Special Events:
Bishop Dunne Literary Festival with Jesmyn Ward, Dallas, April 16
National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, April 16-17
Historical Manuscripts Auction, Dallas, April 18
North Texas Teen Book Festival, Irving, April 20-21
Poetry at Round Top, April 20-22
Ongoing Exhibits:
Monday, April 16:
Interabang Books, Larry Enmon reading and signing THE BURIAL PLACE, 7PM
SMU - Owen Arts Center, William J. O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism: Award-winning financial journalist Diana Henriques, author of A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History, 3:30PM
The Wild Detectives, John Gibler discussing and signing I Couldn’t Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa, 7:30PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, BorderSenses' Barbed Wire Open Mic celebrates National Poetry Month, 8PM
Fort Davis
Jeff Davis County Public Library, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 6PM
Deep Vellum Books, Kermit Schweidel discussing and signing Folly Cove, 7PM
Interabang Books, Lawrence Wright discussing and signing GOD SAVE TEXAS, 7PM
Jones Day, the World Affairs Council of DFW Global Forum hosts Lawrence Wright discussing and signing God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, 12PM
Jones Day, the World Affairs Council of DFW presents Dueling Views of the Cold War’s End: A Conversation with Biographers of Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush (followed by a book signing), 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Carlos Manuel Álvarez Rodríguez discussing and signing La Tribu. Retratos de Cuba, 7:30PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Brantley Hargrove discussing and signing THE MAN WHO CAUGHT THE STORM, 7PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, Spring 2018 Public Lecture Series: Dr. Alex Alvarez, author of Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide, 6:30PM
Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, Oral Fixation presents "Out from Under the Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion," 8PM
Murder By the Book, David Ricciardi will sign and discuss Warning Light (with Meg Gardiner), 6:30PM
Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, a reading, discussion, and book signing with National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff, 7:30PM
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, C.S. Harris will sign and discuss the new Sebastian St. Cyr book, Why Kill The Innocent, 4:30PM
Platinum Title Partners, Houston Writers House presents: "Colonel Mustard in the Conference Room With His Pants Down: Workplace Investigations" with Pamela Fagan Hutchins, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, writing workshop with national award-winning author Paula Bosco Damon, 1PM
Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Libraries - Sugar Land Branch, Sheba Akhtar, author of Of Colour and Form and numerous articles on art and architecture, will discuss Ancient Empires: Egypt (first in a new series), 2PM
Tyler
UT, Earth Day Speaker: Dr. Brian Chapmen will discuss his recent book, The Natural History of Texas, and several endangered species based on the the upcoming book, Texans on the Brink, 6PM
Watauga
Half Price Books, local author George Dalton will sell and sign his western novels, 12PM
Sunday, April 22:
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 16:
Austin
BookPeople, CHARLES FRAZIER speaking & signing Varina, 7PM [ticketed event]
UT, Jones Reading Room Series: a fiction reading by Jeff VanderMeer, 7PM
Clarendon
Burton Memorial Library, Jodi Thomas book signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN, 3PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Brantley Hargrove discussing and signing THE MAN WHO CAUGHT THE STORM, 7PMBookPeople, CHARLES FRAZIER speaking & signing Varina, 7PM [ticketed event]
UT, Jones Reading Room Series: a fiction reading by Jeff VanderMeer, 7PM
Clarendon
Burton Memorial Library, Jodi Thomas book signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN, 3PM
Dallas
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, John Gibler discussing and signing I COULDN’T EVEN IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD KILL US, 7PM
The Junior League, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Mikhail Gorbachev: His Life and Times with Pulitzer Prize Winner William Taubman, 7PM
Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas meeting: Write Every Day with poet Nathan Brown, 7PM
Tuesday, April 17:
Brazos Bookstore, John Gibler discussing and signing I COULDN’T EVEN IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD KILL US, 7PM
The Junior League, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Mikhail Gorbachev: His Life and Times with Pulitzer Prize Winner William Taubman, 7PM
Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas meeting: Write Every Day with poet Nathan Brown, 7PM
Tuesday, April 17:
Austin
Central Presbyterian Church, the Texas Book Festival and Austin Film Festival host Lawrence Wright discussing and signing God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Erica Nicole, hosted by Jomar Valentin, 7PM
Cypress
Lone Star College, Presentation, Q&A, and Book Signing with Jan Jarboe Russell, author of The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, 6:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Erica Nicole, hosted by Jomar Valentin, 7PM
Cypress
Lone Star College, Presentation, Q&A, and Book Signing with Jan Jarboe Russell, author of The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, 6:30PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Joe Wilkins signing Gates of the Arctic National Park: Twelve Years of Wilderness Exploration, 7PMInterabang Books, Larry Enmon reading and signing THE BURIAL PLACE, 7PM
SMU - Owen Arts Center, William J. O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism: Award-winning financial journalist Diana Henriques, author of A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History, 3:30PM
The Wild Detectives, John Gibler discussing and signing I Couldn’t Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa, 7:30PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, BorderSenses' Barbed Wire Open Mic celebrates National Poetry Month, 8PM
Fort Davis
Jeff Davis County Public Library, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 6PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Month Celebration featuring Leo Hassan, 8PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Love & War: An Alex & Eliza Story book signing with Melissa de la Cruz, 7PM
Houston
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Love & War: An Alex & Eliza Story book signing with Melissa de la Cruz, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet DF Brown reading from and signing GHOST OF A PERSON PASSING IN FRONT OF THE FLAG, 7PM
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, (En)Lightning Talks Houston: Five leading thinkers have five minutes to spark your imagination on topics ranging from the impact of extended space travel to Houston’s social sculpture to the poetry of immigration, 8PM
Murder By the Book, Lee Goldberg will sign and discuss his first Ian Ludlow thriller, True Fiction, 6:30PM
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, (En)Lightning Talks Houston: Five leading thinkers have five minutes to spark your imagination on topics ranging from the impact of extended space travel to Houston’s social sculpture to the poetry of immigration, 8PM
Murder By the Book, Lee Goldberg will sign and discuss his first Ian Ludlow thriller, True Fiction, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM
Tobin Oakwell Farms Library, Voices de la Luna Poetry Workshop with Lou Taylor, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Marion Oettinger discussing and signing San Antonio 1718: Art From Mexico, 5PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections presents poet Cyrus Cassells reading from and signing his newest book, The Gospel According to Wild Indigo, 5PM
Tomball
Lone Star College, (Super) Heroines in Literature: Legends and Archetypes and Student Roundtable (a Humanities Texas event), 2PM
Tobin Oakwell Farms Library, Voices de la Luna Poetry Workshop with Lou Taylor, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Marion Oettinger discussing and signing San Antonio 1718: Art From Mexico, 5PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections presents poet Cyrus Cassells reading from and signing his newest book, The Gospel According to Wild Indigo, 5PM
Tomball
Lone Star College, (Super) Heroines in Literature: Legends and Archetypes and Student Roundtable (a Humanities Texas event), 2PM
Wednesday, April 18:
Austin
BookPeople, MEG WOLITZER speaking & signing The Female Persuasion, 7PM
The North Door, Bedpost Confessions presents "Undone," 8PM
Austin
BookPeople, MEG WOLITZER speaking & signing The Female Persuasion, 7PM
The North Door, Bedpost Confessions presents "Undone," 8PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Noir at the Bar featuring readings from Michael Pool, Michael Bracken, Eryk Pruitt, Tim Bryant, Carlos Salas, Lyndee Walker, and Clay Reynolds, 7:30PM
EPCC Rio Grande, The Papagayo Project presents: Metaphorical Muze(sic) writing workshop and performance, 12:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, The Fates Divide book signing with Veronica Roth, 7PM [wristband event]
Houston
EPCC Rio Grande, The Papagayo Project presents: Metaphorical Muze(sic) writing workshop and performance, 12:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, The Fates Divide book signing with Veronica Roth, 7PM [wristband event]
Houston
Artpace, Punk Ruca: A Herstory New Work By poet Amalia Ortiz, 6PM
Arlington
UT Central Library, CMAS Distinguished Speakers Series: Ramón Saldívar speaking on "Author, Genre, Data: Notes Toward a Historiography of Contemporary U.S. Ethnic Fiction," 6:30PM
Austin
UT Central Library, CMAS Distinguished Speakers Series: Ramón Saldívar speaking on "Author, Genre, Data: Notes Toward a Historiography of Contemporary U.S. Ethnic Fiction," 6:30PM
Austin
Austin Central Library, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday: Writing about Citizenship with Dr. Kathleen Brown, Christen Smith, Irwin Tang, and Liliana Valenzuela, 7PM
BookPeople, NIKKI MEREDITH speaking & signing The Manson Women and Me, 7PM
The North Door, Bedpost Confessions presents "Undone," 8PM
Bryan
SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, local author and professor Dr. David Flint will discuss his recently released business book, Think Beyond Value: Building Strategy to Win, 6:30PM
Dallas
BookPeople, NIKKI MEREDITH speaking & signing The Manson Women and Me, 7PM
The North Door, Bedpost Confessions presents "Undone," 8PM
Bryan
SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, local author and professor Dr. David Flint will discuss his recently released business book, Think Beyond Value: Building Strategy to Win, 6:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Lawrence Wright discussing and signing GOD SAVE TEXAS, 7PM
Jones Day, the World Affairs Council of DFW Global Forum hosts Lawrence Wright discussing and signing God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, 12PM
Jones Day, the World Affairs Council of DFW presents Dueling Views of the Cold War’s End: A Conversation with Biographers of Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush (followed by a book signing), 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Carlos Manuel Álvarez Rodríguez discussing and signing La Tribu. Retratos de Cuba, 7:30PM
Houston
Holocaust Museum Houston, Spring 2018 Public Lecture Series: Dr. Alex Alvarez, author of Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide, 6:30PM
Kaboom Books, Dennis Abrams reading and signing I Was Cleopatra, 7PM
Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, Oral Fixation presents "Out from Under the Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion," 8PM
Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, Oral Fixation presents "Out from Under the Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion," 8PM
Murder By the Book, Alex Grecian will sign and discuss The Saint of Wolves and Butchers, and Larry Enmon will sign and discuss The Burial Place, 6:30PM
Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, Mustaches for Maddie book signing with Shelly Brown, 6:30PM
Midland
George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program reading event, 4:30PM
TAMUSA, Laurie Ann Guerrero: National Poetry Month Lecture, 6:30PM
Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, Mustaches for Maddie book signing with Shelly Brown, 6:30PM
Midland
George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program reading event, 4:30PM
San Antonio
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Voices de la Luna Monthly Literary Event featuring poet Harold Rodinsky, 6PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Voices de la Luna Monthly Literary Event featuring poet Harold Rodinsky, 6PM
Trinity U, MAS Alverez Seminar: "Virgin Territory: Latinidad, Feminity & Artistic Practice" with poet Analicia Sotelo, 6PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, discussion, and book signing with National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff, 3:30PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, discussion, and book signing with National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff, 3:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, April 20:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 6:30PM
Austin
Blanton Museum, The Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad, 7:30PM
BookPeople, DANIEL PEÑA speaking & signing BANG, 7PM
Dallas
Friday, April 20:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 6:30PM
Austin
Blanton Museum, The Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad, 7:30PM
BookPeople, DANIEL PEÑA speaking & signing BANG, 7PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Lit Hop 2018: Ashe at Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
Denton
UNT, North Texas Review release party, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet Sophie Klahr reading from and signing MEET ME HERE AT DAWN, 7PMDenton
UNT, North Texas Review release party, 7PM
Houston
Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, Oral Fixation presents "Out from Under the Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion," 8PM
Murder By the Book, David Ricciardi will sign and discuss Warning Light (with Meg Gardiner), 6:30PM
Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, a reading, discussion, and book signing with National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff, 7:30PM
Lufkin
Absolutely Fiction, Joy and Jim will be here to sign and talk about their newest book, Billy Love: A Pebble in the Galveston Sand, 5:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio
Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink Reading Series: a themed reading on the myth, mystery, and madness of San Antonio (followed by an open mic), 6:30PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Meet Erin Parekh, author of Behowl the Moon, 11AM
Saturday, April 21:
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Meet Erin Parekh, author of Behowl the Moon, 11AM
Saturday, April 21:
Austin
BookPeople, SCOTT and JENNY JUREK speaking & signing NORTH, 6PM
Little Walnut Creek Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting: Found Poetry Workshop by Barbara Gregg, 1:30PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Historical Fiction 101: Mastering Research and Drama" with James L. Haley, 10AMLittle Walnut Creek Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting: Found Poetry Workshop by Barbara Gregg, 1:30PM
Beaumont
Jefferson Theatre, Meet & Greet with Joe R. Lansdale, author of the Hap and Leonard series, followed by a book signing (hosted by Fleur Fine Books), 5:15PM
Belton
McWha Book Store, book signing with Christian evangelist, minister, author, and artist Dee Levens, 10AM
Borger
Hutchison County Library, Jodi Thomas talk and signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN, 2PM
Dallas
Jefferson Theatre, Meet & Greet with Joe R. Lansdale, author of the Hap and Leonard series, followed by a book signing (hosted by Fleur Fine Books), 5:15PM
Belton
McWha Book Store, book signing with Christian evangelist, minister, author, and artist Dee Levens, 10AM
Borger
Hutchison County Library, Jodi Thomas talk and signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN, 2PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Lance Alston signs Wealthfulness: Simple Steps to Financial Health and Happiness, 2PM
Common Desk, Dallas Lit Hop 2018: Poets Prom, 8PM [red carpet at 7PM]
Texas Theatre, De Colores 1-year anniversary celebration with a LIVE podcast recording with Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (And Other Things), 7PM
Texas Theatre, De Colores 1-year anniversary celebration with a LIVE podcast recording with Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (And Other Things), 7PM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: "World Building in Speculative Fiction" with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, 1PM
El Paso
El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Muze(sic) of the Moment" with Richie David Marrufo, 12:45PM
Star City Studios & OM Gallery, Noche de Bohemia: A Night of Music and Poetry, 8PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Jackelyn Viera Iloff signing What if You Could? Find Faith in the Face of Fear, 2PMStar City Studios & OM Gallery, Noche de Bohemia: A Night of Music and Poetry, 8PM
Houston
B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Meet Artist Relford, author of The Untold Testimony, 2PM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Platinum Title Partners, Houston Writers House presents: "Colonel Mustard in the Conference Room With His Pants Down: Workplace Investigations" with Pamela Fagan Hutchins, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Lakesha C. Bradford discussing and signing In Case You Forgot: Reminders That God Is..., 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing About Your Life: Blogging and Publishing Personal Stories" with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 1PM
Killeen
Black World Books, Financial Parenting workshop and book signing with Sheena Robinson, 1PM
Midland
B&N, Professor Sean Graham signing American Snakes, 11:30AM [snakes will be in attendance]
San Antonio
Writespace, Workshop: "Writing About Your Life: Blogging and Publishing Personal Stories" with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 1PM
Killeen
Black World Books, Financial Parenting workshop and book signing with Sheena Robinson, 1PM
Midland
B&N, Professor Sean Graham signing American Snakes, 11:30AM [snakes will be in attendance]
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Jan Notzon reading and signing The Id Paradox, 3PM
Gemini Ink, Poetry’s Vast Spaces: Exploring the Boundaries of Contemporary Poetry workshop with Aaron Deutsch, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Ron Bates signing The Unflushables, 11AMGemini Ink, Poetry’s Vast Spaces: Exploring the Boundaries of Contemporary Poetry workshop with Aaron Deutsch, 10AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, writing workshop with national award-winning author Paula Bosco Damon, 1PM
Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Libraries - Sugar Land Branch, Sheba Akhtar, author of Of Colour and Form and numerous articles on art and architecture, will discuss Ancient Empires: Egypt (first in a new series), 2PM
Tyler
UT, Earth Day Speaker: Dr. Brian Chapmen will discuss his recent book, The Natural History of Texas, and several endangered species based on the the upcoming book, Texans on the Brink, 6PM
Half Price Books, local author George Dalton will sell and sign his western novels, 12PM
Sunday, April 22:
Austin
EarthX at Fair Park, the World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Varun Sivaram discussing and signing Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet, 1PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Telling Your Story: A Creative Workshop for Nonprofits" with Robin Myrick, 3PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Writing Villains as the Mirror of Heroes" with Amber Royer, 4PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Joe Pappalardo will sell and sign his aeronautical book Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight, 1PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Telling Your Story: A Creative Workshop for Nonprofits" with Robin Myrick, 3PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Writing Villains as the Mirror of Heroes" with Amber Royer, 4PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Joe Pappalardo will sell and sign his aeronautical book Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight, 1PM
El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, Arlie Holmes SigningMurder: A Perfect End to Life, 12PM
Houston
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint's "Cool Brains" hosts Kwame Alexander reading, discussing, and signing Rebound, 3PM
San Antonio
Cody Library, Book Discussion with the Author: Isaura Barrera and Skilled Dialogue, 2PM
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint's "Cool Brains" hosts Kwame Alexander reading, discussing, and signing Rebound, 3PM
San Antonio
Cody Library, Book Discussion with the Author: Isaura Barrera and Skilled Dialogue, 2PM
