{"id":1534,"date":"2012-10-17T00:44:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2012-10-17T00:44:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T18:44:13","slug":"the-bird-saviors-texas-tour-2012-just-like-zz-top-only-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/10\/17\/the-bird-saviors-texas-tour-2012-just-like-zz-top-only-different\/","title":{"rendered":""The Bird Saviors" Texas Tour 2012: Just like ZZ Top, Only Different"},"content":{"rendered":"

So starting on Thursday I’ll be promoting my novel The Bird Saviors<\/em> at various events in Texas. Just like ZZ Top, only minus the beards, the guitars, the groupies, and . . . well, okay, nothing like ZZ Top. But I do promise to do a good job at each event, and try to make it as lively as possible. The novel has murderous polygamists, lecherous pawn shop owners, a good-hearted young mother, a grieving ornithologist, and two kidnappings (well, almost: you have to read the book), so it shouldn’t be dull. Here’s the schedule:
\nThursday, Oct 18th, 7 pm, at Blue Willow Books in Houston, who have given me a nice write-up here<\/a>, and the Houston Chronicle had a nice review in June, here<\/a>.
\nSaturday, Oct 20th, 1 pm, at Paragraphs Bookstore in South Padre Island, whose owner, Joni, has been most kind in arranging this, and will be my first visit to the Gulf (where I went to high school, near Corpus Christi) since 2009. I’m psyched to see the beach again.
\nMonday, Oct 22nd, 7 pm, at Book People in Austin, at my favorite bookstore in my favorite city in Texas, where I went to grad school.
\nThursday, Oct 25th, 5 pm, at the Twig Bookstore in San Antonio, where I lived until high school. And rumor has it the novel is going to be reviewed in The San Antonio-Express News<\/em> next Sunday, which would be cool.<\/span>
\nSunday, Oct 28th, 12:15-1:15 pm, at the Texas Book Festival (in The Lone Star Tent, which is on Congress Avenue between 8th<\/sup> & 9th<\/sup> streets), in a panel titled The Savage Southwest. The Texas Book Festival is much fun, full of outstanding writers, one of the premier book festivals in the country.<\/p>\n

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