Monday Roundup! July 14 - 20

Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 14 - 20, 2014:

Special Events:
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Grapevine, July 18-20

Monday, July 14:

Austin

Bookpeople, Bestselling Author WILTON BARNHARDT speaking & signing Lookaway, Lookaway, 7PM

Corpus Christi
B&N, Brad Thor: Act of War (Scot Harvath Series #13), 7PM

Fort Worth

B&N - Hulen, Earl Swift: Auto Biography A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream, 7PM

Houston
Murder By the Book, Conn Iggulden will sign and discuss Wars of the Roses: Stormbird, 6:30PM

Tuesday, July 15:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Meet and Greet Book Signing With Carl Russo - The Sicilian Mafia A True Crime Travel Guide, 6PM

BookPeople, Acclaimed Author JAMES MAGRUDER speaking & signing Let Me See It: Stories, 7PM

Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Every Tuesday night at Spiderhouse, poetry, score cards and cash prizes come together for an evening of competitive art.

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Taylor Stevens: The Catch A Novel, 7PM

Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Juli Bauer and George Bryant will discuss and sign THE PALEO KITCHEN, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Wilton Barnhardt - LOOKAWAY, LOOKAWAY, 7PM

San Antonio

B&N, San Pedro, Sun Poets' Society Open Mic Poetry, 7PM

Gemini Ink, Literary Excursions with Bonnie Lyons, 6:30PM

Wednesday, July 16:

Austin

BookPeople, Austin Historian RICHARD ZELADE speaking & signing Guy Town by Gaslight: A History of Vice in Austin's First Ward, 7PM

Bookwoman, Marlayna Glynn Brown & Liz Tucker Reading & Discussion: The Scattering of All: Tales from Extraordinary Survivors of Suicide Loss, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books - Mother Ship, Earl Swift will sign Auto Biography, 7PM

Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Becky Murphy and Megan Silianoff will discuss and sign their books, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Summer of Proust: Brazos Book Group, 7PM

San Antonio
Epitome Institute, Rod Davis reads from and signs his second novel “South, America.” 6PM

Liberty Bar, Book Swap Happy Hour with Gemini Ink, 5PM

Viva! Bookstore, How to Create a Life You Love NOW!, 1:30PM

Thursday, July 17:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Earl Swift: Auto Biography A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream, 7PM

BookPeople, WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS MEETING, 7PM

Bookwoman, SHEBOOKS SHEBANG with MARION WINIK, 7PM

Brave New Books, Dinner W/Katherine Albricht, 6PM

Malvern Books, Finnegans Wake Reading Group, 7PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Wizards RPG Team:Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set Fantasy Roleplaying Fundamentals, 6PM

Brazos Bookstore, Celeste Ng - EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, 7PM

Murder by the Book, Jeff Abbott will sign and discuss Inside Man and Taylor Stevens will sign and discuss her new novel, The Catch, 6:30PM

San Antonio
Viva! Bookstore, Cool Collage Coaster Workshop with Sonya Gonzalez, 1PM

Friday, July 18:

Austin
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Acclaimed Author JAMES "BIGBOY" MEDLIN speaking & signing Slap Noir, 7PM

Resistencia Bookstore, The Ones Santa Anna Sold - A Reading and Book Signing with Raquel Valle-Sentíes, 7PM

Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Daniel Silva In conversation with Dr. Maxwell L. Anderson, 7PM

Houston

B&N - Westheimer Crossing, Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set Fantasy Roleplaying Fundamentals, 7PM

Murder by the Book, Brad Taylor will sign and discuss Days of Rage, 6:30PM

San Antonio
Trinity University—The Michael and Naomi Neidorff Gallery, Ishion Hutchinson Reading, 6:30PM

Saturday, July 19:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author CLINT RICHMOND speaking & signing Fetch the Devil: The Sierra Diablo Murders and Nazi Espionage in America, 4PM

Brave New Books, Katherine Albricht Live!, 7PM

Monkeywrench Books, Yard Sale (and lemonade!), 8AM

Dallas
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, THE POETS ON X: A SUMMER SERIES with Christopher Carmona, Paul Konieki, Isaac Chivarria, and Ashley Wilkerson, 7PM

The Writer's Garret, "Getting Your Work Published" with Joe Milazzo, 12:30PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, Ernie Deats will sign copies of his historical novel set in Dickinson in the late 1800s, The Last Karankawa, 2PM

Granbury
D'Vine Wine of Granbury, TEXAS WINE & SIGN AUTHOR EVENT: Tessa Gray, R.E. Hargrave, Jeanne Mcdonald, and Jennifer Theriot will be converging on the small town of Granbury, TX for an afternoon of wining and signing!, 2PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Undrai Fizer: The 365, A Personal Compass to Self Discovery & Enlightenment, 2PM

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Solar Nova Author Panel: signings from local authors Brandy Truly (The Sonar Trilogy), Jacqueline Patricks (The Brajj) and K.M. Montemayor (The Circle), 2PM

Katy Budget Books, Author Signing: Katie Lea Yates, 4PM

Murder by the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss his new book, The Heist, 5PM

Lubbock
B&N, The Bad Shephard by R.L. Crump, 1PM

McAllen
B&N, Meet the Author: Jose Rodriguez, M.D. - The Miraculous Infant, 3PM

Pasadena
B&N - Fairway Market, Meet Linda King - Invitations from Afar A Need to Know, 2PM

Plano

B&N - Creekwalk, Meet Children's Author Ken Bangs: Rosco Jack of Gateway Farm, 2PM

Round Rock

B&N - La Frontera, The Last Exhale by Julia Blues, 2PM

San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Dale, dale, dale: Una fiesta de numeros/ Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: A Fiesta of Numbers Illustrator Discussion and Signing with Carolyn Dee Flores, 1PM

Gemini Ink, Invocation with Ishion Hutchinson, 10AM

The Twig Book Shop, Rodney Gomez, Mouth Filled With Night: Poems, 3PM

Viva! Bookstore, Zentangle in July at Viva, 10AM

South Padre Island

Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, Literary Mercado, 1PM

The Woodlands
B&N - Mall, Marlin Lance: The Messiah Method Counseling System, 2PM

Sunday, July 20:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin Children's Author MICHAEL FRY speaking & signing The Odd Squad 3: King Karl, 4PM

Brave New Books, Misdemeanor Traffic Court Procedure w/ Eddie Craig From Rule of Law Radio, 2PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Speak!Poet: Featured readers are Dulce “Digh” Veluthukaran and Jonathan Moody, 2PM

Jewish Community Center -- Kaplan Theater, Bestselling author Daniel Silva talk and book signing for his new release, The Heist, 11AM

Murder by the Book, Mighty Mississippi Book Blast: Lindsay Cummings will sign and discuss The Murder Complex, Rachel Harris will sign and discuss A Tale of Two Centuries, Kristi Helvig will sign and discussBurn Out, Julie Murphy will sign and discuss Side Effects May Vary, Philip Siegel will sign discuss The Break-Up Artist, and Paula Stokes will sign and discuss The Art of Lainey, 3PM

San Antonio
Gemini Ink, Mini-Conference: Transforming Communities Through Writing, 1PM

Half Price Books - Broadway, author A.K. Klemm will sell and sign her first novel in the Lilly Hollow Series: The Bookshop Hotel, 10AM

Half Price Books - Huebner Road, author A.K. Klemm will sell and sign her first novel in the Lilly Hollow Series: The Bookshop Hotel, 6PM

Half Price Books - North Central, author A.K. Klemm will sell and sign her first novel in the Lilly Hollow Series: The Bookshop Hotel, 1PM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, book signing for Surf Texas, 1PM