Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 1-7, 2017: Special Events:
The Writer's Garret "Beyond 21 Celebration," Dallas, May 5-7
Gulf Coast Indie Book Fair, Houston, May 6
Free Comic Book Day, statewide, May 6
8th Annual Books Alive! Children's Book Celebration, Houston, May 6
10th Annual DFW Writers Conference, Dallas, May 6-7
Ongoing Exhibits:
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kristen Radtke discusses and signs IMAGINE WANTING ONLY THIS, 7PM
University of Houston, Bassem Youssef, author of Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring, presents ’The Joke is Mightier Than the Sword,’ 7PM
Tuesday, May 2:
Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6-July 16
The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18
The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites, Fort Worth, January 21-May 7
Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15-July 1
EVERYDAY PEOPLE: THE ART OF JAMES E. RANSOME (a National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibition), Abilene, March 9-May 19
Texas Writers Exhibition, Fredericksburg, May 1-31
Monday, May 1:
The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18
The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites, Fort Worth, January 21-May 7
Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15-July 1
EVERYDAY PEOPLE: THE ART OF JAMES E. RANSOME (a National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibition), Abilene, March 9-May 19
Texas Writers Exhibition, Fredericksburg, May 1-31
Monday, May 1:
Austin
BookPeople, RICHARD ROTHSTEIN speaking & signing The Color of Law, 7PM
BookWoman, An Evening of Queer Memoir with Sam Peterson & Paige Schilt, 7PM
Dallas
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, a conversation with Dr. Beck Weathers, author of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest, 6:30PM
BookPeople, RICHARD ROTHSTEIN speaking & signing The Color of Law, 7PM
BookWoman, An Evening of Queer Memoir with Sam Peterson & Paige Schilt, 7PM
Dallas
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, a conversation with Dr. Beck Weathers, author of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest, 6:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kristen Radtke discusses and signs IMAGINE WANTING ONLY THIS, 7PM
University of Houston, Bassem Youssef, author of Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring, presents ’The Joke is Mightier Than the Sword,’ 7PM
Austin
BookPeople, MICHAEL FRY speaking & signing How to be a Supervillain, 7PM
Malvern Books, Echo Literary Magazine Launch, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring SC Says & NEW SHIT Slam, 7PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, Echo Literary Magazine Launch, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring SC Says & NEW SHIT Slam, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Becky Wade signs True to You, 7PM
Parish Episcopal School – Midway Campus, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Adam Roberts discussing and signing Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation, 6:30PM
SMU, Tate Lecture Series hosts Alan Alda, actor and author of If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (Relating to and Communicating with Others), 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Festival: Chris Kraus, author of Aliens & Anorexia, Where Art Belongs, and I Love Dick, will read selected texts and participate in a brief discussion moderated by Ann Friedman, 7:30PM
Parish Episcopal School – Midway Campus, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Adam Roberts discussing and signing Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation, 6:30PM
SMU, Tate Lecture Series hosts Alan Alda, actor and author of If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (Relating to and Communicating with Others), 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Festival: Chris Kraus, author of Aliens & Anorexia, Where Art Belongs, and I Love Dick, will read selected texts and participate in a brief discussion moderated by Ann Friedman, 7:30PM
Fort Worth
Brazos Bookstore, Voices Breaking Boundaries celebration for the release of BORDERLINES VOL. THREE, 7PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Savannah Blue & Winston Derden, 6:30PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Savannah Blue & Winston Derden, 6:30PM
University of Houston, The Power of Political Satire: A Conversation with Bassem Youssef (Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring) and Jòn Gnarr (The Outlaw), 3PM
San Antonio
San Antonio
Austin
BookPeople, JEFF GUINN speaking & signing The Road to Jonestown, 7PM
BookWoman, Lyn Coffin & Transcendental Zero Press present This Green Life: New & Selected Poems/The Adventures of a Boy Named Piccolo, 7PM
Bullock History Museum, High Noon Talk: Caroline Gnagy will discuss Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History, 12PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Author-Speaker series featuring David Eric Tomlinson, 6:15PM
Malvern Books, ACC Creative Writing Literary Release Party for The Rio Review, 7PMBookPeople, JEFF GUINN speaking & signing The Road to Jonestown, 7PM
BookWoman, Lyn Coffin & Transcendental Zero Press present This Green Life: New & Selected Poems/The Adventures of a Boy Named Piccolo, 7PM
Bullock History Museum, High Noon Talk: Caroline Gnagy will discuss Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History, 12PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Author-Speaker series featuring David Eric Tomlinson, 6:15PM
Conroe
Lone Star College, SWIRL Literary & Arts Journal Unveiling Party, 5:30PM
Dallas
Latino Cultural Center, an evening of poetry, music, conversation, and book signing with Natalia Toledo Paz, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Festival: Join journalist Ann Friedman for a conversation about online criticism, gender, and media, followed by a Q&A with Sara Button, editor of The Dentonite, 7:30PM
Frisco
Stonebriar Country Club, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Adam Roberts discussing and signing Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation, 7:30AM
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Festival: Join journalist Ann Friedman for a conversation about online criticism, gender, and media, followed by a Q&A with Sara Button, editor of The Dentonite, 7:30PM
Frisco
Stonebriar Country Club, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Adam Roberts discussing and signing Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation, 7:30AM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene, 7:30PM
San Antonio
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Rebar, Kinyo Poetry Live: "Changeless," 8:30PM
Thursday, May 4:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Brian Smith signs The Birth of a Brand, 7PM
BookPeople, LEMONY SNICKET and LISA BROWN speaking & signing Goldfish Ghost, 6PM
Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions Presents: Book Discussion with Rebecca Schwarz, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Bryan
Grand Stafford Theater, Rob Clark launch party for Live From Aggieland, 7PM
B&N - Arboretum, Brian Smith signs The Birth of a Brand, 7PM
BookPeople, LEMONY SNICKET and LISA BROWN speaking & signing Goldfish Ghost, 6PM
Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions Presents: Book Discussion with Rebecca Schwarz, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Bryan
Grand Stafford Theater, Rob Clark launch party for Live From Aggieland, 7PM
Conroe
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Festival: Shay Youngblood will read an excerpt from her novel in progress, Widows of America, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, TBH: 51 True Story Collabs book signing with Hunter March, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Gail Carson Levine will discuss and sign her newest novel THE LOST KINGDOM OF BAMARRE, 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Rachel Cohn will be in conversation with Jennifer Mathieu as she discusses and signs KILL ALL HAPPIES, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Cindy Wang discusses and signs LITERARY YARNS, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Jeff Guinn will sign and discuss The Road to Jonestown, 6:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Cindy Wang discusses and signs LITERARY YARNS, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Jeff Guinn will sign and discuss The Road to Jonestown, 6:30PM
Spring Branch Memorial Branch Library, Free Comic Book Day presents a meet & greet and book signing with Dave Roman, author of the Astronaut Academy series, 4PM
Kingwood
Lone Star College, Writers Speakers and Ideas: Ramiro Martinez discusses They Call Me Ranger Ray: From the UT Tower Sniper to Corruption in South Texas, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Guadalupe Theater, Autograph Series Free Public Reading Featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, 7PM
Friday, May 5:
Friday, May 5:
Austin
BookPeople, ELIZABETH WEIN speaking & signing The Pearl Thief, 7PM
Malvern Books, Pterodáctilo Presents: Poetry & Ptamale Party, 6:30PM
BookPeople, ELIZABETH WEIN speaking & signing The Pearl Thief, 7PM
Malvern Books, Pterodáctilo Presents: Poetry & Ptamale Party, 6:30PM
Beaumont
B&N - Parkdale, Son of Bum: Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Football and Life book signing with Wade Phillips, 7PMDeep Vellum Books, an evening of poetry and conversation with poets Bruce Bond and Cyrus Cassells, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kathryn Scoblick discusses and signs DITCH THE DIETS, 7PM
Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring Anis Shivani, 8:30
Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring Anis Shivani, 8:30
Lubbock
Texas Tech University Press Bookstore, As part of First Friday Art Trail, Bob Horton will sign Of Bulletins and Booze: A Newsman's Story of Recovery, 7PM
San Antonio
The McNay Leeper Auditorium, Autograph Ticketed Author Luncheon/Colloquium Featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, 11:30AM
San Benito
The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, Bárbara Renaud González reads from Las Nalgas de JLo/JLo's Booty: The Best & Most Notorious Calumnas & Other Writings by the First Chicana Columnist in Texas 1995-2005, 7PMSaturday, May 6:
Austin
BookPeople, CAROLINE LEECH speaking and signing Wait For Me, and JENNIFER PARK speaking & signing The Shadows We Know by Heart, 2PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Charles Alexander, Ash Smith & Ken Jacobs, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "How to Conceive and Structure Personal Essays" with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, 10AM
Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Charles Alexander, Ash Smith & Ken Jacobs, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "How to Conceive and Structure Personal Essays" with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, 10AM
Bellaire
Southwest Presbyterian Church, Houston Writers House workshops: "How to Write a Short Story in One Day" and "How to Publish a Book" with Marianne Dyson, 10AMDallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Will Wilder #2: The Lost Staff of Wonders book signing with Raymond Arroyo, 3PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold signs Tragedy of the Commons, 10AM
Dallas Public Library - North Oak Cliff, Charolette Washington reads The Champ's Great Fight, 11AM
The Wild Detectives, Sady Doyle will be reading from her book Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why, 12:30PM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: "Power of Voice, Power of Place" with Mong-Lan, 2PM
GarlandB&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold signs Tragedy of the Commons, 10AM
Dallas Public Library - North Oak Cliff, Charolette Washington reads The Champ's Great Fight, 11AM
The Wild Detectives, Sady Doyle will be reading from her book Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why, 12:30PM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: "Power of Voice, Power of Place" with Mong-Lan, 2PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Son of Bum: Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Football and Life book signing with Wade Phillips, 2PMB&N - Westheimer, Local author Ambit Welder signing The Case of the Barille Blood, 2PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Guest editor Sandi Stromberg and featured poets read from Untameable City: Poems on the Nature of Houston, 4PM
Writespace, Spring Open House, 2PM
Midland
B&N, Mary Jo Saavedra signs Caregiving 101: A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care and Wellbeing, 11AM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk, Guest Author Rosie Pova reads If I Weren't With You at storytime, 11AM
Writespace, Spring Open House, 2PM
Midland
B&N, Mary Jo Saavedra signs Caregiving 101: A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care and Wellbeing, 11AM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk, Guest Author Rosie Pova reads If I Weren't With You at storytime, 11AM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Andrea' Porter Meet & Greet and Book Signing of Second Chance at Love, 3PM
San Antonio
Fleur Fine Books, Andrea' Porter Meet & Greet and Book Signing of Second Chance at Love, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Michael Kihntopf discusses and signs Wars Without End, Battles Without Winners, France to Petrograd March 1918-December 1920, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Steve Copling book signing Sage Alexander and the Hall of Nightmares, 2PM
Waco
B&N, Kantorbury Tails book signing with Anna Schuster Kantor, 11AMSunday, May 7:
Austin
Austin Books & Comics, James Venhaus signs Night Owl Society #1, 12PM
BookPeople, DONNA MARIE MILLER speaking & signing The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk, 2PM
BookPeople, ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking & signing City of Miracles, 5PM
BookWoman, Grow Happy with authors Jon Lasser & Sage Lasser-Foster: An Interactive Reading, 2PM
Malvern Books, Analecta 43 Release Party, 1PM
BookPeople, DONNA MARIE MILLER speaking & signing The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk, 2PM
BookPeople, ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking & signing City of Miracles, 5PM
BookWoman, Grow Happy with authors Jon Lasser & Sage Lasser-Foster: An Interactive Reading, 2PM
Malvern Books, Analecta 43 Release Party, 1PM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "Sticking the Landing: How to End Your Novel" with Sara Kocek, 3:30PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, George Arnold signs Tragedy of the Commons, 10AM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letter Live hosts Scott Westerfeld discussing and signing The Spill Zone, 3PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, The Dock Bookshop 9th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Fundraiser, 4PM
Houston
Half Price Books - Montrose, Raymond Arroyo signing Will Wilder: The Lost Staff of Wonders, 2PM
MaryScott Hagle’s historic Heights home, WITS fundraiser: Poetry Concert with internationally acclaimed youth poets from the Meta-Four Houston team, 7PM
Richmond
George Memorial Library, Graphic Novel Day featuring special guest appearances and book signings by popular graphic novelists Falynn Koch, Dave Roman, and Ru Xu, 1:30PM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letter Live hosts Scott Westerfeld discussing and signing The Spill Zone, 3PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, The Dock Bookshop 9th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Fundraiser, 4PM
Houston
Half Price Books - Montrose, Raymond Arroyo signing Will Wilder: The Lost Staff of Wonders, 2PM
MaryScott Hagle’s historic Heights home, WITS fundraiser: Poetry Concert with internationally acclaimed youth poets from the Meta-Four Houston team, 7PM
Richmond
George Memorial Library, Graphic Novel Day featuring special guest appearances and book signings by popular graphic novelists Falynn Koch, Dave Roman, and Ru Xu, 1:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, K Wendt reads and signs Emma's Journey, 11AM