Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR July 18-24

Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 18-24, 2016: 

Special Events:
10th Annual Writers' League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Alpine, July 18-22

Barrio Writers present a Week-long Writing Workshop, Austin, July 18-23

Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 19-22

Gemini Ink Writers Conference, San Antonio, July 21-24

The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Grapevine, July 22-24

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, July 18:

Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, award-winning journalist, screenwriter and Texas Monthly executive editor Skip Hollandsworth will discuss and sign The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, David Todd discusses and signs THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE PROJECT, 7PM

Tuesday, July 19:

Austin

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Whip In, TD;LR reading series presents Felix Morgan and Brian Lamont, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Murder By the Book, Gail Carriger will sign and discuss Imprudence, 6:30PM

Katy

Books-A-Million, Shane Dawson, YouTube personality, actor, sketch comedian, singer, songwriter and film director, will discuss and sign copies of his newest book It Gets Worse, 7PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, July 20:

Austin
Austin Public Library, APLFF workshop: Form, Line, and White Space with Amanda North, 6:30PM

BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author GAIL CARRIGER speaking & signing Imprudence, 7PM

Dallas

Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live! presents Chris Colfer, author of An Author�s Odyssey, 7:30PM

Thursday, July 21:

Amarillo
The Craig Senior Living, An Evening with author Jodi Thomas, ?

Austin
Austin Public Library - Terrazas, Aural Literature presents Austin Bat Cave's young writers, 7PM

BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday: Meet Your Match: Writing Groups, Critique Groups, Critique Partners, and More with Nikki Loftin, Karen McInerney, and Ron Seybold, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Supply Showroom, Bright Bazaar Book Party: mega design blogger Will Taylor will sign Dream Decor, 6PM

Dallas
Dallas Public Library - Central, As part of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize�s Centennial Campfire Initiative, Friends of the Dallas Public Library presents Gilbert King, author of the 2013 award-winning Devil in the Grove (with Chris Vognar of the Dallas Morning News), 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Juan Jos� Mart�nez D�aubuisson reads and signs Ver, o�r y callar, 7:30PM [Spanish reading]

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Hemingday! annual celebration of Hemingway�s birthday with Papa-themed cocktails, a beard-making station, and the triumphant return of the ever-popular drunk coloring, 7PM

Casa Ramirez Folk Art, Tintero Projects presents poetry Denice Frohman and Yesenia Montilla, 7PM

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, artist Mark Flood will sign copies of Mark Flood: Gratest Hits, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Joseph Finder will sign and discuss Guilty Minds, 6:30PM

Friday, July 22:

Austin

BookPeople, Journalist BRONWEN DICKEY speaking & signing Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon, 7PM

Malvern Books, I SCREAM SOCIAL reading series featuring E. KRISTIN ANDERSON, SARAH FRANCES MORAN, & SAMANTHA DUNCAN, 7PM

Spider House Cafe and Ballroom, CANTOMUNDO presents Texas Poet Laureate Dr. Carmen Tafolla, + 14 Latinx poets, 8PM

Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, members of Cloudwerks Poetry Workshop launch the White Rock Zine Machine, 7PM 

Galveston

The Witchery, meet author and Conjure woman, Mama Starr, and have your books signed, 4PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 4PM

Brazos Bookstore, Will Everett reads and signs WE�LL LIVE TOMORROW, 7PM

Murder By the Book, C.B. McKenzie will sign and discuss Burn What Will Burn, 6:30PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, David Todd and Jonathan Ogren discuss and signs The Texas Landscape Project, 6PM

Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink reading with Janet Kaplan and Tim Z. Hernandez, 7PM

Saturday, July 23:

Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling author of Buddhist Boot Camp TIMBER HAWKEYE speaking and signing Faithfully Religionless, 3PM

Malvern Books, Nathan Brown launches his latest poetry collection, My Salvaged Heart: Story of a Cautious Courtship, with Katherine Hoerth and Kip Stratton, 7PM

Spider House Cafe and Ballroom, CANTOMUNDO presents United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, + 14 Latinx poets, 8PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Richard Gonzales signs Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, 1PM

Deep Vellum Books, One in a Billion Reading and Discussion with Mark Johnson, 6PM

The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse poetry reading, 3PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Mark Pumphrey: Funny as a Train Wreck: The Incomprehensible Poetry of John Ashbery, 12:45PM

Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Westover Village, local author Betty Kilby Fisher will sell and sign copies of her memoir Wit, Will and Walls, 1PM

LaMancha Business Center, Forth Worth Writer's Boot Camp workshop: Finish That Book! with Michael H. Price, 2PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square,George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 10AM

Blue Willow Bookshop, celebration of children's authors published by Bright Sky Press: Molly Whitney, Chris Bridge, Paige Clough, Pam Franks, and Dee Maner, 11AM

Brazos Bookstore, Jonah Lisa Dyer & Stephen Dyer read and sign THE SEASON, 7PM

Inprint House, Speak!Poet presents John Gorman & Choonwha Moon, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Michelle Moran will sign and discuss Mata Hari's Last Dance, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Glenn L. Roberts reads and signs Frenzy, 3PM

Writespace, Fiction from Facts: Mining the Media for Characters and Plots with Marian Szczepanski, 9:30AM

Lubbock
B&N, West Texas Middleweight: The Story of Lavern Roach book signing with Frank Sikes, 1PM

Marfa
Marfa Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents a Texas Writes workshop with Charlotte Gullick and Scott Wiggerman, 10AM

San Antonio

Southwest School of Art - Coates Chapel, Gemini Ink reading with Reyna Grande, Tim Seibles, Barbara Ras, and Texas Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 7PM

The Twig Book Shop, Jenn Mendiola reads and signs I Only Just Love You A Lot, 11AM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Jack Knox signing Texas: Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20-Foot Cowboy, 1PM

Waco
Veterans One Stop Center, Writer's Garret workshop: Writing Your Story, 12:30PM

Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Brian McTaggart signing 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 11AM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Gwen Kirkpatrick signing Diary of a Decade, 2PM

Sunday, July 24:

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 10AM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, local musician, author, and inspirational speaker Undrai Fizer will sell and sign The Excuse-less Life: 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 1PM

Inprint House, Tintero Projects presents poetry with Raina Leon and Malcolm Friend, 7PM

Rudyard's, Texas Tea Regional Poetry Slam, 6:30PM

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

Irving
Irving Public Library - South, Mysterious Ways: an afternoon with inspirational fiction authors Vannetta Chapman and Rene Gutteridge, 3PM

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