Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar January 7-13, 2019

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of January 7-13, 2019: 

Ongoing Exhibits:

Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1

30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25, 2019

Monday, January 7:

Austin
BookPeople, XAVIER ATKINS speaking & signing Grace Street Alley and Other Stories, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Peter Hotez discussing and signing VACCINES DID NOT CAUSE RACHEL’S AUTISM, 7PM

Tuesday, January 8:

Austin

BookPeople, KATHERINE ARDEN speaking & signing The Winter of the Witch, 7PM

Chican Street Poets, Living Room Lit: Spoken Word Open Mic + Mingle, 7:15PM

Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department: Resolutions Kept, 7:30PM

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

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Hosted by Tova Charles, 7:15PM

Dallas
Interabang Books, John Clendening discussing and signing SIMPLE GLORY: THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUL OF AN AMERICAN TOWN, 7PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Matt Coyle will sign and discuss Wrong Light and Patricia Smiley will sign and discuss The Second Goodbye, 6:30PM

Stages Repertory Theatre, Tintero Projects monthly open mic featuring Natasha Carrizosa, 7PM

Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCWBI meeting: "Making the Most of an Illustrator’s Livelihood" with Bruce Foster, paper engineer, 7PM

Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM: "Intentions," 7:30PM

San Antonio

The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

The Twig Book Shop, Becky Crouch Patterson discussing and signing Luckenbach Texas: Center of the Universe, 5PM

Waco
Waco Hilton, retired Lt. Col. Allen West will discuss his latest book, Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death, during a McLennan County Republican Women meeting, 11:30 AM

Wednesday, January 9:

Austin
BookPeople, PATRICIA SMILEY speaking and signing The Second Goodbye, MATT COYLE speaking and signing Wrong Light, and PUJA GUHA speaking and signing The Ahriman Legacy books, 7PM

Dallas

Interabang Books, Dr. Edward B. Burger discussing and signing MAKING UP YOUR OWN MIND: THINKING EFFECTIVELY THROUGH CREATIVE PUZZLE-SOLVING, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight poetry reading with featured poets Darius Frasure and James Barrett Rodehaver, followed by an open mic, 7:30PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Lyd Havens, 7:30PM

Brazos Bookstore, Pete Gershon discussing and signing COLLISION, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Brad Taylor will sign and discuss Daughter of War, 6:30PM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: book signing and conversation with Saralyn Richard, author of Murder in the One Percent, 1PM

Thursday, January 10:

Austin
BookPeople, TURK PIPKIN speaking & signing A Christmas Song, 7PM

BookWoman, Second Thursday OPEN MIC with Kristy Peloquin, 7:15PM

Dallas

Interabang Books, Neil White reading and signing TURN A BLIND EYE, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice:" Chaitali Sen interviews writer and poet Anis Shivani, 7PM

Madrugadores Breakfast Club, Barkley Thomson discussing and signing his new book, In the Midst of the City, 7:30AM

St. Stephens Pecore Hall, Charles Kruvand discussing and signing Riverwoods: Exploring the Wild Neches, 7:30PM

Plano
B&N - Legacy West, Daughter of War (Pike Logan Series #13) book signing with Brad Taylor, 7PM

San Antonio

Igo Library, Hector Pacheco will discuss his new book, Canary Islanders of San Antonio, 2PM

The Twig Book Shop, Judge Nelson Wolff in conversation with Robert Rivard for Wolff's new book, The Changing Face of San Antonio, 5:30PM

Sugar Land
B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, January 11:

Austin
Malvern Books, "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice:"Chaitali Sen interviews writer and curator Lise Ragbir and esteemed visual artist Deborah Roberts, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth-and How You Can Too book signing with Chris Hogan, 6PM

Dallas Museum of Art, Dave Eggers discussing his new book, The Monk of Mokha, with Mokhtar Alkanshali, founder and CEO of Port of Mokha, 7:30PM

Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam's Girls Night Out: Surprise Feature, 7:30PM

Houston
Murder By the Book, Thomas Perry will sign and discuss his newest book The Burglar, 6:30PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Story Time: Jessie Oliveros reading The Remember Balloons, 10:30AM

Saturday, January 12:

Austin

BookPeople, CONOR RICHARDSON speaking & signing Millennial Money Makeover: Escape Debt, Save for Your Future, and Live the Rich Life Now, 5PM

Half Price Books - S. Lamar, Austin author Lilly Lewis will sell and sign copies of her new book, The Last Mermaid Princess, 12PM

Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Second Saturday Author Signing: Patsy Swendson will be signing copies of her brand new book, Gracie - Love is Blind: Tales of Life, Love & Healing, 11AM

Dallas

Interabang Books, Sajatha Jeffer discussing and signing BREAKING THE MOLD: YOU ARE ENOUGH, 7PM

Denton
Dan's Silver Leaf, Spiderweb Salon: New Year's Revolution, 7PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "The Masquerade Ball" with Sandra Torrez, 12:45PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, Joy Jones and Jim Nelson signing The Troves of Zac Love, 2PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Laurie McDonald discussing and signing TRAVEL FOR STOICS, 7PM

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

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company, Consenting Bodies: A Reading Series, 3PM & 7:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Tarif Youssef-Agha discussing and signing Hearts, Tears & the Journey of Life: Loving, Lamenting and Meditation, Middle Eastern Style, 3PM

Writespace, Monthly Workshop Open Mic, 7PM

Pflugerville
Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry Slam: Dallas Poetry Slam Takeover!, 6PM

San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Julia Karlstad signing Bariatric Fitness for Your New Life, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, Jessie Oliveros signing The Remember Balloons, 11AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: book signing and conversation with Gail Rollo, author of the children's book Gorilla of my Dreams, 1PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Mark Ellenbarger signing Drawing Fire, 1PM

Webster

B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting: Z.M. Wise discussing his new book, Kosmish and the Horned Ones (open mic follows), 10:30AM

Sunday, January 13:
Arlington
WORD HQ, "Wordworks" workshop for literary leaders, 1PM

Austin
BookPeople, HOLLY BLACK speaking & signing The Wicked King (in conversation with author Stina Leicht), 2PM [ticketed event]

BookWoman, Reading and signing for 48 Peaks with Cheryl Suchors, 3:30PM

Malvern Books, celebrate the release of All That is Evident is Suspect, the first collection in English to offer a life-size picture of the OuLiPo in its historical and contemporary incarnations, featuring a reading from Daniel Levin Becker, 2PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas native Kenneth Robinson will sell and sign copies of his book, Memoir of the Forgiven,  and Dallas native Tiarra Michelle will sell and sign copies of her book, Love Your Melanin, 1PM

Preston Royal Library, Poetry Society of Texas meeting and annual Poem-a-thon, 2:30PM

Houston
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company, Consenting Bodies: A Reading Series, 3PM

Plano

St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Bishop Scott J. Jones and his son, Rev. Arthur Jones, discussing and signing their second book, Scripture & The Wesleyan Way: A Bible Study on Real Christianity, 5:30PM

Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Dare to Dream in 2019" with Whitney Davis, 3PM

San Antonio
Barshop JCC, Juli Berwald discussing and signing Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, 5PM