Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 8-14, 2017:
Special Events:
2nd Annual SMU Faculty Book Fest, Dallas, May 9
Comicpalooza 2017, Houston, May 12-14
40th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship, Austin, May 13
2nd Annual ACFW DFW May Mini-Conference - Fueling Up Your Fiction, Arlington, May 13
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Photo Meet and Greet with Ian Harding, author of Odd Birds, 7PM
The Kessler Theater, Wordspace Dallas presents an evening with author Dan Savage, 7PM
San AntonioViva Tacoland, Gemini Ink Reading Series featuring Sheila Black, Ariana Brown, and Lisha Garcia, 6:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Pantsuit Nation at Brazos Bookstore!, 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays. Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
Inprint House, Tintero Projects No Ban, No Wall: Women Writers Unite poetry workshop with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, 1PM
Inprint House, Tintero Projects No Ban, No Wall: Women Writers Unite poetry reading, Q&A, and book signing with Cristina Martinez, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, 6PM
Gemini Ink, Poetry Workshop: Demons, Diaspora & Magic with Ariana Brown, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Bob Doerr reads and signs Caffeine Can Kill, 11AM
Special Events:
2nd Annual SMU Faculty Book Fest, Dallas, May 9
Comicpalooza 2017, Houston, May 12-14
40th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship, Austin, May 13
2nd Annual ACFW DFW May Mini-Conference - Fueling Up Your Fiction, Arlington, May 13
Ongoing Exhibits:
Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6-July 16
The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18
The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15-July 1
EVERYDAY PEOPLE: THE ART OF JAMES E. RANSOME (a National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibition), Abilene, March 9-May 19
Texas Writers Exhibition, Fredericksburg, May 1-31
Monday, May 8:
The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18
The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15-July 1
EVERYDAY PEOPLE: THE ART OF JAMES E. RANSOME (a National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibition), Abilene, March 9-May 19
Texas Writers Exhibition, Fredericksburg, May 1-31
Monday, May 8:
Austin
Sweetbitter, 7PM
BookWoman, Ginger McKnight-Chavers reads and signs In the Heart of Texas, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Sandra Cisneros discussing and signing A House of My Own: Stories from My Life, 7:30PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie Liddle discuss and sign Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, David Hicks will read and sign White Plains, and David Hopkins will read and sign We Miss All the Great Parties, 7:30PM
Sweetbitter, 7PM
BookWoman, Ginger McKnight-Chavers reads and signs In the Heart of Texas, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Sandra Cisneros discussing and signing A House of My Own: Stories from My Life, 7:30PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie Liddle discuss and sign Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, David Hicks will read and sign White Plains, and David Hopkins will read and sign We Miss All the Great Parties, 7:30PM
Houston
Alley Theatre, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents COLM TÓIBÍN discussing and signing House of Names, 7:30PM [sold out; access live stream here: houstonpublicmedia.org/inprint)
Murder By the Book, Mary Kay Andrews will sign and discuss The Beach House Cookbook, 6:30PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, The Black Witch book signing with Laurie Forest, 7PM
Tuesday, May 9:
Alley Theatre, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents COLM TÓIBÍN discussing and signing House of Names, 7:30PM [sold out; access live stream here: houstonpublicmedia.org/inprint)
Murder By the Book, Mary Kay Andrews will sign and discuss The Beach House Cookbook, 6:30PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, The Black Witch book signing with Laurie Forest, 7PM
Tuesday, May 9:
Austin
The Austin History Center, an evening book discussion and signing with Eddie Wilson and Jesse Sublett, authors of Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir, 6:30PM
BookPeople, COLM TÓIBÍN speaking & signing House of Names, 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with Novelists Natalia Sylvester, David Hicks & Charlotte Gullick, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Team Back House, 7PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Dan Smith, author of The Bankhead Highway in Texas, 7PM
Dallas
BookPeople, COLM TÓIBÍN speaking & signing House of Names, 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with Novelists Natalia Sylvester, David Hicks & Charlotte Gullick, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Team Back House, 7PM
Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Dan Smith, author of The Bankhead Highway in Texas, 7PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE!: Stuart Isacoff discusses and signs When the World Stopped to Listen: The Van Cliburn Story, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Jessa Crispin reads and discusses Why I’m Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, 7:30PM
Winspear Opera House, #hearhere Reading Series presents Garrison Keillor and Stories from Lake Wobegon, 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Jessa Crispin reads and discusses Why I’m Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, 7:30PM
Winspear Opera House, #hearhere Reading Series presents Garrison Keillor and Stories from Lake Wobegon, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM
Houston
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, John Boles discusses and signs JEFFERSON: ARCHITECT OF AMERICAN LIBERTY, 7PM
Burke Baker Planetarium, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Anurag Agrawal discusses and signs Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution, 6:30PM
Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture Series: "The First Texas Navy, 1835-1837" presented by award-winning author James P. Bevill, 7PM
Burke Baker Planetarium, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Anurag Agrawal discusses and signs Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution, 6:30PM
Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture Series: "The First Texas Navy, 1835-1837" presented by award-winning author James P. Bevill, 7PM
Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH / Kinder Institute Forum Lecture featuring Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in an American City, 6:30PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Join local YA authors Julie Murphy (Ramona Blue) and Jeramey Kraatz (Space Runners: The Moon Platoon) for a joint book launch party, 7PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, Creative Writing Program Reading Series hosts poet Chen Chen reading and signing When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, 7:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM
The Twig Book Shop, Walt Gragg reads and signs The Red Line, 5PM
Wednesday, May 10:
The Twig Book Shop, Walt Gragg reads and signs The Red Line, 5PM
Wednesday, May 10:
Austin
BookPeople, CORY DOCTOROW speaking & signing Walkaway, 7PM [ticket required]
Dallas
BookPeople, CORY DOCTOROW speaking & signing Walkaway, 7PM [ticket required]
Dallas
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Willard Spiegelman discusses and signs If You See Something, Say Something: A Writer Looks at Art, 6:30PM
Denton
Denton South Branch Library, Professor's Corner: A Literary Discussion Group featuring Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald, 7PM
Houston
Denton
Denton South Branch Library, Professor's Corner: A Literary Discussion Group featuring Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, David Hicks reads and signs WHITE PLAINS, and Melissa Studdard reads and signs I ATE THE COSMOS FOR BREAKFAST, 7PM
Houston Chronicle offices, Houston Public Library Quarterly Reading Series: a talk by Alexandra Zapruder, author of Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, David Hicks reads and signs WHITE PLAINS, and Melissa Studdard reads and signs I ATE THE COSMOS FOR BREAKFAST, 7PM
Houston Chronicle offices, Houston Public Library Quarterly Reading Series: a talk by Alexandra Zapruder, author of Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies, 6:30PM
Thursday, May 11:
Thursday, May 11:
Austin
BookPeople, JESSA CRISPIN speaking & signing Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Martha K. Grant, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Glen Pourciau & Greg Levin, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Burnet
Burnet Library, Coffee Talks hosts Ben Rehder, author of the Blanco County mystery series, 1:30PM
BookPeople, JESSA CRISPIN speaking & signing Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Martha K. Grant, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Glen Pourciau & Greg Levin, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Burnet
Burnet Library, Coffee Talks hosts Ben Rehder, author of the Blanco County mystery series, 1:30PM
College Station
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Library Issues Forum: Retired Colonel Albert J. Nahas discusses and signs Warriors Remembered, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas
The Kessler Theater, Wordspace Dallas presents an evening with author Dan Savage, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Cory Doctorow reads and signs WALKAWAY, 7PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Iconoclast Poetry Performance & They Say Book Release, 7PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Iconoclast Poetry Performance & They Say Book Release, 7PM
New Braunfels
New Braunfels Public Library, Book & Author Luncheon: Robert Flatt (Healing Art), Chris Bridge (Read to Me, Same Heart, Spring is Coming), and Mica Mosbacher (Racing Forward), 12PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Kenneth Bennight reads and signs The Truth Shall Make You Dead, A Nacho Perez Detective Story, 5PM
Friday, May 12:
Friday, May 12:
Austin
BookPeople, GRAEME SIMSION speaking & signing The Best of Adam Sharp, 7PM
Malvern Books, poet Chen Chen launches When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (with Jennifer Whalen, Tomás Morin & Katelin Kelly), 7PM
BookPeople, GRAEME SIMSION speaking & signing The Best of Adam Sharp, 7PM
Malvern Books, poet Chen Chen launches When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (with Jennifer Whalen, Tomás Morin & Katelin Kelly), 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, White Rock Zine Machine Reading Flight #4: MakeShift PhotoRama - Significance Imposed, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Rage Tench send off to Paris to compete in the International Poetryslamworldcup Slampoésie!, 8PM
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets On X+ with Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 8PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Rage Tench send off to Paris to compete in the International Poetryslamworldcup Slampoésie!, 8PM
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets On X+ with Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 8PM
Houston
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Sheryl Sandberg, author of Option B, in conversation with Dr. Mike Feinberg, 7PM [sold out]
Murder By the Book, Jayne Ann Krentz will sign and discuss The Girl Who Knew Two Much, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Jayne Ann Krentz will sign and discuss The Girl Who Knew Two Much, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Saturday, May 13:
Austin
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "On The Hero's Journey: Discovering Plot, Character, and Meaning for Your Novel" with Greg Garrett, 9AM
B&N - Arboretum, Story time: Amy Jackson reading Cassandra and the Night Sky, 11AM
BookPeople, RACHEL HELLMAN, JENNIFER BERTRAND, VALERIA FULMAN, SUSAN STUTZ & PAULA BIXEL speaking & signing Nasty Women Project: Voices from the Resistance, 2PM
BookPeople, ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH speaking & signing My Italian Bulldozer, 6PM
Whole Earth Provision Company, Meet the Author: Carolyn Boyd discusses and signs The White Shaman Mural, 2:30PM
Canyon
Canyon Gallery & Visitor Center in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Dr. Ann Coberley & Andy Clouse sign TEXAS: Places of the Heart, 2PM
B&N - Arboretum, Story time: Amy Jackson reading Cassandra and the Night Sky, 11AM
BookPeople, RACHEL HELLMAN, JENNIFER BERTRAND, VALERIA FULMAN, SUSAN STUTZ & PAULA BIXEL speaking & signing Nasty Women Project: Voices from the Resistance, 2PM
BookPeople, ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH speaking & signing My Italian Bulldozer, 6PM
Whole Earth Provision Company, Meet the Author: Carolyn Boyd discusses and signs The White Shaman Mural, 2:30PM
Canyon
Canyon Gallery & Visitor Center in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Dr. Ann Coberley & Andy Clouse sign TEXAS: Places of the Heart, 2PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Oklahoma Poet Laureate Nathan Brown reads and signs My Savaged Heart, 6PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Joanne Skartsiaris signs Dance Like You Mean It, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Chelsea Mueller discusses and signs Borrowed Souls, 6PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Author Signing Marisela Garza reads and signs Rebekitalocks and The Three Penas, 12PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Harold Raley signs his collection of essays, Points of Light, 2PM
Harker Heights
B&N, Thomas "Jerry" Curtis signs Under the Cover of Light: The Extraordinary Story of USAF COL Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's 7 1/2 -Year Captivity in North Vietnam, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Caroline Leech discusses and signs Wait For Me, and Jennifer Park discusses and signs The Shadows We Know by Heart, 3PMB&N - Preston/Royal, Joanne Skartsiaris signs Dance Like You Mean It, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Chelsea Mueller discusses and signs Borrowed Souls, 6PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Author Signing Marisela Garza reads and signs Rebekitalocks and The Three Penas, 12PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Harold Raley signs his collection of essays, Points of Light, 2PM
Harker Heights
B&N, Thomas "Jerry" Curtis signs Under the Cover of Light: The Extraordinary Story of USAF COL Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's 7 1/2 -Year Captivity in North Vietnam, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Pantsuit Nation at Brazos Bookstore!, 7PM
Inprint House, Tintero Projects No Ban, No Wall: Women Writers Unite poetry workshop with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Carrie Patel will sign and discuss The Song of the Dead, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Walt Gragg will sign and discuss his debut thriller, The Red Line, 4:30PM
Rec Room HTX, What It’s Like Project presents VOXIS: a night of spoken word and acoustic musical performances dedicated to the removal of stigma surrounding mental illness, 7PM
Rec Room HTX, What It’s Like Project presents VOXIS: a night of spoken word and acoustic musical performances dedicated to the removal of stigma surrounding mental illness, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Paul A. Mattingly, Jr. discusses and signs From Orange to Singapore: A Shipyard Builds a Legacy, 4PM
William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series featuring Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art by William Reaves and Andy Sansom, 1PM
Lubbock
B&N, Once in a Blue Moon book signing with Vicki Covington, 1:30PM
William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series featuring Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art by William Reaves and Andy Sansom, 1PM
Lubbock
B&N, Once in a Blue Moon book signing with Vicki Covington, 1:30PM
B&N, Nowhere Near: Short Stories book signing with Teddy Jones, 2PM
Midland
B&N, Patsy Aguirre signs Simple Parables, 12PMSan Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Bob Doerr reads and signs Caffeine Can Kill, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Melissa Urtiaga discusses and signs Trained Up: A Book about Trusting God, 2PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Othering & Mothering", 4PM
Sugar Land
Half Price Books, local author Albert J. Nahas will sell and sign Warriors Remembered - Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home (Vietnam Memorials from 50 States), 1PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook II, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Carrie Kornacki, 10:30AM
B&N - Baybrook II, Zari Reede signs Daisy Dukes 'n Cowboy Boots, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Mark Miller signs Always a Tiger: Keep Movin' Forward, 2PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook II, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Carrie Kornacki, 10:30AM
B&N - Baybrook II, Zari Reede signs Daisy Dukes 'n Cowboy Boots, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Mark Miller signs Always a Tiger: Keep Movin' Forward, 2PM
Sunday, May 14:
Austin
BookPeople, Contributors of PANTSUIT NATION speaking & signing, 2PM
Malvern Books, Mother’s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 2PM
Malvern Books, Mother’s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 2PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
