM

Friday, August 5:

Austin
BookPeople, Phil Force speaking & signing Letters from Limbo, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Dallas Poets Community First Friday Reading Series presents readings from their new anthology Cattlemen & Cadillacs, 7PM

Houston

Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring Houston Poet Laureate Robin Davidson, 8:30PM

Saturday, August 6:

Amarillo
Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Epiphany: What Light Does on Egde poetry reading with Paul Bowers, Steven Schroeder, and Chera Hammons, 6PM

Austin

BookWoman, TORCH Wildfire Reading Series presents: April Walker and Ebony Stewart, 6PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Skip Hollandsworth signs The Midnight Assassin, 1PM

Deep Vellum Books, Sahr Sankoh reads and signs The Cotton Tree, 1PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Celia Aguilar: Musings from La Frontera, 12:45PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, G.W. David Cull signs Gabriel Horn, 2PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Varsha Bajaj will discuss and sign her newest picture book for children THIS IS OUR BABY, BORN TODAY, 3PM

Houston Public Library - Johnson Branch, Public Poetry reading series features Chris Brunt, Adam Holt, Octavio Quintanilla, and Analicia Sotelo, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Jayme Lynn Blaschke will sign and discuss Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse, 4:30PM

Writespace, Workshop: The Power of Point of View with Joy Preble, 9AM

Writespace, Workshop: It's More Than a Place: Crafting Settings That Matter with Joy Preble, 1PM

Humble
Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest releases

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Adrian Islas signs Gedion the Arklon, 6PM

Round Rock
Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest releases

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Leslie Contreras Schwartz reads and signs her debut poetry collection Fuego, 2PM

The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Jerry Hendon signs It's Been a Good Life, Dad: My Son's Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis, 2PM

Sunday, August 7:

Austin
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Christopher Carmona�s debut short story collection The Road to Llorona Park, 2PM

Recycled Reads, Open Mic Poetry, 3:30PM

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Beyond Your Backyard Story Night, 7PM

Houston

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

Mansfield
Half Price Books, local author Jeannie Ruth will sell and sign Something of Value, 1PM