News
TIL Best First Fiction Award
http://www.reporternews.com/news/local/former-abilenian-wins-literary-award-308855fe-02b7-199b-e053-0100007f4c31-375955171.html?_r=0/
Texas Monthly's Ten Writers to Watch
http://www.texasmonthly.com/list/the-10-writers-to-watch-and-read/mary-helen-specht-and-nan-cuba/?_r=0/
New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/books/review/editors-choice.html?_r=0/
New York Times Book Review on Migratory Animals
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/books/review/mary-helen-spechts-migratory-animals.html?_r=0/
Boston Globe review of Migratory Animals
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/01/23/book-review-migratory-animals-mary-helen-specht/fsGsKtAWnaYiGh8750vehN/story.html/
Dallas Observer review of Migratory Animals
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2015/02/in_mary_helen_spechts_elegiac_migratory_animals_college_friends_encounter_adulthood.php/
Dallas Morning News review of Migratory Animals
http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/books/20150206-fiction-review-migratory-animals-by-mary-helen-specht.ece/
Texas Observer review of Migratory Animals
http://www.texasobserver.org/observer-review-migratory-animals-mary-helen-specht//
An IndieNext Pick for February
http://www.bookweb.org/news/february-2015-indie-next-list-preview/
An Apple iBooks Pick for January
Mississippi Library Commission Best Adult Fiction of 2015
https://www.pinterest.com/MSLibraryComm/best-adult-fiction-2015//
Austin Chronicle Interview
http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2015-01-16/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go//
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/books/2015-01-15/specht-speaks//
"Texas Matters" interview
http://tpr.org/post/texas-matters-mary-helen-specht-writes-texas/
Austin American-Statesman Select Book for January
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/entertainment/books-literature/migratory-animals-spechts-novel-meditates-on-the-n/njkGL/?icmp=statesman_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_statesmanstubtomystatesmanpremium#1cb0e1f1.3917188.735616/
Interview with Kirkus
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/mary-helen-specht//
Powell's playlist for Migratory Animals
http://www.powells.com/blog/playlist/the-powells-playlist-mary-helen-specht-by-mary-helen-specht//
Brazos bookstore #debooze
http://www.brazosbookstore.com/article/feature/debooze-mary-helen-specht/
Migratory Animals on hometown news
http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/ktab4u/d/story/texas-star-trading-co-talks-new-book-migratory-ani/29160/UrGIqkaBU0CHSYYSl4eYVg/
Texas Book Festival Q&A
http://www.texasbookfestival.org/qa-debut-author-mary-helen-specht//
Texas Monthly Checklist includes Migratory Animals
http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/checklist-of-things-to-see-read-watch-in-january-2015-texas/
The Writing Barn Author Spotlight
http://www.thewritingbarn.com/austin-author-spotlight-mary-helen-specht//
Recommended for Adults (Sorry, Kids!)
http://itsnothouitsme.com/2014/12/11/5-houston-books-that-are-perf-presents-for-adults//
Publisher's Weekly review
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-234603-2/
Kirkus review
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-helen-specht/migratory-animals//
Interview w/ Read to Write Stories
http://readtowritestories.com/2013/08/29/an-interview-with-mary-helen-specht//
Events
Migratory Animals book launch at Book People
Tues., Jan. 20, 2015, 7–8pm
603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
Brazos Bookstore reading
Thurs., Jan. 22, 2015, 7–8pm
2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
Texas Star Trading Co. book signing
Sat., Jan. 24, 2015, 1-3pm
174 Cypress St, Abilene, TX 79601
KUT's Views and Brews
Mon., Jan. 26, 2015, 6:00pm
The Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX
Words and Wine
Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 7:30pm
The Writing Barn, Austin, TX
Tattered Cover Book Store event
Sat., Jan. 31, 2015
Denver, CO
Dionysium lecture
Wed., Feb. 4, 2015, 7pm
Alamo Drafthouse, West Anderson Ln., Austin, TX
Books-A-Million reading
Sat., Feb. 7, 2015, 2pm
5347 North W Loop 1604, San Antonio, TX
St. Edward's reading w/ Tomas Morin and others
Tues., Feb. 17, 2015, 5:30pm
Jones Auditorium, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX
Wild Detectives bookstore and bar reading
Tues., Feb. 19, 2015, 6:30pm
314 W. 8th St. Dallas, TX 75208
O. Henry Museum panel discussion with Amanda Eyre Ward and Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
Thurs., Feb. 24, 2015, 7pm
Book People, Austin, TX
Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse reading
Mon., Mar. 2, 2015, 7pm
Austin Java 1206 Parkway Austin, TX 78703
Copperfield's Books "Debut Brews"
Mon., Mar. 16, 2015, 6pm
Jamison's Roaring Donkey 146 Kentucky Street Petaluma, CA. 94952
Book Passage bookstore reading
Thurs., Mar. 19, 2015, 6pm
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
Emerson College public reading w/ Steve Himmer
Mar. 27, 2015, 6-8pm
Emerson College, Boston, MA (CoLab room of the Iwasaki Library)
Knox-Bennett guest reading
Apr. 1, 2015, 7:30pm
McMurry University, Abilene, Texas
Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference panel w/ Scott Blackwood, Doug Dorst, Charlotte Gullick and W. Joe Hoppe
April 10, 2015 9:30am
Minneapolis, MN
San Antonio Book Festival
April 11, 2015
San Antonio, Texas
Texas Library Association panel State Treasures: Texas Authors
Apr. 15, 2015, 2pm
500 E Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX
Reading at Southwestern University
Monday Apr. 20, 2015, 4pm
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
New Fiction Confab w/ Viet Thanh Nguyen and Rebecca Makkai
Saturday Apr. 25, 2015, 2pm
Austin Public Library, Austin, TX
McNally Jackson Books reading w/ Merritt Tierce
May 11, 2015, 7pm
52 Prince St New York, N
WLT's Agents and Editors conference
Saturday June 27, 2015
http://www.writersleague.org/38/Conference
West Texas Book Festival
Saturday September 26, 2015
Abilene, Texas
Texas Book Festival
October 16 and 17, 2015
Austin, Texas
Writer's League of Texas panel
February 18, 2016
Book People, Austin, Texas
University of Tulsa reading
March, 28, 2016
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ney Flash Fiction Festival w Deb Olin Unferth, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho and others
April, 24, 2016, 2-4pm
Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas
Malvern Books reading w Thomas McNeely and Elizabeth Harris
May, 13, 2016, 7pm
Malvern Books, Austin, Texas
Evening with the Authors
October, 1, 2016, 6-9pm
Lockhart Public Library, Lockhart, Texas