Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 12-18, 2018: Special Events:
Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March 15
SXSW Conference & Festival, Austin, March 9-18
Barrio Writers Spring Break 2018, Austin, March 12-13
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam, Dallas, March 14-17
Permian Basin Comic Con, Midland, March 16
Ongoing Exhibits:
OK, I'll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness, Selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection, Dallas, January 18-March 28
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
Monday, March 12:
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
Monday, March 12:
Austin
Austin Central Library, Austin singer-songwriter Michael Fracasso sings and prepares recipes from his cookbook, Artist in the Kitchen: A Brief Autobiography in Food, 7PM
BookPeople, CLEO WADE speaking & signing Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life (in conversation with Elaine Welteroth), 7PM [ticketed signing line]
DallasAustin Central Library, Austin singer-songwriter Michael Fracasso sings and prepares recipes from his cookbook, Artist in the Kitchen: A Brief Autobiography in Food, 7PM
BookPeople, CLEO WADE speaking & signing Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life (in conversation with Elaine Welteroth), 7PM [ticketed signing line]
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Special story time: guest Houston author Cherie Foster Colburn (OUR SHADOW GARDEN; BLOOMIN’ TALES), reads tales and legends of our beautiful and hardy wildflowers, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Special story time: guest Houston author Cherie Foster Colburn (OUR SHADOW GARDEN; BLOOMIN’ TALES), reads tales and legends of our beautiful and hardy wildflowers, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Lamont “U-God” Hawkins discussing and signing RAW: MY JOURNEY INTO THE WU-TANG, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Lunch and book signing of The Third Victim with Phillip Margolin, 12PM
Murder By the Book, Phillip Margolin will sign and discuss The Third Victim, 6:30PM
Tuesday, March 13:
Tuesday, March 13:
Cherrywood Coffeehouse, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED8 with The Poetic Butcher, 7PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series with Matthew Dowd, author of A New Way, 6PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department presents "This American Life," 8PM
Dallas
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, journalist Anna Badkhen discussing and signing Fisherman’s Blues, 6:30PMHall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture presents John Schmutz, author of The Bloody Fifth, 12PM
Interabang Books, Penelope Bagieu reading and signing BRAZEN: REBEL LADIES WHO ROCKED THE WORLD (kids event), 7PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Five Kingdoms #5: Time Jumpers book signing with Brandon Mull, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kelly Barnhill reading and signing DREADFUL YOUNG LADIES, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Lars Kepler will sign and discuss The Sandman, 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, The Moth Story Slam, 7:30PM
Irving
Irving Public Library - Valley Ranch, storyteller Rochelle Rabouin presents Sunshine Butterfly and Moonlyte Moth, 2PM
San Angelo
San Angelo Writers' Club, Dana Glossbrenner presentation on "Self-Promotion and Other Monsters," 7PM
San Antonio
Interabang Books, Kelly Barnhill reading and signing DREADFUL YOUNG LADIES, 7PM
University Park United Methodist Church, C.C. Young Auxiliary Spring Fundraiser: Rosemary Rumbley presents “New Books With One Word Titles About Women: Rosemary, Louisa, Witches and Isadora”, 8AM
The Wild Detectives, Anna Badkhen will join local all-star Ben Fountain in conversation to discuss her new book, Fisherman’s Blues, 7:30PM
Denton
J&J's Pizza on the Square, Spiderweb Salon presents The Electronic Experiment III: poetry, storytelling, and music, 7PM
Interabang Books, Steve Coll discussing and signing DIRECTORATE S, 7PM
Midland
George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program reading event + free books!, 4:30PM
Sugar Land
Brazos Bookstore, local pop-up book artist Bruce Foster will read us pop-up stories and demonstrate how he engineers his paper magic, 10:30AM
Galveston Bookshop, Local naturalist Steve K. Alexander signing Exploring Galveston, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Victoria Surliuga discussing and signing EZIO GRIBAUDO: MY PINOCCHIO, 6PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
River Oaks Bookstore, Sherman P. MacDaniel discussing and signing Welcome Stranger: Alzheimer’s Caregivers Guide, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Using Tropes Effectively (and Fighting Cliches!)" with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM
Mason
M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "Texas Writes" workshop with Amy Gentry and Donna M. Johnson, 10AM
B&N - Ingram, local author Jeremy Banas signing The Iconic Pearl Brewery, 3PM
Dead Tree Books, Dianne Smithwick-Braden signing Flames of Wilbarger County, 2PM
The Overtime Theater, Poetry: Artisinal Gibberish with Tobias the Adequate, 9PM
The Twig Book Shop, Lynn Maverick Denzer signing Old Villita and La Villita Continues, 11AM
Sunday, March 18:
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Warehouse Live, The Moth Story Slam, 7:30PM
Irving
Irving Public Library - Valley Ranch, storyteller Rochelle Rabouin presents Sunshine Butterfly and Moonlyte Moth, 2PM
San Angelo
San Angelo Writers' Club, Dana Glossbrenner presentation on "Self-Promotion and Other Monsters," 7PM
San Antonio
The Library at Hotel Emma, When Words Sing: An Evening of Poetry with Barbara Ras, 6:30PM
The Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
San Antonio Central Library, Educator Coleen Grissom, author of A Novel Approach to Life and The World According to Coleen, will be speaking as part of Women's History Month programming, 7PM
Wednesday, March 14:
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us book signing with Roma Downey, 7PMThe Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
San Antonio Central Library, Educator Coleen Grissom, author of A Novel Approach to Life and The World According to Coleen, will be speaking as part of Women's History Month programming, 7PM
Wednesday, March 14:
Dallas
Interabang Books, Kelly Barnhill reading and signing DREADFUL YOUNG LADIES, 7PM
University Park United Methodist Church, C.C. Young Auxiliary Spring Fundraiser: Rosemary Rumbley presents “New Books With One Word Titles About Women: Rosemary, Louisa, Witches and Isadora”, 8AM
The Wild Detectives, Anna Badkhen will join local all-star Ben Fountain in conversation to discuss her new book, Fisherman’s Blues, 7:30PM
Denton
J&J's Pizza on the Square, Spiderweb Salon presents The Electronic Experiment III: poetry, storytelling, and music, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, story time celebrates our Houston Space Center with guest author and former NASA flight controller Marianne Dyson (SPACE STATION SCIENCE; HOME ON THE MOON; and the forthcoming TO THE MOON AND BACK: MY APOLLO ADVENTURE, a pop-up book written with astronaut Buzz Aldrin), 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, story time celebrates our Houston Space Center with guest author and former NASA flight controller Marianne Dyson (SPACE STATION SCIENCE; HOME ON THE MOON; and the forthcoming TO THE MOON AND BACK: MY APOLLO ADVENTURE, a pop-up book written with astronaut Buzz Aldrin), 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Tayari Jones reading and signing Oprah's newest pick, AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, 7PM
Four Leaf Towers, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Benedicte Valentiner discussing and signing Bedtime and Other Stories from the President's Guest House, 6:30PM
Four Leaf Towers, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Benedicte Valentiner discussing and signing Bedtime and Other Stories from the President's Guest House, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Jack Carr will sign and discuss The Terminal List, 6:30PM
Irving
Irving Public Library - Valley Ranch, Spring is in the Air with storyteller Margaret Clauder, 2PM
Thursday, March 15:
Irving
Irving Public Library - Valley Ranch, Spring is in the Air with storyteller Margaret Clauder, 2PM
Thursday, March 15:
Austin
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, WITS Story Slam, 6PMRiver Oaks Bookstore, Sharon Stewart discussing and signing Volume: Cooking for Community, 5PM
St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Adam Hamilton speaking about his book UNAFRAID: LIVING WITH COURAGE AND HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, 7PMMidland
George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program reading event + free books!, 4:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us book signing with Roma Downey, 7PM
Friday, March 16:
Dallas
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us book signing with Roma Downey, 7PM
Friday, March 16:
Dallas
Interabang Books, Diane DeSanders reading and signing HAP AND HAZARD AND THE END OF THE WORLD, 7PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, George Arnold signing Ramblin' Rogue, 4PMHouston
Brazos Bookstore, local pop-up book artist Bruce Foster will read us pop-up stories and demonstrate how he engineers his paper magic, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Scott Parazynski discussing and signing THE SKY BELOW, 7PM [signing pass required]
New Braunfels
The Purple Chair, Story time with Sandy Loker, author of Snipets from Heaven, 10:30AM
Saturday, March 17:Amarillo
Chase Tower, Texas High Plains Writers meeting: "Adding Humor to Your Writing" with K.J. Waters and Kim Hunt Harris, 10AM
Austin
Chase Tower, Texas High Plains Writers meeting: "Adding Humor to Your Writing" with K.J. Waters and Kim Hunt Harris, 10AM
Austin
Austin Public Library - Carver, Meet the Author: Zenobia Orimoloye, author of Bits of Pieces and Choices, a book of poetry and short stories, 1PM
Little Walnut Creek Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring poet and professor Ken Hada, 1:30PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Scrivener for Newbies: The Program Writers Rave About" with Katherine Catmull, 10AM
Big Spring
Heritage Museum, Bryan Mealer discussing and signing The Kings of Big Spring, 6:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Jude Angelini reading and signing HUMMINGBIRD: ESSAYS, 7PM
Big Spring
Heritage Museum, Bryan Mealer discussing and signing The Kings of Big Spring, 6:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Jude Angelini reading and signing HUMMINGBIRD: ESSAYS, 7PM
Denton
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Irish Poets" with Kit Wren, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
TCU Bookstore, Survival on Mystery Mesa book launch party with George Goldthwaite, 10:30AM
Fort Worth
TCU Bookstore, Survival on Mystery Mesa book launch party with George Goldthwaite, 10:30AM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Local author Saralyn Richard signing Murder in the One Percent, 1PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, George Arnold signing Ramblin' Rouge, 10AMBrazos Bookstore, Victoria Surliuga discussing and signing EZIO GRIBAUDO: MY PINOCCHIO, 6PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Writespace, Workshop: "Using Tropes Effectively (and Fighting Cliches!)" with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM
Mason
M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "Texas Writes" workshop with Amy Gentry and Donna M. Johnson, 10AM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Mark J. Kubala, MD, discussing and signing The Execution of Jesus the Christ, 2PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Dianne Smithwick-Braden signing Flames of Wilbarger County, 2PM
The Overtime Theater, Poetry: Artisinal Gibberish with Tobias the Adequate, 9PM
The Twig Book Shop, Lynn Maverick Denzer signing Old Villita and La Villita Continues, 11AM
Sunday, March 18:
Austin
The Long Center, Bill Murray, Jan Vogler, and Friends present New Worlds, a joint program that showcases the core of American values in literature and music, 7:30PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Elizabeth Kostova and her new novel, The Shadow Land, 2PM
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Therone Shellman will sell and sign his spiritual book Third Eye Awakening, 1PM
El Paso
El Paso International Museum of Arts, Sunday Salon: Robin Scofield reading from her most recent book, FLOW, as well as new work, 2PM
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Therone Shellman will sell and sign his spiritual book Third Eye Awakening, 1PM
El Paso
El Paso International Museum of Arts, Sunday Salon: Robin Scofield reading from her most recent book, FLOW, as well as new work, 2PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, George Arnold signing Ramblin' Rogue, 10AM
Brazos Bookstore, Public Poetry featuring Jane Chance, Carolyn Dahl, Gabrielle Langley, Stacy R. Nigliazzo, Aleenah Spencer, and Chris Wise, 5PM
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Cool Brains! Spring Break Fest with JUAN FELIPE HERRERA, 2PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Barrio Writers Teen Workshop with Leticia Urieta, 3:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Public Poetry featuring Jane Chance, Carolyn Dahl, Gabrielle Langley, Stacy R. Nigliazzo, Aleenah Spencer, and Chris Wise, 5PM
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Cool Brains! Spring Break Fest with JUAN FELIPE HERRERA, 2PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Barrio Writers Teen Workshop with Leticia Urieta, 3:30PM
South Lake
B&N - Town Square, Obsidio B&N Exclusive Edition book discussion and signing with Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, 2PM
