Monday Roundup, June 2 - 8

Bookish events in Texas for the week of June 2 - 8, 2014:

Monday, June 2:
Fort Worth

Stage West, Storyteller Night - Summer 2014, 7PM

Houston

B&N, River Oaks Shopping Center, Emily Giffin: The One & Only, 7PM

Tuesday, June 3:

Austin
BookPeople, Austin Author ANDY HORNE speaking & signing Mixed Company: The First of the Decent Men Series, 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.

Dallas
University Park Public Library, Listen UP! Summer Author Series - Emily Giffin, 7PM

Houston

Murder by the Book, a discussion with Tom Abrahams and Terry Hayes, as Hayes discusses his debut thriller I Am Pilgrim, 6:30PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, June 4:

Austin

BookPeople, Critically Acclaimed Author ANTON DISCLAFANI speaking & signing The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls, 7PM

Dallas
Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Scott Anderson: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 6:30PM

Houston

Murder by the Book, Matthew Quirk will sign his new book The Directive & James Hannibal will sign and discuss his new thriller, Shadow Maker, 6:30PM

Thursday, June 5:

Austin

BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents Bestselling Author MATTHEW QUIRK speaking & signing The Directive: A Novel  & Acclaimed Author DAVID HANSARD speaking & signing One Minute Gone, 7pm 

Dallas
B&N, Preston & Park, Shirley Washington - The Diary a novel, 5PM

Fort Worth
Amphibian Stage Productions, ''RECKLESS: A Memoir'' reading and book signing, 6:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jessica Pan - GRADUATES IN WONDERLAND, 7PM

Glassell School of Art, Glassell Book Reading & Film Screening: Painting the Town Orange by Pete Gershon, 7PM

Junior League of Houston, The World Affairs Council of Houston presents Lawrence in Arabia: Imperial Ambitions & the Making of the Modern Middle East by Acclaimed author Scott Anderson, 6PM

Murder by the Book, Sarah Lotz will sign and discuss The Three, 6:30PM

Humble
Half Price Books, First Thursdays Poetry Nights, 7PM

Friday, June 6:

Austin
B&N, Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing With Tanner McElroy - War of Wings, 6PM

BookPeople, LOCAL AUTHOR NIGHT: Steven Horn -and- Tiffany Sunday -and- Stephen Yanoff, 7PM

Malvern Books, An Evening with Lowell Mick White & Ken Fontenot, 6:30PM

Dallas
B&N, Preston & Park, Ben Carson: One Nation What We Can All Do to Save America's Future, 3PM

Houston

B&N, Vanderbilt Square, Laura McBride: We Are Called to Rise A Novel, 7PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Sarah Bird will discuss and sign her newest novel, ABOVE THE EAST CHINA SEA, 7pm

Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading: Bucky Rea, 8:30PM 

Menil Collection, Mel Chin: Illustrated Lecture & Book Signing, 7PM 

Murder by the Book, Martha Grimes will sign and discuss the new Richard Jury mystery, Vertigo 42, 6:30PM

Saturday, June 7:
Amarillo
B&N, Westgate Mall, Find Me Again by Janet Shawgo, 2PM

Austin

B&N, Arboretum, One Murder Too Many: Whitey Bulger and the Computer Tycoon With Author Laurence Yadon, 2PM

Bookpeople, Acclaimed author Bethany Hegedus speaking & signing Grandfather Gandhi, 4PM

Bullock Texas State History Museum, Book It, Texas! Oilfield Trash, 10:30AM

Dallas
B&N, Preston Royal, W.N. Varvel - The Lady Speaks: Uncovering the Secrets of the Mona Lisa, 1PM

Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Opening Reception for Dan Allen, Scrapbook, a portrait of Texas counterculture from 1982 to 2002, 6PM

Texas Bound II, Horchow Auditorium, DMA Arts & Letters Live, 7:30 p.m.
Don’t miss an evening of stories read by Reis Myers McCormick (Faculty at K.D. Conservatory), Lydia Mackay (Acting teacher at TCU), and two exciting actors to be announced!

Fort Worth

Legendary Locals of Fort Worth Book Signing, 3PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Book Signing June 7th: New Jazz Age Mystery by Ellen Collier, 2PM

Highland Village
B&N, Stephen Moore: Pacific Payback The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway, 3PM

Houston
B&N, Vanderbilt Square, David Slaughter will be signing his self-improvement title Major Opportunities: The Door is Wide Open, 1PM

Bisong Art Gallery, Marisa Bellami: 'You Deserve It' Book Signing, 5:30PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Laura McBride will discuss and sign her debut novel, WE ARE CALLED TO RISE, 1PM

Houston Public Library - McGovern-Stella Link Branch, Public Poetry Spring Series: June 2014, 2PM 

Murder by the Book, Michael Koryta will sign and discuss Those Who Wish Me Dead, 4:30PM

Midland

B&N, Ben Carson: One Nation What We Can All Do to Save America's Future, 4PM

San Antonio

Gemini Ink, Paletas y Poesia, 4PM

The Twig Book Shop, Elroy Bode, El Paso Days, 3PM

Viva! Bookstore, Watercolor Journal Pages with Enedina Vasquez, 10AM

South Padre Island

Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, Literary Mercado, 1PM

The Woodlands
B&N, The Woodlands Mall, Sr. Gerald & Myrna Irons: When Preparation Meets Opportunity, 2PM

Sunday, June 8:

Austin
Malvern Books, Borderlands Launch - the launch of the latest issue of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review! Featuring keynote poet/San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, along with writers Ken Fontenot, Jonathan Moody, Anis Shivani, Scott Wiggerman, and Steve Wilson, 3PM

Houston

River Oaks Bookstore, Russell J. Sanders: Special Effects - book signing, 3PM

The Woodlands

B&N, The Woodlands Mall, Ben Carson: One Nation What We Can All Do to Save America's Future, 6:30PM