Monday Roundup: May 18 - 24

Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 18 - 24, 2015:  

Special Events:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10 - July 6

Boldface Conference for Emerging Writers, Houston,
May 18 - 22

Austin Author Affair, May 22 - 24

ComicPalooza, Houston, May 22 - 25

Monday, May 18:

Austin
BookPeople, MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE speaking & signing It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, 7PM

Monkeywrench Books, Gilad Atzmon - A to Zion (book signing, music & discussion), 5PM

Dallas
Magnolia Lounge, Pandora's Box Presents: Jenny Molberg, Robert Torres and Lucas Jacob, 8PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Gabrielle Blair, author of DESIGN MOM, will appear in conversation with Karen Walrond, blogger at Chookooloonks and author of THE BEAUTY OF DIFFERENT, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Neal Griffin will sign and discuss Benefit of the Doubt, 6:30PM

Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Author and University of Texas at Dallas Creative Writing teacher Blake Kimzey will present “Writing Out of the Wilderness: How to Survive Rejection and Forge a Path to Publication,” 7PM

Tuesday, May 19:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author JILLIAN LAUREN speaking & signing Everything You Ever Wanted, 7PM

grayDUCK Gallery, fields presents Disparate Elements, a new reading series celebrating some of the most exciting authors working in Austin and beyond, featuring Janalyn Guo, Richard Santos, Tatiana Ryckman, and Callie Collins, 7PM

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

Dallas
First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Anthony Doerr & Jim Shepard: Compassion and Catastrophe, 7:30PM

Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Jorge Luis Gonzalez Romo reads and signs THE CANTICLE OF THE WARRIOR, 7PM

Houston Maritime Museum, Dr. Jeremiah Dancy lectures from his new book The Myth of the Press Gang, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Stephen Hunter will sign and discuss I, Ripper, 6:30PM

Writespace, Writers of Color Reading and Reception with Julia Brown, Ima Oduok, Liana Silva, Mary Redd Francine Parker, and Charles Redd, 7:30PM

Sachse
Sachse Public Library, Author Con featuring local authors, 6:PM

The Woodlands

B&N - The Woodlands Mall, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N' Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM

Wednesday, May 20:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Chris Harrison signs The Perfect Letter A Novel, 7PM

BookPeople, Journalist ASHER PRICE speaking & signing Year of the Dunk: A Modest Defiance of Gravity, 7PM

BookWoman, celebrate BookWoman's 40th anniversary with Strange Pilgrims: A Poetry Reading
featuring poets Laurie Filipelli, Carrie Fountain, Lisa Olstein,Laurie Saurborn & Sasha West, 7PM

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho reads and signs Barefoot Dogs, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Jim Shepard reads and signs THE BOOK OF ARON, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Alex Grecian will sign and discuss his latest Murder Squad novel,The Harvest Man, and Will Thomas will sign and discuss Anatomy of Evil, 6:30PM

Thursday, May 21:

Allen
Allen Public Library, SMU Professor Emeritus Darwin Payne will discuss his recent book, No Small Dreams: J. Erik Jonsson—Texas Visionary, 7:30PM

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author CRAIG JOHNSON speaking & signing Dry Bones: A Walt Longmire Mystery, 7PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Chris Harrison signs The Perfect Letter A Novel, 6PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel Roth reads and signs AN EYE FOR AN EYE, 7PM

G gallery, Poetry Reading: Joseph Campana, Conor Bracken, Michelle Oakes, 7PM

The Heritage Society, Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: One Hundred Years of Educating Houston and the World: The San Jacinto Memorial Building presented by Grace Cynkar, 12PM

Murder By the Book, Allison Leotta will sign and discuss A Good Killing, 6:30PM

Irving
Irving Public Library - West Branch, celebration of YA literature with authors Erica Cameron, Kelsey Macke and Kim O'Brien, 7PM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N' Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM

Friday, May 22:

Austin

BookPeople, Fashion Prodigy TAVI GEVINSON speaking & signing Rookie Yearbook Three, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Emma Kate Tsai reads from and signs BLENDED, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Craig Johnson will sign and discuss Dry Bones, 6:30PM

Waco

B&N - Circuit City Plaza, Hot Summer Nights: Meet local Texas romance writers Lorelei Buckley, Terry Spear, Linda LaRoque, Debra Jupe, Susan JP Owens and Nese Lane, 6:30PM

Saturday, May 23:

Amarillo
B&N, Ron Bates signs How to Survive Middle School and Monster Bots , 2PM

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Discussion and Signing: Blended Writers on the Stepfamily Experience, 2PM

BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents: WORKSHOP: THREE LOOKS AT CRIME FICTION with authors Reavis Wortham, Minerva Koenig, George Wier and Les Edgerton, 9:30AM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Craig Johnson signs Dry Bones (Walt Longmire Series #11), 3PM

The Reading Room, SHAPE ZINES, 12PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Love and Terror in the Middle East signing by Dr. Frank Romano, 2PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Susan P. Baker reads and signs Ledbetter Street, 2PM

Houston

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, reading by Richard Hell, the author of I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp, 2PM

Half Price Books - Westheimer, Children’s author Shirley Jordan-Bellamy will sign her children’s books, 1PM

Katy Budget Books, Kathleen Baldwin discusses and signs her young adult novel A School for Unusual Girls, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's Kickback and Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her new book, The Fatal Flame, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Katherine Center reads and signs Happiness for Beginners, 4PM

Humble
Half Price Books, local author and motivational speaker Ihsan Hasan will sell and sign his book From Male to Man, 1PM

Lubbock
B&N, Eighth Grave After Dark signing by Darynda Jones, 1PM

Round Rock

B&N - La Frontera, Felix Bamirin signs Forgiving Forward: The Redemption Role of the Forgiven, 2PM

Half Price Books, local author Don Forrester will sign his inspirational autobiography More Than Enough, 1PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Jesse Brown reads and signs The Legend of the Werewolf, 11AM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Tim Scott signs Ben Hogan The Myths Everyone Knows, the Man No One Knew, 11AM

The Woodlands

B&N - The Woodlands, Victoria Broussard Esq signs i-Comfortable Victim, 2PM

Sunday, May 24:

Austin
Resistencia Bookstore, Dr. Smadar Lavie presents her new book Wrapped in the Flag of Israel, 4PM

Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Guy Scholz and Claudia Church Discuss and Sign The Masterpiece Within: Five Key Life Skills To Becoming A Living Work Of Art, 2PM

Highland Village

B&N - Frank Romano signs Love and Terror in the Middle East, 4th Edition, 1PM

Houston

River Oaks Bookstore, Zoey Hess reads and signs The Birthday of an Angel, 12PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, contributors read from Blended Writers on the Stepfamily Experience, 1PM