Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR July 25-31

Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 25-31, 2016: 

Special Events:
Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 26-29

Writer's Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, July 29-31

Deep Ellum Lit Hop, Dallas, July 30

B&N Countdown to Midnight Party: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, all locations, July 30

Half Price Books Midnight Release Party: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, various locations (check with your local store for participation & times), July 30 [PASS REQUIRED]

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 25:

Austin
Threadgil's, MysteryPeople presents Noir at the Bar with PETER SPIEGELMAN (Dr. Knox), C.B. MCKENZIE (Burn What Will Burn), ANDREW HILBERT (Bangface and the Gloryhole), and JESSE SUBLETT (1960S Austin Gangsters), 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, journalist and author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan will discuss and sign her new novel Sarong Party Girls, 7PM

Tuesday, July 26:

Austin

Austin Public Library - Austin History Center, photo exhibit, book launch, and reception: Texas Tower Sniper: America's First Campus Active Shooter with Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Dr. Robert Friedman, 6:30PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, marathon superstar and NCAA All-American Becky Wade will discuss and sign Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe, 7PM

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Soup's On: Stone Soup Poetry Showcase with Jolee Davis and the Writer's Garret, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Will Everett reads and signs We'll Live Tomorrow, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Ellen Israel Goldberg discusses and signs FINDING A BRIDE, 7PM

Houston Public Library - Morris Frank, Meet Pat Tucker, author of Daddy's Maybe, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Peter Spiegelman will sign and discuss Dr. Knox, 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Historia De La Musica Norte�a Mexicana with Luis Diaz Santana Garza, + live music, 1PM

Wednesday, July 27:

Austin
Austin Public Library, Aural Literature, 7PM

The Writing Barn, Words and Wine with YA/MG Author Carolyn Cohagan, 7:30PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Linda Castillo will sign and discuss her newest release Among the Wicked, 6:30PM

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, ProjectCURATE presents Friar Gregory Boyle, author of Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, 7PM

San Antonio

San Antonio Public Library - Forest Hills, Author visit: Dr. Vincent Di Maio discusses and signs Morgue: A Life in Death, 6:30PM

Thursday, July 28:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Get Pop-Cultured: Meet & Greet Book signing with Larry Thomas, Seinfeld's Soup Nazi, 7PM

BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents local debut author AMY GENTRY speaking & signing Good as Gone, 7PM

Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions with Rick Klaw, editor of The Grapes of Wrath anthology, 7PM

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

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, Attack of the Poets! starring John Dorsey, Justin Booth, The Cringe-Worthy Poetry Collective, Opalina Salas, and Paul Koniecki, 7:30PM

Edinburg
Dustin M. Sekula Library, Christopher Carmona reads and signs his new story collection The Road to Llorona Park, 6PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Weekly Storytime Featuring Local Author Shanalee Sharboneau reading, 11AM

Katy Budge Books, Mary Kathryn Sitarski signs It's in His Hands, 6PM

Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Joshua Urban Davis, Reyes Ramirez, and Analicia Sotelo, 8:30PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Rodney Dietert discusses and signs The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life, 6PM

Friday, July 29:

Houston

Murder By the Book, Amy Gentry will sign and discuss Good As Gone, 6:30PM

Saturday, July 30:

Austin

BookPeople, Harry Potter & the Cursed Child MIDNIGHT RELEASE PARTY!, 10PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Michael Williams signs To God Be The Glory For The Things He Has Done and Will Do, 1PM

Denton
Freaks and Geeks, speculative fiction writer Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam and jazz musician and composer Peter Brewer will present a performance of their collaborative album release Strange Monsters: A Music and Words Collaboration, 3PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Ann Cameron: Recent Poets Laureate, 12:45PM

Rock House Cafe & Gallery, Bordersenses Barbed Wire Open Mic presents Donna Snyder and the release of her new poetry collection The Tongue Has Its Secrets, with poet and professor Lawrence Welsh, 8PM

Fort Worth
LaMancha Business Center, Forth Worth Writer's Boot Camp workshop: Adapting Non-Fiction for Documentaries with Mark A. Nobles, 1PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Rodney Dietert will discuss and sign THE HUMAN SUPERORGANISM, 3PM

Brazos Bookstore, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Midnight Release Party, 9PM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, local author Cindy Mitchell Cormier will sell and sign her children's book Don't Look Over the Edge, 1PM

Katy Budge Books, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child midnight release party, 10PM

Murder By the Book, Victoria Laurie will celebrate her latest Abby Cooper mystery, A Grave Prediction, 4PM

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, MFAH Lecture and book signing by fashion historian and curator Caroline Rennolds Milbank, author of Fashion�A Timeline in Photographs: 1850 to Today, 4PM

Midland
Midland Centennial Library, Joseph A. Willis signs Teaching Lessons, 2PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Donna Birdwell reads and signs Shadow of the Hare, 11AM

Sunday, July 31:

Dallas
Dallas Public Library - Audelia Road, Local Author Book Fair, 2PM

Dallas Public Library - Bookmarks, LIFE�S LITTLE LESSONS BY ROO, MORE THAN JUST A DACHSHUND: reading and Q&A with author Richard Lentz and Roo, 12:30PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Breakfast with Harry: release party for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, 9AM

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