Monday Roundup: TEXAS BOOKISH CALENDAR July 2-8, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of July 2-8, 2018:

Special Events:
8th Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition & Competition for American Bookbinding, Dallas, June 8-July 13

33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 28-July 29

Ongoing Exhibits:

Routine Fables, Houston, May 25-July 29

Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30

Monday, July 2:

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Books Artists Love: Gael Stack, David McGee, and Dana Frankfort, 7PM

Tuesday, July 3:

Austin

Hill's Cafe, Hearsay Poetry Night, 8PM

The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon, 7:30PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosts the Austin Slam Bowl, 7PM

San Antonio

The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry Early Bird Special, 8:30PM

Wednesday, July 4:

Austin
Austin Books & Comics, Cosmic Ghost Rider and Death of the Inhumans release party with Donny Cates, 7PM

Houston

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

Thursday, July 5:

Sugar Land

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

Weslaco
The Storybook Garden, Award-winning author David Bowles will read from his latest book, FEATHERED SERPENT, DARK HEART OF SKY, 6:30PM

Friday, July 6:

Abilene
South Branch Library, local author Susan Cartwright will be reading from her book The Time-Out Chair, 4:30PM

Austin

BookPeople, HENRY D. TERRELL speaking & signing Desert Discord: Marijuana, Music, and Murder in a West Texas Town, 7PM

Malvern Books, Kallisto Gaia Press presents The Ocotillo Review Volume 3, 7PM

Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Queer AF: A QPOC Poetry Show, 6:30PM

El Paso
Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Open Mic, 7:30PM

Houston
Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series: 43rd Anniversary featuring Houston Poet Laureate Deborah DEEP Mouton, 8:30PM

Murder By the Book, Dan Fesperman will sign and discuss Safe Houses, 6:30PM

Saturday, July 7:

Austin

Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate Unplugged: an inclusive open mic, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Amber Royer signs Free Chocolate, 2PM

Dallas Public Library, author Tui Snider presents Exploration of the Unexplained: Haunted Hotspots of Dallas, 3PM

Deep Vellum Books, Locals Only: A Texas Themed Art Show Zine, 7PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Portrait Session" with Victor Hernández, 12:45PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Saralyn Richard signing Murder in the One Percent, 1PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Weaving the Terrain: 100 Word Southwestern Poems, 7PM

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

Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, Sara Triana Mitchell reading and signing Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home for All, 1:30PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, John M. Manguso signing The Quadrangle, Texas (Images of America), 2PM

Brook Hollow Library, Martha Miller will be discussing her travel memoir, Times New Roman: How We Quit Our Jobs, Gave Away Our Stuff & Moved to Italy, 2PM

Dead Tree Books, Lisa Compton reading and signing Seven Seconds, 2PM

The Twig Book Shop, Paul Hamilton signing If I Were a Wizard, 11AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Writer's Workshop: "Finding the Essence" with Daniel García Ordaz, 2PM

Sugar Land

Half Price Books, local author Bryan Hope will sell and sign his sci-fi book, The Rhino's Horn, 1PM

Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Daniel Miller signing Texit: Why and How Texas Will Leave The Union, 2PM

Sunday, July 8:

Austin
BookPeople, Ben Rehder speaking and signing A Tooth for a Tooth, Billy Kring speaking and signing Hunter's Moon, Reavis Z. Wortham speaking & signing Hawke's War, 2PM

BookPeople, ROBIN DIANGELO speaking & signing White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, 5PM

Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Dog Days/Cat Nights," 4PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Dr. Brian King signs The Laughing Cure: Emotional and Physical Healing-- A Comedian Reveals Why Laughter Really is the Best Medicine, 1PM

The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Story Craft: Mastering the Art of Promises & Payoffs in Fiction" with Jaye Wells, 3PM

Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Dez Tovar will sell and sign her thriller, Bellowing Hollers, and local author Alice Parker will sell and sign her inspirational book, Move Past Your Past: A Process for Freeing Your Life, 1PM

The Wild Detectives, Kids In The Cliff story time: Stephanie Parsley Ledyard reading of her debut picture book, Pie Is For Sharing, 11AM