Houston History Book Fair & Symposium

Houston Arts & Media and Story Sloane’s Gallery
Present
Houston History Book Fair
& Symposium
Saturday, November 12, 2011
10 am till 4pm
at the Historic Heights Church of Christ
Heights Blvd and 16th Street

• Dozens of local history books available
• Meet the Authors
• Get your books autographed
• Door prizes

Different authors will speak about their books every half hour.

Speakers
in church library

10:30 – Michael Swanson, The Angel Baby

11:00 – Paul Hester, Houston's Silent Garden

11:30 –

12:00 – Arcadia Publishing Authors Panel Discussion

Arcadia Authors on preparing your book on local history: Anna Mod (Building Modern Houston), Daniel Monsanto (Houston: in Postcards Series), George Slaughter (Spring Branch), Doug Weiskopf (Rails Around Houston)

1:00 – Lucy Chambers, Bright Sky Press, on Book Proposals

1:30 – Jim Bevill, The Paper Republic

2:00 – Lucinda Freeman, Historic Houston: How to See it.

2:30 – Anne Sloan, Houston Heights

3:00 – JR Gonzales, Houston 175

3:30 – Story Sloane, Houston in the 1920s and 30s

Speakers
in classroom

10:30 - Harry Sargent, Lake Jackson

11:00 - Audrey Cook, Obedience Fort Smith

11:30 - David Welling, Cinema Houston

1:00 -

1:30 - Mike Vance, Houston's Sporting Life: 1900-1950

2:00 - Ed Cotham, Multiple Civil War Titles

2:30 - Dan Becker, Around La Porte

3:00 - Al Mitchell, Texas City

Other Authors Attending

Ann Becker, Houston 1860-1900; Lasker Meyer, Foley's; Omar Holguin, History of Woodland Heights; Sallie Gordon & Penny Jones, Courtlandt Place; and the Houston Chronicle's Houston 175

Thank Our Sponsors

Houston Arts Alliance
UH Hobby Center for Public Policy
Renee Cross
Houston Club
Arcadia Publishing
Houston Chronicle
Heights & Houston Tribune Newspapers
Chris Cookson
Beck's Prime