Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of April 30-May 6, 2018: Special Events:
Writefest, Houston, April 30-May 6
Austin Book Awards, May 4
Knot Your Average Folk Tale: WTAMU's 2018 Storytelling Festival, Canyon, May 4
Texas Frightmare Weekend, DFW Airport, May 4-6
New Fiction Confab 2018, Austin, May 5
Free Comic Book Day, various locations, May 5
Voices de la Luna 21st Annual Texas Voices Award, San Antonio, May 6
Ongoing Exhibits:
Monday, April 30:
The Wild Detectives, Tracy Everbach and Jacqueline Ryan Vickery, co-editors of Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology and Harassment, will be joined by local journalists to discuss issues and best practices for dealing with the patriarchy on the Internet, 7:30PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, BorderSenses presents a Barbed Wire Open Mic, 8PM
Interabang Books, David Nelson Wren discussing and signing ARDROSSAN: THE LAST GREAT ESTATE ON THE PHILADELPHIA MAIN LINE, 3PM
Latino Cultural Center, Wordspace Dallas presents International Impressions: YURI HERRERA-GUTIERREZ, award-winning author of Signs Preceding the End of the World, 7:30PM
Moody Performance Hall, Storytelling: Oral Fixation presents "Broken Record," 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Reading Series: In keeping with the Women Galore events for May, we have two incredible women featured this month: Lauren Brazeal (Gutter) and Stevie Edwards (Sadness Workshop), followed by an open mic available to women only, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, An evening of poetry with Carol Moldaw & J.S.A. Lowe, 7PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Storytelling: The Moth in Houston: GrandSLAM Championship, 7PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Tom Perrotta reading and signing MRS. FLETCHER, 7PM
Plano
Haggard Library, Ace Atkins discussing and signing Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic, 7PM [ticketed reception 6PM]
Sugar Land
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 30:
Amarillo
Central Branch Library, "Genealogy: Family Stories Spark Imagination" with author Jodi Thomas, 6:30PM
Central Branch Library, "Genealogy: Family Stories Spark Imagination" with author Jodi Thomas, 6:30PM
Austin
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents David Sedaris, author of Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977–2002, 7:30PMHouston
Midtown Arts and Theater Center, POETRY AND MUSIC: SARAH ROTHENBERG AND ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, T. Felder Dorn will sign and discuss The Downfall of Galveston's May Walker Burleson: Texas Society Marriage & Carolina Murder Scandal, 6:30PM
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Lawrence Wright reading from his new book, GOD SAVE TEXAS: A JOURNEY INTO THE SOUL OF THE LONE STAR STATE (in conversation with Mimi Swartz), 7PM
University of Houston - MD Anderson Library, Workshop: Filling in the Gaps: Historical Research in Creative Writing with Claire Fuqua Anderson, followed by a reading, 2PM
Tuesday, May 1:
Midtown Arts and Theater Center, POETRY AND MUSIC: SARAH ROTHENBERG AND ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, T. Felder Dorn will sign and discuss The Downfall of Galveston's May Walker Burleson: Texas Society Marriage & Carolina Murder Scandal, 6:30PM
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Lawrence Wright reading from his new book, GOD SAVE TEXAS: A JOURNEY INTO THE SOUL OF THE LONE STAR STATE (in conversation with Mimi Swartz), 7PM
University of Houston - MD Anderson Library, Workshop: Filling in the Gaps: Historical Research in Creative Writing with Claire Fuqua Anderson, followed by a reading, 2PM
Tuesday, May 1:
Austin
BookPeople, MILES WILSON speaking & signing Woodswork, 7PM
Malvern Books, a reading from participants of the Free Minds writing workshop: students will share their original works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, 6PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam NEW SHIT Slam featuring Diamond Mason and Rayner Shyne, 7PM
Malvern Books, a reading from participants of the Free Minds writing workshop: students will share their original works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, 6PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam NEW SHIT Slam featuring Diamond Mason and Rayner Shyne, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Nina Lorez Collins discussing and signing WHAT WOULD VIRGINIA WOOLF DO?, 7PMThe Wild Detectives, Tracy Everbach and Jacqueline Ryan Vickery, co-editors of Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology and Harassment, will be joined by local journalists to discuss issues and best practices for dealing with the patriarchy on the Internet, 7:30PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, BorderSenses presents a Barbed Wire Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookstore, Jessica Day George will discuss and sign her novel THE ROSE LEGACY, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Joe Holley discussing and signing HURRICANE SEASON, 7PM
Midtown Arts and Theater Center, POETRY AND MUSIC: SARAH ROTHENBERG AND ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI, 7:30PM
Royal Sonesta Houston Hotel, The Hope and Healing Center & Institute will present the 7th annual Chrysalis Award Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Ron Powers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author of No One Cares About Crazy People, 11:15AM
Brazos Bookstore, Joe Holley discussing and signing HURRICANE SEASON, 7PM
Midtown Arts and Theater Center, POETRY AND MUSIC: SARAH ROTHENBERG AND ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI, 7:30PM
Royal Sonesta Houston Hotel, The Hope and Healing Center & Institute will present the 7th annual Chrysalis Award Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Ron Powers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author of No One Cares About Crazy People, 11:15AM
Kilgore
East Texas Oil Museum, Texas oilman and author Gene Ames, Jr. signing A Wildcatter’s Trek: Love, Money and Oil, 2PM
San Antonio
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, James Loyd and David Matheson reading and signing Starter, 5PM
Wednesday, May 2:
The Twig Book Shop, James Loyd and David Matheson reading and signing Starter, 5PM
Wednesday, May 2:
Austin
BookPeople, NINA COLLINS speaking & signing What Would Virginia Woolf Do? (in conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward), 7PM
BookWoman, Mindy Reed reading and signing Women of a Certain Age, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: author and anthropologist Daniel Gelo discussing Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the release of the Spring 2018 edition of Austin Community College’s journal, The Rio Review, 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Marfa For the Perplexed with Lonn Taylor and Mark Lamster, 7PMBookPeople, NINA COLLINS speaking & signing What Would Virginia Woolf Do? (in conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward), 7PM
BookWoman, Mindy Reed reading and signing Women of a Certain Age, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: author and anthropologist Daniel Gelo discussing Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the release of the Spring 2018 edition of Austin Community College’s journal, The Rio Review, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, David Nelson Wren discussing and signing ARDROSSAN: THE LAST GREAT ESTATE ON THE PHILADELPHIA MAIN LINE, 3PM
Latino Cultural Center, Wordspace Dallas presents International Impressions: YURI HERRERA-GUTIERREZ, award-winning author of Signs Preceding the End of the World, 7:30PM
Moody Performance Hall, Storytelling: Oral Fixation presents "Broken Record," 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Reading Series: In keeping with the Women Galore events for May, we have two incredible women featured this month: Lauren Brazeal (Gutter) and Stevie Edwards (Sadness Workshop), followed by an open mic available to women only, 7:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookstore, Peter Brown will discuss and sign his novel THE WILD ROBOT ESCAPES, 5PM
Blue Willow Bookstore, Peter Brown will discuss and sign his novel THE WILD ROBOT ESCAPES, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, An evening of poetry with Carol Moldaw & J.S.A. Lowe, 7PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Storytelling: The Moth in Houston: GrandSLAM Championship, 7PM
Thursday, May 3:
Austin
BookPeople, JOE GROSS speaking & signing Fugazi's in on the Kill Taker (33 1/3 #129), 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Obert Skye discussing and signing Wizard for Hire, 7PM
Deep Vellum Books, Ladies Lazarus Poetry Reading, 7:30PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Obert Skye discussing and signing Wizard for Hire, 7PM
Deep Vellum Books, Ladies Lazarus Poetry Reading, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Leni Zumas reading and signing Red Clocks, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Katherine Applegate signs Endling, 9AM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Katherine Applegate signs Endling, 9AM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Lisa Jewell will sign and discuss Then She Was Gone, 6:30PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Katie Cortese, TTU creative writing instructor, fiction editor for Iron Horse Literary Review, and author of Make Way for Her and Other Stories, 7:30PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Katie Cortese, TTU creative writing instructor, fiction editor for Iron Horse Literary Review, and author of Make Way for Her and Other Stories, 7:30PM
Haggard Library, Ace Atkins discussing and signing Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic, 7PM [ticketed reception 6PM]
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Victoria
UH-Victoria, American Book Review reading series presents Michael Joyce, 12PM
Friday, May 4:
Austin
BookPeople, JOHN MOORE speaking & signing Undocumented (in conversation with Ricardo Ainslie), 7PM
BookWoman, poet Lisa Moore launches 24 Hours of Men with readings from special guests Chad Bennett, Amanda Johnston, Cindy St. John, and Abe Louise Young, 7PM
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, local author Dr. Ronald E. Bell II will sell and sign Reflections of God's Provision from Genesis: A 30-Day Devotional, 1PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of a new issue of Echo Literary Magazine, 7PM
Dallas
Victoria
UH-Victoria, American Book Review reading series presents Michael Joyce, 12PM
Friday, May 4:
Austin
BookPeople, JOHN MOORE speaking & signing Undocumented (in conversation with Ricardo Ainslie), 7PM
BookWoman, poet Lisa Moore launches 24 Hours of Men with readings from special guests Chad Bennett, Amanda Johnston, Cindy St. John, and Abe Louise Young, 7PM
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, local author Dr. Ronald E. Bell II will sell and sign Reflections of God's Provision from Genesis: A 30-Day Devotional, 1PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of a new issue of Echo Literary Magazine, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Academy Award and Tony Award–winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, author of The Seasons of My Mother: A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Reception: Meet the Agents: Writefest 18 Literary Agents Panel and Q&A, 7PMHouston
Inprint House, Inprint’s First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Marie Brown, 8:30PM
Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic, 6:30PM
McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Local author Iona Cordero reads FireFighters to the Rescue with special guests the McAllen Fire Department, 10AM
San Antonio
Imagine Books & Records, Dr. Kenneth Womack signing Maximum Volume with music by Vintage Pictures, 8PM
Saturday, May 5:
McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Local author Iona Cordero reads FireFighters to the Rescue with special guests the McAllen Fire Department, 10AM
San Antonio
Imagine Books & Records, Dr. Kenneth Womack signing Maximum Volume with music by Vintage Pictures, 8PM
Saturday, May 5:
Austin
ACC - Highland Campus, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Pacing the Plot of Your Novel or Short Story" with John Pipkin, 9AM
BookPeople, JOHN SHEPPHIRD speaking and signing Bottom Feeders, and RICKY BUSHspeaking & signing The Oaxacan Kid, 2PM
BookPeople, DONNALEE OVERLY speaking & signing The Trinity Knot, 5PM
BookWoman, Andrea Eames reading and signing Rennies, 11AM
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, local author Henry Nash will sell and sign Integrity Does Matter: Living a Life Above Reproach, 1PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of a new issue of Hothouse Literary Journal, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Brittany Pate signs Fire's Kiss, 2PMBookPeople, JOHN SHEPPHIRD speaking and signing Bottom Feeders, and RICKY BUSHspeaking & signing The Oaxacan Kid, 2PM
BookPeople, DONNALEE OVERLY speaking & signing The Trinity Knot, 5PM
BookWoman, Andrea Eames reading and signing Rennies, 11AM
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, local author Henry Nash will sell and sign Integrity Does Matter: Living a Life Above Reproach, 1PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of a new issue of Hothouse Literary Journal, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Special story time: Brenda Maier reading THE LITTLE RED FORT, 10:30AM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: "El Año Perro, Year of Reconnections" with Karla Nabil, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, 5PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookstore, Newbery Award-winning author Katherine Applegate will discuss and sign her novel ENDLING, 11AMFort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Ana Emilia Felker reading and signing AUNQUE LA CASA SE DERRUMBE, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Ring Neighborhood Library, Public Poetry Reading Series featuring Robin Davidson, Paige Quiñones, Katherine Hoerth, and Daniel Peña, 2PM
Space 25 Gallery, join writer and activist Jasminne Méndez for a reception and reading as she launches her new book, Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e, 6PM
Lewisville
Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area, Culture & Cocktails on the Prairie with a poetry reading by David Taylor (a Fundraiser benefitting LLELA), 5PM
Lubbock
B&N, Unconditional: Ever Changing Never Ending Family Love book signing with local author Gloria Davis, 2PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, Lewis Fisher will join the Jamestowne Society chapter in San Antonio to discuss his newest book, Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Shane Crown signing Seeing Light With Darkness, 11AM
Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Library - Sugar Land Branch, Ancient Empires Series: Greece with former architecture professor Sheba Akhtar, author of Of Colour and Form, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Shane Crown signing Seeing Light With Darkness, 11AM
Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Library - Sugar Land Branch, Ancient Empires Series: Greece with former architecture professor Sheba Akhtar, author of Of Colour and Form, 2PM
Sunday, May 6:
Austin
BookPeople, MICHAEL FRY speaking & signing How to Be a Supervillain: Born to Be Good, 2PM
BookPeople, JENNY MOLBERG speaking and signing Marvels of the Invisible, and ERIN ADAIR-HODGES speaking & signing Let's All Die Happy, 6PM
BookWoman, B.C. Hatch reading and signing Beyond Pretty, 2PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged Open Mic with Special Guest Maria Palacios, 1PM
Paramount Theatre, Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury: Inside The Trump White House, interviewed by Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune, 7PM
Dallas
BookPeople, JENNY MOLBERG speaking and signing Marvels of the Invisible, and ERIN ADAIR-HODGES speaking & signing Let's All Die Happy, 6PM
BookWoman, B.C. Hatch reading and signing Beyond Pretty, 2PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged Open Mic with Special Guest Maria Palacios, 1PM
Paramount Theatre, Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury: Inside The Trump White House, interviewed by Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Dreux Antoine signs Soulful Chef: Cookbook Series Volume I, 1PM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Naomi Shihab Nye will debut a new poem inspired by a work of art in the DMA’s collection and juxtapose art in the collection with a live reading of her poetry, 3:30PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshop Dallas seminar: "Claiming Your Territory: Fiction or Memoir?" with Eden Elieff, 3PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Earlina Green will sell and sign The Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Brave, and chef/co-host of PBS's "Growing a Greener World" Nathan Lyon will sell and sign Great Food Starts Fresh: Simple, Innovative Cuisine Featuring Fresh, Seasonal Ingredients, 1PM
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshop Dallas seminar: "Claiming Your Territory: Fiction or Memoir?" with Eden Elieff, 3PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Earlina Green will sell and sign The Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Brave, and chef/co-host of PBS's "Growing a Greener World" Nathan Lyon will sell and sign Great Food Starts Fresh: Simple, Innovative Cuisine Featuring Fresh, Seasonal Ingredients, 1PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Paul and Christiane Galvani discussing and signing LOST RESTAURANTS OF HOUSTON, 5PM
First Christian Church, AFA Spring Concert Series Featuring Houston Youth Poet Laureate Rukmini Kalamangalam, 5PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, Marshawn Evans Daniels signs Believe Bigger, 3PM
Richland
B&N - San Pedro, Vincent Di Blasi signingCreating Cassandra, 2PM
