Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 22-28

Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 22-28, 2016: 

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 22:

Austin
BookPeople, Author & Documentary Playwright LARA NAUGHTON speaking & signing The Jaguar Man, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel P. Roth discusses and signs CONVICT COWBOYS, 7PM

Tuesday, August 23:

Austin

Malvern Books, Fran�ois Pointeau hosts Multi-Verse, a new poetry reading series, featuring local poets Michael Gilmore and Richard Cole, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 6:30PM

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

The Wild Detectives, Lance Hawvermale reads and signs Face Blind, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

The Fort Worth Club, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 11:30AM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jayme Lynn Blaschke discusses and signs INSIDE THE TEXAS CHICKEN RANCH, 7PM

Kaboom Books, Mark Jodon reads and signs his debut poetry collection Day of the Speckled Trout, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Erik Storey will sign and discuss his debut novel Nothing Short of Dying, 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, August 24:

Austin
Austin Books & Comics, artist Matt Frank signs Godzilla: Rage Across Time, 3PM

Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Evening of Poetry with the Typewriter Rodeo, Kristin Anderson, Timothy Dailey-Vald�s, and Aimee Mackovic, 7PM

BookPeople, Deb Gabor speaking & signing Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything, 7PM

Dallas
UT - Dallas, Carla Power discussing and signing If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran, 7PM

Houston

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

Brazos Bookstore, Jesse Donaldson reads and signs THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Andrew Gross will sign and discuss The One Man, 6:30PM

Thursday, August 25:

Austin
BookPeople, MONTE AKERS, NATHAN AKERS & ROGER FRIEDMAN speaking & signing Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus, 7PM

Malvern Books, launch of Susan Briante�s new poetry collection The Market Wonders (in association with Bat City Review), 6:30PM

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

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Christine Handy to discuss Walk Beside Me, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border featuring Mexican publishing company Sexto Piso, 7:30PM [bilingual event]

Houston

Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Benjamin Rybek, Christopher Brean Murray, and Aliah Lavonne Tigh, 8:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, David Lemaster reads and signs The Passers, 5PM

Friday, August 26:

Austin
BookPeople, JESSE DONALDSON speaking & signing The More They Disappear (in conversation with PHILIPP MEYER), 7PM

Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring ELLIE FRANCIS DOUGLASS, DANIELLE ZACCAGNINO, and MEG GRIFFITTS, 7PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Reading and signing with Elsa Hart and Julia Keller, 6:30PM

San Antonio

B&N - Ingram Festival, Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus book signing and discussion with Monte Akers, Nathan Akers and Roger Friedman, 7PM

Saturday, August 27:

Austin

Austin Community College - Riverside, Writers' League of Texas Workshop: "This Word Now: Brainstorming Your Way into Stories and Out of Dead Ends" with Jodi and Owen Egerton, 9AM

BookPeople, HOMER ROSS TOMLIN speaking & signing Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights, 1PM

Half Price Books - North Lamar, John Herndon signs One Too Many and Richard Lee Price signs Troubadours: Love Death Rumba, 7PM

Half Price Books - Parmer Crossing, local author E.J. (Earl Bobb Jr.) will sell and sign Orders of Love System, Version 2: My Life, 1PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Beth Bowland signs Polaris, 2PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Sheela Wolford: "Living at the Treetop", 12:45PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Coach G.A. Moore and Ed Housewright discuss and sign Beyond Just Win: A Profile of G.A. Moore, 4PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Maria Elena Sandovici signs Lost Path to Solitude, 3PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Texas Poets read from and sign the 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM

Brazos Bookstore, Paul Luikart reads and signs ANIMAL HEART, 7PM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, local author Vicky Dezine will sell and sign More Than a Woman, 1PM

Katy Budget Books, Liv Hadden signs In the Mind of Revenge, 2PM

Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press's SUMMER SHINDIG featuring poets Billie Duncan, Stacy Nigliazzo, Mary Wemple, and Carmen Jacobsen, 7PM

Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Personal Essay and Memoir: Turning the Pen on Ourselves with Mark Dostert, 9:30AM

Round Rock

Round Rock Public Library, SCBWI Full Novel Workshop with authors Anne Bustard, P.J. Hoover, and Greg Leitich Smith, 9AM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield discuss and sign Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre, 11AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Christopher Carmona reads and signs The Road to Llorona Park, 1PM

The Woodlands

B&N, Brian McTaggart signs 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 12PM

Sunday, August 28:

Dallas

Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Homer Ross Tomlin discusses and signs HOMER THORNBERRY, 5PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, J. Ko discusses and signs Into Her World, 2PM