Monday Roundup: TEXAS BOOKISH EVENTS for August 6-12, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of August 6-12, 2018: 

Special Events:
Harry Potter LeakyCon, Dallas, August 10-12

Texas Sports Hall of Fame 2nd Annual Book Festival, Waco, August 11

3rd Annual Literary Libations Week: a Lit Crawl Austin fundraiser, Austin, August 12-15

Ongoing Exhibits:

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

Monday, August 6:

Dallas
Interabang Books, a presentation by Faith & Grief Ministries about books to help in difficult times, 6:30PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Michael Arceneaux - I CAN’T DATE JESUS, 7PM

Tuesday, August 7:

Austin

BookPeople, BROOKE MCALARY speaking & signing Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World (in conversation with Tsh Oxenreider of The Art of Simple), 7PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Dallas

Klyde Warren Park, The Wild Detectives Locals Only Book Club hosts Shay Youngblood discussing Black Girl in Paris, 6PM

El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic, 8PM

Houston

Houston Public Library, Mimi Swartz discussing her latest book, Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart (in conversation with Maggie Galehouse), 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Ed Dramberger discussing and signing The Destination Diaries: How to Travel For Life, 5PM

Wednesday, August 8:

Austin
BookPeople, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest for an Artificial Heart, 7PM

Dallas
Sandaga 813, LitNight LitJam hosted by award-winning author Sanderia Faye, 7:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry Reading featuring Lisa Huffaker and Christopher Soden, 7:30PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now National Slam Team Send Off Show & Open Mic, 7:30PM

Thursday, August 9:

Austin
BookPeople, COLLEEN HOOVER speaking & signing All Your Perfects (moderated by blogger Vilma Iris Gonzalez), 7PM [ticketed event]

BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Dylan Krieger, 7:15PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night with Barbara Ann Wright, Matthew Borgard, and Erin Kennemer, 7PM

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, Antonia Williams-Gary discussing and signing her memoir, Reclaimed, 7:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Ben Koush presents CONSTRUCTING HOUSTON’S FUTURE, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Susan Elia MacNeal will sign and discuss The Prisoner In The Castle, the latest in her Edgar Nominated Maggie Hope series, and Susanna Kearsley will sign and discuss Bellewether, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, August 10:

Austin

BookPeople, KEVIN POWERS speaking & signing A Shout in the Ruins, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books - Mother Ship, meet New York Times bestselling paranormal fiction author Laurell K. Hamilton and pick up your signed copy of the new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Serpentine, 7PM

Interabang Books, Mary E. Pearson DANCE OF THIEVES, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, FuenteCo Youth Studio presents readings by Houston’s teen writers, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Laura Griffin will sign and discuss Desperate Girls, 6:30PM

The Woodlands
B&N, The Spread book signing with Lamont R. Chapman, 7PM

Saturday, August 11:

Austin

B&N - Arboretum, A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings book signing with William Reid, 2PM

BookPeople, Austin SCBWI meeting: Rivkah LaFille talks about how to explore technique, palette, and storytelling choices to create strong and distinctive narrative illustrations, 10AM

BookPeople, VANESSA ROEDER speaking & signing Lucy and the String, 2PM

Sterling Events Austin, NeoSoul Poetry Slam ft Atmosphere the Poet, 6PM

Dallas
Mockingbird Station, Writers Garret workshop: "Rail Writers: Deep Ellum Blues II" with Lisa Huffaker, 3:30PM

Denton
B&N - Golden Triangle Mall, Michelle Marlow story time and signing: S is the Most Delicious Sound, 2PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Moving Day: Relocation & Transformation" with songwriter, composer, and musician Doug Adamz, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Art House Dallas Awaken Creativity writers workshop with Kimberly Willis Holt, 9AM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, August Local Author Spotlight: Debi Hammond signing The Blanket: A Story of Healing, 12PM

GalvestonGalveston Bookshop, Frontier Forts of Texas (Images of America) book signing with Bill O’Neal, 2PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, special story time event with Astronaut Clayton Anderson, which will include a reading of A is for Astronaut, a Q&A event for aspiring future astronauts, and a book signing to follow, 11AM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Brian Smith will discuss and sign his book LIFTOFF!: THE TANK, THE STORM, AND THE ASTROS' IMPROBABLE ASCENT TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY, 3PM

Brazos Bookstore, Summer Reading Pizza Party, 2PM

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

Katy Budget Books, BookCulture: Syria, 1PM

Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis In-store Brunch: mimosas and nibbles to celebrate the release of The Masterpiece, 1PM

Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen will sign and discuss Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding, 4:30PM

Rudyard's British Pub, Poetry Open Mic hosted by Outspoken Bean, 8PM

Writespace, Workshop: "How to Outline your Novel" with D.L. Young, 1PM

Irving
Valley Branch Library, Friends Book Sale at Valley Ranch Library, 10AM

Lubbock
B&N, 13 Years Freely a Slave: And My Road to Freedom in Christ book signing with Belle Lee, 2PM

McAllen

B&N - Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Fred Rendon discussing and signing Are You Broken?, 5PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, Samuel G. May signing From the Pastor's Pen, 2PM

The Twig Book Shop, Margaret R. Mauze signing William the What-if Wonder, 11AM

Southlake
B&N - Town Center, Devri Walls signing Venators: Magic Unleashed, 12PM

Watauga
Half Price Books, local author Danielle Kullman will sell and sign her fantasy books, Lonely Dragon: In Pursuit of Truth and The Glass Sea: Three Days, Two Kings, One Crown, One Woman, One Choice, 1PM

Sunday, August 12:

Austin
BookPeople, A Science Party for Kids with Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla, hosts of the "Tumble Science Podcast for Kids," 2PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic with Mel Finefrock, 1PM

Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Eight Reasons To…,” 4PM

Dallas

The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Achieving Catharsis" with Amber Royer, 3PM

Half Price Books - Mother Ship, local author Tank Gunner will sell and sign his military fiction books, Cookie Johnson, Prompts, and Prompts, Too, and local author Wayne Peterson will sell and sign his science fiction novels, Canopy of Hope and Canopy of Mystery, 1PM

Interabang Books, Bree Barton HEART OF THORNS, 2PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, August Local Author Spotlight: Sheri Wilson signing Do I Have To?: Creating My Financial Plan, 12PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Feared, the newest book in the Rosato and Associates Series, and Sandra Brown will sign and discuss Tailspin, 4PM

Writespace, Workshop: "What Writers Need to Know about Author Websites" with Cynthia Childress, 3PM