{"id":855,"date":"2013-03-22T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2013-03-22T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:00:32","slug":"april-meet-greet-set-for-saturday-the-20th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"April Meet &#038; Greet Set for Saturday the 20th, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?attachment_id=760\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-760\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-760\" title=\"Galveston Bookshop Monthly Meet &amp; Greet\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wpbeta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/meetgreet-logo-450.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our fourth Monthly Meet &amp; Greet is on <strong>April 20th<\/strong>. Each month we will feature a book discussion and signing with 2 or 3 Texas writers with an emphasis on emerging talent and first books.<\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s meeting features a haunting and poetic collection of ghost stories, a monograph of area life, and a medical thriller with metaphysical overtones.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Saturday April 20th, 2013<br \/>\n3:00-5:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meet this month&#8217;s guests:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wpbeta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-secret-life250.jpg\" alt=\"The Secret Life\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-856\" style=\"margin-right:15px;\" \/><strong>The Secret Life: Ghost Stories<\/strong><br \/>by James Ulmer<\/p>\n<p>An award nominated collection of haunting and poetic short stories, some of which are set in Galveston.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wpbeta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/treasures-art-and-life250.jpg\" alt=\"Treasures: Art + Life\" width=\"192\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-857\" style=\"margin-right:15px;\" \/><strong>Treasures: Art + Life<\/strong><br \/>by Fischer Bessi<\/p>\n<p>A monograph capturing life on the island and around the county, its scenes and pleasures, artisans and merchants, visitors and residents in color photography.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wpbeta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/a-jealous-god250.jpg\" alt=\"A Jealous God\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-858\" style=\"margin-right:15px;\" \/><strong>A Jealous God<\/strong><br \/>Dee Wilbur<\/p>\n<p>A legal\/medical thriller set locally. An investigation into some suspicious birth defect cases leads to a large chemical company and beyond.<\/p>\n<div><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Saturday and meet the authors!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming event dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May<\/strong>: Saturday the 11th<br \/>\n<strong>June<\/strong>: Saturday the 22nd<br \/>\n<strong>July<\/strong>: No event this month.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Texas writer and would like to participate, please contact Sharan Zwick at (409) 750-8200 or email at oleandercity@yahoo.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our fourth Monthly Meet &amp; Greet is on April 20th. Each month we will feature a book discussion and signing with 2 or 3 Texas writers with an emphasis on emerging talent and first books. This month&#8217;s meeting features a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=855\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">April Meet &#038; Greet Set for Saturday the 20th, 2013<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}