Special Events:
Mega Corazón 2018 Spoken-Word Marathon, San Antonio, April 2
Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Dallas, April 3-6
Dallas Lit Hop 2018, April 5-29
26th Annual Austin International Poetry Festival, April 5-8
Latinx Shakespeare: A Borderlands Drama Symposium, San Antonio, April 6
Fan Expo Dallas, April 6-8
30th Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Book Publishing Ceremony and Dinner, Austin, April 6
Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting & Banquet, San Antonio, April 6-7
10th Annual Lone Star LesFic Festival, Austin, April 7
2018 North Texas Book Festival, Denton, April 7
2018 Dallas Book Festival, April 7
6th San Antonio Book Festival, April 7
Ongoing Exhibits:
Monday, April 2:
B&N - SMU, Professor MARC I. STEINBERG book release for THE FEDERALIZATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, 5PM
Interabang Books, Jonathan Evison reading and signing LAWN BOY, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Service Storytelling Night honoring National Service Recognition Day, 6:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Thunderhead (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM
Bowl & Barrel, Readers 2 Leaders presents Lanes 2 Literacy, 6PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of SMU Libraries present Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms and NEW POWER: How Movements Build, Businesses Thrive, and Ideas Catch Fire, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, The Gilbert Lecture Series hosts Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand and "Hidden Figures in Civil Rights History: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South," 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Verónica Gerber Bicecci reading and discussing Empty Set with translator Christina MacSweeney, 7:30PM
El Paso
UTEP, 33rd Annual Literature Lecture with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. John Matteson, author of Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, 7:30PM
Houston
UTSA, First Generation Poetry Slam!, 8PM
Sugar Land
Brazos Bookstore, Theodora Bishop reading and signing ON THE ROCKS, 7PM
Inprint House, Inprint’s First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Adrienne Perry, 8:30PM
Murder By the Book, Kathryn Casey will sign and discuss her newest book, In Plain Sight: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders, 6:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - River Oaks, Nick Anthony Russo signing Quiver of Eros, 2PM
Body, Mind & Soul, psychic medium and author Jane de Forest discussing and signing Love Never Dies, 2PM (followed by an Intuition Workshop and Gallery Readings with author Jane de Forest, 3PM)
Brazos Bookstore, This spring, Inprint awarded 10 prizes ranging from $1,000 – $10,000 to students studying creative writing in Houston. Winners of these prizes will give short readings from their work, followed by a reception, 5PM
Murder By the Book, Sonali Dev will sign and discuss A Distant Heart, 4:30PM
Williams Sonoma Highland Village, Giada De Laurentiis celebrates the launch of her new book, Giada’s Italy, 1PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Be Genuinely Funny in Your Writing" with Adam Holt, 9:30AM
Irving
South Irving Library, El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), 2PM
B&N - Town Square, Lance Alston signing Wealthfulness: Simple Steps to Financial Health and Happiness, 2PM
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
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4
Monday, April 2:
Interabang Books, Elizabeth Smart discussing and signing WHERE THERE’S HOPE, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Avery Neal discussing and signing IF HE’S SO GREAT, WHY DO I FEEL SO BAD?, 7PM
Houston Public Library, Wayne Wiegand presents his book The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism, 6PM
Murder By the Book, C.J. Box will sign and discuss the newest Joe Pickett novel, The Disappeared, 6:30PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI-Houston meeting: "Demons and Better Angels: Finding the Path to Our Truest Stories (and a Little Bit of Peace of Mind)" with Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, 7PM
Tuesday, April 3:
Brazos Bookstore, Avery Neal discussing and signing IF HE’S SO GREAT, WHY DO I FEEL SO BAD?, 7PM
Houston Public Library, Wayne Wiegand presents his book The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism, 6PM
Murder By the Book, C.J. Box will sign and discuss the newest Joe Pickett novel, The Disappeared, 6:30PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI-Houston meeting: "Demons and Better Angels: Finding the Path to Our Truest Stories (and a Little Bit of Peace of Mind)" with Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, 7PM
Tuesday, April 3:
Austin
Central Presbyterian Church, Film Icon SEAN PENN presents his first novel, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff (in conversation with Douglas Brinkley), 7PM[ticketed event]
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Semi-Finals Hosted by Tova Charles, 7PM
Canyon
First United Bank Center, WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series presents Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York, 7PM
Cleburne
The Published Page Bookshop, Ribbon Cutting and Open House for The Published Page Bookshop, 10AM
Dallas
The Adolphus, SCBWI-North Dallas meeting: School Visit Tips with Baptiste & Miranda Paul, 7PMSpiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Semi-Finals Hosted by Tova Charles, 7PM
Canyon
First United Bank Center, WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series presents Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York, 7PM
Cleburne
The Published Page Bookshop, Ribbon Cutting and Open House for The Published Page Bookshop, 10AM
Dallas
B&N - SMU, Professor MARC I. STEINBERG book release for THE FEDERALIZATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, 5PM
Interabang Books, Jonathan Evison reading and signing LAWN BOY, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Service Storytelling Night honoring National Service Recognition Day, 6:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Thunderhead (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston hosts 3rd “100 Black Men, 100 Stories” book event; the theme will be “Slavery Stories” featuring books by writers that focus on American slavery, with a discussion, Q & A, and signing (A percentage of proceeds benefits 100 Black Men of the Houston Metropolitan Area’s community programs), 7PM
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 6:30PM
Rice University, Bill Fulton, Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will discuss his book, Talk City: A Chronicle of Political Life in An All-American Town, with Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle, 7PM
North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book: C.J. Box reading and signing The Disappeared, 1PM [ticketed reception 12PM]
Plano
Haggard Library, C. J. Box, who will talk about his new novel, The Disappeared, 6PM
San Antonio
Brazos Bookstore, 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston hosts 3rd “100 Black Men, 100 Stories” book event; the theme will be “Slavery Stories” featuring books by writers that focus on American slavery, with a discussion, Q & A, and signing (A percentage of proceeds benefits 100 Black Men of the Houston Metropolitan Area’s community programs), 7PM
Christ Church Cathedral, JUNOT DÍAZ reading & signing his children's picture book, Islandborn, 7PM [ticketed event]
Rice University, Bill Fulton, Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will discuss his book, Talk City: A Chronicle of Political Life in An All-American Town, with Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle, 7PM
North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book: C.J. Box reading and signing The Disappeared, 1PM [ticketed reception 12PM]
Plano
Haggard Library, C. J. Box, who will talk about his new novel, The Disappeared, 6PM
San Antonio
City Council chambers, Investiture Ceremony of the 2018-2020 San Antonio Poet Laureate, Octavio Quintanilla, PhD, 6:30PM
The Mix, PuroSlam Team Finals, 9:30PM
The Mix, PuroSlam Team Finals, 9:30PM
Wednesday, April 4:
Austin
BookPeople, JUNOT DÍAZ speaking & signing Islandborn, 6:30PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Mitch Roth discusses Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the release of Montreux Rotholtz’s collection Unmark with a reading with Rotholtz, Sid Miller, Katy Chrisler, and Stephanie Goehring, 7PM
Resistencia Books, Writing Workshop: "Face Your Fears" with Ana Castillo, 6PM
UT - Avaya Auditorium, The Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with award-winning short story writer and author Amy Hempel, 7:30PM
Dallas
Austin
BookPeople, JUNOT DÍAZ speaking & signing Islandborn, 6:30PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Mitch Roth discusses Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the release of Montreux Rotholtz’s collection Unmark with a reading with Rotholtz, Sid Miller, Katy Chrisler, and Stephanie Goehring, 7PM
Resistencia Books, Writing Workshop: "Face Your Fears" with Ana Castillo, 6PM
UT - Avaya Auditorium, The Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with award-winning short story writer and author Amy Hempel, 7:30PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Dennis Abrams reading and signing I Was Cleopatra, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, "Inner Moonlight," a new monthly poetry reading series, featuring local poets Gayle Reaves-King and Dan Collins (curated by Logen Cure), 7:30PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen, Local Author Isabella Allen signing Through the Barbed Wire, 2PM
TCU, Dr. Birute Galdikas presents "Saving the Orangutans of Borneo and Their Forest Home", followed by a book signing, 7PM
Houston
The Wild Detectives, "Inner Moonlight," a new monthly poetry reading series, featuring local poets Gayle Reaves-King and Dan Collins (curated by Logen Cure), 7:30PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen, Local Author Isabella Allen signing Through the Barbed Wire, 2PM
TCU, Dr. Birute Galdikas presents "Saving the Orangutans of Borneo and Their Forest Home", followed by a book signing, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Penn reading and discussing his new novel, BOB HONEY WHO JUST DO STUFF, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) will sign her newest picture book, LITTLE REE: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, 5PM [ticketed event]
The Houstonian Hotel, featured speaker Amy Dickinson will sign her memoir, Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things, at Houston Hospice 17th Annual Butterfly Luncheon, 11AM
Katy Budget Books, Jesse Andrews, the New York Times bestselling-author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, signs Munmun, 6PMThe Ballroom at Bayou Place, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Penn reading and discussing his new novel, BOB HONEY WHO JUST DO STUFF, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) will sign her newest picture book, LITTLE REE: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, 5PM [ticketed event]
The Houstonian Hotel, featured speaker Amy Dickinson will sign her memoir, Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things, at Houston Hospice 17th Annual Butterfly Luncheon, 11AM
The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Sujatha Gidla reading and discussing her first book, Ants Among Elephants, with Houston-based author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 7PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Thunderhead (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM
Lubbock
Lubbock Public Library, the family of Crazy Horse join author William Matson in a discussion and signing of their book, Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life and Legacy, based on the family's oral history, 5:30PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Thunderhead (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM
Lubbock
Lubbock Public Library, the family of Crazy Horse join author William Matson in a discussion and signing of their book, Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life and Legacy, based on the family's oral history, 5:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Garden Center, Lewis Fisher will be discussing the conservation of San Antonio in honor of the Tricentennial, followed by a book signing and sale, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Matthew Longo discussing and signing The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen After 9/11, 5PM
San Marcos
Texas State - The Wittliff Collections, Clark Fiction Prize Reading: Colson Whitehead will be awarded the 2018 award for his most recent novel, The Underground Railroad, which has also won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, followed by a reading and book signing, 6PM
Thursday, April 5:
San Antonio Garden Center, Lewis Fisher will be discussing the conservation of San Antonio in honor of the Tricentennial, followed by a book signing and sale, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Matthew Longo discussing and signing The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen After 9/11, 5PM
San Marcos
Texas State - The Wittliff Collections, Clark Fiction Prize Reading: Colson Whitehead will be awarded the 2018 award for his most recent novel, The Underground Railroad, which has also won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, followed by a reading and book signing, 6PM
Thursday, April 5:
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of SMU Libraries present Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms and NEW POWER: How Movements Build, Businesses Thrive, and Ideas Catch Fire, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, The Gilbert Lecture Series hosts Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand and "Hidden Figures in Civil Rights History: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South," 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Verónica Gerber Bicecci reading and discussing Empty Set with translator Christina MacSweeney, 7:30PM
El Paso
UTEP, 33rd Annual Literature Lecture with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. John Matteson, author of Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, 7:30PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Lisa See will discuss and sign her novel THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, William Middleton discussing and signing DOUBLE VISION: THE UNERRING EYE OF ART WORLD AVATARS DOMINIQUE AND JOHN DE MENIL, 7PM
Match 2, That is Not to Say We Have No Regrets: A Reading, with Songs, Peter Turchi reading excerpts from his novel in progress with music and sound design by his son, Reed Turchi, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Kevin Hearne will sign and discuss Scourged, the final Iron Druid book, 6:30PM
Midland
B&N, author William Matson and the Edward Clown family discussing and signing Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior & Legacy, 5:30PM
Odessa
Ellen Noël Art Museum, UTPB Sandstorm students will read accepted poems, 6PM
San Antonio
Bibliotech East, the San Antonio Book Festival hosts award-winning children's and YA author Jason Reynolds, 5PM
The Library at Hotel Emma, Twig's Evening with the Author: Nancy G. West, author of River City Dead, the fourth book in her humor mystery series, 6PM
Brazos Bookstore, William Middleton discussing and signing DOUBLE VISION: THE UNERRING EYE OF ART WORLD AVATARS DOMINIQUE AND JOHN DE MENIL, 7PM
Match 2, That is Not to Say We Have No Regrets: A Reading, with Songs, Peter Turchi reading excerpts from his novel in progress with music and sound design by his son, Reed Turchi, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Kevin Hearne will sign and discuss Scourged, the final Iron Druid book, 6:30PM
Midland
B&N, author William Matson and the Edward Clown family discussing and signing Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior & Legacy, 5:30PM
Odessa
Ellen Noël Art Museum, UTPB Sandstorm students will read accepted poems, 6PM
San Antonio
Bibliotech East, the San Antonio Book Festival hosts award-winning children's and YA author Jason Reynolds, 5PM
The Library at Hotel Emma, Twig's Evening with the Author: Nancy G. West, author of River City Dead, the fourth book in her humor mystery series, 6PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, April 6:
Abilene
NCCIL, Join artist Jerry Pinkney and other special guests and celebrate the opening of the "Our Voice" exhibition and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award-winning artists, 6PM
Austin
Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Adult Writing Workshop with Bernadette Noll, 7PM
BookPeople, DANIEL KILDAY speaking & signing Molly Warner, School Reporter, 7PM
Malvern Books, Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 12:30PM
Friday, April 6:
Abilene
NCCIL, Join artist Jerry Pinkney and other special guests and celebrate the opening of the "Our Voice" exhibition and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award-winning artists, 6PM
Austin
Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Adult Writing Workshop with Bernadette Noll, 7PM
BookPeople, DANIEL KILDAY speaking & signing Molly Warner, School Reporter, 7PM
Malvern Books, Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 12:30PM
Malvern Books, Citizen Stories: Viewing Claudia Rankine’s Citizen through the lens of Black Panther with host Joe Brundidge and guests Daria Howard and Kelene Blake-Fallon, 7PM
Renaissance Austin Hotel, BookSpring presents 6th Annual Storybook Heroes Luncheon honoring SaulPaul, “Musician with a Message” and 2017 Austinite of the Year (literacy benefit), 11:30AM
Dallas
First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live presents Lidia Bastianich discussing My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food with Paula Lambert, founder of Mozzarella Company and Viaggi Deliziosi, 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Leah Stewart reading and signing WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE OUTLAW, 7PM
Texas Theatre, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts writer, journalist, and winner of 10 Emmy Awards Jorge Ramos, discussing and signing Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era, 7PM
Denton
UNT, POSTWAR FACULTY COLLOQUIUM with Deborah Jaramillo, author of Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq "High Concept", and Christopher Loss, author of Between Citizens and State: The Politics of American Education in the Twentieth Century, 9:30AM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, By a Charm and a Curse book signing with Jaime Questell, 7PM
Gilmer
Gilmer Flowers Etc, book signing with Dana Wayne, local author of Whispers On the Wind, 2PM
Houston
B&N - Houston, Unsuccessful Thug: One Comedian's Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown book signing with Mike Epps, 7PMRenaissance Austin Hotel, BookSpring presents 6th Annual Storybook Heroes Luncheon honoring SaulPaul, “Musician with a Message” and 2017 Austinite of the Year (literacy benefit), 11:30AM
Dallas
First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live presents Lidia Bastianich discussing My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food with Paula Lambert, founder of Mozzarella Company and Viaggi Deliziosi, 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Leah Stewart reading and signing WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE OUTLAW, 7PM
Texas Theatre, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts writer, journalist, and winner of 10 Emmy Awards Jorge Ramos, discussing and signing Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era, 7PM
Denton
UNT, POSTWAR FACULTY COLLOQUIUM with Deborah Jaramillo, author of Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq "High Concept", and Christopher Loss, author of Between Citizens and State: The Politics of American Education in the Twentieth Century, 9:30AM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, By a Charm and a Curse book signing with Jaime Questell, 7PM
Gilmer
Gilmer Flowers Etc, book signing with Dana Wayne, local author of Whispers On the Wind, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Theodora Bishop reading and signing ON THE ROCKS, 7PM
Inprint House, Inprint’s First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Adrienne Perry, 8:30PM
San Antonio
Majestic Theatre, The San Antonio Book Festival presents The MOTH Mainstage 2018, 7PM
Witte Museum, Book Appétit: a San Antonio Book Festival Literary Feast with Paula Poundstone, 11AM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, J.P. MacFarland signing Hope Alive, 6PM
Witte Museum, Book Appétit: a San Antonio Book Festival Literary Feast with Paula Poundstone, 11AM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, J.P. MacFarland signing Hope Alive, 6PM
Saturday, April 7:
Austin
BookPeople, CHARLIE ROSE and DAN PEELER speaking & signing Dragons of Romania Book Three: Star of Doom, 2PM
BookPeople, LEAH STEWART speaking & signing What You Don't Know about Charlie Outlaw, 6PM
BookWoman, Austin International Poetry Festival> GLBTQ + Woman Read, 1:30PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author H.R. Young-Lira will sell and sign her book The Truth About Sunday Minor, 1PM
BookPeople, LEAH STEWART speaking & signing What You Don't Know about Charlie Outlaw, 6PM
BookWoman, Austin International Poetry Festival> GLBTQ + Woman Read, 1:30PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author H.R. Young-Lira will sell and sign her book The Truth About Sunday Minor, 1PM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, local author Magnus Leijon will sell and sign his thriller Off Grid: A True Story, 1PM
Malvern Books, celebrating the launch of the novel Collision Theory by Adrian Todd Zuniga, with readings from Adrian and Jason Neulander, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead, 3PM
Paramount Theatre, Chrissy Metz (Kate Pearson on the NBC family drama This Is Us) will discuss and sign her memoir, This Is Me, with Tim Gunn, 8PM
Stateside at the Paramount Theatre, Austin Poetry Slam Off: Top 10 slam poets of Austin will vie for five spots in Austin’s nationally ranked slam team, 8PM
Malvern Books, celebrating the launch of the novel Collision Theory by Adrian Todd Zuniga, with readings from Adrian and Jason Neulander, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead, 3PM
Paramount Theatre, Chrissy Metz (Kate Pearson on the NBC family drama This Is Us) will discuss and sign her memoir, This Is Me, with Tim Gunn, 8PM
Stateside at the Paramount Theatre, Austin Poetry Slam Off: Top 10 slam poets of Austin will vie for five spots in Austin’s nationally ranked slam team, 8PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Crafting Prose for Memoirs that Brings Your Memories to Life" with Katherine Catmull, 10AM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Jim West signs Genocide by GMO, 1PM
El Paso
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Jim West signs Genocide by GMO, 1PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: Jim Sparks Billie Holiday 103rd Birthday Celebration with blues poetry, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Central Library, Wayne Wiegand discussing and signing The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism, 3PM
Houston
B&N - Champions, Pastor John W. Gray III signing I Am Number 8, 4PMFort Worth
Fort Worth Central Library, Wayne Wiegand discussing and signing The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism, 3PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Nick Anthony Russo signing Quiver of Eros, 2PM
Body, Mind & Soul, psychic medium and author Jane de Forest discussing and signing Love Never Dies, 2PM (followed by an Intuition Workshop and Gallery Readings with author Jane de Forest, 3PM)
Brazos Bookstore, This spring, Inprint awarded 10 prizes ranging from $1,000 – $10,000 to students studying creative writing in Houston. Winners of these prizes will give short readings from their work, followed by a reception, 5PM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Sonali Dev will sign and discuss A Distant Heart, 4:30PM
Williams Sonoma Highland Village, Giada De Laurentiis celebrates the launch of her new book, Giada’s Italy, 1PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Be Genuinely Funny in Your Writing" with Adam Holt, 9:30AM
Irving
South Irving Library, El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), 2PM
Laredo
Cafe Dolce Del Mar, Laredo Border Slam writing workshop, 11AM
San Antonio
Kathleen Sommers, Lonn Taylor signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 1PM
San Antonio
Kathleen Sommers, Lonn Taylor signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 1PM
Southlake
Waco
Magnolia Market, Chrissy Metz (Kate Pearson on the NBC family drama This Is Us) will sign her memoir, This Is Me, 1PM
Magnolia Market, Chrissy Metz (Kate Pearson on the NBC family drama This Is Us) will sign her memoir, This Is Me, 1PM
Sunday, April 8:
Austin
BookPeople, LAUREN HILGERS speaking & signing Patriot Number One, 2PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 1PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 1PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Drugs & Fantasies," 4PM
Malvern Books, celebrating the release of award-winning author Anna Maria Hong’s first poetry collection, Age of Glass, and her novella, H & G, with readings by Hong and award-winning poet Roger Reeves, 6:30PM
Deep Vellum Books, Rivers and Beasts book launch, 2PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript" with Blake Atwood, 3PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Rose Chivers will sell and sign her book Faith Talk Fear Walk: Life Lessons and Reflections Along the Journey to Starve Fear and Embrace Faith, and local author Becky Villareal will sell and sign copies of her children's book Gianna the Great, 1PM
Williams Sonoma NorthPark Center, Giada De Laurentiis will celebrate the launch of her new book, Giada’s Italy, 1PM
Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Ridgmar, local authors Trevor Griffin, Phill Hampton, and Geoffrey Vibert will sell and sign their book, The 6 Phases of Building Wealth: The Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom, 1PM
Houston
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, MAKE TROUBLE: STANDING UP, SPEAKING OUT, AND FINDING THE COURAGE TO LEAD –– MY LIFE STORY (in conversation with Commissioner Rodney Ellis), 3PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels, and Francisco Cantú, author of The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border, 2:30PMDeep Vellum Books, Rivers and Beasts book launch, 2PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript" with Blake Atwood, 3PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Rose Chivers will sell and sign her book Faith Talk Fear Walk: Life Lessons and Reflections Along the Journey to Starve Fear and Embrace Faith, and local author Becky Villareal will sell and sign copies of her children's book Gianna the Great, 1PM
Williams Sonoma NorthPark Center, Giada De Laurentiis will celebrate the launch of her new book, Giada’s Italy, 1PM
Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Ridgmar, local authors Trevor Griffin, Phill Hampton, and Geoffrey Vibert will sell and sign their book, The 6 Phases of Building Wealth: The Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom, 1PM
Houston
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, MAKE TROUBLE: STANDING UP, SPEAKING OUT, AND FINDING THE COURAGE TO LEAD –– MY LIFE STORY (in conversation with Commissioner Rodney Ellis), 3PM
Cafe Brasil, The Flamenco Poets Society & Café Brasil present an afternoon of storytelling, flamenco guitar, and Cante, 6PM
Discovery Green, WITS presents 2018 Space City Grand Slam, 3PM
San Antonio
Headwaters at Incarnate Word, Art of the Sacred Texas Springs: Poetry Reading & Closing Ceremony, 4:30PMThe Twig Book Shop, Seamus McGraw signing A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis, 12PM
