Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 8/7-13

Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 7-13, 2017: 

Special Events:
1st Annual Marfa Poetry Festival, August 9-13

Friends of the Dallas Public Library Book Sale, August 11-13

Grow-A-Reader Workshop, Frisco, August 12

Ongoing Exhibits:

Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Austin, June 5-August 13

Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams, Abilene, June 8-September 1

George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, San Antonio, June 23-September 4

In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Plano, August 7-September 15

Monday, August 7:

Austin

BookPeople, JILL GRIFFIN speaking & signing Women Make Great Leaders, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Scott Parazynski discusses and signs THE SKY BELOW, 7PM

Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting: National SCBWI Recap – A Panel Discussion, 7PM

Tuesday, August 8:

Austin

BookPeople, LIV HADDEN speaking & signing The Adventures of Juice Box and Shame, 7PM

BookWoman, Christine Maynard reads and signs Duped, 7PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Tova Charles, 7PM

Cedar Hill

Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG) meeting featuring children's book author and illustrator Janee Trasler, 7PM

Houston

Congregation Emanu El, During Preservation Houston's "History in Print," author Dan M. Worrall will discuss the research that went into his book Pleasant Bend: Upper Buffalo Bayou and the San Felipe Trail in the Nineteenth Century, 6:30PM

Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: "Caution," 7:30PM

San Antonio

The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

Wednesday, August 9:

Austin
BookPeople, MIKE COX speaking & signing Legends and Lore of the Texas Capitol, 7PM

Malvern Books, Claude Lalumière reads and signs Venera Dreams: A Weird Entertainment, 7PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Reading Without Walls Party, 11AM

Murder By the Book, Susan Elia MacNeal will sign and discuss The Paris Spy, 6:30PM

Thursday, August 10:

Austin

BookPeople, ODIE LINDSEY speaking & signing We Come to Our Senses (in conversation with John Pipkin), 7PM

BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jason Edwards (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7:15PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night: Evelyn M. Turner reads from The Star and the Cross, and A. R. Ashworth reads from Souls of Men, 7PM

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

Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, David Collins, Mark Phariss, and Vic Holmes participate in a panel discussion and sign Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas, 7:30PM

Half Price Books Mother Ship, legendary local singer-pianist Mark Carroll will perform several of his songs and follow up with a book signing of his memoir, Reaching for the Moon, 7PM

Interabang Books, Robert Schwab, Dallas physician and author, signs his second novel, BACK SIDE OF A HURRICANE, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Local author Kendra Greene releases her new chapbook, Vagrants and Uncommon Visitors, with Illustrator Fowzia Karimi, 7:30PM

El Paso
San Jacinto Plaza, FrontEra Poetry's "The Rabbit Hole" slam poetry workshop, 7PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Wendy Walker will sign and discuss Emma In The Night, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, August 11:

Austin

Austin Books & Comics, artist Ryan Cody signs Doc Unknown, 6PM

BookPeople, STINA LEICHT speaking & signing Blackthorne, 7PM

Dallas

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ with Opalina and Carlos Salas, 8PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Holly Castillo reads and signs Texas Desire (Texas Legacy Book 2), 6PM

Saturday, August 12:

Austin

BookPeople, Austin SCBWI Meeting: an In-Depth Look at Illustrating a Book with Misha Blaise, 10AM

BookPeople, Chandler Baker speaking & signing This Is Not the End (in conversation with Christina Soontornvat), 6PM

BookWoman, Sharon Solwitz reading and signing Once, in Lourdes, 5:30PM

Dallas

Interabang Books, Will Clarke signs The Neon Palm of Madame Melancon, 7PM

El Paso

El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "There's Nothing There" with Mzuri, 12:45PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Spotlight on Local Author: Beth Bowland signs Polaris, 2PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Philip McBride signs his Civil War historical novel, Tangled Honor, 2PM

Houston

Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Murder By the Book, Karin Slaughter will sign and discuss The Good Daughter, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, L.G. Siller reads and signs The Fulton Parks Scholarship Fund, 3PM

Lubbock

B&N, A Minor Fall book signing with Price Ainsworth, 1PM

B&N, Shock book signing with Chad Cartwright, 2PM

New Braunfels
The Purple Chair, Lauren Flake signs Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?: A Preschooler's Guide to Losing a Loved One, 10:30AM

Pearland

B&N - Broadway, Constance Parks signs The Secret Place, 2PM

San Antonio

Dead Tree Books, Shanalee Sharboneau signs My Mama Loves Me, 2PM

Sunday, August 13:

Austin

Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "The Other Me," 4PM

Dallas

Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author Farahana Kassam will sell and sign her parenting book Doing and Being, and local author Wayne Peterson will sell and sign his science fiction book Canopy of Hope, 1PM

The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas presents "The Sounds of Poetry: A Seminar on Poetry" with Joe Milazzo, 1PM

Southlake

B&N - Town Square, local author Gina Rice signs Finding Christ Through Chaos: A Mother's Walk with Christ, Caring for Her Special Needs Son that Couldn't, 1PM