Monday Roundup: June 1 - 7

Bookish events in Texas for the week of June 1 - 7, 2015:  

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

Humanities Texas Special Exhibition: Shakespeare, Longview, May 15 - July 25

New South Festival of Literary Arts and Cartooning, Austin, June 6

Monday, June 1:
Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling Author Mat Johnson speaking & signing Loving Day, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Brandon Webb signs Among Heroes A U.S. Navy SEAL's True Story of Friendship, Heroism, and the Ultimate Sacrifice, 7PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Deborah Harkness signs The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy #3), 7PM

Houston

Asia Society Texas Center, ISIS Implications in Asia: A Discussion with author Jessica Lewis McFate, 7PM

Tuesday, June 2:

Austin
BookPeople, Youtube Star & Comedian MAMRIE HARTspeaking & signing You Deserve A Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery, 7PM

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

Dallas
Communities Foundation of Texas, New York Times Best Selling Author Ari Shavit presents Israel, America, an the Challenges of the Changing Middle East: What Does the Future Hold?, 6:30PM

Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Luncheon, Program and book signing with W. H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Charles Murray: By The People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission, 12PM

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

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Karen White signs The Sound of Glass, 7PM

Wednesday, June 3:

Austin
BookPeople, Actor, Writer, Humorist, & Carpenter NICK OFFERMAN speaking & signingGumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers, 7PM

Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: editor Dr. Sandra Mayo discusses Acting Up and Getting Down, 12PM

Malvern Books, Summer Reading by Writers from S. Kirk Walsh’s Fiction Workshop, 7PM

Baytown

Lee College Library, Fernando Izaguirre reading and signing Eloquence, 6PM

Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Church, H. W. Brands presents Reagan: The Life, 6PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Guerra Thompson reads and signs COPS IN LAB COATS, 7PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Chip Dameron reads and signs Waiting for an Etcher, 5:30PM

Thursday, June 4:

Austin
BookPeople, Indie Bookseller and Debut Author Melissa Cistaro speaking & signing Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir, 7PM

Malvern Books, An Evening with Chip Dameron & Robert Okaji, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Richard Burton signs Employees Gone Wild Crazy (and True!) Stories of Office Misbehavior, and What You Can Learn From the Mistakes of Others, 7PM

Hypnotic Donuts, Kate Petty will sign Holes in the Plan, 7AM

Wordspace Dallas Salon - Fan View: Martha Heimberg talks about Kay Ryan, 7PM (private home - RSVP for location)

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Chanelle Benz, Christopher Brunt & Martin De Leon read and sign CITY BY CITY, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Ben Coes will sign and discuss Independence Day, 6:30PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Special Event with Author/Performer David Crabb reading and signing Bad Kid: A Memoir, 7PM

Friday, June 5:

Austin

BookPeople, To Write Love on Her Arms Founder/Creative Director JAMIE TWORKOWSKI speaking & signing If You Feel Too Much, 7PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Joey Graceffa will meet and greet fans as they receive pre-signed copies of his book, IN REAL LIFE, 6PM

Irving

Irving Public Library - South Branch, Summer Nights at the Library presents Ghostly Texas with author Mitchel Whitington followed by a book signing, 7:30PM

Saturday, June 6:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Michael Miller discusses and signs Austin's First Cookbook Our Home Recipes, Remedies and Rules of Thumb, 2PM

BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents Bestselling Author JEFFERY DEAVER speaking & signingSolitude Creek, 5PM

BookWoman, New Harmony Indiana: Like a Lake, Not a River: A Memoir reading, signing, and discussion with Editor Nancy Mangum McCaslin, 11AM

Fort Worth

B&N - Hulen Center, Author D.D. Ayres signs Force of Attraction, 1PM

Half Price Books - Hulen, Kim Gramling and Lisa Shelton sell and sign their romance novel The Perfect Couple and Stacey A.H. Taylor sells and signs her new novel A Greater Good, 1PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, John DeMers signs Delicious Mischief, 3PM

Grapevine
Books-A-Million, Joey Graceffa will sign In Real Life: My Journey to a Pixelated World, 2PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, King Booker signs Heavyweight Champion, 1PM

B&N - West Oaks Village, J.R. Richard signs Still Throwing Heat, 2PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Theresa Nelson will discuss and sign her book, THE YEAR WE SAILED THE SUN, 2PM

Brazos Bookstore, Jamie Tworkowski reads and signs IF YOU FEEL TOO MUCH, 7PM

Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, C. B. Davis will sell and sign the children’s book Christmas 1948, 1PM

Murder By the Book, Kate Carlisle will sign and discuss the newest Bibliophile mystery, Ripped From the Pages, Hannah Dennison will sign and discuss Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall and Carolyn Haines will sign and discuss Bone To Be Wild, 4:30PM

Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Book Reading and Signing With Randy Landers: The Arizona Son, 2PM

Lubbock

B&N, Author Vaun Murphrey signs copies of the 'Weaver' series, 2PM

Midland
B&N, Cheryl Kincaid Reading and Signing her children's book The Little Clay Pot, 10:30AM

Plano

B&N - Creekwalk Village, Author Ken Bangs signs Arctic Warriors, 2PM

Round Rock
B&N - La Frontera, Jackie Smith signs Finish Line, 2PM

San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Journalists Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield discuss and sign Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre, 2PM

Viva! Bookstore, Poetry Reading and Book Signing: A Curse on the Fairest Joys by Martha K. Grant, 1:30PM

Southlake
B&N - Towne Square, Author Polly Holyoke signs The Neptune Challenge, 11:30AM

Watauga
Half Price Books, Mary Ilic Hurst and Lisa Lopez will sell and sign their book Digging for Daddy: A Promise Kept, 1PM

Sunday, June 7:

Austin
BookPeople, Austin Authors RUTH PENNEBAKER & MARIAN HENLEY speaking & signing Pucker Up!: The Subversive Woman's Guide to Aging with Wit, Wine, Drama, Humor, Perspective and the Occassional Good Cry, 2PM

Malvern Books, An Afternoon with Sandra Storey & Frank Pool, 2PM

Houston
Russian Cultural Center Our Texas, Annual Book Fair, 11AM