Special Events:
Southern Fried Poetry Slam, San Antonio, June 12-17
Greater Austin Comic Con, June 16-17
Ongoing Exhibits:
Routine Fables, Houston, May 25-July 29
Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30
Monday, June 11:
Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30
Monday, June 11:
Austin
BookPeople, C. ROBERT CARGILL speaking & signing We Are Where The Nightmares Go And Other Stories (Cargill will be joined by illustrator John Picacio, who created the cover art), 7PM
BookPeople, C. ROBERT CARGILL speaking & signing We Are Where The Nightmares Go And Other Stories (Cargill will be joined by illustrator John Picacio, who created the cover art), 7PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, the World Affairs Council of DFW luncheon: Admiral Jim Stavridis USN (Ret.) discussing and signing Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans, 12PM
Interabang Books, Andrew Sean Greer reading and signing LESS, 7PM
Interabang Books, Andrew Sean Greer reading and signing LESS, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Gail Honeyman will discuss and sign her novel ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Poetry: Leslie Contreras Schwartz reading from and signing NIGHTBLOOM & CENOTE, and Melissa Studdard reading from and signing I ATE THE COSMOS FOR BREAKFAST, 7PM
North Richland Hills
North Richlad Hills Public Library, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan reading and signing the paperback edition of her New York Times bestselling novel Manhattan Beach, 1:15PM [ticketed reception 12:15PM]
Plano
Haggard Library, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan reading and signing the paperback edition of her New York Times bestselling novel Manhattan Beach, 7PM [ticketed reception 6PM]
Tuesday, June 12:
Brazos Bookstore, Poetry: Leslie Contreras Schwartz reading from and signing NIGHTBLOOM & CENOTE, and Melissa Studdard reading from and signing I ATE THE COSMOS FOR BREAKFAST, 7PM
North Richland Hills
North Richlad Hills Public Library, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan reading and signing the paperback edition of her New York Times bestselling novel Manhattan Beach, 1:15PM [ticketed reception 12:15PM]
Plano
Haggard Library, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan reading and signing the paperback edition of her New York Times bestselling novel Manhattan Beach, 7PM [ticketed reception 6PM]
Tuesday, June 12:
Austin
BookPeople, AMBER RAE speaking & signing Choose Wonder Over Worry, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department (inspired by NYC’s The Moth) presents "Comments Section" with Jared Walls, Daniel Oppenheimer, May Cobb, Michael Noll, and Jaime Rich diving into the hellscape of the comment section for your entertainment, 7:30PM
Malvern Books, launch of award-winning author Roger Thompson’s new book, No Word for Wilderness: Italy’s Grizzlies and the Race to Save the Rarest Bears on Earth, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring author Ann Howells, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department (inspired by NYC’s The Moth) presents "Comments Section" with Jared Walls, Daniel Oppenheimer, May Cobb, Michael Noll, and Jaime Rich diving into the hellscape of the comment section for your entertainment, 7:30PM
Malvern Books, launch of award-winning author Roger Thompson’s new book, No Word for Wilderness: Italy’s Grizzlies and the Race to Save the Rarest Bears on Earth, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring author Ann Howells, 7PM
Dallas
Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture: Lora-Marie Bernard discussing The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas, 12PMInterabang Books, Alfredo Corchado discussing and signing HOMELANDS, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Natalia Sylvester reading and signing Everyone Knows You Go Home, 7:30PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM
Houston
B&N - Westheimer Crossing, Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era discussion and signing with Jorge Ramos, 6PM
Brazos Bookstore, Marisha Pessl reading and signing NEVERWORLD WAKE, 7PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix Presents Weasel Patterson & Assorted Poets (Perhaps You), 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, The Moth Houston StorySLAM: "Endings," 7:30PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Girls Rock! YA Author Panel: an evening with authors Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Cordova, Justina Ireland, Julie Murphy, and Aminah Mae Safi as they discuss their latest books and answer audience questions (book sales and signing follow), 7PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Girls Rock! YA Author Panel: an evening with authors Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Cordova, Justina Ireland, Julie Murphy, and Aminah Mae Safi as they discuss their latest books and answer audience questions (book sales and signing follow), 7PM
Lewisville
Austin
Austin Central Library, ANDREW SEAN GREER speaking & signing Less (in conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward), 7PM [ticketed event]
Austin Central Library, ANDREW SEAN GREER speaking & signing Less (in conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward), 7PM [ticketed event]
BookPeople, Space Party: Astronaut & Author CLAYTON ANDERSON speaking & signing A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet (space gear encouraged), 4PM
BookPeople, ALFREDO CORCHADO speaking & signing Homelands, 7PM
Dallas
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Rick Bragg will discuss and sign his latest book THE BEST COOK IN THE WORLD: TALES FROM MY MOMMA'S TABLE, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Maya Rao discussing and signing GREAT AMERICAN OUTPOST, 7PM
Tyler
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Ralph Cissne signing Angel City Singles, 7PM
BookPeople, MEGHA BAROT AND MATT GAEDKE speaking and signing Keto Made Easy and JIMMY MOORE speaking & signing The Keto Cure, 7PM
BookPeople, MEGHA BAROT AND MATT GAEDKE speaking and signing Keto Made Easy and JIMMY MOORE speaking & signing The Keto Cure, 7PM
LBJ Library, a conversation with Lynda Johnson Robb, LBJ White House aide Tom Johnson, professor and author Kyle Longley, and Mark Updegrove, author of LBJ's 1968 (preceded by a book signing 5PM), 6PM [a members and Friends event]
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Maureen Asantewaa & H.R. Young-Lira, 7PM
Canyon
Burrowing Owl Books, Poetry Circle with the High Plains Poetry Project, 7PM
College Station
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, celebration of Juneteenth with the Freedom Walk and and award-winning storyteller Decee Cornish speaking about the history of Texas and cultural heritage in Africa, 10:30AM
Interabang Books, Rick Bragg discussing and signing THE BEST COOK IN THE WORLD, 7PMCollege Station
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, celebration of Juneteenth with the Freedom Walk and and award-winning storyteller Decee Cornish speaking about the history of Texas and cultural heritage in Africa, 10:30AM
Dallas
Royal Oaks Country Club, Dallas Jewish Historical Society annual meeting featured speaker is Charley Rosen, former basketball coach and author of The Chosen Game, 7PM
Frisco
The Depot at the Heritage Center, a presentation by Steve Huddleston, senior horticulturist at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and author of Easy Gardens for North Central Texas, 7PM
Houston
San Antonio
Rosella Coffee Co., Trinity University Press celebrates the publication of Humans of San Antonio by Michael Cirlos, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Alfredo Corchado discussing and signing Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration, 5PM
Murder By the Book, MBTB Summer Reads & Fall Preview (all selections will be 20% off), 7PM
B&N - Arboretum, Anne Keene signing The Cloudbuster Nine, 2PM
BookPeople, MIKE NEMETH speaking and signing The Undiscovered Country and TIM BRYANT speaking & signing Dead and Buried, 2PM
Interabang Books, Story time: Stephanie Parsley Ledyard reading PIE IS FOR SHARING, 1PM
Frisco
Frisco Public Library, SCBWI of North Texas workshop: World Building with author Sean Easley, 11AM
B&N - River Oaks, Shanalee Sharboneau's Father's Day story time, 11AM
Brazos Bookstore, David Sedaris reading and signing CALYPSO, 7PM
Discovery Green, Author Talk & Book Signing: Steven Raichlen on Grilling Today & Tomorrow, 1PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
River Oaks Bookstore, Stacy Newton reading and signing Angels Survive, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Submit Your Work Like a Pro" with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM
Dead Tree Books, Tony Diaz discussing and signing Travel Smart, Travel Safe, 2PM
Half Price Books - Bandera, San Antonio Current Best Author 2018 nominee Bowie V. Ibarra will be featuring his latest Tex-Mexploitation title 'La Lechuza: Revelation of the Blood Queen, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Cate Berry signing Penguin and Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime, 11AM
Tyler
Webster
B&N, Melissa Daggett signing Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey, 1PM
Weslaco
The Storybook Garden, Story time with Patty York Raymond, author of ABCs to Ranching, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Alfredo Corchado discussing and signing Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration, 5PM
Sugar Land
Friday, June 15:
Austin
BookPeople, DARRELL BRYANT speaking and signing Geronimo's Bones and GEORGE MCGEE speaking & signing Open, Mindful Philosophy on the Fly, 7PM
Cherrywood Coffeehouse, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED37 with The POETIC BUTCHER, 7:30PM
Cherrywood Coffeehouse, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED37 with The POETIC BUTCHER, 7:30PM
Cleburne
Holler Brewing Co., Writespace presents the 2018 Writers of Color Reading, 7PMMurder By the Book, MBTB Summer Reads & Fall Preview (all selections will be 20% off), 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Guest author story time: Cate Berry reads her debut picture book, Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime, 10AM
Saturday, June 16:
Saturday, June 16:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Dr. Ronald E Bell II signing Reflections of God's Provision from Genesis, 1PMB&N - Arboretum, Anne Keene signing The Cloudbuster Nine, 2PM
BookPeople, MIKE NEMETH speaking and signing The Undiscovered Country and TIM BRYANT speaking & signing Dead and Buried, 2PM
Half Price Books - Southpark Meadows, local author Tiarra Michelle will sell and sign her book, Love Your Melanin, 1PM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "Your Story and Theirs: Constructing the Hybrid Memoir" with Donna M. Johnson, 12PM
Bellaire
Southwest Presbyterian Church, Houston Writers House workshop: "Winging it - Making your story take flight" - An Aviation Field Trip to Ellington Field with pilots and authors Mike Ely and Linda Street-Ely, 10AM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "Your Story and Theirs: Constructing the Hybrid Memoir" with Donna M. Johnson, 12PM
Bellaire
Southwest Presbyterian Church, Houston Writers House workshop: "Winging it - Making your story take flight" - An Aviation Field Trip to Ellington Field with pilots and authors Mike Ely and Linda Street-Ely, 10AM
Belton
Deep Vellum Books, David Bowles reading and signing Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart Of Sky: Myths of Mexico, 7PM
Interabang Books, Story time: Stephanie Parsley Ledyard reading PIE IS FOR SHARING, 1PM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Under the Nighttime Sun" with Cecilia Tate, 12:45PMFrisco
Frisco Public Library, SCBWI of North Texas workshop: World Building with author Sean Easley, 11AM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, David Sedaris reading and signing CALYPSO, 7PM
Discovery Green, Author Talk & Book Signing: Steven Raichlen on Grilling Today & Tomorrow, 1PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
River Oaks Bookstore, Stacy Newton reading and signing Angels Survive, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Submit Your Work Like a Pro" with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, C.R. Shuman signing The Land of Artemis, 12PMPort Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Meet & Greet with Jessica Fisette, author of The Soul Reaper series, Fragments, and The Aldurian Chronicles, 3PM
B&N - San Pedro, Daniel Miller discussing and signing Texit: Why and How Texas Will Leave The Union, 2PM
Dead Tree Books, Tony Diaz discussing and signing Travel Smart, Travel Safe, 2PM
Half Price Books - Bandera, San Antonio Current Best Author 2018 nominee Bowie V. Ibarra will be featuring his latest Tex-Mexploitation title 'La Lechuza: Revelation of the Blood Queen, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Cate Berry signing Penguin and Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime, 11AM
Tyler
B&N, Chippy and Little Chipper Junior's Great Picnic Race book signing with Lorraine Rusnak McKean, 12PM
Webster
B&N, Melissa Daggett signing Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey, 1PM
Weslaco
The Storybook Garden, Story time with Patty York Raymond, author of ABCs to Ranching, 11AM
Sunday, June 17:
Austin
BookPeople, DAVID SEDARIS speaking and signing Calypso, 6PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Dallas
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, POWER MOMS LOCAL AUTHOR PANEL: POWER Moms is a collection of self-help stories written by 12 mothers, including Sherrie Walton, Jaquithia Stinson, Tashara Robinson, Dr. LaTonya Woodson, Shantania Leggins, Mary Smith, Dr. Kanini Brooks, Trina Smith, Shirley Walker-King, Shakeena Brantley, Katrina Hudson and Anita Bowman Roussel, with inspiring stories to tell, 1PM
Denton
J&J's Pizza On the Square, Spiderweb Salon presents Spidercon, 5PM
Houston
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Leanne Vogel will discuss and sign The Keto Diet: The Complete Guide to a High-Fat Diet, with More Than 125 Delectable Recipes and Meal Plans to Shed Weight, Heal Your Body, and Regain Confidence, 3PM
Murder By the Book, The Belles and Brujas Tour: Zoraida Córdova, Dhonielle Clayton, Jaime Questell, Mari Mancusi, and Katharine McGee, 2PM
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Denton
J&J's Pizza On the Square, Spiderweb Salon presents Spidercon, 5PM
Houston
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Leanne Vogel will discuss and sign The Keto Diet: The Complete Guide to a High-Fat Diet, with More Than 125 Delectable Recipes and Meal Plans to Shed Weight, Heal Your Body, and Regain Confidence, 3PM
Murder By the Book, The Belles and Brujas Tour: Zoraida Córdova, Dhonielle Clayton, Jaime Questell, Mari Mancusi, and Katharine McGee, 2PM
